Game 2: Utah Jazz @ Denver Nuggets

[JRMelo15]

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----------------------April 19, 2010 8:30 MT Pepsi Center----------------------










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[Powder Blue]

No Memo, no AK47, no excuses if we don't win this series

[DFan]

No Memo, no AK47, no excuses if we don't win this series

The truth.

GO NUGGETS!

[Neon Black]

I feel bad for all of you...nobody in the league can stop big FES!

[el loco]

I feel bad for all of you...nobody in the league can stop big FES!

Sloan can

[Neon Black]

I feel bad for all of you...nobody in the league can stop big FES!

Sloan can

Ha touche.

But honestly Fes really has no chance of developing the kind of attitude he needs to make it in the league without Sloan. He's been given chances before and didn't make much of them. Maybe he'll do more with this one.

[KAVK]

This is our chance to learn to sustain the focus throughout and get this done as early as possible and rest the guys for "Clash of the TITANS".

Go Nuggets seal the deal early.

[SnakefromHell]

Quick, who is our MVP?

Melo? Imo, you can make several cases for different guys.

- Melo dropped 42 pts on 72% shooting...
- Afflalo and Ty were the reason why we hung around and share MVP with Melo in the first half
- Billups is the MVP of the lockerroom chemistry (he's the leader of the leader) and hit a dagger 3 over Deron with 3 mins left... and share co-MVP with Dantley and Melo for "coaching this team". But a big thing about Billups is he seems to recognize his own shortcoming, which is "fatigue" and he's willing to let Ty take over and shine... while he rests and help AD manage the team from the sideline... that's someone who can follow as well as he can lead, the ultimate sign of a true leader
- J.R. turned a close game into a tough game for the Jazz... he's the one guy on our team who has the ability to turn a game quickly, he and Melo share co-MVP in the 4th quarter
- KMart's D was great
- But so was Bird's, hustling and made conscious effort to box out (something Nene and even KMart fails to consistently do) and rebound and he gets the MVP for "selflessly sacrificing body"
- Nene was aggressive against their bigs, important judging by his unselfish standard, and set the tone for us as we repeatedly went to him throughout the game
- You can't pinpoint who is the coach of our team... AD takes the reign because someone has to be the "official" acting head coach... but if you take a look closer to our bench, there's noone louder than the next guy, except prob AD himself lol... everyone from AD, Iske, Welsch, Augmon, Moshley, to the players like AC, Allen, even Balkman, and even Hess are in this together to coach this team...


It's more of a chip in from everyone. Not a one-ywo guy effort... I love the camaraderie of the team... they (players + coaches) seem to make an extra effort to stick together to the team's mission in GK's absence... I love the focus and professionalism they showed in Game 1, from guys like Arron Afflalo to Malik Allen... we seem to have the right chemistry at the perfect time. It's amazing how they can turn it around like this at the end of regular season when we were run out of the gym by Suns and then this... Obviously, Jazz are not Suns but I can just feel the Nuggets who lost at the Suns and this Nuggets are two completely different teams. It's like they "flipped the switch".

We were very patient offensively in the first half, you could have mistaken us for the Spurs. It was not about all Melo and we let the offense flow through different guys by moving the ball and hitting the open guys... an effort from a collective group.

I'd never felt more encouraged at any point about our chances to win it all in my Nugget fandom. No GK for stretches could be the best thing to happen to this team. No exaggeration, I think we could sweep Utah and beat LA... it remains to be seen though if they can do this consistently.

[JRMelo15]

Snake used MVP and AC and Allen in the same post.

[SnakefromHell]

^Everybody is MVP

I think our camaraderie is the best of any playoffs team right now. It seems like the team puts aside whatever their individual agendas and make a collective effort into putting everything together (aka Mission). We've been through the roughest part of life without GK, and I think the team knows how to deal with it better.

When there's an adversity, you focus better... and we're the better for it.

When we get GK back, it's going bananas.

[SirHuey]

I think it's guaranteed we win at least one of the next two games on the road, so if we win tomorrow, we pretty much win the series

[MHZ]

Can we please not let Deron Williams get to the rim just about anytime he wants?

[dookieguy]

Let's win this and get Utah in a 2-0 hole

[GuyJones]

Let's win this and get Utah in a 2-0 hole

A 2-0 lead would be huge.

These mormons are already on the boat just send them fishin' !!

[easiestplayfts]

Can we please not let Deron Williams get to the rim just about anytime he wants?

No, D-will can't be stopped....just shut down the rest of the team.

[Nutty Nats Fan]

Can we please not let Deron Williams get to the rim just about anytime he wants?

No, D-will can't be stopped....just shut down the rest of the team.

Didn't D-Will pick up two quick fouls trying to guard Ty in the 2nd half? You shut down D-will by starting Ty and having him go at D-will until he is sitting on the bench in foul trouble. Then send Nene at Boozer, if Nene isn't pussing out Boozer will be on the bench.

[easiestplayfts]

Can we please not let Deron Williams get to the rim just about anytime he wants?

No, D-will can't be stopped....just shut down the rest of the team.

Didn't D-Will pick up two quick fouls trying to guard Ty in the 2nd half? You shut down D-will by starting Ty and having him go at D-will until he is sitting on the bench in foul trouble. Then send Nene at Boozer, if Nene isn't pussing out Boozer will be on the bench.

I like Ty but D-Will is the best point guard in the league right now, and last game was the Jazz's best player.

Plus the nugget's best defender Aafflo was guarding D-Will and he still played 40 minutes..... had 26 points, 11 assists and 4 rebounds. What game were you watching? You need to realize the jazz are one of the best in the west and they are not going to be easy the beat. Dont sleep on D-Will and the jazz.

[MHZ]

Can we please not let Deron Williams get to the rim just about anytime he wants?

No, D-will can't be stopped....just shut down the rest of the team.

You can force him to beat you shooting jumpers, rather than getting easy buckets in transition. That's all I'm asking for. If he goes off shooting the ball, then so be it, but concession layups need to be limited.

[easiestplayfts]

This is my point..... the jazz are a great team with a hall of fame coach who is going to design plays to break down any team's defense.....So when you have a superstar player they are going to make great plays to help their teams win.

I bet the jazz fans are saying the same thing about Melo....who on the jazz can stop Melo?

[easiestplayfts]

There are 6 more games in this series and I know....Sloan and the jazz are going to come out on fire. This is probably going to be a hard fought series...starting with D-Will.