Game 71: Cleveland Cavaliers (46-23) @ Denver Nuggets (33-37) - 9:00 PM ET

Powder Blue · Post #2 » by **Powder Blue** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:23 am

Never get the whistle in these matchups

Powder Blue · Post #3 » by **Powder Blue** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:03 am

Up 14 at the half...and gave up a bad 3 shot foul to end the half. See if they can keep their foot on the gas

perempe20 · Post #4 » by **perempe20** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:42 am

love the games when the underdog wins. or is it a tough road game for the Cavs?

Post #5 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:21 am

The difference between Cleveland & Houston? Houston made a defensive effort. Cleveland tried to outscore Denver. They got hot, especially in the 3rd period with Irving on pick-n-rolls.

Congrats to the No-D Enver Nuggets on a great scoring effort. Lots of movement, lots of passes.

Powder Blue · Post #6 » by **Powder Blue** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:24 am

Chandler plays 41 min first game back from injury...LeBron only played 34

mbsnmisc · Post #7 » by **mbsnmisc** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:26 am

Thank you gentlemen. It makes those two ass whippings you gave us not sting quite as bad.

Post #8 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:32 am

Powder Blue wrote:Chandler plays 41 min first game back from injury...LeBron only played 34

I object to this - it's a good way to hurt a player and Malone has done it more than once.

Post #9 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:33 am

mbsnmisc wrote:Thank you gentlemen. It makes those two ass whippings you gave us not sting quite as bad.

Most welcome. It sure felt good to watch this game and I don't object to helping Boston climb closer at all. 8-)

FilNugsFan · Post #10 » by **FilNugsFan** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:35 am

Thought for sure Cleveland got this in the bag considering their regular starting unit is intact.

Big win for the Nugs!

skywalker33 · Post #11 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:39 am

Impressed, 2 strong efforts vs. HOU now a strong win against the defending world champs when it means something.

Mickey8 · Post #12 » by **Mickey8** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:01 am

NuggetsWY wrote:The difference between Cleveland & Houston? Houston made a defensive effort. Cleveland tried to outscore Denver. They got hot, especially in the 3rd period with Irving on pick-n-rolls.

Congrats to the No-D Enver Nuggets on a great scoring effort. Lots of movement, lots of passes.

The game against Houston last Saturday was an armed robbery by officiating crew

The difference tonight was more healthy bodies contributing in a win . So Denver have smashed two best team in the league at home this season

kinggnik87 · Post #13 » by **kinggnik87** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:02 am

Great game. Sadly I'm not free to watch it live.

We play great overall. Effort on defense, we are sharing the ball, everyone have nice stats.
If we play good offense like this, we shouldn't be worried about our players not getting enough minutes when they also get nice stats with those limited minutes.

tstrick33 · Post #14 » by **tstrick33** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:25 pm

Something that speaks to how good our offense is are Lebron and Steph Curry's post game interviews after we destroyed them. Both gave the helpless/humbled speech. When we have more than 30+ assists we are extremely hard to beat. To me, this team is a fairly similar 2012-2013 Nuggs team. Our offense is far better than that team (which is saying a lot b/c we were ranked #1 in the NBA) but Iggy made that team better Defensively.

This team is actually ranked better Defensively but the league has switched more to three point shooting which has hurt every teams Defense PPG stats. What I'm basically saying is our offense is going to make it seem worse for our Defense because they are efficient and teams get more possessions against us, not something I'm going to complain about. We're not the Jazz, and I don't want to be.

I like where Malone is taking this team and just hope they can close out these last 10 games.

Post #15 » by **The Rebel** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:04 am

The Cavs have been struggling a little lately, but even still this is a win that is opening people's eyes despite what I consider better wins earlier in the season. Although the national guys still seem to be having trouble wrapping their heads around how good the Nuggets are with Jokic at Center.

Post #16 » by **NuggetsWY** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:17 am

The Rebel wrote:The Cavs have been struggling a little lately, but even still this is a win that is opening people's eyes despite what I consider better wins earlier in the season. Although the national guys still seem to be having trouble wrapping their heads around how good the Nuggets are with Jokic at Center.

Yeah, some of them get it - some don't - I think it's funny to listen to those that are amazed and those that are puzzled and even those that just don't believe yet. 8-)