Thunder(11-37) vs. Nuggets(31-16)

Post #1 » by **SD2042** » Tue Feb 3, 2009 9:16 pm

Who: Oklahoma City Thunder(11-37) vs. Denver Nuggets(31-16)
When: Wednesday, February 4th
Where: Ford Center in Oklahoma City, OK
Time: 7:00 PM CST
TV/Radio: FS Oklahoma HD My45 HD
Season Series: Nuggets lead 1-0
Team Trivia: Johan Petro played three seasons with the Seattle/OKC team before his recent trade to the Nuggets for Chucky Atkins and a 1st round pick.

Thunder Starters

Nuggets Starters

J Smitty · Post #2 » by **J Smitty** » Wed Feb 4, 2009 9:32 am

The Nuggets will likely be without both Billups(ankle sprain) and Kenyon(strep throat) again for this one, so I'm expecting a TFKAS win here honestly. Anthony Carter is quite possibly the worst basketball player in the history of the world, and he will likely start and get 40 minutes for Denver. You should fully expect him to make several very good passes directly to a number of your players(he seems to think it will result in an assist for him I guess).

Carmelo and Nenê will probably need to double what they did last time they played you guys (31/9 10-20 fg and 27/14 10-11 fg, respectively) for the Nuggets to get a win here. So enjoy your victory, I know I sure won't.

Post #3 » by **wizkid27** » Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:46 pm

Wow, didn't think that K-mart and Billups would both be out... Definitely changes the game quite a bit.

Hopefully Westbrook is able to take advantage of their guards the way that he did at the end of the Kings game. Without Billups, their perimeter D suffers quite a bit.

Any chance that with Kenyon out, OKC will see Mr. Petro one more time?

I'm not quite as locked in on a Thunder victory as J Smitty seems to be, but it's definitely more likely if the Nuggets are without 2 of their top players.

Nene and Melo are still a load to handle. I would guess that we go with Collison on Nene and Green on Melo.

Good luck!

Joel Embust · Post #4 » by **Joel Embust** » Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:11 pm

Let's avenge that dagger three by Melo the last time we played them!

Post #5 » by **wizkid27** » Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:36 pm

Man... I'd almost forgotten about that! That was probably the best shot of the year against us thus far. Luckily, we've been coming through a lot better in clutch situations lately. Westbrook and Green both seem to be more comfortable with the ball in their hands down the stretch than they were a month or two ago.

Post #6 » by **SD2042** » Wed Feb 4, 2009 11:21 pm

The Thunder should be able to take advantage of the Nuggets minus CB and K-Mart.

Joel Embust · Post #7 » by **Joel Embust** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:31 am

All I have to say is ****.

J Smitty · Post #8 » by **J Smitty** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:44 am

I feel like I just had Deja-vu.

I like the way the Thunder are improving, and hope they continue to get better. This could be a good divisional rivalry for years to come, as well as a small player "rivalry" between the two best small forwards in the west. Also with it being George Karl's former team(ish). They've played some real good games recently. The 168 pt game by Denver last march, followed by the double OT 151-147 game that Durant won with a buzzer beater(that looked a lot like the shot he took tonight)....and then these past two games. It always seems to be a fun matchup.

ljp24 · Post #9 » by **ljp24** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:44 am

Carmelo: The Nugget killer

Nuggets_Talk · Post #10 » by **Nuggets_Talk** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 7:43 am

ljp24 wrote:Carmelo: The Nugget killer

he killed us?

Post #11 » by **wizkid27** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 2:29 pm

Maybe he meant a killer that is a nugget? hehe

In any case... twice now he's burnt us on your last possession!

Post #12 » by **SD2042** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 4:34 pm

^^That is deja vu. Melo is developing the rep as a Thunder killer.