A good loss... (Nuggets/Jazz recap)
by Andrew Feinstein on Feb 6, 2010 9:55 PM MST
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The Nuggets may have been careless with the ball, inaccurate with their shots and porous on defense while losing at Utah tonight, but they showed no fear and never gave up. This was a good loss.
Remember back in November when we broke down the difference between good, bad and unacceptable losses? Tonight's game falls squarely in the "good loss" column. No Chauncey Billups. No Carmelo Anthony. Playing the second of a back-to-back after a late night national TV game on the West Coast. Several key players get injured in the game. And playing perhaps the hottest team in the NBA. And yet the Nuggets had a shot to win this game until three or so minutes remaining in the final quarter.
There wasn't a Stiff on the Nuggets roster tonight, regardless of what the box score might tell you.
Yet again, the Nuggets are showing us fans why they're a serious contender for the 2010 NBA Championship. One night removed from clocking the Lakers in Los Angeles sans Melo, they almost pulled off a stunner sans their best player (Melo) and their MVP (Billups) against the red hot Jazz. If I'm a Jazz fan, I have to be a little concerned that a slimmed-down Nuggets squad plays my team with absolutely no fear whatsoever.
Watching the broadcast on Altitude, here are some things I noticed (and you probably did, too)...
...Kenyon Martin seems to be getting more and more confident with his offensive spin move to the basket. He just needs to stop shooting jumpers. If you were to vote for the Nuggets MVP, is there any question K-Mart would finish second?
...Ty Lawson not playing in the rookie game is borderline criminal. Ok, it is criminal. Now that he knows how to create space between himself and a defender when driving to the basket, Lawson just might be starting point guard material after all.
...the Nuggets were clearly gassed from last night. On a lot of Jazz possessions, the Nuggets were standing around and allowed too many offensive rebounds to be collected easily by Utah players who were also just standing around. Surprisingly, however, the two teams were basically even in total rebounds.
...Chris Andersen's new hairdo must stay. For the second game in a row sans-mohawk, Birdman is earning his salary extension and is showing flashes of the 2008-09 version of Birdman. He seems to have a pep in his step and is playing smarter around the rim.
...new injuries to Arron Afflalo and Nene are alarming. I'm not a religious person by any means, but I might need to pray for those guys to get healthy before Tuesday. I don't think Nuggets head coach George Karl needs any more challenges!
...Anthony Carter shot 2-for-8 but I thought he made some good contributions on the floor. I know everyone who reads this will disagree.
...J.R. Smith didn't shoot particularly well, but had another good game to continue his stretch of solid play since the "non suspension".
...as noted above, too many turnovers. When you're as underhanded as the Nuggets were tonight, you have to protect the ball.
To recap, the only thing this loss showed us is that the Nuggets fear no one in the NBA and can win on any given night. As long as they don't have to play the Sacramento Kings, of course.
Non-Stiff of the Night
-Andrei Kirilenko: AK47 must have read my game preview calling him out as a Stiff, because he played like anything but a Stiff tonight. With 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting and five steals, Kirilenko was one of several difference makers for the Jazz. In fact, in looking back at his recent games, I probably should have left him off my Jazz Stiffs list...but that would have ruined the fun of having all the Jazz players with a "K" in their name being called Stiffs!
Stiff of the Night
-Nuggets turnovers: The Nuggets turned the ball over 20 times, six more than their average.
Photo courtesy of AP: Steve C. Wilson
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Agree with everything this time Andrew
even AC, here comes the shunning(and I don’t give a rats ass). I haven’t gotten this much confidence from a loss since…maybe ever. 4 starters missed the entire 2nd half, two of those guys missed all 4, those guys are our two all stars. Yet we almost tied the game early in the fourth on the road playing a day after a very late and tough game in LA. The Jazz fans may rejoice but all that shows me is they don’t really believe they are in anyway better then us.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Actually, I was surprised at AC
I thought he played like crap tonight. He couldn’t stay in front of his man on defense, while his offense was typical AC (lack of) scoring and distributing the ball. I was surprised that he took as many shots as he did. But really, I was just disappointed with his defense.
His dunk was sweet though. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. And the loss doesn’t fall solely on his shoulders.
There were times when the Nuggets fought hard tonight and times where it was clear they were gassed.
