Game 59 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at Lakers (1:30pm MST)
by Andrew Feinstein on Feb 27, 2010 9:00 PM MST
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Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers, Feb 28, 2010 1:30 PM MST
The Nuggets couldn't possibly beat the Lakers for the third straight time on Sunday, could they?
LOS ANGELES - Oh, how times have changed for Denver Nuggets basketball.
I remember when the Nuggets faced the Seattle Supersonics in Game 5 of the 1994 playoffs first round, making their first non-cable national TV appearance in something like five years, NBC didn't even have the Nuggets current logo available to place outside the Nuggets locker room for the interview coverage.
16 years later, when the Nuggets play the Los Angeles Lakers today they'll be appearing in their 16th nationally televised game and their third on ABC. The Nuggets, rightfully so, have become a national TV draw...especially against the Lakers...akin to the Sacramento Kings teams of about seven years ago.
Not that I have to tell Nuggets fans this, but Nuggets/Lakers games have become great theater. After losing eight straight to David Stern's preferred franchise from 2006 through 2008, the Nuggets got the monkey off their backs with a confident, albeit sloppy, 90-79 victory at Pepsi Center exactly one year and a day ago. Lakers head coach Phil Jackson called it a "garbage game", and from that point forward the Nuggets stopped playing with fear against Kobe Bryant and his entourage. Including last season's hard fought Western Conference Finals (sans an embarrassing Game 6 for Denver), the Nuggets are 4-5 against the Lakers since last February. And this season, we've seen the Nuggets completely dismantle a tired and weary Lakers team playing the second of a back-to-back without Pau Gasol and, more recently, the Nuggets - sans Carmelo Anthony - stunned the Lakers (and the entire NBA) with a 126-113 victory at Staples Center.
For the first time in ages, it seems as though the Nuggets relish playing the Lakers rather than run away from them. And it hasn't gone unnoticed by the Lakers faithful. Talking to several Lakers fan friends of mine here in Los Angeles this week, they collectively agree that the team to fear is the Nuggets because of that "no fear" factor. Not the Mavericks, not the Jazz and certainly not the Spurs or the Thunder. The Nuggets. Just as they rightly feared those Kings squads from almost a decade ago.
And yet the national media is still assuming a Lakers NBA Finals appearance, hence why Melo feels as though the Nuggets are disrespected (and I think all of us in Nuggets Nation agree this is a good thing). During the telecast of the Lakers/Mavericks game the other night, ESPN's Mark Jackson said that the Nuggets regular season victories over the Lakers will mean nothing if they are to meet again in the playoffs. I disagree. It may not mean much to the Lakers who continue to project (and perhaps have earned) an arrogance in assuming that a red carpet is laid out for them to make a third straight NBA Finals appearance. But for the Nuggets, the more they can consistently perform strongly against the West's best team and continue to feel disrespected, the better.
Taking my point a step further, I actually think the Lakers have something to prove against the Nuggets for once, even if these are just regular season games. Going down 0-3 in the season series to your primary conference rival is never a good thing, even Phil "Garbage Game" Jackson might agree with that.
On a side note, I imagine many of you - like me - will be doing a lot of "flipping" tomorrow between the Nuggets/Lakers game and the USA/Canada gold medal hockey game. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have the US shoot out to an early 6-0 lead against the Canadians like they did against the Finns? That's about as likely as another Nuggets blowout victory over the Lakers.
SCOUTING THE LAKERS...
Lakers Stiffs
-Ron Artest: Of the many times I've been on the wrong side of an issue this season, at the top of the list has to be my offseason assertion that adding Artest would be a good thing for the Lakers. Artest has been awful. He's slow, can't jump, can't shoot, hasn't figured out the triangle offense and routinely gets smoked on the defensive end of the floor, his supposed specialty.
-Derek Fisher: Even though Fisher's performance has declined over a few seasons now, the Lakers could always count on Fisher to make a big shot here and there (as we saw during the last NBA Finals when Fisher made the signature shot of the series in Game 4). No more. Not only does Fisher miss shots early in games, but he misses them in the middle of games and late in games and can't play a lick of defense either.
-Sasha Vujacic: Vujacic has missed the last three games with a sprained right shoulder and will likely miss Sunday's game against the Nuggets, too. But you can't have a Lakers Stiff List without including Vujacic, the league's biggest whiner/flopper.
Lakers Non-Stiffs
-Kobe Bryant: We might hate his guts in Colorado, but you have to respect his game. Fighting through an assortment of injuries all season long, Kobe has - as ESPN's Ric Bucher recently noted - changed his game into an "old man at the Y type game" and yet he remains as dominant as ever.
