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Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET

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Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#2 » by NuggetsWY » Thu Feb 7, 2019 1:11 am

These are not the Nets of the past and while they aren't intimidating individually, as a collective group, they are playing very well.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#3 » by Mickey8 » Thu Feb 7, 2019 1:41 am

Barton,Beasley,Murray and Layles , what a selfish bunch plus they cant play defense to save their lives . Barton is the biggest ball hog in the league, horrible player with low iq.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#4 » by THE J0KER » Thu Feb 7, 2019 1:58 am

Out of Jokic 25 career triple-doubles, Denver loses only 2 games but seems this will be the 3rd (1st this season). Once again we have a double-digit deficit on halftime in 2019, even after we started the game with an early 16-5 lead. Denver is 2nd worst team in the league (after Cavs) on the road games in 2019, and after today's 25-42 we will probably be the worst!
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#5 » by THE J0KER » Thu Feb 7, 2019 2:10 am

Malone being Malone again...
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#6 » by Joel Embust » Thu Feb 7, 2019 2:10 am

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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#7 » by THE J0KER » Thu Feb 7, 2019 3:20 am

Malone ways to "punish" team are often irrational and even childish because he doing it when the result is still active. In the middle of the 3rd quarter instead of punishing Barton only replacing him with Morris, Malone sits down whole starting roster including both big men Jokic and Plumlee which played very good tonight (Jokic in the triple-double mod, Plumlee season high) and Millsap was out. Malone doesn't want back any starter on the floor when the deficit was active -11 thanks to great Morris role in 3rd, so Nets lead after the end of 4th +21. In the 4th quarter, it was obvious that tonight winning formula would be starters without Barton lineup.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#8 » by FilNugsFan » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:02 am

Sure, we're making the playoffs, but these "should've won ball games" could also hurt us in the long run.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#9 » by NuggetsWY » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:17 am

Mickey8 wrote:Barton,Beasley,Murray and Layles , what a selfish bunch plus they cant play defense to save their lives . Barton is the biggest ball hog in the league, horrible player with low iq.

Nonsense - Beasley has been proven to be a solid defender and Murray has some decent stretches of defense and isn't afraid to bang with a big in the post when it's needed. I'll agree they can be better, but you over exaggerate on those two - in fact, Murray is the 4th highest Nugget on defensive win shares.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#10 » by The Rebel » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:31 am

This loss is on Barton and Lyles. While the whole team played like crap for much of the 1st half those were terrible all game. Barton being selfish and playing out of control on offense and both of them with amazingly bad defense on the other end.

VAnderbilt looks like exactly what we need off the bench at PF, he still is out of shape, but man does he work hard. HIm with his energy and Morris with his calm playmaking really changed the game around today.

Plumlee is a backup C, Malone has to start him right now but he gets tore up by most starting Center and most starting PFs, he is a liability against starters for everything but help defense. He is just not strong or fast enough to overcome his lack of size.

We need to trade Barton and Lyles for a starting SF that can play off the ball. I would love if we could move Millsap as well and get starters for this year and next at both forward slots.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#11 » by NuggetsWY » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:31 am

Question: Why did Plumlee have such a great 1st quarter and decent 4th quarter but nothing in between? If the Nets "figured him out", then why the comeback in the 4th? Did we just forget about him for half the game?

Question: In the 1st quarter, Jokic had 7 assists but he finished with just 10 assists; why? Brooklyn was using a SF or guard to cover him. We should have been feeding him the ball non-stop. Why didn't we?

Question: In the 3rd quarter, Malone did something very strange for him, he pulled all of his starters and went strictly bench. He seldom "gives up" until the last moments of a game. I was all set to commend him, especially when they closed the gap to 12 points. Why did he leave them in when they were starting to drag their feet and miss their jump shots and even layups? End result, lead went back to 21.

Question: How can a team score 130 points and not really have a decent shot at winning? Answer: Poor defensive execution and/or poor defensive effort and/or poor defensive scheme. Either Malone needs a better scheme or he needs to be able to better teach defense or he needs to be able to motivate his players better. (Not that this is all on him - because it is clearly not just the coach's problem.)

Conclusion: The Nuggets have been playing just well enough to win, for the most part. They give an effort for one or two quarters (we're talking both ends of the court - usually). They are consistently being inconsistent. They may get away with that during the regular season but all they are doing is practicing to fail in the playoffs where intensity is elevated. They need to make a solid effort through all four quarters. When they find a matchup that favors them, use it until the other team adjusts. On offense that basically means "get the lead weights off the ankles and cut/run/drive". On defense that basically means "get the lead weights off the ankles and hustle and communicate and cover for each other.

