Timberwolves vs. Nuggets recap: Faried helps Nuggets rebound in OT win
by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 10:31 PM MST
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PrintNuggets rookie forward Kenneth Faried finished the game with 10 points on 4-4 shooting (2-2 free throws), 14 rebounds (5 offensive), 2 steals, and 3 blocks in 36 big time minutes. In his rebounding duel with Kevin Love, Faried won it 14-13 (Love played 48 minutes) and helped ensure the win for the Nuggets, 103-101 in overtime. As my colleague Jeff Morton texted me after the game, "All things considered ... great win." Agreed.
If you watched the game, you can skip to the Game Recap section ...
1st quarter:
- Timofey Mozgov, Ty Lawson, Corey Brewer, Kenneth Faried, and Arron Afflalo starting again. Ricky Rubio, Luke Ridnour (two starting point guards!!), Nikola Pekovic, Kevin Love, and Wesley Johnson for the Timberwolves. Pekovic is huge! Nuggets doing a good job rebounding early and a horrific job taking care of the ball ... three straight turnovers for Denver, two by AAA. Moz has hair gel in again ... not sure how he decides when to wear it, but Rudy Fernandez's model girlfriend should lend him her stylist ... and if he's already using her stylist, she should fire that person.
- 6:21 mark and George Karl is forced to take a timeout, Denver is down 16-8 and looking like that brown stuff that a dog leaves behind after a walk after it has been eating all day. The Nuggets have 6 shot attempts and 5 turnovers ... pathetic effort thus far on the little things. A total of 9 rebounds have been available on the Nuggets defensive end and the Wolves have secured 4 offensive boards, not a good sign as Love and Pekovic are camped under the hoop on shot attempts.
- End of 1st it's 30-18 Wolves. Denver's answer to rebounding woes is to go small with Kosta Koufos, Al Harrington who is 0-3 to start the night (0-2 from deep, bleh!), AAA, Lawson, and Andre Miller. Sure would be nice to see K2 and Moz out there together when Minny goes back to Love and Pekovic or perhaps Birdman for one of them, and why not Faried at small forward? The Nuggets do not look good tonight, the defense is non-existent. You'd think the Memphis and OKC games would give the Nuggets life, instead they look drained, thus far.
- Karl stays small to open the quarter with Lawson, Miller, Brewer, "Big" Al, and K2. Wolves using Pekovic at center with rookie Derrick Williams at power forward right now. K2 needs to do some damage (Denver's D is just awful tonight). Nuggets need to find a way to get some stops or this game is going to stay out of reach. It's 34-22 right now in Minny's favor, this isn't the game to trade buckets.
- Martell Webster, usually a clean look, is sporting a long mohowk, he looks like a techno DJ ... am I crazy or are the Nuggets one of the worst shooting teams in the league? It's 38-26 Wolves and DJ Webster just made a runner as the shot clock was expiring. Seems like every team in the league is able to hit jumpers on a consistent basis ... except for this Nuggets team. It's like DerMarr Johnson and Yakhouba Diawara are back on the team with Miller.
- Nuggets lead 51-46 at the half (33-16 in the 2nd). The Wolves went cold for a small portion of the quarter and from the 8:59 mark to the 3:12 mark they scored just two points. Not totally the Nuggets defense as the Wolves just missing open shots, but Denver utilized an 17-2 run during that stretch and took a 43-40 lead. Lawson also sprained his left ankle in the period at the 4:51 mark and left the game after making two free throws ... he left 13 points, he came back with 1:16 left in the quarter. Faried checked back into the game around the five minute mark and gave Love all sorts of fits on the glass, game changing energy from the rookie and the rest of the team. After starting 0-3, Big Al goes 7-10 in the quarter and scores 14 points in the period ... Denver sorely needed his aggression as he hit layup-after-layup.
- Notes on starters: Miller in for Lawson (ankle sprain, wont return from his return) and veteran Brad Miller is starting for Pekovic (ankle injury). It's a 6-0 run for the Wolves to start the half (52-51) and AAA just sprained his left ankle at the 10:12 mark. What the hell is with the left legs of the Nuggets? Unreal. And my Altitude feed is freezing like crazy ... this should be a fun second half. Denver needs to recapture the energy they had in the middle of the second quarter, came out very flat here in the third.
