Dammit...

Finally we come into the home stretch. Since the start of the 3-7 stretch, it's felt like the season would never end. Now the playoffs have started early - Tonight! Beginning tonight we find out if this team is for real or destined for another early exit. It may actually be good for the Nuggets that the standings are so close - they can get used to the games having that higher importance now so when they hit the playoffs they don't get swatted so easily. Plus it gives more interest in watching. Here's hoping for a 4-0 week. Anything less than 3-1 means bad things for the playoff seeding.

Go Nuggets.

karlsucks.

i pray for that 4-0 week, but... come on, let's be realistic... the better record in this week expected to me is 3-1. (BE CAREFUL WITH GS ON SATURDAY IN THE 2ND OF A BACK TO BACK)

I don't think 4-0 is realistic here, but I can dream! If they pull that off I think every one of us would be ecstatic and amazed. Realistically I see 2-2 here, but that won't be the end of the world. If one of those wins is against the Hornets then that would make 2-2 that much more acceptable. I would love for 4-0 or 3-1, but if the nuggs come out and battle hard these next 4 games, then I would accept 2-2. 3 away games in a row against solid teams followed by a next night homr game is a hard stretch!

Who was guarding Grant Hill? He killed us.

So did the refs.

The Suns are a bunch of floppers. The effort to get Nene hot and ejected is bad sportsmanship.

Suns fans are almost as annoying as Suns haircuts.

I even had to watch commercials, since I had to watch this game live.

I'm pissed, and I now can't get to sleep.

>:-(

Please. The officiating was bad the entire game on BOTH sides. Nene, while he might not be a thug regularly, was definitely one on the play he got ejected on.

The officiating was terrible on both sides, but come on now. You had guys running into players that were stationary, just standing there. It doesn't take a genius to know that was a charge.

This was one of the best games of the season, with both teams doing some great stuff. But the team that needed the victory more was able to pull it off.

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I'll try to tone down the negativity today. But I'll just let you guys know that I'm just trying to be realistic and honest with my predictions and analysis. I want to see the Nuggets win every time they step out onto the floor.

Though the Nuggets lost, the world is not ending. I say this mostly because of how we lost. Regardless of whether we the lead late and let it go or not, it was a competitive contest. Not that I'm happy with the loss, but the Nuggets can bounce back from this and finish this road trip respectably. I think what the Nuggets can't handle right now are blatant collapses in games that they have wrapped up or blowout losses. Those are the things that will devastate the chances of the Nuggets having much, if any, playoff success.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry too much - I mean, like Karl said, if we get 2 out of 5 we should be golden! So here's the count so far:
0-1

What hate the most about this loss was the poor officiating in the last 6 minutes of the game. Nene ejected, charge on Kenyon and charge on Chauncey. All three of those were very questionable calls. I seriously think that teams have an inflated home record because of the whistle down the stretch. Chris Dooling wasn't even hit by Kenyon when he flopped. Chauncey's charge could have gone either way. What the refs failed to call was the moving screen set by Shaq to get Nash the ball on the inbounds causing Melo to foul him to send him to the line and also the blocking foul called on JR when Nash went up for a layup should have been a charge as JR was set outside the restricted area before nash left his feet.

I have a couple of comments.

What in the world is the nonsense of muxiaoyu.

Next is, after watching this game I am convinced there is more than the game than playing the game. It is playing the refs. What I mean by that is that Nene staring down and intimidating the ref was out of line. The ref then felt disrespected and made the Nuggets as a team pay dearly for it in small ways. Charges, fouls, non foul call.

So I am upset at Nene and I really think that players should shut their mouth and play, if anything trying to be respectful and professional to the refs and just mention the major calls politely without whining on every other play. The refs in general make good calls and are trying to do their job...but the dang players just whine and whine...so when alot of calls could go one way or another...you can use it against them.

I believe there is corruption and ego in the NBA among refs. Just like with Steroids, I don't think there is only one person involved...last night the refs sense of power and ego made them lenient toward the Suns.

This is my opinion and suspicion.

Regardless. Had the Nuggest made the clutch shots...their fate could not have been decided if the refs wanted to. Balkman was great when I saw him...an immediate impact...I don't know why he wasn't there toward the end of the game. Also Melo was out for too long in the body of the game....and was playing well. There was a time when I felt the wrong rotation....I really don't know why Karl and his staff don't see this as we the fans do...

I liked 'Melo's postgame comment: "We don’t want to put too much pressure on ourselves."

