“They’re getting all the calls!”
and
“They keep stripping the ball”

which goes to show that denver attacked the basket and played good defense.

Love the win but somebody better be in Nene’s ear right now about rebounding…

Melo continues to show why he is a legit MVP canidate this year. It’s exciting to see how his game has continued to improve to the level that it has. I am relieved to see GK having the confidence in Ty Lawson to play him as much as he is. I know many of us were concerned before the season started that GK would continue to give AC minutes instead of using Ty. As many of us estimated, Ty is a real talent.
Nene had a decent game but obviously was lacking in rebounding.
 It still makes me nervous that the Nuggs are in the habit of starting so slow—or maybe it’s that it takes them a couple of quarters to figure out their opponents; not sure why but this habit could hurt them in the playoffs. Never the less, beating SA in their home court feels great—just think, we won even with Tony Brothers officiating!

spurs beat denver at their own game. this was how sa would play before last season. they scored 30 points in the 1st quarter and 29 in the second. the third quarter denver clamped down and held them to 12 points. that proved to be the turning point and denver kept the defensive pressure in the 4th by holding sa to 23 points. with several questionable calls by the refs it paid off denver kept their cool and did not get carried away with technicals. earl struggled with field goal shooting % and turnovers. he found other ways to contribute with rebounding, 2 blocked shots, 3 steals and 80% free throw shooting. look for the 8 player rotation to have a ripple effect in the next game. chancey seems to struggle shooting when denver plays a 3 guard offense the following game.

he has a fractured patella.

This is the was Paul J. Weber from the Associated Press saw J.R.‘s inbound (posted on the NBA’s site).

“NOTES: When Denver’s Smith couldn’t find an open man on an inbound pass in the third quarter, he bought himself another chance – by bouncing the ball off Ginobili’s face. He shook it off, while the crowd howled. …”

Seems to me it went of Manu’s chest. OR is last year’s ‘Thuggit’ bullshit starting over again???

JR’s 17 belies a poor shooting night.

Lawson had some easy shots roll out but managed to score in double figures.

And Birdman? Two points, three rebounds no blocks.

I think the verdict is in: Our bench is powered by the home crowd. Especially Andersen.

But: The starters did their job tonight, except for Nene on the boards. To be fair, he was active on the glass, tipping stuff here and there. But Martin made up for it. Billups didn’t light it up, but he was crucial in the fourth quarter.

Great win. Fun to watch. Bring on the 76ers and the two AIs.

ayy melo is so clutch, he made some sick shots, ty is good down the stretch, i think karl tells jr that the 2nd quarter is all his, he just goes straight at the hoop trying to score in the 2nd, kmart aggressive on the boards, billups did well, nene good overall game esp agianst duncann

I watched this game on NBATV and they showed the home San Antonio broadcast. I know Marlow and Hastings are homers, but Bill Land and Sean Elliott take it to another level. Elliott in particular seems to despise the Nuggs, as he trashed our beloved Western Conference Finalists as “unintelligent”, “knuckleheads”, “bush league” etc. etc. They were particularly upset about the calls going the Nuggs way (and were silent when the replay showed the call was correct). The San Antonio announcers extreme bias and outright hatred of the Nuggs made this win even more fun. I really like the midrange game Melo has developed off the pick and roll with Nene. The more Melo can stick the 10-15 footer around the lane, the more devestating his drives to the hoop and longe range game are going to excel. He was “The Bully” tonight for sure. Great Win!

Title is very accurate. Spurs might miss the playoffs this year.

Incredible game for Melo to drop 34 after having only what, 12 at the half? Jeez.

Ginobili is still a flopping, ridiculous player. I’ll welcome the day he retires from the NBA, ball handling skills or not. He’s too slow to keep up on defense anymore so all he does is act like he got shot every time he’s touched. It’s too bad J.R.‘s inbound *didn’t* hit him in the face.

Can’t rest on our laurels too much on this. 76ers up next vs. AI and what’s sure to be a hungry team.

By the way, after Sam Bowie 2.0 went down, the Mavs and the Jazz lost tonight. Denver made a great push tonight.

Sure, Nenê and Bird didn’t get a lot of boards between them, but K-Mart got 13, nearly double his average, and Nuggets won the rebound count and most importantly (IMO) the O board count, so it’s all good.

Sean Elliot had that coming to him, what a douche. Lesson learned and hopefully he’ll grow from it. Better watch his mouth next time we play them.

I loved this win, a road performance I was waiting to see. There were a ton of reasons they shouldn’t have won. Spurs hit so many lucky shots and a bunch of our layups would not go in. The keys for me – only 9 attempts from three and 11 offensive rebounds. Shooting 48% against the Spurs D is great but also a reflection of the fact the Spurs are way overrated this year. I would be pissed if I were a Spurs fan, Duncan is doing way more than he should and they still can’t win. Richie Jeffy is terrible, he is a great role player but the guy is making like $13 mil – that’s insane. This SA team reminds me of last year’s, the big 3 are pretty good but beyond that they don’t have much.

more like off his knee………