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Game 8 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at Bulls (6pm MDT)

 

Swish_rescue_medium Nuggets Nation has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of J.R. Smith (or Earl as he now wants to be called) for the 2009-10 season ... well, the wait is over. Smith will see his first action tonight in Chicago after serving his seven-game suspension to start the season. Smith's return couldn't come at a better time, as he'll provide Denver with some fresh legs off the bench.

Star-divide

 

 

Last season Denver went into Chicago, faced a depleted Bulls team (their major trade deadline deal kept their new additions out of uniform) with only eight active players, and lost 116-99. In fact, the Bulls starting five that night (Luol Deng, Tyrus Thomas, Joakim Noah, Ben Gordan and Derrick Rose) outscored the entire Nuggets team 103-99.

But that was last season and I don't really correlate past success being all of too relevant in professional sports with the ever changing landscape and all.

Also, who here is sick of me doing all the previews and recaps? Maybe someone should start a "We want Andrew back" FanPost! Ha ha joking, but seriously ... he'll be back as usual very soon - so you wont have to keep putting up with just my view!

Let's break this game down!

Records:
Denver:
5-2
Chicago:
4-2 (key wins: vs. San Antonio, at Cleveland)
Injuries:
Denver:
Kenyon Martin - probable (left fibula contusion)
Chicago: Aaron Gray (left fibula fracture), Jerome James (right Achilles) and Tyrus Thomas (left radius fracture) are all out tonight.

 

Point Guard: Chauncey Billups vs. Derrick Rose
This is going to be a tough matchup for Billups as the one thing an aging point guard has issues with are the young quick guys coming into their own. The 21-year-old Rose is lightening quick and Billups will have a tough time staying in front of him. Rose's minutes are down quite a bit from his averages last season (roughly from 37 mpg to 30 mpg this season), but when he's on the floor he will cause Denver problems if he's driving the ball and getting out in transition. On the flip side ... Billups is a strong guard who will take advantage of every weakness in Rose's game. The way the two are playing right now ... advantage even.

Shooting Guard: Joey Graham/Arron Afflalo vs. John Salmons
Our first big question mark ... who will Karl start tonight and how much will they play? Salmons is a scorer and has great size for the shooting guard spot, but his game has been off this season as he's only shooting 34% from the field and averaging 13.8 points per game (down from 18.3 ppg last season). Graham and Afflalo both matchup well with Salmons if they stay committed on the defensive end and Afflalo has been stepping up his offensive game now that he's growing more comfortable in the Denver offense. Karl stated in the Denver Post that he wants to get Smith minutes "in the low 20s" tonight so I'll be interested to see how much burn Graham and Double-A get. Advantage: Even.

Small Forward: Carmelo Anthony vs. Luol Deng
The injury plagued Deng, who only appeared in 49 games last season, is having a nice bounce-back season averaging 16.7 points and 10 rebounds in roughly 37 minutes per game. Deng leads the low-scoring (88.5 ppg) Bulls in ... scoring, but he'll have his work cut out for him tonight with Melo. Anthony is capable of dominating this matchup on the offensive end if he plays the right way. In Denver's first three games Melo averaged 4.3 assists and since this roadtrip has begun he has averaged 2 assists in the last four games (pretty funny when you consider he scored more points in Denver's first three games than the last four). I know assists are not really the most accurate way to judge if a guy is playing unselfish basketball (since one guy decides what is an assist), but Melo needs to trust his teammates to make plays and let the offense come to him. I barely realized in the first two games that Melo was looking for his shot and he needs to get back to playing more team basketball. Advantage: Nuggets.

Power Forward: Kenyon Martin vs. Taj Gibson
The rookie out of USC (26th overall pick) will again be starting in place of injured Tyrus Thomas. Gibson scored a career-high 11 points on 5-12 shooting in Cleveland on November 5th, but this will be a tough matchup for him. I don't know much else about the kid, but playing against a fired up K-Mart is not going to be very much fun. Here is what Martin said in the Denver Post today.

"I'm going to play, man — no matter how I feel," said Martin, who sustained a left leg bruise on Friday in Miami. "We lost two games in a row. Bottom line, we've got to stop the bleeding. I think my presence on the court will go a long way."

Martin has an excellent way of making his presence known, ask any NBA rim or Dirk Nowitzki. Advantage: Nuggets.

Center: Nene vs. Joakim Noah
Both of these guys are capable of making incredible faces after they feel a bad call went against them or if they don't get a call they feel they deserved. Seriously though, both guys are undersized centers who rely on different aspects of their game to get by. Noah is a ferocious rebounder and ultimate hustle guy. Nene is a talented offensive player who thrives off playing above the rim. The emotions inside the game can get the better of each guy and whomever can control their game will win this battle. Advantage: Even.