Rest up boys, we’ll get ’em on Tuesday.
ac is the rod smith of the nuggets
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
AC is the Jay Cutler of the Nuggets
by gnarlybroncodude on Feb 6, 2010 10:30 PM MST up reply actions
You just lost all credibility with that statement...
It’s not even close. If anything, JR Smith is the Jay Cutler of the Nuggets…
What are you talking about?
The Bears are the envy of the NFL! Sorry, I had a flashback and thought it was ’06.
"The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players." -Don Coryell, ex-San Diego Chargers Coach
I love this
You should make that your moniker!
by SternfluffsKobe on Feb 6, 2010 10:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
yea it will piss off a lot of people
that are Bronco fans. You can not compare AC to someone who should be in the pro football HOF
by gnarlybroncodude on Feb 6, 2010 10:32 PM MST up reply actions
I believe it is not meant in a serious fashion
I mean Rod was good and all, very good.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
You're insane!!!!!!!!!!!
(I mean that in a bloggy debate-y way, not a mean way)
Rod Smith was an absolute stud during his career — 100 catch seasons, a big Super Bowl game against the Falcons, a deep threat and a possession receiver, and had a few punt returns for touchdowns. His first touchdown was a clock expired catch of a Hail Mary.
You’re insane. AC has not had a career even sniffing Rod Smith’s.
oh ya
can rod smith dunk a basketball?
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
probably
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?
Neither can AC
Ty Lawson dunked the ball. AC’s layup was so lame it nearly came back out of the basket
he didnt f*** it up too bad considering he became the back up PG since Chauncey got hurt
If Chauncey was 100%, AC probably doesn’t even play tonight. This is our team down the stretch like it or not. AC struggled to stay in front of Deron, but Utah has been running crazy screens for the past like 20 years, its not a simple matter of staying in front of his man. Ty got caught up in a bunch of screens too, and he’s the quickest guy we have. Kenyon should have stopped shooting his J when it wasn’t going in at first. I have no problem with him taking those shots in the paint, no matter how off he is. Same with JR driving and creating. A bad pass on a pick and roll, or a forced lay up is something i will live with every single time. He had only two shots, the one over the backboard, and the one where he stole the ball and just pulled a chauncey (but failed). Bird is playing great, but he is obviously in pain. He can’t even walk without grimacing. THe week off will be good for him. Graham played great.
I'm with you PhilH...
considering that we were within 3, before the refs started making up rules, and random fouls, we definitely stood a chance.
And AC did not kill us.
I’m really concerned about Nene and Afflalo….:( on top of Melo and Chauncey.
definitely going to be interesting going forward
GO NUGGETS!!
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 didn't kill us...
The difference in +/- between him and Lawson kind of says we played much worse with him in there.
Also, when you play 4 on 5 basketball on offense, that implies that he’s killing you on every possession.
Pompous fools
can’t realize that the weak link missed the basket that could have tied the game and given the Nuggets momentum to steal the game.
who exactly are you calling pompous fools?
and why?
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 still looking for an actual answer
to my question.
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?
Bird and Ty played well tonight.
Too bad Ty can’t pull more +1’s. What does it take to toss him some respect by the refs. He has great hustle and attitude to boot. Bird’s hair needs to stay down. Enough of looking like a clown, now He looks as if he is in the zone, he is improving overall on the Offensive side of the court. I think though there are Carter sympathyzers here and they were revealed in tonights thread. I am just happy on his reduced minutes. If I can remember , wasn’t he a starter two years ago ?
I hate when AC plays, yet if he does OK for his standard I won't go on a witch hunt
just because people don’t act as if Carter is Mussolini doesn’t mean they are sympathizers. Also not even Melo gets that respect so not sure how much chance there is the Law will.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
AC Dunked!!??
What did it look like? 2 hand? 1 hand? off one foot? Fast break? In the halfcourt offense?
by VancouverNugget on Feb 6, 2010 10:32 PM MST reply actions
it was very early in the half court offense when the nuggs were setting up
they were going from right to left on the TV screen
AC was in the corner at the top
someone was bringing the ball up the right baseline, kinda dribbled toward the top of the key, AC starts cutting baseline, gets the ball, goes up with one hand. (i hope i didnt just make that all up. thats the best i can remember)
it wasn’t a clean flush, the ball rattled around a little bit. Chauncey and Melo thought it was the funniest thing they had ever seen
It was a weak layup
that almost came back out of the basket
Do you remember when TY dunked the ball over Mbenga
It was all over the Stiffs page and it’s still on youtube.com.
