Orlando @ Denver

Post #1 » by **corona** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:32 am

Key Matchup:

vs.

girlie men faceoff [/arnold voice]

Last Meeting: February 28th, 2007
111-101 Denver Victory
Iverson logged 34/4/7 on 13/25 shooting
Smith/Martin missed the game with knee injuries
Howard recorded 23/12/3 on 9/14 shooting
Orlando shot .600 (9/15) from the 3 point line

Denver: 21-13
Please god, stay healthy everyone.
Rank 14th in offense and 5th in defense.
Atkins will miss the next 8 weeks with a sports hernia.
Bobby Jones was waived on Sunday.

Keys to winning:
Get a hand up on all perimeter shooters.
Move the ball from strong side to weak side consistently & quickly.
Limit turnovers.
Dominate the defensive glass.

Last 5 Games:
L Phoenix
W Philadelphia
W Minnesota
W San Antonio
L Golden State

Orlando: 23-14
Rank 9th in offense and 9th in defense.
Started off the season hot but have faltered a bit since.
Dwight Howard won the December player of the month award.

Last 5 Games:
W Clippers
L Sacramento
L Houston
L New Jersey
W Chicago

Pictures:

offensive foul!

Game Notes:
http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/notes.pdf
http://www.nba.com/magic/news/notes.pdf

Game Chat:
http://nuggets.proboards1.com/index.cgi?action=chat

SJustice1621 · Post #2 » by **SJustice1621** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:14 am

FOR CONSISTENCY...

L-Burna89 · Post #3 » by **L-Burna89** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:07 am

Skinner is getting a little too 'Reggie Evans' there.

pickaxe · Post #4 » by **pickaxe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:30 pm

L-Burna89 wrote:Skinner is getting a little too 'Reggie Evans' there.

Post #5 » by **MHZ** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:09 pm

I'll be interested to see if Nene can be effective against Howard. The guy has been on a tear this season.

pickaxe · Post #6 » by **pickaxe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:40 pm

Nene looks ready this time. He's had a few bumpy spots - but he's got his legs, and I think the push will help when he's going up against Howard.

DrewDawg0808 · Post #7 » by **DrewDawg0808** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:22 pm

two questions, why does melo and ai wear sleeves, i know they look cool and i bought one for my games, but idk if there is a reason, and same for melos leg things, just curious!

pickaxe · Post #8 » by **pickaxe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:01 pm

DrewDawg0808 wrote:two questions, why does melo and ai wear sleeves, i know they look cool and i bought one for my games, but idk if there is a reason, and same for melos leg things, just curious!

bursitis

UNLVNugsFan · Post #9 » by **UNLVNugsFan** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:55 pm

My prediction: Dwight has a ridiculously good game, however Rashard and Turk perform below average, and the Nuggets win by 5.

106-101

djtruebeliever · Post #10 » by **djtruebeliever** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:35 am

AI and Melo are both heavily reliant on their elbows/forearms to wedge themselves around defenders on offense. before he started wearing the arm-pad I specifically remember Melo mentioning minor injuries to his elbow on multiple occasions.

DNIsLeGiT · Post #11 » by **DNIsLeGiT** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:09 am

Hopefully the nuggets come out fast and try to push the pace to our favor,i hope k-mart or nene can slow dwight down a bit,take the hard foul on him because he's obviously an awful free throw shooter.Melo need to have a good game this time around,hopefully he'll contribute in rebounding and assist and most importantly DEFENSE,He's probably guarding either lewis or turkulu so hopefully he plays smart and not get into foul trouble early.

This game is important because were currently behind portland(who would of thought) for the division lead and were also on a mini two game road trip afterward so we need to win this before we had out.My prediction, nuggets 108 magic 96.

GO NUGGETS!

legendarywalton · Post #12 » by **legendarywalton** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:14 am

I'm really psyched to see another sixty+ shot attempts from two players.

pickaxe · Post #13 » by **pickaxe** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:53 am

Got to hope for the best - 3 of 4 in 5 days plus a win over Orlando 3 days later is actually decent - and hoping for both Atlanta games, they are getting close to 10 wins this month already.

To get to 55-60 they need 9-10 per month....one of the months has to be a big month. That would be so nice if January was that month.

JRmakes_it_rain · Post #14 » by **JRmakes_it_rain** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:13 am

legendarywalton wrote:I'm really psyched to see another sixty+ shot attempts from two players.

me 2....i love that type of basketball....i really would love to play with em...must be cool to know that you're going to spend the majority of your night watching 1 or 2 guys jack absolutely everything...lol

nola3 · Post #15 » by **nola3** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:16 pm

[quote="JRmakes_it_rain"]-= original quote snipped =-

me 2....i love that type of basketball....i really would love to play with em...must be cool to know that you're going to spend the majority of your night watching 1 or 2 guys jack absolutely everything...lol[/quote]

Has there been a single game where AI/Melo combined for 60+ shot attempts?

sodmoraes · Post #16 » by **sodmoraes** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:16 pm

JRmakes_it_rain wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

me 2....i love that type of basketball....i really would love to play with em...must be cool to know that you're going to spend the majority of your night watching 1 or 2 guys jack absolutely everything...lol

so true...
good thing ai got rid of that scorer

plasticman32 · Post #17 » by **plasticman32** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:47 pm

I'm just interested to see how Coach GK is going to manage his roster tonite with one true Point Guard. AI is going to have to play some point which means JR or Yak will get minutes at Shooting guard.

I think Orlando are to strong at the guard spots with Nelson, Reddick, Evans, Dooling and sometimes Turk for this Nuggets squad. Martin, Nene, Kleiza and Camby are going to have to stay out of foul trouble trying to contain D-12 in the paint.

Secretly, Augmon will suit up tonite and shut down his old teammates.

Just kidding guys

JRmakes_it_rain · Post #18 » by **JRmakes_it_rain** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:10 pm

over/under on JR playing 8 minutes.......I got a hundred on the under....anybody else?

Don_eMOCION#31 · Post #19 » by **Don_eMOCION#31** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:13 pm

hope we can win this one. would really be a great sign. i think we can do this. it's time to continue our strong start of new year! we really need to get this division lead back. i'm hopin nene improves again like he did after every game so far

nuggets win 109:98?

A.I. for 40? 45? 50? or 65 points tonight? A.I. had many of his greatest games against the magic. his career high (60pts) was against them just 2 years ago.

EDIT: Did you guys realize that Howard never missed a game since he joined the nba 4 seasons ago? he only hasn't the longest streak because there was ONE game where he didn't started the game. he came of the bench in one game during his 2nd season. this is unbelievable especially for a big man o.o

pickaxe · Post #20 » by **pickaxe** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:37 pm

JRmakes_it_rain wrote:over/under on JR playing 8 minutes.......I got a hundred on the under....anybody else?

He plays 2 minutes of garbage time. Hunter gets more minutes.

edit: as JR said himself, as long as the team's winning

Go Nuggets!