Clippers vs Nuggets recap: The head scratching lineup of DOOM!

Unlucky number win totals FTW!

First btw.

Sounds like some ref BS and Chauncey lighting us up… What’s up with AAA? Are we going to have to trade him? Maybe he should be benched in favor of Rudy?

Made pulling out a win nearly impossible.

But this is a game that a RESPECTED team in he association wins at home! No doubt about it.

Was at the game and had no idea why Gallo was guarding CP3. Afflalo should’ve been out there for more than one reason. It seemed like the refs decided early on that Chauncey would get the benefit of the doubt. Gallo got hacked repeatedly going to the hoop, but seemed to get the Melo treatment all night.

Sure, the play down the stretch was not good and not a good sign of things to come in the playoffs, but that game should never have been that close. Fluky shooting by the Clips coupled with the Nuggets 6-18 from deep and just 15-20 from the foul line hurt.

Nuggets were out-rebounded and gave up 13 offensive boards. Denver can’t seem to get much respect on tough calls from the Zeeeebras, but that’s always going to be the case. Nuggs are also going to have to overcome Karl’s sometimes awful rotations. Mozgov should get a shot at some point to help close out a game against a team with a big frontcourt. Watching Corey Brewer guard Griffin and Gallo on Paul is just poor defensive assignments.

And made a good amount of contested 3 point/long distance 2 pointers during the game, and took Blake Griffin completely out of the game. The Clippers front-court was a non-factor. They got hot tonight and we got a little cold and like you said Jeffery, the rotations were a bit odd granted Lawson is out. I’d still feel very confident about ourselves because if they played the way they did and we play them in the playoffs, we will eventually prevail. Looking forward to when they play the Clippers on Thursday.

That all just sucked…

Looks like Dre want’s to start? I’d love to have CB back…if only so we get some respect from the officials

I think Bird is the new J.R. Karl needs a whipping boy to play mind games with.

What do people want him to do? His groin will still limit him a bit and i thought he played ok D.
Do people want him to be a 20 point scorer? You guys confuse me.

-3, 12. Got to change my setup. Then I’ll be just as good.

and they are the ONE team that we should NEVER do that with (paul, c.b., mo, foye, and when healthy bledsoe), not that i am often in favor of a lineup where gallo plays 5 and al plays 5 under any circumstance.

how many times in a row did we get used because al was stuck on the perimeter? when gk FINALLY decided to do something about it, he left a clearly shaken and cold al in the game rather than replacing him with time who was fantastic defensively on the clippers bigs, and forcing them to run the court offensively.

yes that flop by c.b. was a reputation call. other than that the officiating was good/bad in no ones favor, but they had three respected stars politicing “begging/whining” to the refs all game and i do believe that tilted it in the end.

the fault that the game was even close enough to be left up to officiating however is squarely g.k.‘s shoulders however. he was outcoached without actually being outcoached, meaning it wasn’t anything vinny did, it was all about the things g.k. did/didn’t do. he is to stubborn to EVER and i mean EVER be reactionary when something isn’t working, instead insisting on the other teams make the second move on the lineup HE puts out there, and that is not something popovich, jackson, sloan or even doc rivers are too proud to do.

I’m glad he is on a good team now and not playing for the New York Trainwrecks.

take care. we’ll get the memphis… grizzlies? name change guys?

later.

was an anomaly. Maybe there was more going with the players than meets the eye and GK made some peculiar moves to deal with that. Gallo got the snot beat out of him, or at least had his nose bloodied. Chauncey got his revenge of the Can, AAA is still working out his issues, Al had a bad game.

And yet we could have won this game had the Clippers managed to just miss one or two stupid shots.

Not gonna panic….yet

Peace out Stiffs

That wasn’t the reason we lost, but I hate flopping.

rudy5fernandez Rudy Fernandez
difficult game…. but get up and keep improving as a team. time to rest and be ready for 4 games in 5 days!! good night people!!