You would think that if AC’s dunk was all of that it would have been on the Stiffs Blog for viewing.
A dunk is when the ball flushes with emphasis through the basket
AC’s dunk ROLLED around the rim and almost came out.
Ty dunked the ball.
No pleasing you I guess
Dude tries to amp the team up following an unexpected dunk by Allen with a rather lame duck dunk of his own. He still scored 2 pts, and he was helping the team try and win a tough one on the road in the 2nd of a B2B with no Melo, Chauncey or Nene in the 2nd half, and you still hate on it. C’mon man! We all know that AC is not a super star and is on the back end of his career. He went from Starting pg to 3rd seat in a matter of a couple years and never once complained. All he’s known for is being a great team mate and a postive reinforcement in the locker room.
Maybe next time when he has a clear lane to the rim he should just pass the ball off to someone that will make the same 2 pts look spectacular. the maybe you’d be happy.
Didn't you know?
AC kicked samdman’s puppy and stole his woman. He could save a bus full of school children and samdman would not give him any credit.
Would you like for me to tell you again who my woman is?
What does a bus full of school children have to do with the fact that AC sucks at playing basketball.
The only good dog is a hotdog
You took exception to my description of his layup. I pointed out what a dunk is
Now here comes the defensive rhetoric.
AC sucks as a NBA basketball player
it was a thing of beauty
they should run that play for ac more often.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
Nah man, he beat his guy off the dribble
SOARED above the rim and threw it down with one-hand. It circled around before it went down but it was a legit dunk.
man I missed that dunk...I'll look for the replays later.
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 way dude, heres how it went down
AC spun on Dwill, then went behind the back and through boozer’s legs. after this two things happened at once:
1. AK47 shit his pants
2. AC threw it off the backboard and slammed a reverse 360 windmill in Millsap’s face… it did rattle around the rim a little though.
realizing that this was one of the signs of the apocalypse I immediately went to the nearest church
Thanks for the laugh
I needed that after this “Good Loss”
Also, I seem to remember the backboard shattering
by Artimus Mangilord on Feb 8, 2010 2:25 PM MST up reply actions
I don't remember that part
But I do remember him jumping over Dwight Howard
by Uh on Feb 8, 2010 7:01 PM MST up reply actions
and on the play before that ....
if i can remember correctly, malik allen dunked on ak47
He also dribbled around his back a bit earlier
dude was playing like Wilt Chamberlain tonight(if anyone responds to that seriously you should check your sense of humor).
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Talking with a friend tonite
I realized that this team is probably the MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. the jazz had a hard time winning this game against our 2nd a 3rd unit. I love that Karl put in the entire bench at one point when it was actually a winnable game. It sounds wierd but I love the giant F*** you Utah.
Not only are we talented and DEEP, we have a cockiness that actually works 75% of the time.
I’ll pose this question to everyone again:
is this the SCARIEST team to think about playing in a 7 game series? Regardless of homecourt?
I say yes. Hands down.
by SternfluffsKobe on Feb 6, 2010 10:36 PM MST via mobile reply actions
the only 7 game series that would be a toss up
is a 100% healthy Lakers team
Utah doesn’t scare me. Neither does San Antonio. Dallas…maybe a few weeks ago they did, but not recently. We will see on tuesday.
Dallas only scares me
if they pull a trade for Caron Butler or maybe Kevin Martin.
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
I'm guessing
This was the last night we’d see Bird with his hair down, unless his Fiance tells him otherwise. Hahaha!
These injuries are killing us, but with the All-Star weekend coming up, we should be fine, I hope.
Acceptable loss for sure
I didn’t plan on winning this one, and I know nobody else did either. Would it have been nice to snag a win in Utah sans Melo and Chauncey? Hell yes! But the simply fact that we were even as competitive as we were was a great sign. I can’t wait to watch this next stretch of games, it should bring out the best in our Nugs.
the only thing that pisses me off
is that now the world will forget about Denver again, and focus on how the Jazz will challenge LA for the #1 spot. This morning, i went to nba.com. THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF THE GAME LAST NIGHT. NOWHERE. not even on the “other headlines” part. They put something up briefly after the game last night, but took it down just in time so that no one would see it.