That about sums up the Karl Nuggets circa '08/'09 and 'Melo's attitude in general.

keeperdesign - it has nothing to do w/ Melo's attitude. He's right, they don't need to put alot of pressure on themselves. He needs to keep playing within the team concept, while letting the game come to him. Everyone is quick to jump on Melo after the L's. Melo did all he could last night, it wasn't him who got offensive fouls in the last minute, it wasn't him who missed a 5 foot layup at the end, it wasn't him who got kicked out right when the Nuggs had siezed momentum. Lay off the guy, he is a great player that makes our team that much better. Just cause he's not the rah rah team captin type, he is what he is a prolific scorer. Let him be!

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FROM ESPN

Riding a five-game winning streak against some of the dregs of the NBA, the Denver Nuggets were in position to prove they are a team to be reckoned with in the Western Conference as they began a big three-game road trip in Phoenix. Despite the winning streak and the fact that Denver recaptured the Northwest Division lead, it failed to show any progress in the areas the Nuggets had been struggling in, primarily defending the pick-and-roll and covering the 3-point line.

That set up a big test Monday in Phoenix. Winning in Phoenix has not been a strength of the Nuggets franchise. Denver has lost eight straight, 17 of 21 and, going even further back in the annals, 37 of 44 in the Valley of the Sun. Add in the Suns' record-setting pace on offense since Alvin Gentry took the reins and it did not look like a great night to be a Nuggets fan.

Knowing the importance and difficulty of the game, one would at least expect to see the Nuggets start the game with some purpose and focus. But it was Phoenix, fighting to get into the playoffs and looking to validate its own four-game winning streak, that came out with passion and intensity. The Suns dominated the Nuggets on the glass, finishing the first half with ten offensive rebounds to the Nuggets' eight defensive rebounds, and were able to pick their shot against the vapid Denver resistance. Steve Nash exploited the Nuggets' disjointed pick-and-roll defense time and again, and Denver found itself down 14 midway through the second quarter.

Denver did make an impressive run of its own, spanning the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third -- claiming an 11-point lead midway through the third thanks to some hot shooting and aggressive offense -- but the lackadaisical defense gave every point back and then some in a 118-115 loss.

The story of the second half of the season for Denver has been a defense without cohesion, incapable of getting stops when it desperately needs one and an offense that vacates the kitchen when quality teams turn up the heat. As a result the Nuggets have not defeated a team with a record over .500 since March 4, when they beat the Trail Blazers in Denver. Their last road victory against a winning team was Feb. 18.

Right now when I look at the Denver Nuggets I do not see a team capable of making a run to the Western Conference finals, as was once thought to be the case. I see a team that will once again be one-and-done, and that is a tough pill for Nuggets fans to swallow.

You know, I think if we go 0-3 during this stretch we will be alright. Hell, if we just go 3-8 the rest of the way that should be ok too.

Don't you just love thinking this way, man Karl is a genius and we just never knew it, we all thought the point was to win, little did we know losing is just as good!

On a more serious note, that was a great game last night and I feel that we gave a solid effort on both ends of the court. Can you tell me a team in the NBA that could have stopped the Suns last night? Those guys were ready to play, and the crowd was backing them up too.

George still doesn't know how to coach during crucial times of the game and has no idea how to make adjustments when needed, he makes the same mistakes over and over, and that my friend is the true definition of insane (seriously, look it up in the dictionary).

I am hoping Nene doesn't get suspended because that was a flop if I have ever seen on by Amundson.

Props go to Melo, he had a great game. Where the hell has Chauncy gone though?

While Admundson clearly flopped on the actual foul call, you have to admit Nene got was coming after attempting to head butt they guy. It was a poor decision all around but the team must live with it.

My main point is how Carmelo carries himself on the court. Trust me, I love 'Melo, love his game & want him in nugs uni for years to come, but he doesn't seem to have that killer instinct that permeates through Dwade, LeBron & Kobe. He's a competitor no doubt, but he strangely lacks the "step on the throat" mentality that has elevated the players named above. When he popped that huge three in the 4th, I wanted to see a scowl, a "no way we lose this one," face. But he simply flashed that great smile down to the other end. Billups seems to be the only player on the floor that exudes this quality.

Just my two cents...

hey goldennugget dont you think that Rodney Mott should be at the top of the stiifs list for
1. letting granthill stand on the baseline to "save" the ball
2 giving shaq his version of the crab dribble?
See if you can get Andrew to put him up there, if not at least a Dishonorable mention

1NUGS1 - I actually didn't get to see the final minute and a half of the game as my DVR messed up but if either of those plays you are talking about were before that I just don't remember them. I am pretty sure Andrew looks over these comments so he should see your stance. The refs were terrible though last night.