Game 6, 2nd Half Thread (Nuggets vs. Lakers)
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be back at the start of the 3rd,
gonna shower, gotta rinse that 1st half stank off
by herewereyouwish on May 29, 2009 8:16 PM MDT reply actions
ads from the post office?
"Have you ever heard of the emancipation proclamation?"
- "I don't listen to hip-hop"
"Born like this / Into this"
also...how did stuart scott get on tv with those eyes?
"Have you ever heard of the emancipation proclamation?"
- "I don't listen to hip-hop"
"Born like this / Into this"
ahh
never noticed untill just now
"Have you ever heard of the emancipation proclamation?"
- "I don't listen to hip-hop"
"Born like this / Into this"
by BroncoJoe311 on May 29, 2009 8:26 PM MDT up reply actions
okay
24 minutes… win or go home nuggets.. their aint no we will play better tommorrow..
win for Nicolas
a far more worthy fan than all of those spoiled celebs in LA
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yep
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
now you can't even rejoice in Kobe shooting an air ball?????
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Bynum jumps after the call
T him up too???? Of course not.
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So Nene has been worthless again tonight
He’s sleepwalking out there. Not commanding the ball in the post. Just worthless
big softee
"Have you ever heard of the emancipation proclamation?"
- "I don't listen to hip-hop"
"Born like this / Into this"
by BroncoJoe311 on May 29, 2009 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions
curious
wondering when the nuggets are gonna decide they need to start playing good
or time ...
to start sweeping the knees
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions
bs call on Nene
Gasol gave it the old head jerk … flippin floppin PoS
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If Ariza and Luke Walton are beating you
You know you are playing like hell. This is bad guys.
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"Bryant thought he was fouled"
I wonder how many millions of times someone has announced that during his career.
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Seriously
He just watched as the Nuggets were playing with no heart at all. And he doesn’t call a quick 20 to chew them out??
Is Melo injured?
I’ve never seen him play this bad.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2009 8:51 PM MDT reply actions
I’m pretty sure he is. Probably since game 4.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 8:52 PM MDT up reply actions
either injured, or still sick,
or just not responding well to the huge pressure of this big moment. :(
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 8:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I think his ankle is bad.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 8:53 PM MDT up reply actions
If the Nuggets are going to lose
They should lose by 1 point by a buzzer beater from Kobe. Giving everything they got. Not a blowout, not at home. It should not happen!
LK's foot wasn't even close to the line
ahole announcers
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little football sequence
ends in call on us, of course
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dumb play by Kmart
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
How was that dirty? Dumb ... YES. Dirty ... are you kidding me?
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by Nate Timmons on May 29, 2009 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Why does K-Mart
do that thing where he hooks someone’s hand or foot under his arm like that? Does he think he’s going to get a call in his favor?
CB hasn’t shown up all series.
Melo hasn’t shown up in 2 games.
Nugs aren’t going to win that way.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Melo and LK
At least they have played with confidence all series. They need to get the ball
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Billups has struggled all series
Not this bad, but he’s really been bothered by the Lakers’s length. He can’t penetrate like he did against NO and Dallas. They’ve been riding Melo most of the way.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2009 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Luckily I don't like baseball
so once the Nugs are done, I get a sports watching break
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Was hoping it wouldn't start for a few weeks
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Time to make sure the series
at least leaves a mark?
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions
agreed
put somebody on the floor, hard
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:01 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah…this has been a very strange game for the Nugs intensity wise. Don’t know what to make of it.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 9:01 PM MDT up reply actions
If you think you are going to get laid off
hurry up and go out to buy a Saturn.
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yeah…but then you’re stuck with a Saturn.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 9:02 PM MDT up reply actions
good point
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions
yay
thats the way to comeback nuggets. oh wait those are laker jeserys.. damn it
It always amazes me that some people have so little to enjoy in their lives that they’d resort to anonymous gloating on the internet.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on May 29, 2009 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Seriously.
Gloating on a general NBA game thread, okay (rather than team specific). But to go to the other team’s blog and gloat makes no sense to me. I would never do it if positions were reversed.
yes
sarcastic, just venting frustration
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Although a little D would have been nice tonight
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Walton
All of his daddy’s bad looks but none of his talent.
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They better compete
It’s gonna be hard to gush about this season for at least a few days if they go out like this.
