GAMES 15 & 16 : Denver Nuggets (9-5) @ Dallas Mavericks (8-6)

Post #1 » by **THE J0KER** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 11:40 pm

When scheduled, two Nuggets-Mavs games in Texas were supposed to be the Western Conference's biggest showdown of this week, but unfortunately, Nuggets will play without Jokic and Murray. The result seems not promising in such circumstances, but it will be very interesting to see how all Denver players will handle their bigger roles without Nikola and Jamal, and also how will work our defense vs Doncic.

Post #2 » by **THE J0KER** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:39 am

Without Jokic, Murray, and Gordon of course we are going to lose vs a contender team, but 73 pts at halftime (44 pts in 2nd quarter) was way too much. I don't like Porter's attitude 2nd the game without Jokic. 1-8 vs Knicks, tonight 2-11 at halftime for a player with monster efficiency.

Post #3 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:41 am

GAME 2

Post #4 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:51 am

Very good first half except for 2-9 in the last 3 minutes (before Cancar's midcourt buzzer).

But I'm now really starting to worry about Porter. Just a week before he was League's best 3pt shooter, but in the last two and a half games he is shooting just 2-14 for 3pt. Let's hope it is not connected with back issues like at the start of the previous season when he at some point can't score threes which ended with season-ending surgery.

Post #5 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:25 am

+5 before the final quarter, this eventual win will be the best gift we get this season so far. Mavs underestimated us, and our defense is great today.

Post #6 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:59 am

Porter was 2-15 for 3pt from the past three games before scoring winning three today :lol:

Career-high 29p for Hyland, Luka out of gas (just 22p for someone averaging 35p so far), and an awful shooting day for Mavs (they are TOP3 offense this season) including FT 12-21 decided this shocking upset (and don't forget Cancar's midcourt buzzer at the end of 1st half).

Richard Miller · Post #7 » by **Richard Miller** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:20 am

What a win. Didn't think they can pull it out.

THE J0KER wrote:and an awful shooting day for Mavs (they are TOP3 offense this season)

Yes and no, some guy hit a half a dozen threes without a miss and he's never done it before plus some bs calls

Maf · Post #8 » by **Maf** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:47 am

Really nice effort win given our absences. I can finally forget about chokejob against the Knicks.

Obviously I hope Uncle Jeff´s injury isn´t serious but it could help with one thing. Zeke could get some minutes as some people here want, but not as back up C where I, let´s say, dislike him. And to not just bash Zeke I need to write one thing. Yesterday I loved his defense when he was on Luka. That was very close to perfect 1 on 1 defense against league´s top scorer.

And of course, let´s hope that Joker´s suspicioun about MPJ is wrong.

Richard Miller · Post #9 » by **Richard Miller** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:37 am

THE J0KER wrote:But I'm now really starting to worry about Porter. Just a week before he was League's best 3pt shooter, but in the last two and a half games he is shooting just 2-14 for 3pt. Let's hope it is not connected with back issues like at the start of the previous season when he at some point can't score threes which ended with season-ending surgery.

Large number of his 3s, like 70% or even higher were assisted and obviously no Jokic and no Jamal, I wouldn't worry too much about it