- First sub at the 8:37 mark and it's Big Al for Mozgov ... not sure I like Al at center. Moz slams his warmups down on the floor from his seat on the bench, disappointed in his performance tonight. Both teams are freezing cold, Faried with a nice athletic up-and-under layup from the baseline ... it's 59-56 Denver and Faried is going against Love and Miller, he could dominate with his bounce. A Nuggets run here could really put the clamps down on Minny. Faried with a monster block on one end (on Rubio) and then gets a jam on the other end with tremendous hustle to save the play as AAA fumbled the ball to Brewer who fed Faried. Love this kid's energy, BELIEVE THE HYPE it's 63-56 Denver.
- At the 4:09 mark in the 3rd, Martell Webster went to set a screen on Afflalo under the hoop and tried to slap AAA in the groin area! Look at the replay! Right before he made his 4-point play.
- With 31.6 seconds left in the third, some ref made an awful call on Miller for an offensive foul. Miller gets a technical foul and then ejected from the game. Denver had a 76-69 lead there, Minny gets a few cheap ones and it's 76-73 Denver end of the 3rd. No Lawson, Miller, or Rudy Fernandez. It's Julyan Stone's time.
- The Nuggets are missing Miller, Lawson, Fernandez, Gallo, and Nene in this game and now quarter. Wowzah! It's 80-78 Wolves with 8:44 left to play ... Denver has Stone, Jordan Hamilton, Brewer, BIg Al, and K2 in there now, AAA getting ready to check in, likely for Hamilton - yep, for J Goin Ham. The officiating has been effing ATROCIOUS this game, as usual.
- 1:39 left and Harrington buries a three (after bricking two free throws) and it's 93-93. Can the Nuggets execute late tonight with their cast of assembled characters?
- 0:17 ticks left, Nuggets ball ... I can't take another overtime. What will Karl draw up here? Hopefully not a Big Al three-pointer, he's a bit cold right now. How about AAA? It's his time right? Right?! Afflalo gets the shot ... takes a baseline jumper and misses it at the buzzer ... are you kidding me. 93-93 end of regulation.
- Karl decides to ride his lineup into the ground again. Stone, Brewer, AAA, Big Al, and Faried ... hope they have the energy!
- 48.5 ticks left, Nuggets ball, and the offense has been horrific in OT. It's tied 95-95, only four total points scored in this OT by both teams.
- Well, the Nuggets won this one ... 103-101. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't easy, but they'll take it over a .500 team.
- Nuggets 1-9 from deep in first half and 8-11 from the foul line. In the second they were 4-13 from deep and just 16-24 from the foul line.
- Nuggets win the rebounding battle 57-50 (17-16 on the offensive boards). Not a ton of big center play in the second half as K2, Moz, and the Wolves Pekovic (injury) were all on the bench for most of it.
- Faried in 1st half: 4 points, 4 rebounds (1 offensive), 1 block on a sure Rubio layup, and 1 steal in 13 minutes. Faried in the 2nd half: 6 points, 10 rebound (4 offensive), 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
- Lawson left the game going 5-7 from the field with 13 points ... he was missed in this one.
- Moz with 8 minutes in the first half and just 3 minutes in the second half. Koufos with 12 minutes in the first half and just 7 minutes in the second half.
- Afflalo, minus the 0-4 from deep, had a nice game of 6-18 shooting and 8-10 from the foul line for 20 points and some solid defense. AAA missed a potential game winner, but he also hit a huge shot in overtime to keep the Nuggets alive.
- Miller might have done the Nuggets a favor by getting booted tonight, he was 0-8 on the evening, but had 12 assists and 6 rebounds.
- Koufos wasn't scoring tonight, but his 6 rebounds were needed, Mozgov had some nice offense in limited minutes (ankle issue?) with 4 points in the first quarter. Moz also had some fumble issues and 4 turnovers as he was visibly frustrated with his play.
- Brewer got some revenge on his old team with 12 poitns, 8 rebounds, and three huge end of the game free throws (3-4 on the night).
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by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 10:34 PM MST up reply actions
...Are my eyes failing me
or did I just read the words “Yakhouba Diawara” again?
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Bom-bomg son!
You are correct.
