Billups' 10 points in OT lift Nuggets (Nuggets/Warriors recap)

ZERO defensive intensity, another lackadaisical sleepwalk through a game that they should have knuckled down on, and a win brought to you by some VERY lucky calls and non calls in both directions.

Fortunately Chauncey is the man. Still not happy about this though. I think, honestly, Golden State is just a matchup nightmare for the Nuggets. Lawson was completely ineffective because the quick guards of Golden State neutralized any ability he had to play the passing lanes or get penetration for easy looks. Maggette is playing like a great SF.

The Warriors got a lot fewer offensive rebounds as soon as K-Mart came back in the game in the 4th quarter. Bird was also very slow to rotate.

If he’s hurt, sit him for a week or so. Malik is better than Bird is now.

Free throw shooting. Terrible, even by Chauncey (because of the standards he has w/ career %).

The rest of the game? I really only caught the second half in it’s entirety so that’s what thsi is based on. Nene was hustling but flat out sucked. Lawson was quiet but when he logged the minutes I saw, he made Monta Ellis look like a snail. Fastest guy in the NBA I might venture to guess.

This game was what I’d call an OG win. Chauncey and K-Mart basically said “nah, we ain’t losin this one” and took the entire team on their backs. As soon as K-Mart came in toward the end, the game turned back into our favor because our defense and rebounds picked up. You could see his intensity and prowess being roughly 3X what Nene was doing while he was on the bench.

Chauncey was the obvious star though. Simply put, he took over offensively. The droves of points he scored in the 4th and overtime were sheer will, that we really needed or this W wasn’t gonna happen. So it was our OG’s that really took this team on it’s shoulders for this W. I really like having both Chauncey and K-Mart on this team, and I think when it gets serious (the playoffs), the lackidasical crap vs. bad teams is going to go away because these two won’t accept mediocrity when the time comes.

CB’s offensive efforts, K-Marts defensive (and key putback toward the end of regulation) were everything for us. Melo? Didn’t really play much of a factor. A quiet night and some bad offensive decision making.

The one thing that WAS A FACTOR was the way the refs were screwing us. I think Andy is going to change his phone # because of the number of times I texted him last night basically saying “WTF was that????” regarding some of the ridiculous calls that went G-States way. The refs were TOTALLY favoring G-State because of the fact that they were undermanned and at home. That one ref (Davis) might need to be investigated for fixing games.

I thought given all the obstacles (refs, Monta Ellis, G-State is a VERY tough place to win), regardless of our gaffes at the FT line and some defensive issues, that was about as exciting a game as I’ve seen all season and a great win in my book. Great game to watch, but if we lost, I would probably write this entirely different. Hah!

glad we got the W though. hope we got enough in the legs for tonight.

Melo did not foul tolliver on that last shot. There was contact before the pass, but once he had the ball Melo turned away from him to avoid the contact that Tolliver was trying to initiate. Compare that to Monta Ellis in the last game jumping at JR, and last night when he HELD Ty’s arm in an effort to strip the ball. I know you want to limit the trolls today, but I am not willing to feed into their bum argument. Watch the replay. Melo turn his body to avoid contact caused by Tolliver jumping into him. it was a good no call. Unlike when nene grabbed Steph Curry before the inbounds pass. If the refs would have called that (like they should have, sorry Nene) we may not be as happy as we are over a much needed road win.

Side note What is the name of the light skinned ref that was being such a dick last night? I swear every time we come up against him he hurts us. I think Melo or K-Mart dunked his head in the toilet back in high school or something cuz it seems like he’s out for revenge. “SWIRLY TIME BITCH!”

Yeah, sorry again that my iPhone doesn’t take better pics. No zoom, no focus, no flash. It wasn’t actually that dark.

The Warriors have quite a lot of devoted, emotional fans for being such a sucky team. I think my ears are a little damaged from the huge roars that erupted after some of Ellis’s big shots.

Karl calls them out and he’s an asshole who alienates his players.

but i really didnt like his game too much last night

he was forcing everything, there were times when Chauncey or JR were wide open for 3, and melo just barreled his way into the lane and missed. (even if JR is a loose cannon, a wide open JR for three is a much better shot than a Melo-on-3 situation)

I wasn’t on the court, so I don’t know if Melo really was getting hacked, but the one aspect of Melo’s game that I really hate is when he thinks he should have gotten a call, he just stays down at the other end and slowly walks back, frustrated. Regardless of whether it should have been a call or not, he should be running back on D. How many times this year have the nuggets had to play 4 on 5 D cuz Melo was mad about a call. He should learn from Kobe, who when he gets mad about a call, he takes it out by absolutely shutting down his guy on D

Melo played pretty badly. It was one of those games where we NEEDED Chauncey to come through….and thankfully he did. I just wish on these “off” nights that Melo would find the open man…or rather, I wish the four other guys would rotate to the basket so Melo can pass to them.

The officiating stunk to high heaven. That charging call on JR was one of the worst I’ve ever seen. I will agree that Melo DID seem to foul Toliver at the end, but I think the angle made it hard to see anything accurately,

looking at the quarter by quarter scoring is a good way to analyze the game. the general rule i use is anything the opponent scores 25 points or less denver is playing good defense. anything denver scores above 25 points they are executing on offense. the first quarter denver out scored gsw 30 to 25. nene has 10 points. 2nd quarter nene had 2 points and denver was out scored 28 to 23. 3rd and 4th quarters both teams combined for 52 points each. this was a game where denver should have posted up gs at every opportunity. corey maggette must have studied film of melo very close because he had a very melo like game. with about 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter denver played melo, kmart, billups, nene and smith for the rest of the game. this is what the nuggets starting line up should be. at the end of a 48 minute regulation game this line up scored 18 points in a 5 minute overtime. kinda makes you wonder what that line up could do at the beginning of the game. looking at the first half stats both teams were almost identical in every catagory. denver does not have to try and beat the other team at their own game.

Where are all of the JR haters at today? I thought so. He plays big in the 4th and OT and no one wants hims gone all of a sudden. Damn people back the team up!

Why the hell don’t the Nuggets ever wear their retro jerseys? It’s always so cool to see other teams do it, and makes for a different fan experience.

Terrible on both ends.

Fun game from a fan standpoint. Terrible game as someone who expects better from his favorite team.

In Melo’s defense, he was taking it the hole and not getting calls. All that abuse, I can’t blame him for settling for jumpers. Still, I agree that he should stop being such a ballstopper.

And I think coach Karl is great. I have some quibbles with his rotations, but he understands that coaching in the NBA is more about getting the right players on the court and letting them do their thing. It is all about finding the right chemistry.

Do you guys even watch the game. The Nugs got to the line twice as many times as the W’s. They were once again handed a game by getting 3 free throws at the end of the 3rd quarter, and then when the W’s get fouled at the end of regulation nothing is called. You guys are freakin pathetic. The fact is the Nugs were out played the last 2 games agianst the W’s and the Warriors were ripped off by the refs. That is fact jack!

Noone right? Speaks volumes about watching a team that leads the league in free throw attempts and tries to slwo the game down. One word comes to mind BORING! The nugs are BORING as hell to watch!