Bench: Ty Lawson, Earl "J.R." Smith, Double-A/Graham, Renaldo Balkman, Chris Andersen and Anthony Carter vs. Kirk Hinrich, Brad Miller, Jannero Pargo and James Johnson.
Right off the bat ... Karl has not settled on a certain rotation as of yet and that's basically because Smith has been out and K-Mart suffered an early injury. Vinny Del Negro however, basically has been using a seven-man rotation with just Miller and Hinrich logging major minutes of the bench. Both Bulls bench guys are veterans who know their roles with the team. Hinrich could start for a lot of teams in the league and is a very nice asset off the bench. (To be honest ... I'd like to see some Lawson vs. Rose and Hinrich vs. Billups in this one.) The Nuggets though have a deeper unit and get a big shot in the arm with the return of #5 ... yes, Earl Smith. If Smith can shake off the rust early he will log big minutes and could prove to be the lift this team needs along with K-Mart's return. I like what Denver's bench brings tonight and think they can be the difference. Advantage: Nuggets.

 

Opposition's take: Blog a Bull (their preview is up)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo Courtesy: AP Photos David Zalubowski

(link in the story to the Denver Post article sourced: http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_13751049, http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_13754906)

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good to see j.r back!!

and hopefully K-mart does take his place tonight. GO NUGGETS!

by stan_26 on Nov 10, 2009 1:21 PM MST reply actions  

Why would he change his name to Earl?

It is like a bad joke to go from a pretty cool name in JR to Earl, LOL

by Gasus on Nov 10, 2009 1:47 PM MST reply actions  

maybe...

its part of trying to be more mature. it is pretty classic though.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 1:58 PM MST up reply actions  

Stoked!

man i cant wait for this game tonight…still need to pickup a Earl Smith jersey since he changed to #5 this season.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 1:57 PM MST reply actions  

Forgot to add the Opposition's take ... just put it in: Blog a Bull up top.

They have a huge following over there and always have a good take on things. (Though I haven’t read the preview yet).

Denver Stiffs.com: Defending the sovereignty of Nuggets Nation.

by Nate Timmons on Nov 10, 2009 2:09 PM MST reply actions  

Toe Jam n Earl

I think the game will be about defense, so getting K-Mart and Earl Smitty back should give us a push back towards some semblance of defense. Deng is a good defender to put on Melo and Noah is a super underrated player at center. It’s up to Chauncey and K-Mart to get this team fired up to play D like a half decent team again.

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 2:37 PM MST reply actions  

Earl?

Okay, it is his real name. I guess I can handle it as long as next year he doesn’t ask us to call him “Earl the Perl”. But then again, that would make him Earl the Perl, Jr. and we could just start calling him JR again.

by JTR on Nov 10, 2009 3:39 PM MST reply actions  

all star ballot

why is Earl not on it?

http://www.youtube.com/bektur34 - denver nuggets videos

by Bek$ on Nov 10, 2009 4:10 PM MST reply actions  

Trivia

Earl isn’t a very common name.

But wasn’t there two other Earls who played on the Nuggets during the JR Smith era?

I will give you Earl Boykins. Who can name the third?

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 5:14 PM MST reply actions  

Finally, J.R. is back!

I guess I’ll respect his wishes now and call him Earl. Still weird though. Well…..Earl….is my favorite player and I can’t wait to see him back in action tonight. It’ll be really interesting to see how GK divides up the minutes also. Hopefully lots of bench time for AC. crosses fingers

J.R. is my homeboy

by Greyson on Nov 10, 2009 5:16 PM MST reply actions  

Afflalo is a welcome sight...

But… I have to say, I dig the way Aaron and Ty Lawson play together on the second unit.

Can’t wait for the Earl Smith season debut.

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 6:14 PM MST reply actions  

I thought we would limit Kenyon's minutes

He’s played decently though and the D has been good

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 6:34 PM MST reply actions  

trying to follow the game via boxscore

any explanation as to why Earl Smith III was yanked

"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."

by ignign*kt on Nov 10, 2009 6:37 PM MST reply actions  

disregard

something was wrong with the box score

"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."

by ignign*kt on Nov 10, 2009 6:38 PM MST up reply actions  

for the the love of. . .

can someone pull a Tonya Harding and whack AC in the kneecap so he can’t come off the bench and throw the ball away?

by micb on Nov 10, 2009 6:46 PM MST reply actions  

The Earl of Swish...I like the sounds of that..

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 6:52 PM MST reply actions  

What was THAT Birdman ?