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by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 10:56 PM MST up reply actions
Didn't he start at shooting guard for two seasons?
What sort of craziness was that?
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
What are you even talking about? haha
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by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 10:57 PM MST up reply actions
beats me
But I did read your entire article before I posted. normally I dont post here but felt compelled to tonight.
by WintermuteAI on Feb 20, 2012 11:03 PM MST up reply actions
ha, thanks for posting!
And thanks for reading the site, as always!
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by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 11:05 PM MST up reply actions
Your colleague Jeff Morton
also is upset at the god awful officiating.
Nuggets' commin'...best recognize (Fernandez/Manimal...oop of the year)
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by Jeffrey Morton on Feb 20, 2012 10:36 PM MST reply actions
your friend Army of Nugs
also is upset. Watched the game from Tony Roma’s and thought I would get kicked out.
Let's start a riot!
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by Army of Nugs on Feb 20, 2012 10:42 PM MST up reply actions
Lol
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:50 AM MST up reply actions
It was horrendous ... horrendous I tells ya.
Gave the Wolves 4 points off the Webster flop three and the three b.s. technicals.
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by Nate Timmons on Feb 20, 2012 10:58 PM MST up reply actions
Probably the worst officiating at a game I've been to
I was able to move down to the lower level for the second half, and I could not believe the calls.
Blarch. So many bad calls. The bad call where Corey got the technical had me so upset. Or Rubio acting when Stone had the good pressure D.
Terrible.
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Please can someone please gif Ridnour face planting
and it being called a foul. PLEASE?
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Happy Now?!
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I already hugged you man
(hug)
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Hug Nene, too.
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:50 AM MST up reply actions
can you make that bigger??????
Let's start a riot!
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by Army of Nugs on Feb 20, 2012 10:42 PM MST up reply actions
Haha that was a lot bigger on my screen before I reloaded the page
now I see what you mean AoN!
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Someone needs to learn to wrap ankles pre game.
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by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:51 AM MST up reply actions
that's dangerous too you know
wrap it too tight and all the stress goes straight to the knees.
by Japheth:the.other.kind.of.asian. on Feb 21, 2012 2:30 AM MST up reply actions
Nobody on this team has knee problems.
Just sayin’.
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Afflalo is Boss.
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by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 2:40 AM MST up reply actions
exactly! no one has knee problems
they should probably keep it that way. Studies show that the tight hard ankle wraps today are putting the force usually absorbed by the ankle straight to the knees thus leading to more knee injuries-
by Japheth:the.other.kind.of.asian. on Feb 21, 2012 2:45 AM MST up reply actions
Know what's wierd?
I have NO ankle problems and zero knee problems. Holy hot butts!!!
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 4:38 AM MST up reply actions
That we know of
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So now knee problems are like babies?
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:52 AM MST up reply actions
If they were smart that would
just call them lower body injuries like hockey players.
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Win is a win right now..
Good for the Nuggets. Faried is really coming along. He is going to be a nice addition for the Nuggets. Big Al stepped it up when it was needed (but please make FT). Stone was great on D, but watching him run the offense was painful. This experience has to be good for him though.
The team overcame a lot of adversity and frustration tonight. Hope we get some players healthy. We need ’em. Paul and Parker back to back the next two games is gonna be tough.
If this team guts out this tough stretch, it is only gonna make ’em tougher than nails.
They will make fun of this game if they talk about it at all.
I wonder if there has ever been such a scoreless extendd period in an overtime before.
by WintermuteAI on Feb 20, 2012 10:47 PM MST up reply actions
Exciting. All hail the Manimal!
Never would have thought they could win with that makeshift lineup. Can’t say I think Stone has a future tho.
<3 Faried
Hamilton played good for a few minutes. He got a steal I think and swished a nice looking three. I was getting all excited and then he took that crazy shot where he ran away from the basket and spun around and shot a crazy fade away.
Seriously? I mean, I do that shit on the playground because I’m a retard and have no game and I’m playing with a bunch of fatties on a fucking playground. Jordan is in the NBA, what the hell was that shit?
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
Wow, dude.
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:53 AM MST up reply actions
exactly
we only allow 360 layups and 3 point shots ten feet behind the line around here.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:09 AM MST up reply actions
Sorry to the Dre lovers but that man has to go
he is solely responsible for the okc loss, and could have lost this one if he didn’t get himself kicked out. I hope we move him at trade deadline.