Utah is good, but not this good. If Nene played the second half, we win that game, I am sure of it.
Let the media ignore us
This squad has proven it plays great with a chip on its shoulder.
by Artimus Mangilord on Feb 8, 2010 2:27 PM MST up reply actions
Wow !
I was reading thru the Jazz thread and dropping some ( kind ) wise ass comments and about half of the way thru I was blackballed to make anymore.
I have never read such an innane thread. Really WTF.
And yet you kept posting them after a warning
by Basketball John on Feb 6, 2010 11:28 PM MST up reply actions
There was a warn and then a ban
You must have posted your next comments while I was clicking the warn button. I’ll take off the ban. At least build some rep up first before going off.
by Basketball John on Feb 6, 2010 11:38 PM MST up reply actions
tell you what
I was trying to apologize after I saw the ban. I’ll do it now. It was all in fun . Honestly. I’ve got your lead.
That’s why if you had some rep first it would have been fine. But a first-time going on like that, it was very trollish. So I had to cut it off quick.
Thanks
by Basketball John on Feb 6, 2010 11:44 PM MST up reply actions
Understood
Guess I was a glass shard on my inserts. I’m off now to clean up my already tarnished image.
Basketball John
If you cut him off and banned him, why then did you come here? To see if he was still talking a little trash? I’m confused. If you didn’t want him on there because of not wanting to hear anything about or from the Nuggets then why are you “trolling” on this site?
You guys beat our third unit tonite fair and square. It’s over. Bask in the glory! You guys earned it! Don’t get mad at passion.
by SternfluffsKobe on Feb 7, 2010 3:10 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
They really did firewall me !!!
The Jazz site said I was making negative attacking comments. I didn’t even curse but made a suggestion with *. Geeze , this is outrageous ! Talk about rubbing out some feelings. And I was inserting comments when the game was over for 45 minutes.
You're an internet misfit markph!
Don’t worry about them sensitive wittle utah jizz fans. We put up with Balzer trolls, Laker trolls Phoenix trolls and Dallas shit kicking haters.
by Joelsopinion on Feb 8, 2010 10:05 AM MST up reply actions
let us know what they were
it is perfectly ok with me if you post them here. we can write anything we want like………ac is the rod smith of the nuggets
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
sooooooo....
I was replying to coments about Bird ( of course ) fashion statements about Melo and CB1 and overall statements about dress codes, beverages etc… I made sure not to curse since I noticed all the blogging was w/o curse words or any reference to them. Anyway all said I guess now I’m out of Jazz Ban and I’ll post a brief apology.
And we have had some nasty stuff posted here by opposing fans. Do they get banned ? If so I have never heard anything about it.
i think marie osmond is hot
i made that remark because i think it is true and said it with sincerity. a slc blogger commented they were offended. kind of ironic the same guy that kicks you off their site comes on this one to comment. lesson learned some folks are thinned skin about some things.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
I saw the dress code thing
they were wondering if Melo and Chauncey wearing the jerseys was against the code, to which I laughed thinking that in that case every player in the league was breaking the rule. Yes they were inactive but it’s their team they can wear their jerseys.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
That observation by a Jazz Poster
Poster was perplexed that Melo and CBI were in sweats. then a follow up comment had something to do with the player status at game time. The follow up reply was and I’m paraphrasing, " Well they could at least have Sports Coat on ".
I actually made a wise ass-comment about that but thought twice about it and just canceled it .
Dude
I got kicked off of the Lakers site earlier today. You seem like your feelings are hurt. I get it. I felt the same way.
I got booted because they were sore losers. You got booted because they’re sore winners. Against our bench. Barely.
Trust me, you’ll get over it.
Here’s what I said:
“perhaps (the Lakers and their fans) should stop worrying about homecourt advantage in the finals and instead focus on winning the western conference first. PERHAPS this is why people are “laker haters.”
but then I realized it was probably my screen name….
by SternfluffsKobe on Feb 7, 2010 3:18 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Hey Stern
Nah, my feelings were not hurt. I did have fun making comments. It usually isn’t my style to make as many wise ass comments on another wall but the comments were so innane and well – go look at them yourself and tell me if I’m off base. I wanted to retract after the Basketball John got upset because I believed it could cause some difficult moments for the Proprietors here and I didn’t want that going down.