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 6:54 PM MST reply actions  

It's just remarkably sad

how easy it is to get offensive rebounds against the Nuggets

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 6:55 PM MST reply actions  

Can anyone make a FT?

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 6:57 PM MST reply actions  

Thank goodness Kmart is back again and can rebound..

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 6:59 PM MST reply actions  

Why would we start AA

Just so he can be benched until garbage time again. GK’s playing mind game with him. AC hasn’t done anything to deserve so much time

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 7:07 PM MST up reply actions  

Totally agree

AA > AC. Fact.

And I like AC. He just isn’t as good as any of the other guards.

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 7:09 PM MST up reply actions  

That's fucking with AA mind.

AC has not business in the game at all. I wish the MF get herpes or something

by samdman on Nov 10, 2009 7:08 PM MST reply actions  

every minute AC plays

is at the expense of a much better guard.

by Rainbow skyline on Nov 10, 2009 7:09 PM MST reply actions  

Serious post

Is Birdman just not good anymore? It’s been a while now and he sucks, we can’t sugar coat it anymore. WTF happened

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 7:16 PM MST reply actions  

wat was up with his knee problem?

he seems lazy. never was a good 1 on 1 defender, so we can fault him for that. but his lack of blocking out and just standing around pisses me off. as does his flopping under the basket.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 7:17 PM MST up reply actions  

maybe he's taking lessons from the Eurotrash players?

Sasha Flopacic? Gasol? Manu?

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 7:20 PM MST up reply actions  

All of them are notorious floppers

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 7:24 PM MST up reply actions  

I was just responding to 808's comment

about his flopping.. Nothing else…

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 7:31 PM MST up reply actions  

$$

5 years and 26 mill

by samdman on Nov 10, 2009 7:17 PM MST up reply actions  

crap

need to build up a lead before AC gets in

by Rainbow skyline on Nov 10, 2009 7:29 PM MST reply actions  

To much one on one

Why don’t we pass the ball around the horn?
Why don’t we have the spacing that teams have?
Why don’t we have real good plays

by samdman on Nov 10, 2009 7:30 PM MST reply actions  

Afflalo 3pt! woot

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 7:32 PM MST reply actions  

fk our O

has no spacing, no movement, no cutters.

just let melo and cb dribble and everyone else stand around. and then melo forces it looking for a foul

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 7:32 PM MST reply actions  

FK MELO

stop with this one on one and forcing it.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 7:34 PM MST reply actions  

These Bull homers announcers on NBATV

are fricken pathetic! Quick, put AC back in!!!!!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 7:35 PM MST reply actions  

Earl......

is it just me or does that sound kind of retarded

by Whosbob89 on Nov 10, 2009 7:41 PM MST reply actions  

I don't understand why we shoot after every offensive board

Those are like little treasures we need to savor considering how often we get them

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 7:54 PM MST reply actions  

We're not moving on O-

and we’re all doing one-on-one BBall!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 8:12 PM MST reply actions  

ugh

is kenyon ok?

i was 1, 5, 6, 11 and 31 on the floor. bench 15

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 8:12 PM MST reply actions  

Nice JR

The ball moves when JR gets it

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 8:15 PM MST reply actions  

Jesus Christ

Lets see some movement when Melo gets the ball! It’s like a Cavalier offense, give the ball to lebron/melo and everyone get out of the way and stand still. Don’t blame Melo, blame GK.

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:16 PM MST reply actions  

JESUS

WHY THE HELL WON’T MELO LET US HATE HIM?! Run another damn iso and he hits it?! WTF?

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:20 PM MST reply actions  

as bad as he's been

I wanted melo to have that shot. he is clutch.

by Rainbow skyline on Nov 10, 2009 8:20 PM MST reply actions  

That was clutch Melo

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 8:20 PM MST reply actions  

Melo has struggled a lot

But that was clutch. And Deng has been all over him all night.

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 8:21 PM MST reply actions  

Shit

I hope Melo isn’t happy with what’s goin on now. If he thinks that he’s doin aight, we’re in trouble.

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:21 PM MST reply actions  

I think

we need to give JR a chance to get back in the groove of things. Let the shot clock run down, and if he misses, we go to OT. If not, he’s a hero.

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:24 PM MST reply actions  

I agree we tried to get fouled and no whistle

Give it to a good shooter like you said we got OT if need be

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 8:25 PM MST up reply actions  

how the f*** does that work

doesn’t the guy with the ball have to call TO???

by Rainbow skyline on Nov 10, 2009 8:29 PM MST reply actions  

OMG

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:30 PM MST reply actions  

That's ridiculous.