Don’t worry Stiffs. All will be well. :)

But all will be well until we get into the playoffs – then we get GK’d and all go apesh!t again for the summer :)

After reading through Jeff’s recap and 130 or so substantive comments and replies here, I have to tell you folks again how much it benefits me, along with countless others, I have little doubt, to read your informed, careful analysis about the Nuggets and the game of professional basketball. I thought I had a fairly decent read on tonight’s loss to the Clippers—until I read some of yours. Much appreciated!

While I’m at it, I wasn’t terribly discouraged by this game, though I am once again left scratching my head that we can’t put teams away after opening up decent leads (though I’m scratching my head a lot less after reading this thread). I still see great potential for this team to improve at both ends of the court as the season develops. I even think George Karl’s rotations and endgame lineups make some sense—to him, though not to me or many others here. Here’s hoping his scheme works out.

We’ll sure know more about this roster and Karl’s management of it after this week, and then again at the end of February. I wouldn’t bet a dime on which way things will go (though chantech will). There are just too many known unknowns!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtyh-5LPxw&feature=related

Chauncey’s flop on Nene was the key play of the game. For the refs to reward a grab and flop at the end of the game is a travesty.. I also think AAA should have been guarding Paul down the stretch and Chauncey was Chauncey. I did like the fact that Griffin and Jordan didn’t dominate inside. I though Nene and Moz held their own against their bigs. We really missed Ty tonight, but it was a fun game.

Just seemed like the Clippers were leading a charmed life last night with the long jumpers they were making.

Really missed Lawson last night, and it’s going to be like the OKC series soon if Lawson’s ankle doesn’t get better. His injury is a killer to this team and will really drag us down against high quality teams.

I have noticed over the years to watch out for Friday and Sunday nights. Most teams seem to play to form during the week but you can throw your theories out the window on Upset Friday and Who Cares Enough to Play Sundays. To wit:
Squeaker wins by home favorites Miami and Dallas. Outright upsets by road dogs Toronto, Cleveland over Boston, LAL (yes they were slight dogs), Indy over Orl, and finally Clippers, the leagues shallowest team, over Denver. The only one who took care of business like they were supposed to was, gasp, Atlanta. So the Nuggets aren’t the only ones scratching their heads today. If Ty plays, I still think we get that one.

What the heck is going on in Orl? Schitzo team of the year obviously affected by the big guy’s free agency. But still, players not showing up at all. Crushed by Indy on their home court.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XWgVIU2jctM

has always seemed to play well vs the Nuggs
If it was anyone besides him I’d be pissed
Karl call a TO B4 losing the lead please, oh an use your depth!

For selfish reasons so I can be productive today and not argue over why Stein will drop us a bit.
I thought we were going to win this game before tipoff until I heard Lawson was out.
I went to the Toronto game, and even though we won I could see why we really need Lawson on the team. I think we could do alright if Nene is hurt, or Gallo is hurt (especially if Wilson re-signs), but Ty is our most irreplaceable player. That speed he brings is unreal, and in all honesty would have wore down CP3/ Billups and they won’t have as big offensive games cuz they are trying to defend him.
We can get away without Lawson vs bad teams, but not the good ones. The weird thig is if Harrigton had a decent game we could have won. I didn’t think we would be close to winning at all without Lawson before the game, so I was kinda impressed by the team’s performance though you guys clearly are not which says a lot about how good this team is.
If we played Miami without Lawson that would have been a definite loss

Career ORTG/DRTG:

AAA: 114/110

JR Smith: 106/108

So…JR is, by advanced metrics, about 8 points worse than Afflalo offensively, while about 2 points better on defense. Most of this comes from the efficiency with which Afflalo scores – he’s definitely not a volume shooter – but the defense was surprising. JR also has two seasons on Afflalo, so keep that in mind.

but after seeing all of that STAR FUCKING I’m not sure…

I’d have to look it up, but I bet the Nuggets have a better point differential on the road this year. All year they’ve allowed crappy teams to stay in games at home (or win) and they’ve allowed the likes of the Clips and Jazz to pull away in the 4th quarter. WTF?