Yeah, a loss like this will hurt.
But given some distance and perspective, I’m sure we’ll agree that the season as a whole was a resounding success.
Right on
After our hangovers wear off I’ll be all smiles
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:17 PM MDT up reply actions
that was a horrible call
100% acting by Kobe
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:10 PM MDT up reply actions
wow
even damn Rauf would have done a better job of defense on kobe on that play.. ugh
damnit
maybe if they had of played with that kind of offensive intensity and anything resembling defense.. somewhere else in the game…
my only consolation
will be cheering orlando on as they make the lakers their pretty prison girlfriends..
not me
I won’t be watching any of it. Just hoping that the Magic win.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:18 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
"A spaceman. That’s what they say I am."
by Tempestuous Binary on May 29, 2009 9:18 PM MDT up reply actions
the way Nugs are playing D
They’ll need to score 50 to outscore LA by 21.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Alright folks…I’m out.
It was a great season. Nugs will be back next year with some improvements. This was a great learning experience for the Nugs.
Thanks everyone at Pickaxe and Roll for making it a great place to spend the season and playoffs!!!
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
Denver seemed out of sorts this whole game
help defense in the wrong place, no movement in the offense, it’s just weird because they are so much better than this
i dont even care about the refs anymore
lakers were lucky that denver couldnt inbound.. otherwise they woulda got swept..
Switch coaches
Do the Nuggets win?
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2009 9:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow, refs aren't even trying to pretend anymore.
NBA/Stern/Nike/Vitamin Water got one half of their dream matchup
You saying Lakers fans would flake out as they were being eliminated?
Damn right our fans will stay and pay respect for an awesome season
yeah
the laker fans would have left in the 3rd.
thinking about the poor wheelchair kid from the halftime show
whose job is it to tell him that the Finals are an exclusive club that the Nugs are not allowed into?
Fans should stay till the end
just in appreciation of the playoff run. Seriously. This sucked. But before tonight, it was one helluva year.
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Agreed.
The Nuggets have earned it.
"A spaceman. That’s what they say I am."
by Tempestuous Binary on May 29, 2009 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions
well things to plan on
Ac better get his resume done up.. i would rather have his ass at home then on my team.. even if i have to eatr the salary.. stupid guarnteed contracts
Lakers: Showed up.
Nuggets: Didn’t.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
from my perpesctive
I probably feel like Boston fans felt last year. It sucks to get routed in your final game, especially at home.
i dont know about that
i think the nuggets just played so badly, they made it look like the lakers showed up.. lol
I agree 100%
The g-ddamn Lakers didn’t look special tonight, the Nugs just looked awful.
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Rec
I can’t look at game 5 as an abberation anymore. The Lakes were better. Fuck
Bring on the trolls. Middle finger to all yall
Out.
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:27 PM MDT up reply actions
keys to the game
um… denver couldnt make shots untill it was too late… didnt pass the ball.. and um… i think there was something else.. oh yeah defense.. i think i remember it from the other games
seriously
is there a real parity problem in the NBA? How is it possible that this is going to be a 30th finals appearance for the g-ddamn Lakers, and still 0 for the Nugs?
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:26 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Its called TV
And good management. How else do you explain the black hole that is the Knicks…
Proud member of Duck nation!
Nice season, Nuggs fans.
Well done.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
blazer/laker fan?
hows that work? whichever one is better? for me.. its the nuggets.. well now i will cheer for anyone other than the lakers.. what a bunch of prima donnas…
Dual citizenship -- grew up in California but have lived in Oregon for 30 years...
blazer/laker fan?
hows that work? whichever one is better?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Blazers > Lakers > Everyone Else > Spurs > Celtics
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Good season.....from Portland
It sucks but I think I’d be the first to say we’d trade losing to teh Fakers now for what we had in a heartbeat…
Proud member of Duck nation!
must be said, tonight's been horrible,
but overall this is the most fun it’s ever been to be a Nuggets fan, in all the 20 years or so I’ve been following them.
Make PJ pay for this decision with PAIN
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by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2009 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions
finally he comes out
glad I’m not there or I might throw a beer at him & shout “rapist”
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I'm VERY disappointed.