Anyway I’m like that with the best of friends and yeah some of my digs were over the top but hell it was Saturday night , a few glasses of Pino…
as a follow -up
I was on the Lakers site as well, it was funny, annoying and actually somewhat respectful to the Nuggets. A few times I was gonna post something ( I may have ? ) but most comments were about the fans pissed off at their own team so I was more amused than anything.
i think i just threw up a lil in my mouth
i know your kidding, but still… wow.. i think the only thing they really had in common is they both played for a great denver franchise. Hey lets cut Ac and SIgn Rod. I bet he could hit the J.. and make sweeter dunks…….. IN ROD WE TRUST
I've never understood trolling
Why even go over there in the first place? Just to be annoying I don’t understand why you are surprised about being banned when admit to “dropping some wise ass comments”. Sounds like you got what was coming to you.
yeah GN,
You know , infrequently I scroll thru opposing fans blogs. When I do though I’m interested in the comments – how they may react to the game, whatever , however I rarely post anything and if I do I’m usually agreeing with the post like a comment about Marlowe wanting to make them puke! But dude I gotta say, there was something about the Jazz board that got to me and off I went. I owned up to it as you know, but as I see comments here most have my back which is OK to read.
I guess I was surprised about the ban because some time had passed, the game was over and I thought that most of my comments would go unnoticed, most of my replies were near the earlier part of the blog.
i do the same thing. trolling is fun sometimes
i find it interesting to mix it up with people who disagree with me. it’s only sports.
I'll visit opponents' boards during the game
But not after the game, especially if my team has just won. If the opponent has just lost a tough game and you are over there trolling, then their fans have every right to be unreasonable and ban you and whatever.
by Uh on Feb 7, 2010 8:38 PM MST up reply actions
Schedule revenge
I guess we’re seeing the other side of the coin after getting to play all those teams in the second of a back to back in Denver. I gotta agree with GK and Andrew in that it doesn’t seem like the fairest of fights to play the late ESPN game vs the defending champs and fly into Utah to face the hottest team in the NBA. I’m glad we sat Chauncey and Melo and hope both will be able to play before the All-Star break and in the ASG itself. It would have been nice to sweep Utah but they are a legit and seriously en fuego right now. Let them claim all they want but I’ll take 3-1 and the real winners tonight were the schedule makers.
Good game.
Nuggets are going to be right there in the end. Hope we don’t see you come playoff time.
by Basketball John on Feb 6, 2010 11:29 PM MST reply actions
Hey SLC / Basketball John
My apologies to some of the remarks I made on your site. I was just having fun. This is the first time I have been banned from a Blog site.
Your first comment was to call them idiots
and then you call use queer on another user? Not cool.
by Basketball John on Feb 6, 2010 11:36 PM MST up reply actions
cry,cry cry
you don’t hear us bitching when other fans/bloggers from just about every other nba team/ espn blog keep calling us the thuggets. sorry if someone over there got there feelings hurt but who cares once boozer’s gone the jazz will just be a after thought.
f**k the jazz
go nuggets
also
our bench came in and gave you guys a hard time. not a good lose for us just a lucky win for the you. jazz the best team in basketball right now my ass
good grief - that's pretty tame
what’s the internet good for if not insulting fans from rival teams…
You realize not seeing us means
you will probably lose before the WCF right? Well in my mind there shouldn’t be a doubt the Nugs will be in them. Hope Utah gets the 4 and beats LA and then see us there.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
The Jazz are fn dangerous now...
2 games behind us…
me not likey
"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."
they have a BRUTAL road trip coming up
Im not that worried…when healthy we have proven we can play with AND beat anbody
"Groovy" Ash from Evil Dead 2
"No one came from miles around / and said man your music is really hot" No One Came...Deep Purple
I'm not worried either
they are playing great right now, but the Nuggets are the better team. By the Doug Moe system(road wins minus home losses), we are a plus 8, they’re a plus 3. Once they go on the road, they’ll fall back.
Playing this well right now with guys banged up could be a blessing in disguise. Guys are getting a chance to play that normally don’t. Once Karl trusts a guy, he’ll play him. Graham gives us another tough guy like KMart. His hard foul against Artest the other night was a thing of beauty. Artest will explode/implode in the WCF guaranteed.