Yeah
I tend to give Andre a bit more slack than many here, but I’m pretty pissed about that sequence.
He was right, the call was BS. But he needs to understand the game situation, etc.
What did Andre do last night? Missed that game. Sorry.
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during OT
he traveled on two straight pocessions. then threw a sloppy pass to harden in the worst possible time.
to be fair
he was pretty awesome for the first three quarters before GK ground him into dirt. But I think it makes sense to trade him.
by Rainbow skyline on Feb 20, 2012 11:54 PM MST up reply actions
Yes
Karl played him too many minutes straight. The old man lost his legs.
I'm not a big fan of Dre,
but he does a great job – most of the time – creating, 12 assists tonight?? But why he would let himself get tossed when he knew Ty was done for the game. Not smart. And down the stretch against OKC those travels and turnovers, and a tendency to jack-up 3s, just really confuse me.
He should be showing off veteran maturity, understanding the game, doing the smart things and yet he has just made some dumb, dumb decisions. There are ways that you can “think” your team to wins by doing simple things and he has not been doing that.
'"It could happen..."
yeah cause he never took a bad three....
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:31 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
Dre has been struggling
and I love Faried. But pretty sure we lost that game cause the manimal did not box out the last play of the game.
Wrong game
manimal didnt box out vs memphis
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by Army of Nugs on Feb 21, 2012 12:00 PM MST up reply actions
sorta funny that the team does better with him on the floor
unless you say the plus minus stats are lying.
he was +15 when tossed yesterday.
as to the okc game, that one is on karl. noway dre or harrington should have played the last half of the 3rd, all the 4th and all the overtime without a break.
karl doesn’t play affalo or lawson that long without breaks, though they not as fit as andre and harrington.
Dre, for all his faults, makes a positive impact
the stats don’t lie. he does tend to make some boneheaded decisions at times, but other times makes this team click.
how is he solely responsible for the OKC loss?
He put up a double double and was one of our best players!…mindless…
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:29 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
Sucks about the Blazers
I don’t care if they are in our division, I’d rather them beat LA every single time.
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
No Linsanity for you?
Are you using Freegate? I heard Symantec was calling it a trojan and sandboxing it.
Well, I'd love to watch Knicks win until Melo returns.
and when I use twitter facebook and youtube, I do need freegate, but no denverstiffs.
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and dont forget, the Knicks lose, because the only man who could stip Lin is
Melo
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The Skies above are clear again
….
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Happy days are here again!
yes indeed
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:56 AM MST up reply actions
Finally broke the 3 game losing streak with a hard fought win,
but this 4 games in 5 nights is a killer. Come on nuggets, you can pull through it!!
#GetBackToWinning
We need to put the ball in the hoop, and make them not put the ball in the hoop, if they do that WE WILL WIN!.
so once again,
Al enters the game with 8 minutes left in the third and plays every minute thereafter, including overtime. I’m just at a loss over this. I realize our scoring options were very limited tonight, but why not at least give him a few minutes rest at the beginning of the fourth? A rested Bird couldn’t give us a few good minutes? Al actually did sort of ok on tired legs, hitting a few big shots, but that’s mostly because he took pretty much every one, and he missed a ton. And then there’s those free throws. Still, all the credit in the world to the guy for his performance under those circumstances. But seriously WTF is GK doing? Is there any history of him doing this? Is there any other team in history that plays guys for 25 straight minutes? Much less a 31 year-old on BACK-TO-BACK NIGHTS? Of all the weird things Karl does, this has to be the weirdest.
by Rainbow skyline on Feb 20, 2012 11:40 PM MST reply actions
Karl loves to ride the vets
Till their legs fall off.
I have faith in Ujiri to either fire Karl or get players that fit in Karl’s ridiculous Don Nelson system.
Btw I hate how Karl is like Don Nelson, oh well that is what we have to deal with
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
by JR15 on Feb 20, 2012 11:46 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
he's not getting fired, I can guarantee that
Everyone who knows what they are talking about and has experience in the league knows Karl is a great coach
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:35 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
Al is only 31????