-Pau Gasol: Gasol is probably the best big man in the Western Conference right now, but I finally discovered his Achilles' heel: late game free throw shooting. While Gasol shoots a very respectable 81.3% from the free throw line, he has missed countless clutch free throws for several seasons now. The Nuggets shouldn't be bashful about sending Gasol to the line in late game situations.
-Lamar Odom: Despite averaging a career low 10.3 ppg and me not being able to understand a word he says in that awful new Taco Bell commercial with Charles Barkley, when Odom steps up his game the Lakers are almost unbeatable, as we unfortunately witnessed in the 2009 WCF.
Opposition's Take: Silver Screen and Roll
Photo courtesy of AP: Mark J. Terrill
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All I have to say is this is a must win, and SS&R has a good preview as well
Haha
This game is definitely NOT a must-win. Obviously every victory over the Lakers is sweet, and if we hope to get home-court in the western conference, beating the Lake Show will go a long ways towards that goal. However, the impact this game has on whether the Nuggets win or lose the NBA championship (or even their psyche towards the Lakers) is so incredibly marginal that it is asinine to call tomorrow a must-win game.
You're wrong
That new Taco Bell Commercial with Barkley is the best commercial evah!
the five dollar box
it rocks it rocks!
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Dr Seuss
would like his rhyming scheme back
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
drama queen
I’m not sure that Vujacic is a bigger flopper than Ginobili, but it might just be because I hate the Spurs more. Speaking of the Spurs…remember Pop sitting out his starters in a game that ultimately gave us the tiebreaker for last season? Here’s to hoping that Phil’s arrogance bites him in the ass as well come playoff time! Go Nuggets!
nope but hes a whiny crybaby who makes idiotic fouls…
ginobli/varejao are the kings of flopping in the NBA right now
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Hey dude
Why did I get kicked off your site for calling you guys out for over-confidence…?
Your not helping the “everything about the lakers is like a giant douchebag” image. Grow a pair…
by SternfluffsKobe on Feb 28, 2010 12:48 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
We need Kenyon
They’re going to come out swinging, I don’t buy for a second those national TV losses aren’t fresh in their minds. The simple fact is that if Malik Allen is in the starting lineup the game is over and we can all get pumped for some hockey. Melo will want to make a statement and his play since the Boston game suggest there will be little to no passing tomorrow. We must be physical on defense the whole game (give Joey minutes) and play disciplined half-court offense when the transition game is not going. It’s almost imperative for Nene to do something, I really will never understand how he allows himself to be such a scrub the past 2 games when we are injured and playing against soft big men. Kenyon and Joey are consistently bringing swagger and physical D to the team concept. Kenyon gets hurt the past 2 games and Nene hides in a corner. Our backcourt will hurt them, Chauncey could win it for us again but I really think Kenyon is the reason we have hit them so hard whenever we’ve played this year. Look if Malik starts this will not even be a game. PLAY JOEY
We need Kenyon on Gasol
Gasol is soft and can be shoved around. Nene just needs to stand up to Bynum for just a few possessions before Bynum starts getting in foul trouble.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
Petro and Graham
So without Kenyon, do you think we can slide over Melo to the 4 and play Graham for a speedy lineup. Joey has been playing good and I don’t think Gasol can handle him or Melo, and our lack of defense on Gasol would essentially just take the ball out of the other Laker’s hands, which seems to bug them.
How about Petro? His 5-5 game in 22 minutes against Dallas had me thinking Grgurich had worked some magic on him. I like Malik Allen, but think he is more effective as a towel waver.
Phil Jackson better not lose this one because his team — RonRon, burritOdom, Princess Pau, and old man Fisher — seem to be cracking.
Of course we’ll probably win then get blown out by Phoenix in the back-to-back. The NBA was determined to stick it to the Nuggets with the scheduling.
Without K-Mart
We can expect to see a lot of the three guard lineup. CB1, JR, Afflalo and Lawsome. I know everyone hate the three guard lineup but it may not be soo bad against the Lakers. Fisher can’t stay with Lawson, Shannon Brown gets “bored” when gaurding Chauncey and then Chauncey rains 3’s on him and Kobe often goes for steals leaving JR open for easy jumpers. But I somewhat expect that Afflalo will get into some type of foul trouble either early 1st with 2 or early 3rd with 4 or both as he’s the primary defender on Kobe.. If that’s the case I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Melo matched up on Kobe after the performance he gave against LaPout.
