Denver Nuggets @ Orlando Magic - Game 53

[Shady08]

Fantastic road trip! 4-1, I couldn't have asked for anything better. This team responded very well after being embarrassed by the Nets. Now we get much needed rest. Sweet!

[MHZ]

Solid win. Anytime you hold a team to 30% shooting, you'll have a pretty good chance.
Only 12 mins for Jr thought? wtf. What has Kleiza done lately that proves he deserves any more time.

A lot of traveling.

[CanNugget]

I hate how many mins JR is getting... i want AC to get injured i know thats evil but eh... trade kleiza for a big.
Great Win.

[corona]

very nice win.

impressive defense throughout.
petro played well. kleiza was absolutely terrible.
melo with some key shots and a nice block

basically tied for 2nd in the conference again.

[pickaxe]

What a terrible call on that supposed backcourt violation, should of been a easy lay up for J.R. but it was somehow a jumpball? wtf?

That has got to be the bs call of the season, of the decade, of the entire history of the NBA.

"You lost the ball and didn't hustle to go down and recover it, but you kept a pretty tight race to the point of recovery, the other team recovered and scored the basket. You earned it. Jump ball!"


Otherwise.....great game. Was hoping from more from Nene on offense but the defense was more than enough. Kenyon filled that void entirely and held his own defensively. Would have liked to see an elbow from Kleiza to Howard's gut just to see if he really is superman. Kleiza is kryptonite.

[corona]

nba officiating ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUpKtuajBcA

[J Smitty]

How does a team constantly get so much help from the refs and still manage to get blown out at home, by a team playing on the 2nd night of a b2b, their last game of a 5 game road trip....that shot 40% from the floor?

Wow they are **** terrible.

[DaFan334]

Officiating in Florida is extremely suspect. That was the worst called games back to back ive seen in awhile. One of the biggest things that I absolutely hate about the NBA that it just never seems to fix.

Just glad to see us come out with two wins that should have been much easier. This teams showing some toughness?

[corona]

highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pP0pwn1VS4

[mutumba]

Just watched the replay, great win going into the break. I definitely was not expecting a final score like that though.
Solid game from Melo.
Petro with 18 mins... J.R. with just 12?
Florida must reek after Kleiza stanking it up the past two days.

Here's to a boring week. Go J.R. woooo

[and one]

damn we needa get rid of keliza 1-13 from 3 point range in the last 5 games. only 7.6%. wow. pathetic. can we ask for anyone worse?? =PPP only 2 points in this game too...

[legendarywalton]

I was surprised watching Dwight Howard, he gets great numbers and I think he's the 2nd best center in the game right now (timmy d. ftw even though he's a tweener PF), but he never looked dominant last night. Maybe he just has that gentle giant appearance, but I don't see him taking over games and compensating for the loss of Jameer Nelson. At least not this year.

Edit- Just needed to throw in there that I'm probably spoiled getting to watch the quicks and low post moves of Al Jefferson and Nene.

[SnakefromHell]

Melo played D

[pickaxe]

I was surprised watching Dwight Howard, he gets great numbers and I think he's the 2nd best center in the game right now (timmy d. ftw even though he's a tweener PF), but he never looked dominant last night. Maybe he just has that gentle giant appearance, but I don't see him taking over games and compensating for the loss of Jameer Nelson. At least not this year.

Edit- Just needed to throw in there that I'm probably spoiled getting to watch the quicks and low post moves of Al Jefferson and Nene.

I think Dwight's still got a little superman buzz from last season. He's really good, but he's got to come down to earth a little bit. There were times last night where he assumed he could just get away with anything, and sometimes at the cost of the game itself.

[legendarywalton]

I think Dwight's still got a little superman buzz from last season. He's really good, but he's got to come down to earth a little bit. There were times last night where he assumed he could just get away with anything, and sometimes at the cost of the game itself.

I think my first post kind of undersold how special of a player he really is. I guess I was just trying to say that he either had a poor game or Nene is even more special than we thought. I hope its the latter, but you'd have to think that Howard would've at least dominated Petro. I thought Petro played pretty damn well against the future league MVP.

[Melo-2-JRSwish]

Melo played D

Maybe's he's finally turning the corner.

Great game for the Nuggets. I think we're finally starting to jell as a team, and that defense was spectacular. I hope the Nuggets can carry the momentum through the rest of the season. Although, I do wish that Dahntay Jones had a bit more range and could finish better. lol

[pickaxe]

I think Dwight's still got a little superman buzz from last season. He's really good, but he's got to come down to earth a little bit. There were times last night where he assumed he could just get away with anything, and sometimes at the cost of the game itself.

I think my first post kind of undersold how special of a player he really is. I guess I was just trying to say that he either had a poor game or Nene is even more special than we thought. I hope its the latter, but you'd have to think that Howard would've at least dominated Petro. I thought Petro played pretty damn well against the future league MVP.

Howard is very special. Anyone that can dunk and swish the ball like he did last year, and do the things he can do in game is going to be epic. I think he lost his focus against us which is one reason we won. Our guys played really well but they would be no match for an intensely focused Howard on a good night. Nene might, but that's all in his transformation as a player and is still kind of 95% going up against 105%