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:57 AM MST up reply actions
I believe he came into the league straight out of high school
"There's no way I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team' ... I was trying to beat those guys." -Michael Jordan
by ParkHillNative on Feb 21, 2012 12:59 AM MST up reply actions
Was Mozgov hurt in the 2nd half?
I loved that we gave Faried so many minutes. He was great. But with MIN without their C in the second half why not go for a 5 minute stretch with Moz or Koufos and Al and Faried and create a mismatch OR give Al a break for a minute or two.
Also, no Birdman tonight? Interesting…something in the works?
I liked Mozgov attacking early on, showing a little bit of a jumper. Not often, but I think he and Koufos both deserve minutes and short-handed I don’t know why we make ourselves even more shorthanded.
'"It could happen..."
Moz is still coming back from his injury
Bird has been playing hard but he is old and his knee’s are older. I’m pretty sure we were just resting him. I would rather have a 100% bird for the clippers than an a 50% bird vs the wolfs and the clips. Now watch him not play on wednesday
it's entirely possible he sat because he's on the block
Not uncommon for a team to do that
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:34 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
Why react to what they are doing?
Why not dictate to them? Especially during the stretch when we were struggling to create offense. Make them guard your 7’0", 6’9, 6’8 guys…if they try to play them with a small line up pound it into paint.
I’m not saying it is an all the time line-up but create your own mismatches!!
'"It could happen..."
Any news on Ill Will?
Saw him watching the game. Looks like he could be back soon.
We need that 41 points and 23 boards soon lol.
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
by JR15 on Feb 20, 2012 11:44 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Should be signed any day now if he hasn't been already
Now he just needs his FIBA clearance and he’s good to go. Already in playing shape and he’ll be ready to play right away.
by the real stranger on Feb 21, 2012 12:08 AM MST up reply actions
I'm not sure how we won tonite, I mean, geez for the last part of game
we didnt have our 2 PGs, PF, SF, I mean WTF did we have ? ….
Faried thats what and how right you are Nate to make him the round up title character.
What that kid gives us you cant buy, you cant teach or coach. The incendiary energy, the leontine muscle.
Like D Rodman, all a coach has to do is wind him up and point him to court.
The guys a force, flat out
His hands are like fly paper
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 12:57 AM MST up reply actions
yup
Man he was fun to watch tonight — I hate thinking that his minutes are going to vanish when Nene and Gallo are healthy. He’s improving greatly with more playing time and is a real difference maker out there.
"There's no way I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team' ... I was trying to beat those guys." -Michael Jordan
by ParkHillNative on Feb 21, 2012 1:01 AM MST up reply actions
Listen here.
Start:
Ty
AAA
Gallo
Nene
Moz
Team dos:
Stone
WC
Brewer
Sticky Hands Faried
K2
The future.
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 1:12 AM MST up reply actions
I'm sold, after watching that game tonight
Btw, I looked ahead on the schedule. The Nugs only make one trip to Oakland this year, and it’s on a night I can’t go, :(
Maybe next season we can plan something.
"There's no way I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team' ... I was trying to beat those guys." -Michael Jordan
by ParkHillNative on Feb 21, 2012 1:16 AM MST up reply actions
I'd be stoked either way.
All I know now is, KF is a MFin winner. Best draft pick in Nuggs history, IMO.
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 1:18 AM MST up reply actions
Yes to this
So excited about that pick in the draft. The Nuggets never draft the college player I covet. Crazy how much the new FO and I think alike.
ahem
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
We absolutely still need Dre in that second unit
Stone should never be playing point guard. His handle is garbage. My friend and I and the people behind us would collectively groan every time he put the ball on the floor, which was a lot, because he was playing the point.
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by airforcefoo on Feb 21, 2012 10:09 AM MST up reply actions
Stone? yuck
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:37 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
if you're good, there are enough minutes
This is on Karl. There are 240 total team minutes per game. Faried can be a tornado for us. Why cant we pencil him in for 20 minutes, more if some guys are down?
PS With our luck, you know we will suffer more injuries.
Very agree with you. Thats the big problem with the rest of the bigs
They’re usually in position, they just cant find the handle on the ball and it squirts away
leonine
I won’t claim a thursty, because I had to look it up. So thanks for the cool new word. And yeah, Faried’s a badass.
by Rainbow skyline on Feb 21, 2012 12:14 AM MST reply actions
Stone on the switch
is STRAIGHT MONEY. I officially don’t mind a 5’11" starter if our back-up is 6’7"!!
