Game 20 : Utah Jazz (15-4) @ Denver Nuggets (11-8) - 3:30PM

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:40 pm

skywalker33 · Post #2 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:51 pm

Now here is a BIG GAME. Right now we're 4 games behind the league-leading, on-the-biggest-win-streak Utah Jazz. A win for us would be enormous, closing the gap to 3 games plus bursting the bubble on their win streak.

Go Nuggets !

skywalker33 · Post #3 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:17 pm

Jokic HAVING HIS WAY with Gobert, 33pts in the first half. MVP, MVP, MVP !!!

mirmil · Post #4 » by **mirmil** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:41 pm

He is making NBA DPOY look like a high school player

skywalker33 · Post #5 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:42 pm

Barton have a great shooting 1/2 as well, 83% is not bad.

mirmil · Post #6 » by **mirmil** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:44 pm

Everyone did their role well, result says it for itself.

Post #7 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:49 pm

Unreal 1st half with Denver shooting 15-17 for three points

scoring 79 points (Joker 33 alone)!?

I have some bad feeling Malone will bench Jokic when he is at 49-9 to prevent his career first 50p game and 20th in the row double-double of the season :lol:

skywalker33 · Post #8 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:54 pm

Let's just hope Malone doesn't give one of his 3rd qtr RELAX speeches....we need a pedal-to-the-metal attitude for this game. Huge confidence builder in the making !

skywalker33 · Post #9 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:56 pm

THE J0KER wrote:Unreal 1st half with Denver shooting 15-17 for three points scoring 79 points (Joker 33 alone)!?

I have some bad feeling Malone will bench Jokic when he is at 49-9 to prevent his career first 50p game and 20th in the row double-double of the season

It's all about the stats, 'bout the stats, :roll:

Just enjoy a win !!

TunaFish · Post #10 » by **TunaFish** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:00 pm

Garry Harris is injured with a Adductor Muscle (Groin) Strain. He could be out for a while.

skywalker33 · Post #11 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:05 pm

TunaFish wrote:Garry Harris is injured with a Adductor Muscle (Groin) Strain. He could be out for a while.

Bummer, but maybe we'll get to see some more of Hampton.

skywalker33 · Post #12 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:19 pm

And yet ANOTHER one of our vacation-style-3rd-qtrs.... :banghead:

skywalker33 · Post #13 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:26 pm

For those who can't see the defensive impact Gary Harris has....now's your chance. :noway:

skywalker33 · Post #14 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:02 pm

Great game by Jokic, leading us to Victory against League-leading Jazz. Joker took control early and never looked back. Third qtrs still a problem, have no clue why we have that issue.

Post #15 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:40 pm

skywalker33 wrote:
THE J0KER wrote:Unreal 1st half with Denver shooting 15-17 for three points scoring 79 points (Joker 33 alone)!?

I have some bad feeling Malone will bench Jokic when he is at 49-9 to prevent his career first 50p game and 20th in the row double-double of the season

It's all about the stats, 'bout the stats,

Just enjoy a win !!

Relax, I was joking at halftime after the perfect 1st half, it is not my fault that something similar actually really happened close to the end of the game when Malone calls time-out when Murray called 3pt action for Jokic to join 50p club. BTW 50+ points games are not stats but history.

But the real bad news for Nuggets today is Harris's injury. Barton should be redirected to the starter-SG job and MPJ to the starter SF, but who knows how Malone will handle it. We see today once again his clear intention to play Porter just 20 minutes if everything is OK, and 25 minutes if we have problems with the opponent while Barton gets 37 minutes if he playing well. And how we will develop Porter into 3rd star already for the 2021 playoff if he not playing enough and not playing against opponents' starters? Campazzo and Green were our worst players in 1st half but get some extra minutes in the 4th quarter when they were among the best.

Murray was not so good today, but at least better than Mitchell.

Jokic 47-12-5 vs 2xDPoY is out of blue numbers even for the MVP candidate.

ForeverRDjazz · Post #16 » by **ForeverRDjazz** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:58 pm

Congrats Nugs fans. Joker looked like league MVP today. Couldn't miss a shot that first half. See you guys in the playoffs.

skywalker33 · Post #17 » by **skywalker33** » Mon Feb 1, 2021 12:02 am

ForeverRDjazz wrote:Congrats Nugs fans. Joker looked like league MVP today. Couldn't miss a shot that first half. See you guys in the playoffs.

Thanks, think we may have a couple more regular-season games to face off but anyway...do you really want that ?? :lol:

skywalker33 · Post #18 » by **skywalker33** » Mon Feb 1, 2021 12:10 am

One note of concern was the 5 fouls on MPJ and 4 on Facu (3 both in the 1st half) . While Bojan was going off for UTH, it still shows me both have a ways to go on the defensive end but the effort is there.

Post #19 » by **NuggetsWY** » Mon Feb 1, 2021 3:53 am

What a great win - to beat the #1 team in the league.

But is it fair to say that it was the most disgusting blow-out/non-blow-out I've ever watched?

Hot shooting by the Nuggets; Jazz had a rough shooting night - the Nuggets never showed great team-effort. They hustled for brief minutes. That won't win very often.

Maf · Post #20 » by **Maf** » Mon Feb 1, 2021 9:05 am

skywalker33 wrote:For those who can't see the defensive impact Gary Harris has....now's your chance.

Their top 3 guards Clarkson Mitchell and Conley went 9-35 so...