Not just in the play of the Nuggets… but why aren’t the starters in? They deserved this loss. They should finish it out.
yeah they do
tthey need to take it.. and learn from it..
lol
yeah good season.. next year will be better.. on the season after that.. so we can dump Kenyons over priced butt. and when the hell can we ut AC in cement shoes?
free agents
JR Smith, Chris Andersen, Anthony Carter, Dahntay Jones, Jason Hart, Juwan Howard – $63.2 million in total salary
Smith makes north of $5 million, everyone else is under 1.26 million
yeah
well your gonna have to pay anderson more.. ac i wouldnt give bus fare to ….. jones maybe.. and still can maybe get JR for 5 mil or so..
Re-sign Smith and Bird.
Look for a decent back-up point guard. Maybe a young guy who Chauncey can mentor. Let Kleiza go. Jones is a good bench guy but we need a real starter.
Dunno about Kleiza.
If he could find some consistency, he’d be golden.
"A spaceman. That’s what they say I am."
by Tempestuous Binary on May 29, 2009 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Good season
But watch for some team that wears Red and Blacks that is much closer than they appear…
Proud member of Duck nation!
Good series
thanks for giving us a run, I give same credit I gave Houston, you scrapped, you pushed us, good job overall.
See you next year.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I will not watch a single second of the finals, for the 2nd year in a row. Clearly I’m not in the NBA’s demographic.
its a contract year for him
gotta pad his stats so he can get paid and go back to being a never was
Team deserves it
Well done Denver, enjoy the season and we’ll see you in the Rose Garden this fall…
Proud member of Duck nation!
Nugs deserve cheers for the season and playoff run
Tonight? One of the biggest wtf’s I have seen in my sports watching lifetime.
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yup
looked like the Nuggets of old tonight. :(
by ParkHillNative on May 29, 2009 9:35 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would have preferred an invisible Carmelo Anthony
to the piece of crud that walked out on the court in his jersey. No effort, no heart.
Fatigue maybe factored in?
Definitely isn’t an excuse and not the biggest factor, but this is the most games any of them have played, other than Chauncey (no idea about him). Plus Melo in the Olympics. Hopefully this experience will help for next season.
Lakers have Bryant and Gasol
both were in the Olympics, and had a long playoff run last season. Albeit, Gasol did miss early time in the beginning of last season
signing off
wish I’d known about this place sooner, it helped to commiserate with fellow Nugs fans as things kept getting worse. Definitely see you next year.
Well, congrats to the Lakers for closing out in six.
And congrats to the Nuggets. With the exception of tonight’s game they played a hell of a series and had a great playoffs run. They’ve got the pieces to have a good 2009-2010.
Nah
JR is locked up for 3 more years, it kicks in next season
Dahntay, AC and the rest can kick rocks
Birdman – love that dude. If he leaves to get paid somewhere else he earned it. The Nugs should do whatever it takes to keep him.
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup yup.
too bad we have no decent draft picks and no young guys to take over point. That’d be key for me after resigning Bird.
I'm not big on this years draft
I don’t know if we should bring back Jason Hart either.
Getting a young, pure PG should be priority number 1, even if it comes at the expense of Kleiza. Props to LK for battling hard in this series though
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's a weak draft.
I don’t think we’re missing out on much there. But it would still be nice to get a good young point guard in here, at least as a back up.
Yes, but...
Denver can’t offer him what other teams could. However, Bird isn’t a starter so that should help the Nuggets case.
Exactly
He might even get more than the MLE. He’s a special player, but I think he’ll have to sacrifice a little to stay with the Nugs. That’s up to him, you can’t hate
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Right, he may have to sacrifice some.
But my point was that if there’s any guy who I think might choose to do that, it’s him.
For sure
Something tells me Bird wouldn’t be as beastly on another team. He is still a role player, in a great environment on a team where his role is perfectly carved out for him.
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Did not see this coming at all
So, what do they do to get to the next level?
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Great great season ...
hope you guys stick around in the offseason … I’ll be around talking Nuggs ball.
THANKS EVERYBODY!!! GREAT HAVING YOU ALL HERE!!
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You got me hooked.
Apparently though our faxes need to be sent earlier in the day. They totally didn’t read a single thing that we wrote. :(
Thanks so much for taking over the blog.
It got a little slow there for a bit when Jeremy left, but it’s been great. Hopefully we all stick around.
Well.
