Game 63: Portland (37-27) @ Denver (41-21)

[Powder Blue]

Petro with the near-steal and deflection!!!

[eathy]

Not a good start in the 3rd.

[eathy]

Double digit lead gone...

Where's the D?

[Powder Blue]

Dre's dunk was disgusting....Petro with a couple elbow jumpers

[eathy]

5 fouls for the Bird as well as 3 missed FTs.

[Nutty Nats Fan]

5 fouls for the Bird as well as 3 missed FTs.

Malik time.

Petro 15 minutes, 8 boards, Nene 30 minutes, 7 boards.

If only Denver could have traded for a 7 footer who can rebound.

[eathy]

That 7" big that can defend and rebound?

We always had one in Petro.

[Nutty Nats Fan]

That 7" big that can defend and rebound?

We always had one in Petro.

Not when Kmart comes back.

That high energy PF who can grab rebounds and get double doubles when starting for Kmart? Nuggets had that too, till Kmart came back. Well, Kmart has been that this year.

You just gotta laugh though. I don't blame Balkman if he slacks in practice this year.

[Nutty Nats Fan]

I like the current lineup right now, for when Ty comes back.

Melo, JR, Petro, AA, Ty.

[Powder Blue]

Solid win....Good thing we play better against teams over .500...bad thing we're under .500 on the road

[SnakefromHell]

Man we just found our 7 footer... he's pretty damn serviceable if Karl wants to play him.

Damn it.

Oh well, Petro could save our championship season if he could crash the boards like that, if he could keep comitting to playing defense. I don't care if he keeps fouling, he'll get some blocks and make nice defensive plays for sure.

[J Smitty]

This next stretch of 5 games is honestly going to determine our seeding, I believe. If we can win 4 or so, we'll be in good shape heading into the home stretch. If we stumble, which is possible considering it's basically 5 road games in 7 nights, I don't think we'll be able to stay in the race for the 2nd seed.

[eathy]

Technically, we are 4-0 when i start a game thread.

[Ganon19]

ODEN IS A BUST!!

[KAVK]

Man we just found our 7 footer... he's pretty damn serviceable if Karl wants to play him.

Damn it.

Oh well, Petro could save our championship season if he could crash the boards like that, if he could keep comitting to playing defense. I don't care if he keeps fouling, he'll get some blocks and make nice defensive plays for sure.

Man this was a nice win. I had to watch it afterward.

Spotlight is on Petro! He keeps this up solves our problem at frontline depth.

Martin hopefully won't require a surgery and comes back prior to playoff would be better deal.

[Joel Embust]

JR Smith with consecutive high assist games. Great all-round game from the future all-star.

[KAVK]

I like the fact that teams come in with hot winning streaks and get crushed by us is just so fulfilling!

Now one more thing! Get K Mart back by playoffs. I am sure lot of people in LAL praying for him not to return including Pau but i have a good feeling that he will return.

[KAVK]

JR Smith with consecutive high assist games. Great all-round game from the future all-star.

He is critical for our success. We nursed him years, hopefully this is the year he breaks out of his immaturity and be trusted attacker for us.