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Friday, November 28, 2014
9:00 PM ET - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

Broadcast Info
http://www.nba.com/games/20141128/PHXDEN/gameinfo.html?ls=slt

Nuggets:
C- Mozgov
F- Faried
F- Chandler
G- Afflalo
G- Lawson







Suns
C- Plumlee
F- Markieff
F- Marcus
G- Dragic
G- Bledsoe







Some Nuggets Dancers!

Hahahaha nice game thread

But we are gonna lose

hope we can pull this one out.

We get the short end of the calls in Denver, the last ten years or so. So I expect a huge free throw differential not in our favor. So we have to shoot well, board well, and limit our turnovers, and we have a good chance of pulling this one out.

RunDogGun wrote:We get the short end of the calls in Denver, the last ten years or so. So I expect a huge free throw differential not in our favor. So we have to shoot well, board well, and limit our turnovers, and we have a good chance of pulling this one out.

Not quite sure what you're implying. Some ongoing officiating bias against the Suns in Denver? Style of play of Nugz v. Suns?

Even before looking at the numbers, I'd guess that with the Nuggets generally being more a down low and rebounding strong team and the Suns relying more on long distance shooting (generally in both cases), that Denver would tend to get more FTAs...to be expected.

This season the Suns average 21 FTs a game and the Nuggets 27. There's already a separation before the word "go".

With the exception of the last game, the Nuggets and Suns free throw attempt numbers have been split about 50/50 in recent games (Suns +1 in Denver)-

3/11/13 Suns 17-22 Nuggets 17-25
4/17/13 Suns 11-17 @Nuggets 16-20

11/8/13 Suns 25-32 Nuggets 23-28
12/20/13 Suns 21-31 @Nuggets 25-29
1/19/14 Suns 17-26 Nuggets 22-30
2/18/14 Suns 31-39 @Nuggets 26-37

11/26/14 Suns 17-21 Nuggets 26-34

I'd bet Denver has more free throw tonight, but simply due to style, and they will likely be more the aggressor having just lost to PHX. The refs will do their per usual impartial best.

Hey guys, whats up? Thomas playing?

dancing2thabeet wrote:Hey guys, whats up? Thomas playing?

Yes.

After sitting out Wednesday's game for an ankle bruise, Isaiah Thomas is expected to play tonight at Denver. Eric Bledsoe said he would be fine to play despite taking two hard fouls to bruise his butt.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/n ... /19588165/

This a winnable game, we have to contain Lawson and box out their good rebounders and all will be OK.

ChrisInAZ wrote:

RunDogGun wrote:We get the short end of the calls in Denver, the last ten years or so. So I expect a huge free throw differential not in our favor. So we have to shoot well, board well, and limit our turnovers, and we have a good chance of pulling this one out.

Not quite sure what you're implying. Some ongoing officiating bias against the Suns in Denver? Style of play of Nugz v. Suns?

Even before looking at the numbers, I'd guess that with the Nuggets generally being more a down low and rebounding strong team and the Suns relying more on long distance shooting (generally in both cases), that Denver would tend to get more FTAs...to be expected.

This season the Suns average 21 FTs a game and the Nuggets 27. There's already a separation before the word "go".

With the exception of the last game, the Nuggets and Suns free throw attempt numbers have been split about 50/50 in recent games (Suns +1 in Denver)-

3/11/13 Suns 17-22 Nuggets 17-25
4/17/13 Suns 11-17 @Nuggets 16-20

11/8/13 Suns 25-32 Nuggets 23-28
12/20/13 Suns 21-31 @Nuggets 25-29
1/19/14 Suns 17-26 Nuggets 22-30
2/18/14 Suns 31-39 @Nuggets 26-37

11/26/14 Suns 17-21 Nuggets 26-34

I'd bet Denver has more free throw tonight, but simply due to style, and they will likely be more the aggressor having just lost to PHX. The refs will do their per usual impartial best.

He complains about officiating every single game not just the games against Denver.

I'm in town tonight, northern Scottsdale to be exact. I don't mind driving a distance, but would anyone have a suggestion for where to go out and watch the game? I'd appreciate it.

ChrisInAZ wrote:

RunDogGun wrote:We get the short end of the calls in Denver, the last ten years or so. So I expect a huge free throw differential not in our favor. So we have to shoot well, board well, and limit our turnovers, and we have a good chance of pulling this one out.

Not quite sure what you're implying. Some ongoing officiating bias against the Suns in Denver? Style of play of Nugz v. Suns?

Even before looking at the numbers, I'd guess that with the Nuggets generally being more a down low and rebounding strong team and the Suns relying more on long distance shooting (generally in both cases), that Denver would tend to get more FTAs...to be expected.

This season the Suns average 21 FTs a game and the Nuggets 27. There's already a separation before the word "go".

With the exception of the last game, the Nuggets and Suns free throw attempt numbers have been split about 50/50 in recent games (Suns +1 in Denver)-

3/11/13 Suns 17-22 Nuggets 17-25
4/17/13 Suns 11-17 @Nuggets 16-20

11/8/13 Suns 25-32 Nuggets 23-28
12/20/13 Suns 21-31 @Nuggets 25-29
1/19/14 Suns 17-26 Nuggets 22-30
2/18/14 Suns 31-39 @Nuggets 26-37

11/26/14 Suns 17-21 Nuggets 26-34

I'd bet Denver has more free throw tonight, but simply due to style, and they will likely be more the aggressor having just lost to PHX. The refs will do their per usual impartial best.

I do think there are teams (and players) that draw more favorable calls than we do from the refs but I'd agree, a difference in calls with the Nuggets will likely come from style of play. I mean, it's not like we're playing in Utah where the fans have long since mastered the art of referee manipulation.

"He's a game-time decision," Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said after the shootaround. "He said it was hard to push off."

Thomas is questionable...we will see.

Nuggets feed only.

Saberestar wrote:

"He's a game-time decision," Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said after the shootaround. "He said it was hard to push off."

Thomas is questionable...we will see.

He's not playing.

I think everyone here is experienced enough to know nothing good can come of Tucker dribbling the ball. I wish he'd realise the same.

kwsqd wrote:I'm in town tonight, northern Scottsdale to be exact. I don't mind driving a distance, but would anyone have a suggestion for where to go out and watch the game? I'd appreciate it.

Sorry no one there gave you an answer. I no longer live there but if you want to go out tonight I'd just stay somewhere in north scottsdale. I know there are a few sports bars there but I can't think of what they are now (haven't made it back in a while so they could have changed). Hopefully you found a place.

sunskerr wrote:I think everyone here is experienced enough to know nothing good can come of Tucker dribbling the ball. I wish he'd realise the same.

Yeah, we have all these point guards that don't handle the ball enough and then you still see Green and Tucker trying to take it up the court sometimes. Pretty frustrating.

Suns looking like they'd rather not try tonight... outside of Tucker, anyway.

We don't know when to foul, where to foul and how to foul.

Suns might as well forfeit if theyre going to play this lazily...

Looking like we're Philly out there. The nuggets commentators pointed out that we are the best FT shooting team but it doesn't mean anything because our opponents shoot twice as many as us.