Denver @ Dallas

[corona]

Key Matchup:
v.
D v. O

Last Meeting: December 6th, 2007
122-109 Denver victory
Iverson dropped 35 points and 12 assists (guaranteed win) along with 6 steals.
Carmelo was just 9/30 from the field
Kleiza was 8/14 from the field for 23 points.
Dirk had 32/12, Howard 20/6

Denver: 26-16
Please god, stay healthy everyone.
Rank 14th in offense and 5th in defense.
Carmelo Anthony is probable with a left ankle sprain.
Nene had a benign testicular tumor removed on January 14th. Should return 8-10 weeks from that date.
Chucky Atkins is out 2 months with a sports hernia.

Keys to winning:
Play with energy and passion.
Move the ball from strong side to weak side consistently & quickly.
Limit turnovers.

Last 5 Games:
W New Jersey
W Atlanta
L Lakers
W Minnesota
W Utah

Dallas: 29-13
Rank 2nd in offense and 15th in defense
Jerry Stackhouse is out with a strained hamstring.

Last 5 Games:
W Lakers
W Charlotte
L Washington
W Seattle
L Sacramento

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Game Notes:
http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/notes.pdf
http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/notes.pdf

Game Chat:
http://nuggets.proboards1.com/index.cgi?action=chat

[L-Burna89]

Denver: 26-16
Please god, stay healthy everyone.
Rank 14th in offense and 5th in defense.
Carmelo Anthony is probable with a left ankle sprain.
Nene had a benign testicular tumor removed on January 14th. Should return 8-10 weeks from that date.
Chucky Atkins is out 2 months with a sports hernia.

This section always gives me a laugh....

"Please god everyone stay healthy......dude is out 2 months with knee surgery, dude is out 6-8 weeks with pulled groin, dude is out 4-6 weeks with torn ligament in thumb, dude is out with sprained ankle, and other dude is out indefinitely with cancer."

God must really hate us then.

[mlagoa]

HAHAHAHHAHAHA...right!

I think this "session" would be change to:

"PLEASE GOD, STAY ALIVE EVERYONE"

[corona]

its worked so far for camby & iverson.

[L-Burna89]

They'll break down soon too.

(reverse jinx...hopefully)

[Shady08]

I don't like how this thread started...

[pickaxe]

Karl goes down with acid reflux after JR turns it over 2 times.

[L-Burna89]

I don't like how this thread started...

You've got to show some love to the curse every now and then, or else she gets pissed. Just think of this all as one giant tampon.

Feel better now?

[JEWELZ]

hopefully melo plays, i dont think we win this one without him

[DNIsLeGiT]

This is gonna be a tough game, i think they still remember last time we beated them at their place and probably want revenge,plus it seems like there playing alot better now then they did when we last faced them.

Hopefully melo can play tonight,but if that ankle is still hurting i think it's best for him to sit out until the new orleans game,both games gonna be tough hopefully we'll spilt it or heck win both .

GO NUGGETS!

[eathy]

We'll win both

[JRMelo15]

I don't know if Melo coming back to this one is so big, he struggled against Mavs in the past, I won't be surprised if he takes 1 more day off and returns vs Hornets.

[eathy]

denver post reports that Melo is likely going to be out for this game, but should definitely be back for Hornets.

[mlagoa]

Crap!

Melo is out again...

[Don_eMOCION#31]

i don't care about melo missing another one. better have a 80-90 % melo against the hornets than a 50% melo against the mavs. Kleiza is doing a great job so far replacing melo. he shooting well and dallas is a bad defending team. linas and jr will have an easy job to shot the open 3. we can turn this into a win if we just want the win. our team is good enough. i think our 26-16 record doesn't tell the whole story about our team. we are better than the 29-13 mavs

[Nuggetsfanduh98]

Here is a stat for you 2-0 against Mavs since we acquired AI. Last game Melo was 9/30 from the field although he had a Good 4th Q we were in the lead through 3 easily with him struggling to get it going. So I see this as a very winnable game. I'll say since we have struggled on the road but won by 13 @dallas earlier and we have no Melo i'll say we win by 6.

[Shady08]

^That's not true, last season when Melo was still out with the suspension, they beat us at home on New Years Eve. I remember because I was at the game. Anyways about tonight

[djtruebeliever]

getting to the line has always been a big part of our game, we lead the league in ft attempts.

[Shady08]

Yea true, I guess I ment to say that we have had around 20 more fta than the other team lately.

[legendarywalton]

Should be another good test for our injury riddled team. Each game like this gives our bench players more confidence-- it also defines their role, something GK doesn't seem to do very well. I'm excited to watch this game, and I hope the Kleiza continues to improve his value, because it's pretty clear that GK does not like to develop talent from within.