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Nuggets at even par through 5 holes. My unscientific and "some would say" idiotic season assessment measure.

I often assess my paths to various accomplishments using a golf analogy. For example, a bad grade when I need a B in a semester would be a bogey, getting a B on a test is a par, acing a test, a birdie. I thought going into this season the Nuggets needed to end the season as a 3 or 4 seed, and have in my mind games we should win and games we shouldn't realistically expect to win. We opened the season with a birdie against the Mavs. We have since bogeyed against NO and Utah and home, but had a nice birdie last night in Philly. We are even par, needing a win against the Wizards and the Kings (but expecting a loss to the Knicks on the 2nd night of a b2b) to stay even par. A win in the garden puts us under par. Like golf, sometimes par is not good enough if another team is playing lights out, so even if we are even par, overachieving teams may rise. By that same token, the Lakers and OKC might shank a game into the woods (cough OKC losing to the Wizards). In any event the Nugs have been pretty steady through the first fourth of the season, mostly parring and making up for their bogeys when they need to. And, lo and behold, we are tied for 4th place in the conference, with Utah and LAC playing under par, and Lakers and Mavs playing over par. Anyone think we're over or under par instead of even after last night's game?

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fair enough

However, you didn’t say how tough the course was. Par is a very good score on some courses. I worry about offensive rebounding, transition defense, and having leadership to take charge on offense at crunch time. They still need to develop but I’m sure they can — and will — improve, especially since the listen to Karl now. It’s a very young team, with only Miller, Andersen and Harrington in the over 26 age group. I give them credit for some outstanding performances against good teams but the important metric is internal. They need to work on some of their weaknesses, and then we can talk about whether they’re under par or over, and how far under (which is my expectation).

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by Colinski on Jan 19, 2012 4:06 PM MST reply actions  

I would add a birdie for the Heat game,

or at least gaining a stroke on the field (where the par four is playing like 4.8 or some such)

by Russscot on Jan 19, 2012 8:25 PM MST reply actions  

I thought about that, but I have a hard time treating any home loss as staying even.

Conversely, I am pretty lenient about Nuggets losing on the road, just because historically we don’t. That’s why a win in the Garden would be a “birdie” even though the NY Melos are struggling.

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by margabelle on Jan 20, 2012 8:43 AM MST up reply actions  

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