by NuggetsLife on Feb 27, 2010 11:22 PM MST up reply actions
petro will struggle
against the more talented laker bigs. playing him would show a lot of confidence in him which vould help possibly
I only get to see the national broadcasts
so I tend to concede to the opinion of the “locals”. Granted almost all of the Nuggets national TV games have been against good teams this year, I was fortunate enough to watch the GS game the other night. So I got some insight about this lack of mental focus that the media paints of the Nuggets. While watching, I can’t remember specifics but the Dubs were on a run and cut the lead to single digits after a Tolliver or Morrow 3. That’s when I thought that maybe everyone knows what they’re talking about. But the next trip down Billups passed the ball into Nene in the post and Nene passed the ball back out to CB1, and I thought to myself that the Nuggets never make the extra pass and I expected that Melo would take the 3 from the top of the key as he was “open” but JR was in the corner waiting as the D rotated. Well to my disbelief Melo made the extra pass and JR sank the corner three.
Granted this example is just one possession in one game of many that the Nuggs have played. But through my Blue and Gold colored glasses it’s a glimpse of the mental focus that K-Mart said they needed to “lock in on” in order to close out the season. So hopefully we’ll see less of the ME-lo and JR self and more ball movement adding up to more team assists and more easy baskets.
Beat Those Lakers!
As a Cavs fan, I absolutely despise the Fakers and Kobe Cryant. In all honesty, I’m more afraid of playing the Nuggets in the Finals than the Fakers (Of course, if we do make it to the finals. I don’t want to be too presumptuous). You guys already beat us twice, and made us look bad in the process. Oh well, at least we put up a better fight against you than the Fakers!
I wish you the best of luck against the L.A. If, god forbid, the Cavs don’t win it all this year, I can at least take comfort in the fact that the Fakers and Kobe Cryant don’t win it.
Hope you guys win tomorrow!
by Bay Area Basketball Guy on Feb 28, 2010 1:10 AM MST reply actions
You're a bay area cavs fan?
Hmm.
We just need to find a way to drone out the crowd at Staples. Of course, the weight of the botox could be a problem…
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
melo needs to rebound
whether kmart plays or not. getting his teammates involved in the offense to start the game will be critical. look for the LAL to get off to a fast start and bury denver early. cb1 needs to take fischer inside on the offensive end. wishful thinking and jump shots will not get it done. kobe and the lakers cannot score when they are on defense. denver will win in a hard fought close game or the lakers will blow the nuggets out early.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
i think if we get kmart back it will give us an emotional boost...
if we dont… i would love to have petro start against the lakers to move nene onto gasol…. just a thought
BTW,
ESPN has the daily dime comparing melo and kobe in the clutch… lets just say our boy melo finally gets some respect…
http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/sundaydime-100228/abc-sunday-dime
of course stupid sports nation fans still have the stupidity to vote 77% on kobe being more clutch
Lamar Kardashian...
…cleary says “that is lots and lots in just one box” in that Taco Bell commercial. What’s not to understand there?
by AGAINST_DA_LAW-SON on Feb 28, 2010 9:03 AM MST reply actions
Candyman
He’s a point forward at this point in his career, which I guess is his excuse for not being able to put the ball in the bucket. His assist average is OK, but that’s because he handles the ball at the top of the key a lot. Ever since he got hooked on weed he got his extension, he hasn’t done exactly as well as before.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
Who scheduled this and the hockey match at the same time?
I’m going to have to DVR the basketball game. Which will help me speed through thos annoying commercials, I guess.
The Nuggets can win this if they:
• Take command of the boards
• Take smart shots with the basketball
• Get the Lakers bigs in foul trouble and disrupt Jackson’s rotation. To do this,
• Take the ball to the hole!
That said, to answer Andrew’s question, no, I don’t think Denver is going to beat the Lakers three straight times. But…. It sure would be nice.
Member: 10-man rotation for deep playoff push advocacy group
And Andrew, Stern's preferred franchise is the Knicks
But they suck even when Stern is bending the rules in their favor, so the L@kers are his second option.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
JR's tweet
“Dont get me wrong kobe is great but not when he play me”
Hmmm… So, do you suppose Kobe will go for 40 or 50 today? Or, the opposite, will Kobe turn into KoME to prove the tweet wrong, and he scores 34 pts on 13-35 shooting and the Nugs win?
The Nuggdoctor blog is active again....
… and vowing to regularly update the rest of the season.
Don’t know what is up with the other Nugget blogs (especially Roundballminingcompany) this season, but grateful Denverstiffs posts regularly with an active community of commenters.
whatever the media might say about the lakers getting to the finals easily or etc.
we at SSR still believe the road to the finals goes through denver…however i dont think the lakers are thinking they will automatically get to another finals, they know that the nuggets are a serious contender after that western conference finals series, if not for the steals by ariza, it could have been a much different outcome.