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
I am officially convinced though
that Stone is not ready to run an NBA team. He is a great defender and plays smart basketball, but you cannot have him closing games yet. He is not savvy enough or skilled enough to get the job done. But he would make a great backup!
Agree
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 6:11 PM MST up reply actions
Ugly game...
gritty win. Glad to see the Nuggets get a much needed W, in a game I thought they were going to let slip away numerous times.
Faried is an absolute beast. The leaps in his development since training camp/pre-season are very encouraging.
If anybody else was wondering why Andersen didn’t get any burn after a few consistent positive performances, the Nuggets tweeted this…
George Karl was asked about not playing Birdman vs. MIN. He said he wanted Koufos to get a chance against former team.
Karl was also cautious with Birdman (33) because #Nuggets were playing second of back-to-back games. Expect to see him at LAC Wednesday.
Kiszla: Kenneth Faried’s increased role with Nuggets hurts Birdman
http://twitter.com/#!/Albafica_DN
Just pay his fucking salary and let the Bird retire here, asshole BILLIONAIRE. He sells so much damn merchandise.
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 2:05 AM MST up reply actions
That is kinda my thing also
I feel bad for Birdman. He should retire a Nugget. Let him be the emergency BIG.
If you are Bird
would you rather sit on the bench or go somewhere that you can play some meaningful minutes? A hint, sitting on the bench sucks.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:22 AM MST up reply actions
Meh, I somewhat disagree with that article.
Andersen was already out of Karl’s rotation, collecting DNPs before Faried starting getting consistent minutes. Before Faried started seeing the court, although nothing was said, it looked like there was no place in Denver for Andersen, and some (fans) thought if he wasn’t traded, he’d be amnestied in the off-season.
With or without Faried’s energy off the bench, there’s no room for Andersen in Karl’s go-small rotation & Mozgov/Koufos being in favor with him—that was clear over the first month and a half of the season.
The ironic thing is, I actually like when Faried & Andersen play alongside each other. It’s been a small sampling, but it seems like Andersen feeds off of Faried’s energy, and both are highly active on the defensive end and boards.
by NuggetsFan99 on Feb 21, 2012 2:17 AM MST up reply actions
Birdman is still effective in stretches
Say what you will, but he can still play a little. Mozgov and K2 are still very raw, also.
He had played 3 straight good games.
I never said anything negative about him; just said that it seems so long as Karl had Mozgov & Koufos, he isn’t going to give Andersen significant time regardless of how well he’s playing.
by NuggetsFan99 on Feb 21, 2012 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
Birdman looks like he spent the summer with the Sons of Anarchy
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
Bird has always been tatted up, or had a mohawk etc.
Not sure what makes that suddenly all “Sons of Anarchy”.
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Funny I see plenty of plenty with that
look that aren’t bikers….
But hey perception
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Plenty of plenty? WTF
Plenty of people
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And suddenly
the word plenty looks like Greek to me…
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Yes I know but I'm saying he's had tats for a very long time
long before “Sons of Anarchy” was on TV.
And it’s crazy but I also know that he wasn’t born with them either.
Love
Insipid Cat
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its the beard and the hair,
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 3:19 PM MST up reply actions
I couldn't find a good image of SOA
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 3:20 PM MST up reply actions
Oh I get the resemblance. And I did before :)
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Maybe in the next game we can play the 4th quarter with
Miller
Stone
Hamilton
Faried
Kufous
George Karl talks about it in his lab of matchupzzz
“ummm YEAH YEAh lets go with that lineup cuz that one is a winner on Thursdays and Sunday afternoons on an odd numbered day. Yeah yeah yup thats what I’m gonna call it its my Thursdays and Sunday afternoons on odd numbered day lineup.”
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
Ya, that was puzzling reading about his logic on rotations
It makes sense now why we are so frustrating that his rotations make zero sense…because, they don’t make any sense. He admitted it.
at the end of the game, i really don't see a bunch of people that are able to be "the man" at the end of the game.
