Minnesota (14-14) @ Denver (18-15)

eathb_au · Post #1 » by **eathb_au** » Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:15 pm

I feel it's time for proper gamethreads again

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Thursday, January 3, 7:00 PM (MST) - TV: ALT2

BENCH: Corey Brewer, JaVale McGee

BENCH: J.J. Barea, Dante Cunningham, Derrick Williams

KEY MATCHUP:

INJURY REPORT:
Denver: Lawson - Ankle, Chandler - Heart
Minnesota: Rubio - Back, Budinger - Knee, Roy - Knee

Powder Blue · Post #2 » by **Powder Blue** » Thu Jan 3, 2013 9:24 pm

2 points for Chandler's injury

1 point for cutting off our wonderful dead-last .681 FT%

Post #3 » by **corona** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 1:36 am

this team needs a shooting coach so badly.

or whoevers doing it now needs to be fired.

eathb_au · Post #4 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 2:27 am

I think Dre needs to keep starting.

The starters play so much better with him running the offense.

RRFB · Post #5 » by **RRFB** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 2:38 am

I do like that Karl has been utilizing our size more lately. That lineup with both Koufos and Mozgov was pretty effective.

eathb_au · Post #6 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 2:52 am

I'm done with Ty.

He can't run a basic offense at all, too much standing around when he's in.

Offer him for Bledsoe.

Powder Blue · Post #7 » by **Powder Blue** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 3:09 am

All kinds of fouls for the Wolves

No push whatsoever and the usual terrible shooting.

Post #8 » by **corona** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 3:21 am

eathb_au wrote:I'm done with Ty.

He can't run a basic offense at all, too much standing around when he's in.

Offer him for Bledsoe.

yea, we were all expecting at least marginal improvement from him vs. last season.

haven't seen much of anything yet.

Powder Blue · Post #9 » by **Powder Blue** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 3:26 am

All this talk about us being the top rebounding team....think it's because we miss so many shots?

Powder Blue · Post #10 » by **Powder Blue** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 3:50 am

I get Ty is hurt but why play him? He's -19 after 3 Q's

eathb_au · Post #11 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:10 am

Powder Blue wrote:I get Ty is hurt but why play him? He's -19 after 3 Q's

George Karl.

For some reason the +/- only applies to McGee and Hamilton.

eathb_au · Post #12 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:16 am

Well this is the worst Nuggets lost in 7 years.

Powder Blue · Post #13 » by **Powder Blue** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:16 am

Stunk the joint up in the 4th

um. · Post #14 » by **um.** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:36 am

-25 for Ty Lawson...let's go to the last thread i started about Dre starting for the next 5 years. He's so crafty. He is going to age like a fine wine. Calling it.

eathb_au · Post #15 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:38 am

What happened to Koufos after the middle of the third quarter?

Did he play too well to get benched and warrant using Faried to finish the game at center?

RRFB · Post #16 » by **RRFB** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:57 am

Lawson was the only reason this game was even close in the 4th, give him a break. I don't get why Koufos got benched though. He was our best player on the floor for the majority of the game.

And once again, free throws continue to be a HUGE problem for this team.

Post #17 » by **The Rebel** » Fri Jan 4, 2013 1:53 pm

From watching Lawson on the court last night he should not even have played, although at least he was hitting some shots. I still do not understand Karl's obsession with going small at the end of games, hell Koufos and Mozgov were the best players on the court last night for the Nuggets, especially Koufos, yet we have a bunch of Small forwards and an undersized PF finish all the games for us. Why ignore one of the teams biggest strengths to go small constantly, especially when you refuse to play the only shooter on the roster.

um. · Post #18 » by **um.** » Sat Jan 5, 2013 3:16 am

I really think Andre Miller needs to be starting. Iggy can pretty much be our back up 1. Either have Lawson be our 6th man, or trade him for a valuable 6th man, like a Monta Ellis

Post #19 » by **The Rebel** » Sat Jan 5, 2013 5:01 am

um. wrote:I really think Andre Miller needs to be starting. Iggy can pretty much be our back up 1. Either have Lawson be our 6th man, or trade him for a valuable 6th man, like a Monta Ellis

You may be the only person in the world that thinks Ellis is a valuable 6th man, lawson even having a bad year to this point is still a much more efficient scorer, a better passer, has much less turnovers, lower usage, and is the same as Lawson on defense. That is in what all would consider a horrible start for Lawson, and only a bad start for Ellis.

Personally i am not ready to turn my back on Lawson, it is stupid to turn your back on a player that was our best player, just because he has had a bad couple of months to start this season. Especially when he has had a foot problem for half of that time. Fact is the offense ran much better last year, and still runs much more smoothly when he is on the court and aggressive, people want to talk about how great the offense runs with miller, because of one game? Actually it was not even 1 full game, it was 3 quarters, because the offense looked like total crap the 4th quarter of that clippers game, but you guys are right it looked decent when the wings were hitting their mid range and outside shots for the 1st 3 quarters, guess what the offense looks good with Lawson when those guys are hitting shots as well. Yet against the Twolves the offense was horrible, one of the worst games of the season to try to watch, yet people are ignoring that.

Fact is lawson is a slasher, he always has been, without a shooter to spread the floor it is hard to run a drive and kick offense, defenders just slide into the paint and sit wait for the next try.