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
As a Nuggets' fan I'm more worried about Utah or Dallas taking over the 2nd seed
Than I am about even reaching the WCF
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
Even if Denver doesn't get the 2nd
It doesn’t mean they’re out of it. Besides, the Nuggets will hang on anyway.
What the @#$% is Fish doing in the picture?
Yah I noticed how the other blogs aren’t really updating that much. I miss the analytical videos of RBMC.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
Anyone know for sure if Kenyon is scratched today?
Would really like to see him out there on the floor, but I think Denver might be saving him for the game vs. OKC if he’s not feeling 100%. I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but Kenyon has been very important in our wins over LA this year.
Swats.
Wow, from the Denver Post
You can look at the Nuggets through different lenses … but the fact is this: When Denver’s four horsemen are all in the starting lineup (Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Kenyon Martin and Nene), the Nuggets are an astounding 27-6. That’s an .818 winning percentage.
If that was Denver’s overall winning percentage, that would be best in the NBA. Right now, Denver is 37-19 overall with a .661 winning percentage, which is fourth-best in the league, trailing Cleveland (43-14, .754), the Los Angeles Lakers (42-14, .750) and Orlando (38-19, .667).
Yes, injuries are part of the game, and the fact is, the Lakers have won at times without Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant.
But that 27-6 by Denver is pretty jaw-dropping.
Swats.
I think you were reading from old standings
We’re 39-19 at the moment … which is good enough for 3rd overall, just ahead of the Magic (39-20)
Astounding record when everyone is fit though … let’s hope they all stay healthy throughout the playoffs.
If Kenyon doesn't play...
There is no way the Nuggets win.
Just 2-4 without him. He’s a beast on defense.
Member: 10-man rotation for deep playoff push advocacy group
Great, make me chose between the USA hocky game and the Nugs at Lakers
How am I supposed to do this???
"Jive turkey is a little over the line my man!"
DVR the Nuggets and watch USA hockey live.
That’s what I’m doing. I’d just flip channels, but my brother is more of a hockey fan than basketball. And he is providing the beer.
Pretty exciting day in sports, eh?
Member: 10-man rotation for deep playoff push advocacy group
nuggets play lakers again in a few weeks
USA Canada for olympic gold wont happen for ATLEAST another 4 years, and possibly 8.
K-MART IS PLAYING
Just got the news via Chris Tomasson
Andrew Feinstein | DenverStiffs.com | denverstiffs@gmail.com
by Andrew Feinstein on Feb 28, 2010 1:22 PM MST reply actions
phoenix vs spurs
Damn did you guys just see the wide open dunk J-Rich just missed that wouldve tied the game? Unbelievable…
by AGAINST_DA_LAW-SON on Feb 28, 2010 1:24 PM MST reply actions
At a bar in Winter Park so I get to watch both Hockey and Nuggets
Good to hear Kmart is playing!
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 1:27 PM MST via mobile reply actions
now that last play he made wasnt clutch at all passing the ball with like a second left
by AGAINST_DA_LAW-SON on Feb 28, 2010 1:33 PM MST up reply actions
Ugh need to at least try for rebounds
Cannot do that if Kmart is taking outside jumpers
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 1:42 PM MST reply actions
Adrian Dentley
is it me or does the nuggets assistant coach look just like Michael Pietrus??
by AGAINST_DA_LAW-SON on Feb 28, 2010 1:43 PM MST reply actions
Bynum looks 3 inches taller than Nene
I thought they were both 6’11
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 1:44 PM MST via mobile reply actions
he wears platforms shoes
during the games…..
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 1:45 PM MST reply actions
foul on kobe?
seems like Melo is not handling the ball well today…dropping a lot of his dribbles
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 1:46 PM MST reply actions
SSR commenters
are actually saying we might be better…wow
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 1:51 PM MST reply actions
ha! Mr. Kardashian
bet he loves that
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
"This is my husband,
Mr. Kardashian. NO , this is MY husband, Mr. Kardashian"
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Just switched over from the hockey game
glad to see the score as it is :)
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
I think Nene might have been trying to miss that FT back to himself
damn had a couple of good O rebounds on that possession but couldn’t capitalize
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 1:56 PM MST reply actions
that was awesome
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Did my eyes deceive me? Or dd Kobe just get a technical foul?
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 2:01 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Im sure
Kobe will get some favorable calls later in the game to make up for it….
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 2:03 PM MST reply actions
Very physical game...