That sucked. Sort of. It was great to matter again. I will now take a shot for every Pau Gasol foul that wasn’t called. See you on the other side of life.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
The game was called loose.
Which favored LA. But Denver lost this bad boy all by themselves. They played so poorly the officiating didn’t matter an ounce.
Absolutely.
But I’m human and scapegoating someone on the Lakers because it’s what fans do. The Nuggets were BAD in their last 5 quarters. If you eliminate the last 5 quarters and the last 2 minutes of games 1 and 3, Denver wins this series. It sucks to take a step back and realize we were that close.
That doesn’t change the fact that Gasol got away with more than anyone in this series. That blatant hack on Nene tonight that was apparently an amazing strip by Odom is just an example. It’s just hard to root for the guys who complain about everything, certain Nuggets included.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
by A.J. Haefele on May 29, 2009 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't blame ya
I wish I could blame the refs. Sure, there were calls that should have gone our way. And I knew we were screwed when Stern put Joey Crawford and Mark Wunderlich on the officiating crew. So I guess we could continue the conspiracy theories with that. But even if the calls had favored the Nuggets they still would have lost this one. It was their piss-poor defense that lost it. Giving up 101 points with 7 minutes left to play in the 4th? Inexcusable.
Still agreeing with you.
This team lost it on it’s own.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
by A.J. Haefele on May 29, 2009 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry, I'm not trying to call you out
I’m just disappointed.
by NuggBuckets on May 29, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Just gotta say..
Great season by the Nuggets. They played hard, played as a team and worked their asses off.
Melo did a great Job growing up and Chauncey was a great addition. Birdman too. The fans were also crazy.
For a while you looked like the strongest team in the West especially during the Conference Semis.
All in all a good job by this young Nuggets team.
Chauncey disappeared in the Conference Finals again.
One can almost set their clocks to it.
Just want to congratulate you all on a great season and a tough series.
Nate does a good job here.
Who's next?
To get things back on a positive track...
Congrats Nuggets on a great season! It’s been a real joy, and I hope the team is able to do whatever is necessary to take the next step forward a year from now.
Yep, great season - great playoff run.
Hopefully Stan had a good fiscal year and can give Wark some freedom. We need to get younger at point guard and get a real starting shooting guard. No offense to Dahntay but he’s a stop-gap player, not a solution. If JR is going to start we need a scoring threat off the bench and I’m not sure LK is that guy. Yes, he’s young and has a lot of potential but I’d like to see a veteran off the bench. Someone who can score on the road just as well as at home.
by NuggBuckets on May 29, 2009 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Word
JR is still an enigma. If he’s ever going to start for us, maybe it should be now. Whatever, I’m about to move onto shots for the rest of the night. There’s plenty of time for fanposts about this shit in the offseason. Bottom line, I’ll be smiling whenever this wears off. Great season.
Damn, I do think the Lakers got over whatever ailed them in the Houston series, as they didn’t give us anything except 1 bad quarter in game 4. They are the most talented NBA team and should win, all that flip switching bullshit seems a little ridiculous now. If you show up big when it really matters, then what the balls do you have to worry about? Nothing.
This team ran around like a headless chicken for the last 5 quarters of the series. I’m not sure if it was Chauncey & Melo or the Lakers, probably a combo of both. The Lakers were better though, no doubt. Part of me wonders if Chauncey and Nene were really ready to go in their first years as big players on this team.
I thought we were winning the championship. Hell, at least I’m a proud idiot. This will wear off and I’ll be a around for at least the next few months with a few of you. Nuggets forever. This was just the beginning.
by runningdonut on May 29, 2009 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Great series guys.........Nuggs scared the crap out of me.
Up until this game I honestly felt the teams were completely even or the Nuggs were better. Even after this game (not representative of the Nuggets postseason) I think you guys are way better than I thought. Good luck next season, maybe now you will be mentioned in the “teams to look out for in the coming seasons” in the West.
Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!.......Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. – Will Munny
Good series, guys (from Laker fan)
Gave us a run for the money … I was sure of victories over Utah and Houston, but was really doubting LA’s chances vs. the Nuggs (not from LA’s poor play, they can turn it on like a light switch, but because of Denver’s physical play). Nice to see another up and coming team from the West, I absolutely abhor how weak the East is except for 3 teams.
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