Right now, I see Brewer, Faried and Gallo with that level of confidence (maybe its a youth thing)? Its really not there with Law, Nene or Harrington. The wild cards are Afflalo, Fernandez and Miller. We really need those guys that you feel confident enought to put the ball in their hands without them panicking.
I so want Ty to be this guy. I agree it isn't always there yet, but it should be!!
'"It could happen..."
do you know how bad chauncey is with clutch shots?
staggeringly bad. We observed it when he was with the nugs, but by the numbers, he is like worst-in-the-league bad.
by Rainbow skyline on Feb 21, 2012 6:06 PM MST up reply actions
Afflalo
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss.
Retire Bird in Denver.
by love4nuggets on Feb 21, 2012 6:23 PM MST up reply actions
Also, Karl needs to find a solid big, defensive end unit.
I suspect it should include Nene, KK, Faried, Brewer, AAA and Gallo? It still galls me that we could not stop the OKC offense at any point.
even
if you do stop them, KD can shoot over the top of a defender
Release the Tebow!
All this talk and it comes down to FTs
we can definitely do better than letting both him and westbrook get 90+ points.
I’d at least expect that we keep him out of the paint and shoot contested shots on the perimeter. We can’t do either.
I am sorry...but we defended them both poorly
We have the guys, when healthy, to defend KD. Brewer, Gallo, and WC.
IMO Nugz, you're one third right
Brewer is too slight, Chandler too short. Gallo is our best match up against KD.
And I made point previously that if KD is going to go off there is little that Gallo could do but he could reduce KD from 51 to 40 and thats all we need.
I like Gallo on KD
But only in short stretches. Gallo is a good defender because of his length and lateral quickness, but neither gives him any advantage against Durant, and covering Durant is going to rack up fouls. Gallo is too valuable on offense to miss time on the court due to foul trouble.
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
Gallo together with Brewer and Faried.
It can’t be Birdman though…there was a play at the end where coming off a screen he switched, bit on the headfake (surprise) from beyond the three point line and gave Durant an easy drive. I know he goes for the block – always – but really he bit 25 feet from the basket??
'"It could happen..."
Will is our KD Stopper
One of the best perimeter defenders in the League, and he has a nice offensive game. Signing Will long term is a must.
by ACEIII on Feb 21, 2012 8:29 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
So well that the nuggets
lost the series in 5 games.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:18 AM MST up reply actions
on this TIDBMTID, I agree
I dont recall Will being effective vs KD. Will would be better off on OKC’s power forward or SG. KD is too tall, Westbrook is too quick
I think Gallo is our best matchup on KD
only guy long enough to bother his jump shots and be able to bother him from the side/behind on drives.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 12:04 PM MST up reply actions
yes and Gallo keeps KD occupied on defense
very important because one strategy against KD is to tire him a bit
I think he did good
you don’t stop a scorer from scoring…you limit him and his effectiveness.
I still think the key to beating the Thunder is limiting Westbrook. And getting a freakin body on Ibaka
Put AAA on Westbrook and Will on KD and you have shot.
As for last year’s playoffs, Niggs were in all games but one and should have one a game in OkC on a blown basket interference call.
I think we match up well with OKC if healthy and if we have Will on KD.
by ACEIII on Feb 21, 2012 10:22 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Wow, a win
How many people here thought they would win this game after Andre got ejected? Show of hands, please. Anyone with their hand up not named SDcat is a liar, and she doesn’t count because she thinks they are going to win when they are down 20 with three seconds left.
I have no idea how they won that game, but I’ll take it. Oh, and I wish that they had Amnestied big al when they had the chance. Completely worthless. Now they’ll probably have to include Faried, Mozgov, and Lawson just to get someone to take him in a trade.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:16 AM MST reply actions
Oh and WTF
they still don’t have an inbounding play? They had to burn a timeout on one, then repeated the lakers disaster with 4.9 seconds left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:21 AM MST up reply actions
Dude,
it takes decades to develop an inbounding play. Maybe even centuries. I’ll let you know after I’ve been coaching this team 30 more years.
I did
The guy I was sitting down next to could have been a typical Stiff: hated Karl’s rotations, annoyed about some of the players, etc.
After Andre was ejected I turned to him and I said: “We got this. it’s all good.”
And he grumbled under his breath. I also told him that he shouldn’t be so grumpy because the Nuggets are still playing some decent, competitive basketball without the bulk of their starters and key rotation players.