I like it I feel that helps us more than the Lakers
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:06 PM MST reply actions
And good quarter...
Anytime we score around 30 on O and hold the opposition below 25 I count that as a good quarter for us…especially against the lakers.
Now we just need to come out with the same intensity throughout the second quarter.
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:07 PM MST up reply actions
I think brown has been really disappointing for the lakers this year
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:11 PM MST reply actions
even though he missed it
I’m glad lawson shot that 3. I want him to shoot the wide open 3’s when driving hasn’t been working.
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:13 PM MST reply actions
How was that not a foul on Kobe?
I mean Melo did fall into the stands?
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:14 PM MST reply actions
Ill live with Odom shooting open 3s
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 2:20 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Need some better transition defense
I don’t think we are used to it because we usually get back or let them go free
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:20 PM MST reply actions
One more step and smith would have had that
great shot by Lawsome
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:22 PM MST reply actions
Yay another foul against another big :)
we need more of that against them
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:23 PM MST reply actions
Nene bounding
Production from the PG position when CB1 is out, got to love it
Ty Lawson picked a good game to find his offensive grove
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 2:24 PM MST via mobile reply actions
yeah but now he's hurt
I don’t say this often, but good thing we have AC
by Missing Lynx on Feb 28, 2010 2:24 PM MST up reply actions
I wouldn't mind the good AC
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
exactly my question
as I’m watching hockey
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
piss off
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
you're disgusting
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
enough....
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
i'm only saying that because I don't want to rip you to shreds
because it would be really easy
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Please TY don't be hurt
This game can’t afford you know who
if only we could spray that on everyone
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Ahh the scariest thing of my life just happened
I was looking for the Nuggets fan blog and I accidentally found the Lakers one. But, Yay! I’m so happy the nuggets are winning. I hope they embarass the Lakers on their home court!
Haha, thats the same feeling I have about the magic
when they play the cavs or celtics. If the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs, and Spurs are all out of the finals this year…
I will be happy.
by Missing Lynx on Feb 28, 2010 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
that would be boring....
we would crush them
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
I guess since Kobe was surrounded by 4 Nuggets
he must have been fouled? Right?
Right?
…
…
…….
……..
Right?!?!?
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:29 PM MST reply actions
no
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
The announcers actually said it correctly
the young guy got unfairly punished
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
hahahahaha
“Ron artest talking about adding the flop to his game”
thats like Ginobili adding actual defense to his repertoire…
yeah I loved that too, Van Gundy is wonderful
by Missing Lynx on Feb 28, 2010 2:35 PM MST up reply actions
hell yeah
if he can keep it up in the 2nd half, THEN I’ll be impressed
It seems like he always scores 7-13 points in the first and half way through the second, then 0-5 points the rest of the game
by Missing Lynx on Feb 28, 2010 2:36 PM MST up reply actions
Bynum and Gasol with 3 fouls each
Nene and Kmart came to play today
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 2:37 PM MST via mobile reply actions
How many points does Kobe have?
He’s been absent in this game
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 2:39 PM MST via mobile reply actions
ahahahaha...well done
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Nice work fellas!!!
love the aggressiveness…
The Thuggery is back baby
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
wish we played this tough against everyone though
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:42 PM MST up reply actions
well I can live with it
for now
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
to tell you the truth it's because of that playing style
we are feared like the jailblazers in the 00’s and the kings in 02
Chauncey mad about missed points...
love it
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
indeed and maybe our coach one day
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
hungry is exactly right
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
josh powell thinks he's in the WWF
he’s doing all this posing, way to go when his team is still down by around 10. what a scrub. at least he’s the only on the lakers playing with any heart though so i give him that.
"4 inches, baby!" --ripped off from Kush
Great half
Love that aggressiveness and swagger, and seriously jr we needed a better shot at the end there
by Cargo5 on Feb 28, 2010 2:46 PM MST via mobile reply actions
that replay on showing Artest attempting a flop
it was like he said well let me flail around….oh wait, I’m nowhere near the floor..guess I better not try it here.
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
exactly...
and of course the halftime leads with “OMG teh LAKERZ are losing” not the Nuggets kicking their collective rear
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
wow a piece on Chauncey on ABC ...wahhhhhh???!!
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Wait and a piece on Melo?????
/jaw dropping and falls off sofa
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
this is a good point
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
They already did a piece on Kobe during the suns/spurs game
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:54 PM MST up reply actions
hahahahaha!! seriously?
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Yep so they got their Kobe piece out of the way
I was kinda thinking that they might do a LeBron piece but pleasantly surprised on the melo one
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:57 PM MST up reply actions
hopefully he's just grooming his feathers...
before he swoops in for blockarama
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
HA!!! love it !! PICK YOUR POISON!!
that was sweet
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Melo- the sweetest poison ...
