Nuggets @ Thunder

[pickaxe]

Spoiler:

The Nuggets Win Tonight!

Gametime

[cold_cowboy]

good start.
mozgov deserves more minutes.
hamilton looks more comfortable off the bench, now that wilson has started.
wow near 40 points first quarter..

start of second was bad, stopped making rotations. shaw with a timeout, 9 straight points.
i can't believe it, who the **** is our free throw coach.
well, lead is down to 3 at the half.

[RRFB]

I've been watching with the tv on mute and the radio stream playing in the background. Gallinari is in the booth doing color commentary with Koz and it is hilarious. Way better than listening to Marlowe butcher people's names and spout constant nonsense.

[eathb_au]

Ty Lawson rolls an egg in the 4th quarter, seems typical of him.

[eathb_au]

Mozgov gets bear hugged and no foul is called.

Oh well, pretty good effort.

[RRFB]

Too many missed free throws and too many offensive rebounds given up late. Same damn problems we've always had.

I don't like that last play. It was a blatant a foul but Mozgov will NEVER get that call, especially in OKC. Of course if that's Durant in that situation, it's probably a flagrant 2.

[Teens On Acid]

good loss. signs of life showing finally. Thunder are a damn good team, and at home no less. Make more free throws and we could have had this one.

Feels like a necessary growing pain type of loss for this new team.

Not gonna sit in the corner and cut myself over it.

[DaFan334]

Need to get it together on the line but beyond that, typical game against OKC where everything against Durant is a foul. Oh well, at least I don't live in Oklahoma.

[Dame Lizard]

Portland fan here.

I'm encouraged seeing Hickson do well. He obviously isn't a superstar but he does his job very well, and I think he got definitely overlooked by other teams this off-season. He's a really solid starting PF in the league and I think you guys got him on a very good contract.

With Gallo back, and to some extent McGee, Denver should have an impressive group of players on the board.

[Maf]

Free throws...

Enough said.

[pickaxe]

Fix the free throws, put up this kind of effort, tighten it up a bit and you've got a winning team over the next month or so. Should be encouraging to the players that if they can get the FT% up they've got a decent W over the Thunder.

I did like that they held on tenaciously at the end. Several times it could have been over.