+1
…on a blessing in disguise. I’m not worried either.
by Artimus Mangilord on Feb 8, 2010 2:37 PM MST up reply actions
I knew we were banged up
But holy smokes:
Carmelo Anthony- Ankle
Chauncey Billups- Ankle
Arron Afflalo- Ankle
Chris Andersen- Knee
Nene- Foot
Oh snap! That’s five of our top eight players.
How funny that we are saying
“Thank God for JR” when less than 2 weeks ago, it was “Burn him, he’s a witch” …or something like that
(for the record, I was not one advocating his trade)
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?
+1
i kknow outrage is the fodder of blog life, but once again, the whole hypocritical JR thing sincerely pissed me off…
Boy you know those hypocrites are the worst types for sure
As far as J.R.’s poor performance, all I have to say is one word…
Linas Kleiza.
Remember how we all beat on him last year when he was in his "slump?" We beat him like a drum. But golden boy Smith has the same problems and everyone is dying to let him off the hook.
There’s nothing like b-ball fans, fans…
by spokenwar on Jan 18, 2010 1:27 PM EST
by Uh on Feb 7, 2010 8:42 PM MST up reply actions
+100
I told you all the haters would be crawling back.
by Joelsopinion on Feb 8, 2010 10:15 AM MST up reply actions
I'll take any lineup
as long as it doesn’t have AC in it.
by CSprings_Tommy on Feb 7, 2010 9:35 PM MST up reply actions
Felt like?
You alright? No stats to back that up?
; )
by Artimus Mangilord on Feb 8, 2010 2:39 PM MST up reply actions
please don't say snap when it comes to
ankles, knees….etc :)
but you’re right….YIKESABEE!!
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?
Good recap
This is what I posted after the loss in the game thread, it sounds like Andrew had the same sense of pride in this loss as I did:
“Great loss
“It isn’t too often that you can watch the Nuggets lose and come away feeling pretty good.
“But tonight is one of those nights. They go up against a streaking Utah team without their two top players and stay within clawing distance all night. Heck, in the second half the Nuggets were without another two starters.
“The Nuggets played sloppy, they didn’t take care of the ball, they were lazy on defense, they didn’t block out, they missed easy shots. In short, they played like a team playing on the second night of a back-to-back. And you know what? They kept themselves in position to make a move the entire game.
“Kudos to the Nuggets for a great effort in a loss.”
Member: 10-man rotation for deep playoff push advocacy group
Nene...
The big Brazilian has really been stinking it up lately. He had as many turnovers as points last night and a measly 2 rebounds.
Also had the worst +/- of all Nuggets in our win against the Lakers.
I really hope he can get back on track…
by AGAINST_DA_LAW-SON on Feb 7, 2010 9:25 AM MST reply actions
Nene played quite well against the Lakers
The poor +/- was probably a result of playing most of his minutes in the first half
by Uh on Feb 7, 2010 1:15 PM MST up reply actions
Alternate headline
Red-hot Jazz beat Nuggets’ bench. By ten. At home.
Jazz better pray they don’t have to face Denver in the playoffs (I’ve lost track of the in-division playoff matchup rules), because a healthy Nuggets team will sweep.
by AgainstTheLaw.Son on Feb 7, 2010 9:49 AM MST reply actions
I agree, a good
showing in Utah. Now we just have to wait for the injury report. Who the H would have thought that K-mart would be the last man standing out of the starting five????
Need a new trainer
or possibly a new shoe-fitter. What’s with all the ankle injuries? It’s definitely a good moral victory cause no one the Nugs had out there belonged playing in normal games. They held their own well even with Karl emptying the bench.
"The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players." -Don Coryell, ex-San Diego Chargers Coach
Sometimes the injury bug just hits you.
Jim Gillen is my personal hero. I don’t think any trainer could have prevented the ankle injury that Melo sustained, nor Afflalo’s. I didn’t see Nene’s and I don’t remember how Chauncey’s happened.
I doubt it has less to do with conditioning and more to do with bad luck.
Mostly being facetious
It’s definitely a run of bad luck, but it’s worth noting that they should cover all their bases.
"The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players." -Don Coryell, ex-San Diego Chargers Coach
Yeah, that's gotta be it...
Injuries are mostly due to…wait for it….luck.
We were very lucky last year not to have to deal with injuries. We’re just regressing to the mean now.