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
I was going to say
He smiles too much on Offense to be true poison haha
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:00 PM MST up reply actions
that might be one of those
smiles that isn’t necessarily a smile at all
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Need to start the 3rd strong
I can see Kobe trying to take over the game the first couple of minutes of this third and we need to contain him and get efficient possessions on Offense
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:01 PM MST reply actions
boo
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Let's go USA!!!!
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
its more like
Ty-not-at-all :(
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
AC's gotta get it done
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Nene you are not very good at flopping
don’t try it
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:06 PM MST reply actions
What a shit way to start this half off
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 3:08 PM MST via mobile reply actions
we have gone stone cold
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Too bad we cannot shoot worth shit this quarter
and then they give crappy fouls like that on Kmart
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:12 PM MST reply actions
+1
Nene came to play today. He put on a denver nuggets jersey n everything
by runningdonut on Feb 28, 2010 3:13 PM MST up reply actions
denver has not scored 3 minutes in the 3rd
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
I do not like kmart shooting the outside shot
and then Fisher actually makes a shot damn
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:14 PM MST reply actions
nice rebound out of TO
and great defense led to it
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:18 PM MST reply actions
why isn't Statsny in???
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
yes they do...:(
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
OMG I CAN"T BELIEVE THEY SCORED!!1
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
its a turrible decision
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Just got to survive the 3rd quarter
by CombatChuk on Feb 28, 2010 3:29 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Cmon
Finish this quarter strong we cannot hit anything this quarter it seems like
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:29 PM MST reply actions
bring in graham get melo out of there
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
ya better then missing a jump shot and turning it over
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
6 turn over for melo
there is more to bball than being a ball hog
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
hes not being a ball hog... just he catches the ball and every1 watches and stands still
and artest his hacking him
Chauncey, Melo, and Kmart need rest
but we need them out there…
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:37 PM MST reply actions
crap
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
we cannot make anything
and then they make shit like that
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:40 PM MST reply actions
I think you mean a Sternsaspiracy
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
No, we're honestly admitting you're the superior team
…after all, you play the triangle, we don’t!! By definition you’re better!!
CB1 or Ty would have went in for the layup
No points for the PG position
ScottHastings
Why would nba officials need stat sheets @ half time??? 7 to 1 personal fouls 3rd qt..la had the 1! Was 14 – 7 den @ half!
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:42 PM MST reply actions
game over.
LAL wont let go a 4 point lead in the staples at the 4th Q
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
the refs wont neither
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
game over? really? sigh
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Bench has 13 points and Ty has 6 of them.
Odom has 16 off the fakers bench
see ya
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
Wow
as good as we were in the first quarter…we have sucked that much in the second half
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:47 PM MST reply actions
man i really wish he was out there instead of AC
The lakers can’t keep up with him.
but AC has to go driving the lane… that was an awful play.
this is championship caliber offense guys!
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
game not over yet
we just need to make a run here
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:49 PM MST up reply actions
denver fan, if you didnt know.
kind of realistic tho
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
we could still win this...
lets just get melo back in the game and have nene and kmart cut when he is doubled or givve the ball to JR/ AAA for a 3
okay it's time
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
How fucking Dumb is that
I thought you were an idiot
research your movie quotes young man
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Wave the white flag, George...
…this one’s over, and we need to have an off chance of winning in PHX…
Wow Fisher
Sit down man, you’re done. Foul one of the best FT shooters in the game when they’re down 3.
what does this mean?
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Melo on kobe
Best against best well not anymore since he has 5 fouls :(
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 3:59 PM MST reply actions
oh Chauncey!!! boo
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Cmon Nuggets!
Close it out! get the win!
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 4:00 PM MST reply actions
ridiculous refs
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
NOOOOO MELO FOULED OUT!!!! WTF
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
And I was right both times!
Now we lose a heartbreaker, and our 8 are gassed against a PHX team that plays more than 8 deep…
smelo anthony
get joey in the game
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
smelo please...
that was a totally crap call
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
That is BS call what a bunch of crap
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Bull shit!!!!
Fuck the refs on that…were they calling that in the first half? NO! Artest was doing the same exact damn thing as Melo on that! You have to be kidding me!!!!
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 4:01 PM MST reply actions
well, for everyone who thinks we are better without Melo
guess we are going to find out right now
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
EVIDENCE OF THE BIG MAN NEEDED
Stern got through on the hot line
WHATEVER YOU DO
DO NOT START FORCEFEEDING CHAUNCEY.
