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Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET

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Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#1 » by ducler » Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:30 am

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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#2 » by NuggetsWY » Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:41 am

No Chris Paul. No Blake Griffin. With Jordan in the middle, using Jokic at the high post and utilizing his passing, the Nuggets just might be able to win. That's assuming Jokic doesn't slap every player that runs by him when he's on defense. Of course the Clippers might play Jordan against Faried if he's playing PF. But even that still favors Denver with Jokic in the high post. Then again, if Faried is playing center against Jordan, that could be a real slaughter. Think Nurkic might play?
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#3 » by Popovich » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:22 am

Lead lost from 17 on the half to just 2 points on the beginning of 4th. But Denver still can win this if remembers what forgot during 3rd.
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#4 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:26 am

If Denver loses this game, fire the coach and don't bring him back to Denver. Down 3 starters, on a back-to-back and lose? WTF?
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#5 » by NuggetsWY » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:40 am

Clippers use Jordan for a most of their picks. The Nuggets usually trail over a pick leaving Jokic having to try to stop the ball. This often leaves Jordan free to roll to the basket for a lob-slam. They do that all the time. Thankfully they didn't really do it much tonight because the Nuggets were not sending Jokic help very often and he was often out of position to stop Jordan.
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#6 » by NuggetsWY » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:01 am

Most minutes

Gallinari - 37 min (too much for him)
Jokic :nod:
Barton
Harris
Nelson
Chandler
---- Less than half the game
Faried
Mudiay
Murray - 12 min :crazy:

Faried basically played at the center position only - 18 min :noway:
Mudiay's minutes have been dropping, tonight less than 20 min, so why is he starting? He seldom finishes a game

Jokic & Barton were the only Nuggets to shoot over 50% FGs
Nuggets hit 23-28 FTs 8-)
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#7 » by eathb_au » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:23 am

NuggetsWY wrote:Most minutes

Gallinari - 37 min (too much for him)
Jokic :nod:
Barton
Harris
Nelson
Chandler
---- Less than half the game
Faried
Mudiay
Murray - 12 min :crazy:

Faried basically played at the center position only - 18 min :noway:
Mudiay's minutes have been dropping, tonight less than 20 min, so why is he starting? He seldom finishes a game

Jokic & Barton were the only Nuggets to shoot over 50% FGs
Nuggets hit 23-28 FTs 8-)


Yet it took a game where Jokic played big minutes and a monster game from Barton to only best the Clippers without Paul, Reddick and Griffin by 5.
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Re: Game 31: Denver Nuggets (12-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (22-10) - 10:30 PM ET 

Post#8 » by skywalker33 » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:40 am

eathb_au wrote:
NuggetsWY wrote:Most minutes

Gallinari - 37 min (too much for him)
Jokic :nod:
Barton
Harris
Nelson
Chandler
---- Less than half the game
Faried
Mudiay
Murray - 12 min :crazy:

Faried basically played at the center position only - 18 min :noway:
Mudiay's minutes have been dropping, tonight less than 20 min, so why is he starting? He seldom finishes a game

Jokic & Barton were the only Nuggets to shoot over 50% FGs
Nuggets hit 23-28 FTs 8-)


Yet it took a game where Jokic played big minutes and a monster game from Barton to only best the Clippers without Paul, Reddick and Griffin by 5.


I know a win is a win, but this was winning ugly to say the least.
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Exactly as I've been saying all along !!

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