Regular season is not just about winning games, it is about preparing for the playoffs.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#12 » by Mickey8 » Thu Feb 7, 2019 12:14 pm

NuggetsWY wrote:Question: Why did Plumlee have such a great 1st quarter and decent 4th quarter but nothing in between? If the Nets "figured him out", then why the comeback in the 4th? Did we just forget about him for half the game?

Question: In the 1st quarter, Jokic had 7 assists but he finished with just 10 assists; why? Brooklyn was using a SF or guard to cover him. We should have been feeding him the ball non-stop. Why didn't we?

Question: In the 3rd quarter, Malone did something very strange for him, he pulled all of his starters and went strictly bench. He seldom "gives up" until the last moments of a game. I was all set to commend him, especially when they closed the gap to 12 points. Why did he leave them in when they were starting to drag their feet and miss their jump shots and even layups? End result, lead went back to 21.

Question: How can a team score 130 points and not really have a decent shot at winning? Answer: Poor defensive execution and/or poor defensive effort and/or poor defensive scheme. Either Malone needs a better scheme or he needs to be able to better teach defense or he needs to be able to motivate his players better. (Not that this is all on him - because it is clearly not just the coach's problem.)

Conclusion: The Nuggets have been playing just well enough to win, for the most part. They give an effort for one or two quarters (we're talking both ends of the court - usually). They are consistently being inconsistent. They may get away with that during the regular season but all they are doing is practicing to fail in the playoffs where intensity is elevated. They need to make a solid effort through all four quarters. When they find a matchup that favors them, use it until the other team adjusts. On offense that basically means "get the lead weights off the ankles and cut/run/drive". On defense that basically means "get the lead weights off the ankles and hustle and communicate and cover for each other.

Regular season is not just about winning games, it is about preparing for the playoffs.

Every time Barton had a ball in his hand he flat out refuse to pass to ball to Jokic . And he had it for many possession , to me it looked on purpose and it has been like that since he came buck, if i am Jokic I would straight him out and show him his place.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#13 » by U hova » Thu Feb 7, 2019 3:10 pm

Hey Malone... Plumlee is our backup center, not our starting PF
Stop playing him next to Jokic and stop running Lyles at Center
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#14 » by NuggetsWY » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:32 pm

U hova wrote:Hey Malone... Plumlee is our backup center, not our starting PF
Stop playing him next to Jokic and stop running Lyles at Center

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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#15 » by SkillzFromThe6 » Thu Feb 7, 2019 4:47 pm

THE J0KER wrote:Malone ways to "punish" team are often irrational and even childish because he doing it when the result is still active. In the middle of the 3rd quarter instead of punishing Barton only replacing him with Morris, Malone sits down whole starting roster including both big men Jokic and Plumlee which played very good tonight (Jokic in the triple-double mod, Plumlee season high) and Millsap was out. Malone doesn't want back any starter on the floor when the deficit was active -11 thanks to great Morris role in 3rd, so Nets lead after the end of 4th +21. In the 4th quarter, it was obvious that tonight winning formula would be starters without Barton lineup.


Malone has loved Barton since he's been here, so I'm not surprised. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Murray was about to go for 10+ points in that quarter because he literally hit 4 straight shots in that 3rd quarter then he got benched with the starters for the rest of the quarter.
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Re: Game 54: Denver Nuggets (37-16) @ Brooklyn Nets (28-27) - 7:30 PM ET 

Post#16 » by THE J0KER » Thu Feb 7, 2019 5:30 pm

NuggetsWY wrote:Question: In the 1st quarter, Jokic had 7 assists but he finished with just 10 assists; why? Brooklyn was using a SF or guard to cover him. We should have been feeding him the ball non-stop. Why didn't we?

Which is worse, this is 2nd game in the row where Jokic changes radically his trademark point-center role after the 1st quarter. In the previous game against Pistons, Jokic has 11p 4as in the 1st quarter but just 5p 0as in the rest of the game! Also, right from nowhere, Malone back that idiotic benching Jokic in the 1st half last minute. Against Detroit, Jokic is so pissed that he went into locker room directly instead of on the bench, and vs Nets our single digit deficit instantly rises to +12 in last minute of the 1st half because after Juancho replaced Jokic in last minute, Nets scored 5 fast points.

I'm always scared when see Malone replying some mistake. Remember, current season Nuggets was a league-best team in 1st half net rating, but once started 2019 and January we played one bad 1st half, then 2nd, then 3rd... and counting only games from 2019 we are pathetic (and even 2019 league-worst team on the road in 2nd quarters).

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