I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Nov 10, 2009 8:30 PM MST reply actions  

OH NO!

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by Geerten on Nov 10, 2009 8:30 PM MST reply actions  

For real.

Gaining possession of the ball and calling a timeout in .3 seconds is unbelievable.

I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Nov 10, 2009 8:32 PM MST up reply actions  

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

FUCK YOU STACY KING, AZZHOLE!!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 8:34 PM MST reply actions  

YES

!!! NUGGETSSSSSSSSSSSSS

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:34 PM MST reply actions  

OH WOW!

THey’re givin it to denver!

by Geerten on Nov 10, 2009 8:34 PM MST reply actions  

All is right in the world.

I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Nov 10, 2009 8:34 PM MST reply actions  

yup

thank god we got the W though. O needs a lot of work. pretty happy with the D tonight

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 8:36 PM MST up reply actions  

Lmao

Coming into this game I thought there was no way we should lose, but near the end I almost hoped they counted it to teach the Nugs (and Melo) a lesson…hopefully they still learned something from this.

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:36 PM MST reply actions  

Freak that! A W is a W!

If we’re still waiting for Melo to learn his “lessons”, then we’re in deep trouble! It is what it is!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 8:38 PM MST up reply actions  

I thought

that if 0.3 or less remained, you could only tip the ball…

by Geerten on Nov 10, 2009 8:36 PM MST reply actions  

Jesus Nuggets

Next time don’t give me a heart attack please

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 8:37 PM MST reply actions  

As soon as the ball left his hands

I yelled out “no good”. Wow. How much crazier does it get?

by the real stranger on Nov 10, 2009 8:38 PM MST reply actions  

Wow that was a crazy game..

good that we won, but um, HOW IN THE HELL, was Miller wide open ???

Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Nov 10, 2009 8:38 PM MST reply actions  

Mark this game people...

This might be the wake up call the Nuggets needed… Hopefully they unleash the fury on the hapless Bucks tomorrow

by CombatChuk on Nov 10, 2009 8:39 PM MST reply actions  

I'm not

blamin Melo for this one, it’s on either GK or the rest of the players. The analysts on the DD on ESPN were making good points, every time Melo got the ball, the rest of the players stopped cutting and just moved out of the way. That’s either stagnant moving on the court by the players, or a designed iso by GK.

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:43 PM MST up reply actions  

but its been like this the past 4 games now.

u tend to stop moving if melo doesnt pas the ball.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 8:44 PM MST up reply actions  

Well

Just for this game, at the end, who was he supposed to pass to?

by Agaliarept on Nov 10, 2009 8:45 PM MST up reply actions  

Its on Karl!

If he didn’t like the offense, he’d have called something else. From the 5 minute mark, it was all Melo Iso. throughout the game, he alternates between Iso for melo, then CB, then Nene! There is no fricken offense!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 8:47 PM MST up reply actions  

We have no spacing

no one cutting to the basket. Melo is double teamed so he should pass out of it. We lack some offense plays

by samdman on Nov 10, 2009 8:46 PM MST up reply actions  

Dude

Melo was 8-22 that is pretty much shit no matter you slice it. Deng owned him all night and he dribbled straight into quadruple teams. He should stop shooting the way they were playing him, we have other scorers

by runningdonut on Nov 10, 2009 9:07 PM MST up reply actions  

Glass half full????

Melo & JR played like sh*T, but we still won! Beat the Bucks tomorrow, & this road trip is a MAJOR success!

by Verbal Kint on Nov 10, 2009 8:41 PM MST reply actions  

Now that the end is over with, how about Earl "JR" Smith?

He didn’t get a lot of shots to go in…

But… His shot selection was real good, he took it to the hole and played solid defense. The fact that he was in the game at the tight finish speaks volumes about what coach Karl thought of his play.

Welcome back, Smith.

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 8:51 PM MST reply actions  

bad shooting night

probably rusty, but great overall game. playing solid D and dishing the ball. miscommunication on that miller shot, but at least we didnt give up an alley to rose.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 8:53 PM MST up reply actions  

Who was supposed to be on Miller?

That was nuts.

And, 808, is that a drum machine reference?

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 8:57 PM MST reply actions  

drum machine reference?

im from hawaii, 808 is our area code.

earl was supposed to switch off to miller on that play. but he followed d rose to the basket.

by 808inDenver on Nov 10, 2009 8:59 PM MST up reply actions  

Oh.

Then I hope he got a good chewing out. That damn near, like a fraction of a fraction near, cost us the game.

Still glad to have him back.

by Fly Agaric on Nov 10, 2009 9:02 PM MST reply actions  

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