I asked, though, and he doesn’t know about this blog.
Is your love worth the nausea it could bring?
Well, you have more confidence than me.
I about 50% believed that Andre got ejected on purpose because he was worn out. Looking back with 20-20 hindsight, would they have won that game with an exhausted Andre playing the rest of the way?
I love how fast Faried is developing. I was never a doubter, but I thought he would take a couple of seasons to develop. Never mind. At one point the timberwolves got a fast break, but the guard pulled it back rather than going for a layup. My wife said they were scared of Faried, and he wasn’t anywhere in the picture!
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 9:52 AM MST up reply actions
I love being dismissed like that. Its awesome
that being optimistic and rooting for a team gets spun into me believing we would win being down 20 points with 3 seconds left.
Thanks for tha.
Mission: 5-0…Success. Just sayin.
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So you didn't think they were going to win when Andre got ejected?
And since when do you not appreciate a little hyperbole? Am I going to have to get GoldenNugget back over here to show you how it’s done?
Formerly KS and CS
by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 10:06 AM MST up reply actions
I was unsure.
I’m only used to hyperbole being directed at the team.
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As always, thanks for replying :)
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And I appreciate you.
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SD, you just go on being SD
Thank God not everyone is a depressed moper like me. Let us wallow in our pessimistic misery. You just be you
Was at the game last night
That was the worst officiating I’ve ever seen at a game in person. The refs were fucking horrible. They tried their best to give the game to Minnesota but we pulled off a miracle. I was giving the business to Mark Davis. i have no clue what the guy was watching last night. The way things were going, I thought I was going to be T’d up.
Al really saved the ship form sinking in the 2ns quarter. I love Al when he is driving to the rack instead of standing out at the 3 point line jacking up shots. He played a solid game, but he has to hit his free throws
Ty hurt his ankle again. No shock there. I just think this team is cursed so far into the season.
Faried really impressed me also. If we could somehow combine Nene’s skill set and Faried’s hustle into one, we would have one helluva big man.
These injuries just suck. I wonder if we will have a full team to thow out there when we play Wednesday
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by TheMozgovCocktail on Feb 21, 2012 12:08 PM MST reply actions
Can a fan get a technical?
At one of my sister’s soccer games, the ref told my step-father he was going to give my sister a yellow card if he said another word the rest of the game.
The microphones last night kept picking up people yelling at the refs last night. At one point, you can clearly see and hear the coach of the thunder “What are you looking at? They can’t do that”
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 12:23 PM MST up reply actions
Do you mean the T-Wolves coach?
I was one of them blasting the refs. I just got so fed up. I wish Karl would pull a Phil Jackson and rip the refs to the media
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by TheMozgovCocktail on Feb 21, 2012 12:29 PM MST up reply actions
Yes, T-wolves coach.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Feb 21, 2012 12:35 PM MST up reply actions
Rick Adelman
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by TheMozgovCocktail on Feb 21, 2012 12:40 PM MST up reply actions
He came close last night in his postgame presser.
Check out Koz’s page on Altitude and listen to it. Karl is right on the line.
Just don't hold on to the damn basketball!!!
well he needs to cross that line
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by TheMozgovCocktail on Feb 21, 2012 12:50 PM MST up reply actions
well Dre haters and Stone lovers
Time to eat crow. The one good thing about Dre getting tossed (which he does need to be smarter about) was it pretty much showed Julyan Stone is not an NBA pg. the offense was completely lost with him running the show
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
Anthony from bondage will deliver Gallinari
by Zachm219 on Feb 21, 2012 1:40 PM MST via iPhone app reply actions
plus I don't want a 6'6 point guard
and no smarty pants bring up Magic Johnson
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by TheMozgovCocktail on Feb 21, 2012 1:49 PM MST up reply actions
0-8 from the field
Still not time to eat crow. Plus, Stone’s defense helped more than Dre setting up shots.
Let's start a riot!
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by Army of Nugs on Feb 21, 2012 2:17 PM MST up reply actions
I'll hold off on the crow
No one is saying Dre can’t be really good. He’s playing with an on/off switch, and it’s been off more than on for a while now.
by Rainbow skyline on Feb 21, 2012 6:14 PM MST up reply actions
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