The Contender Trip (5 Games)

Post #41 » by **el loco** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 6:50 pm

Win two lose three.

Win three lose two.

It has been this way all season long other than a 6 game winning streak at the start of the season. It is sad that this team can't stay focused longer then 3 games.

pickaxe · Post #42 » by **pickaxe** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 7:52 pm

look, there can't be any excuses....Houston goes on an 18 game streak, part of the streak without Yao (think Nene)

there are 20 games left, there's still room for a couple streaks

Although, if Denver had Mutombo, Boozer wouldn't have abused us quite as badly

3-2 is ok considering Suns and Spurs at home are taken care of, and if win 3 comes at San Antonio, that is one of the best 3-2 stretches all season

man, as long as there is improvement, that's what matters, even if it is in increments of 2-3 games and we end up with 51 wins

AILebronMelo · Post #43 » by **AILebronMelo** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:04 pm

Nuggets have no chance at San Antonio they are a suck ass road team who play with no heart or passion on the road.

Post #44 » by **corona** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:05 pm

didn't they set a franchise record for road victories last season?

pickaxe · Post #45 » by **pickaxe** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:17 pm

corona wrote:didn't they set a franchise record for road victories last season?

I believe so - and they had started with training camp on the road in Durango. A few of the guys from that training camp are no longer with the team......maybe the same chemistry that was built with that group went away, even though we still have the core.

edit: 22 road wins in 2006-2007, 7-2 in April (if you count a playoff road win @ San Antonio), and an 8 game overall win streak in April

AILebronMelo · Post #46 » by **AILebronMelo** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 9:16 pm

That was this we talkin about now.

Duiz · Post #47 » by **Duiz** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:45 am

meloivynene wrote:Although, if Denver had Mutombo, Boozer wouldn't have abused us quite as badly

WTF? Mutombo and Ming get abused by Boozer.

Camby is the anti-Boozer.

pickaxe · Post #48 » by **pickaxe** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:05 am

Duiz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

WTF? Mutombo and Ming get abused by Boozer.

Camby is the anti-Boozer.

Sure. Camby is the best help-defender around. He was helping Najera this time and it just didn't pan out.

Yao went down and they still had Mutombo. In our case, Kenyon goes down....we're kind of short on size.

When Shaq went down on the Heat they still had Zo.

I like Najera, but he does his best when he's providing an energy lift alongside other bigs. Camby/Najera and a gimpy Kleiza is just too small.

Don_eMOCION#31 · Post #49 » by **Don_eMOCION#31** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:31 pm

so finally we ended this very hard trip 2-3 with a win against San Antonio and Phoenix. thoughts?

pickaxe · Post #50 » by **pickaxe** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:47 am

Don_eMOCION#31 wrote:so finally we ended this very hard trip 2-3 with a win against San Antonio and Phoenix. thoughts?

I loved the San Antonio game. KMart and JR were the bomb. Just hated the ending. It was a complete and utter breakdown, and really paints a picture of the last three seasons: more than 50% success, but in the end second place to the opponent. It was like they didn't remember what had kept them in the game the first three quarters.....amnesia.

The Contender Trip (5 Games)

How will the Nuggets end this 'endless' Contender Trip?