I can see it happening already, they start keying in on Chauncey, both the Lakers and us…and he gets smothered and tries to throw up shots.
Spread it out between Chauncey and J.R. Both have to play EXTREMELY smart and get hot.
Well gotta play great d
and feed the ball down low with a kick out to the open spot up
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 4:03 PM MST reply actions
where the heck were the fouls???
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
horible billups
"Do not rest in defense. You can spend 24 seconds in offense on resting. If you do good enough on defense, you will be able to rest on offense."
what on earth were we doing those last
30 seconds??
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
welp can we score 6 in 12.7 seconds?
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
28/77 that is absolutely horrible
7/24 from 3pt range that is not going to happen again.
Also Melo will not foul out again on those stupid calls
Still don’t understand how the lakers only had 6 fouls called on them in the second…
by ColoradoAggie11 on Feb 28, 2010 4:12 PM MST reply actions
well I'm never in favor of the refs deciding the game
when it goes against the Nuggets…
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 4:14 PM MST reply actions
I guess my thinking is
Overall we didn’t have a GREAT offensive night, and with TL getting injured and
AC actually playing… ya know these little things build up over the course of the game.
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 4:17 PM MST reply actions
Fuck this shit
FUCK kobe FUCK pau FUCK ron artest FUCK fisher FUCK lamar kardashian FUCK the refs FUCK THE LAKERS
by Melomvp on Feb 28, 2010 4:17 PM MST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Losing Ty is bigger than it looks. It really made us slow down considerably… when he’s in the game, he made the Lakers defend us. Unless Billups shoots like he did in game #2, we’re going to struggle if we slow it down against the Lakers when their defense is set… it’s tough to beat.
Losing Ty took away two things from us: speed and ball movement. It seems when the ball stuck to Melo or Billups hands, there’s not enough ball movement. With Ty, he always pushes and moves the ball… players like AA with hot hand benefit from ball movement.
Losing Ty, Melo not playing focused (overdribbling and not moving the ball), Billups not hot and AC playing, are the right ingredients to lose a game.
I am not a Nuggets fan, but that was a terrible job of officiating.
I am a Clippers fan, and a NBA fan. The refs allowed Artest to play the most physical defense I have ever seen. Artest was all over Carmelo today. I watched every second of the game and Artest should have been fouled out by the end of the first half. Melo was only trying to get position on the elbow when he got his 6th foul. On the other hand, Kobe is allowed to push, elbow and pull his defenders and they seem to get the fouls. It just doesn’t make any sense. The refs were very inconsistent on the way they called this game.
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
nice to hear an objective viewpoint
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
In a game like that, the Nuggets should have shot 40+ free throws
Melo only shot 8 free throws. It seemed to em that eh was fouled almost every time he touched the ball. How Artest managed to only get called for 3 fouls is beyond me!
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
jr smith
single handedly lost the game for you guys. every time the nuggets were in a critical juncture, for whatever reason he got the ball and just chucked. i haven’t seen such chuckery since…oh wait, the Bulls just got a taste of this last night from our own chucker, janerro pargo.
hopefully karl goes off on JR after this game and tells him to play within the flow of the offense next time. his box score shows 3-12, but it was worse than just 3-12 because of the timing of his poor shots (at which point in the game he took them).
i haven’t gotten a chance to watch too much nugs this year, so i’m not sure if he is your designated spot up shooter. but it sure didn’t seem like the offense was designed for mr. smith to be the one taking the big shots at critical points. billups should have continued what he was doing (instead of passing it off to smith).
"4 inches, baby!" --ripped off from Kush
i dunno, did you see that little mini run in the 4th?
chauncey was going off. they should have kept going to him.
"4 inches, baby!" --ripped off from Kush
by anorexorcist on Feb 28, 2010 4:24 PM MST up reply actions
Every player has a bad night once in a while
Heck, Kobe was 3-17, lmao. Kobe has also missed more than 20 shots in two games this year. That is bad shooting!
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
yeah but
it was the timing that really stunned me about jr’s shots. like at points where the nuggets were losing their lead or lost it completely and needed to attack or draw a foul or get something going, their only offense consisted of JR just jacking up 3s. really?
"4 inches, baby!" --ripped off from Kush
by anorexorcist on Feb 28, 2010 4:26 PM MST up reply actions
You have to keep shooting if you are J.R.
He is a volume shooter. He can score 40 points on one night, and then go 3-12 like he did today. He is very important for this team. The Nuggets as a team just didn’t shoot the ball well, but that had a lot to do with the very physical play by the Lakers.