Well we played them tough last night
Especially considering that at one point in the 4th quarter that AC, petro, melik allen, and joey graham were on the floor. You got to think that the jazz want nothing to do with our team come playoff time. Now we gotta take care of dallas on tuesday, and george karl sounded as if he expected the whole team to be ready to go. Go nuggets!
by Cargo5 on Feb 7, 2010 12:36 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Comparisons...
Take away:
Kobe and the Llama
Nelson and Howard
James and Williams
Nash and Stouda… Stouami… you know who I mean
Take away the two best players from and NBA team and send them into energy solutions and see how well they fare.
I know it would take all the fun out of life but maybe it is time to quit all the whining about thing that really don’t matter (i.e. AC).
This Nuggets team is one helluva a team.
This is one hell of a Nuggets team..
In fact, our only weakness is lack of depth at the bigs.
Although I’d say we had our best player in the game (Nene). It can be argued whether Lawson is actually our second best player, but I think I’d have to go with Chauncey as our 2nd best player.
I'd go Melo Chauncey Nene in terms of our best players
Call me conformist, but Melo is at least as good as Ty Lawson, don’t you think?
by Uh on Feb 7, 2010 8:44 PM MST up reply actions
i think kmart is the nuggets best player
to be a player you have to be playing right? the double double machine is producing night in and night out. it does not matter who is in the lineup. without kenyon the nuggets do not have a chance. by the way anthony carter is the rod smith of the nuggets. add joey graham to the list. those 3 guys are holding the nuggets together on and off the court.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
He's the best since Melo went down with the ankle
And who is not named Chauncey.
"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
LOL spelling Stoudemire was so much harder when Damon Stoudamire was in the league
The “a” vs. the “e” provided many misspellings. And did I just spell misspelling worng?
"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
If my memory serves right...
The Nuggets need to go 2-1 against the Cavs, the Mavs, and the Spurs to go 7-4 on this 11-games torture streak.
OK, it’s not a torture streak, but it’s pretty hard
"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
You know that I kinda just realized?
The 4-46 Nyets are the only NBA team without a corresponding SBNation blog. The Nyets have to go 6-26 or better the rest of the way to avoid (tying) or being the NBA’s worst team ever.
"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
Watching Saints fans celebrate on the streets of New Orleans
gets me excited for celebrating on the streets of Denver after the Nugs win the title this year. Who’s with me?
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Not me GN
I got tear gassed in 1999 on Market street. I’ll probably party like ‘97 Broncos win. Either way I’m gonna party hard Andrew WK style.
by Joelsopinion on Feb 8, 2010 10:25 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah, skipping school to get teargassed was
PRICELESS
by Artimus Mangilord on Feb 8, 2010 2:47 PM MST up reply actions
I'm still scratching my head over that one
My memory (I was sober) is of a bunch of fun loving party goers on New Years Eve counting down to Y2K. Then DPD open fire with the tear gas launcher. My brother kissed a random fat chick (he was not sober), and a couple of our buddies were drinking in the street with about 2,500 other people. Then came the tear gas.
Saints/Nuggets
I kept hearing over the last couple of weeks about this being the Saints’ first Super Bowl trip, after entering the league in 1967.
Hey, guess what: The Nuggets were also born in 1967.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if 2010 is the year where two 43-year-old franchises who’ve never won a championship (hell, never even made it to the final round) win it all?
Quite frankly, if it were up to me, I’d just throw in the towel.
by ParkHillNative on Feb 8, 2010 10:58 AM MST up reply actions
I want the playoffs to start already
I know we still have to clinch the 2 seed and still could get the 1, but damn I want that post-season excitement again.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Saints/Nuggets
First of all I think the Saints stood a better chance because it was just one game. Secondly i think there are 29 other teams that don’ t think that would be awesome!!!! Still, it could happen!!!!!!!!!!
I really do think its not inconceivable :)
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?
NUGGETS DON'T FEAR ANYONE IN THE NBA?
For a team overflowing with NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS I sure can see why the Nuggets don’t fear anyone in the NBA. If they don’t fear the Lakers they sure had better fear the Cavs. But really what is there to fear. Getting swept maybe. Or would rhe nuggets just be happy to get to the NBA FINALS and go home with their tails between their legs?
Cleveland? When was the last time that city won a title?
1708?
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Can you explain your reasons
for drawing a correlation between the number of championships and the nuggets not fearing other teams?
Because really, there isn’t one at all.
But nice try
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?
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