Game 59: Denver Nuggets (38-20) @ Golden State Warriors (29-30) - 10:00PM

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:49 pm

Post #2 » by **NuggetsWY** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:03 pm

Another guard centric team. Let's see how our guards do.
I seriously question how their front line can be asked to stop our front line - and I'm not just talking starters.

TunaFish · Post #3 » by **TunaFish** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:29 am

You got to be kidding me! Barton down.

Post #4 » by **THE J0KER** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:30 am

Our guards are cursed against Warriors... first we lost Murray, and now Barton is out. Almost all of our currently available backcourt players in the past 12 months played for G-League or Euroleague teams or have problems finding an NBA team

GeorgeSears · Post #5 » by **GeorgeSears** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:39 am

JaMychal Green's confidence is at an all-time low right now. He can't hit anything.

GeorgeSears · Post #6 » by **GeorgeSears** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:48 am

My goodness, this is such a horrible lineup. Austin Rivers looks lost.

Post #7 » by **floppymoose** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:17 am

Not saying Nuggets won't win this game, but it's clear GS is a bad matchup for them. DEN is a much better team in general but GSW plays well against teams built around star centers, like DEN and PHI.

Post #8 » by **THE J0KER** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:19 am

Out of 6 backcourt players we used at beginning of the season 3 are injured and 2 are traded...

The unusual low-scoring first half with very passive big stars Jokic and Curry, so we can expect anything in the 2nd. Jokic and Porter must step up more aggressively in offense and speaking defensively, GSW role players Poole and Mulder should not look that good as they look in 1st half. Our bench is 1-9 for threes in 1st half (3-8 GSW) and such details can make difference in close games.

GeorgeSears · Post #9 » by **GeorgeSears** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:37 am

This might be the most frustrating game I've watched all year. The Nuggets just cannot take the lead. The defense has been so bad.

GeorgeSears · Post #10 » by **GeorgeSears** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:56 am

Well, at least the Nuggets get to play the Rockets tomorrow. That's the only positive you can take from this game.

Post #11 » by **THE J0KER** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 4:32 am

Curry turns on an MVP level in 2nd half, unlike Jokic, while Green has HoF performance with 12 rebounds and career-high 19 assists.

Only 3 players in double-digit in Denver while some GSW role players have 15+ game (Mulder, Oubre, and Poole). The most positive today is Porter who struggled with his shooting most of the game but this time at least he didn't give up and finished at end with a nice 26-5 numbers.

We lost the game and maybe lost Barton so our backcourt line looking devastated now. I Hope Barton is good and Monte will back ASAP.

GeorgeSears · Post #12 » by **GeorgeSears** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 6:46 am

The Nuggets are going to have a really hard time stretching the floor with Morris and Barton out. Now MPJ and Jokic are the only reliable outside shooters for this team. It's a really bad loss.

Post #13 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:23 am

NuggetsWY wrote:Another guard centric team. Let's see how our guards do.
I seriously question how their front line can be asked to stop our front line - and I'm not just talking starters.

Post #14 » by **The Rebel** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:53 pm

floppymoose wrote:Not saying Nuggets won't win this game, but it's clear GS is a bad matchup for them. DEN is a much better team in general but GSW plays well against teams built around star centers, like DEN and PHI.

Anybody with good guards are a bad matchup for us right now. We have our top 3 guards out with injury now, and 5 of our top 6 guards to start the season are either gone or injured. We literally have a guard rotation featuring a rookie, a guy in a 10 day deal, a 2 way contract guy, and a guy who is basically in his 2nd year after being on a 2 way deal last year.

Our only dependable shooters are our starting PF and Center and we have 1 true healthy scorer on the entire roster all of which is a recipe for disaster.

Mickey8 · Post #15 » by **Mickey8** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 1:38 am

Jokic can be such a appointment as the player , so often, especially when the team have these national televised games . Instead of coming into the game and straight up dominating an average GS team, he shrunk again, being passive on the offense , he should have at least ten shot attempts in every first quarter he plays , especially when the team is down players, I don't think he has that full killer instinct,yet. I can't even defend him anymore on the general boards, he keeps to disappoint , when he has the chance to shut up the media, he looked like the worst player on the team last night.