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
Btw, I didn't really notice
Until now…but is it just me, or does it seem like Ty gets injured quite a bit? I don’t want to say injury prone, but for a guy that’s as young as he is…
I know he plays extremely physical and when he’s charging around the way he is, he’s bound to get hurt, but if you look at some of the other guys of his size and play style, I get the feeling he shouldn’t be getting hurt this much.
Thank god it’s only minor injuries so far though.
We'll need Lawson tomorrow hope he can go
Melo was constantly trying to take over in the second half, Nuggets stopped working the ball inside and CB/JR didn’t make shots. Chauncey was trying to get the ball to the bigs and turning it over but Melo was giving it up on his own. If we played a little bit smarter in the second half we got it. Melo has to own up for this one, GK went with him most all of the second half and he lost his head.
this is a big problem
especially if we have to face artest again. luckily thornton wont be in the playoffs.
I knew it
Melo missed the last game we beat LA, he was going to get his in this game. 1 assist, wow. Better than zero I guess.
by runningdonut on Feb 28, 2010 4:37 PM MST up reply actions
I guess Ron Artest had the antidote, "pick your poison" shut down man, kobe sux though, he sucked
The RaiderLaker
The antidote was the refs allowing him to get away with foul after foul
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Im surprised they didnt go to Billups or JR, Billups looks like he's on another level,MVP, screw kobe (I am one of the few that think he's past his prime)
which is the reason why i got banned from that GAY lakers fan blog SSR
The RaiderLaker
I kinda think that JR plays pretty well with Lawson
And when Ty went down JR started to play more erratically than usual
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 4:27 PM MST reply actions
Melo
Might be one of the worst dribblers in the league
by Melomvp on Feb 28, 2010 4:30 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Nah, that award goes to Monte Ellis
The guy averages over 4 to’s a game!
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
But.....
Melo basically loses it every time he goes into traffic and he just looks, I don’t know, fragile, when he’s handling the ball. Man I can’t wait for him to break out of this little slump of his.
by Melomvp on Feb 28, 2010 4:48 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
You did watch him play vs. the Cavs did you?
This was just one game today. Artest was allowed to play very physical and it through Melo off his game. Now I will say this. If the refs alow Artest to play like this during the playoffs, every team is going to have problems. This is basketball, not rugby!
HVYDRT007-"EJ's value is diminishing Game By Game"
I was kinda disappointed they didn't run the offense through Nene more at the end,
His inside game was the only thing workin’
by InboundingLobPass on Feb 28, 2010 4:32 PM MST reply actions
First half
Looked like he was going to get 20/10 easy
by runningdonut on Feb 28, 2010 4:38 PM MST up reply actions
well, we didnt
start the 2nd half well. then chauncey started turning it over. then melo started turning it over and we were totally pressing. nene touched the ball maybe 4 times on offense in the 2nd half
hopefully mavs lose tonight
i know everyone will say they dont care, but i still want that cushion for the 2 seed
i don't want to hear a damn thing about JR's shot selection today
while it was terrible, Melo’s turnovers and Chauncey’s questionable decisions and just forcing everything were even bigger
J.R. Smith and Andersen and the turnovers
To me, lost the game.
J.R. Smith: 3-12 with 1-7 3pt
Andersen: 4 rebounds?! You kidding me?
Melo had 8 turnovers and Billups had 5
Lakers are sooooooo thirsty
Why is Gasol talking shit right after the game? We up 2-1 and Pau got benched for the end of this game, Odom and Bryant delivered the goods.
okay we lost a game.. everyone take a deep breath, now release......
What did you all expect to win every game remaining? Loses happen. Yes this was ugly, but i think everyone shares a part. melos turnovers were inexcuseable, but so were the rest of the teams too. And Everyone shot badly, no one escapes there. Nene didnt get enough touches in the second half, but how much is that design, and how much is that sometimes Nene goes into the locker room at halftime and never comes out. melo had a bad game, but even superstars do, thats when the other team mates have to step up. And no one really did for denver. So we lost, we learn from it, we grow from it, and we get ready for phoenix tommorrow. There is still alot of regular season left to play, and we will see the lakers in the playoffs, and we might lose a game or 2 there too, unless you honestly think we will sweep them. Lets go nuggs, shake it off.
2 other things. I love AAA. What a great defender, and a good scorer too. Plays hard and straight up with intensity, gotta love it.
Yes artest is a good defender, thats why the lakers got him. But if you think this game was fairly officiated, or even well officiated, your drinking the same koolaid the refs get from David Stern. i wont say anything more on the refs beyond that, otherwise i might get worked up and have to go break stuff.
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