Game 21: Los Angeles Lakers (11-8) @ Denver Nuggets (13-7) - 9:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:56 pm

skywalker33 · Post #2 » by **skywalker33** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:11 pm

Bigger test than expected but we should take this one. LBJ is always a wild card and Harris is a question mark tonight but we still can take this one.

Post #3 » by **THE J0KER** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:30 pm

Is there any confirmation that Harris will not play? And if no Harris, will Craig be a starter once again (not Morris nor Beasley)?

We beat Oklahoma, but in 2nd half they outplayed us.

Post #4 » by **NuggetsWY** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 1:19 am

This is the type of game that reminds me of why I'm not a gambler.

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RRFB · Post #5 » by **RRFB** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 4:51 am

Blowing out the Lakers will never not feel good. Offense seems to be getting back on track a bit too. Nice win without Harris (and Barton of course).

Post #6 » by **THE J0KER** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 4:51 am

Denver rocks! We destroyed Lakers 60-35 in the 2nd half, so biggest credit to players who carry the team in the 1st half, Millsap, Murray, and Juancho with 15+15+10 points before halftime. Credit also to tonight's Jokic improved attitude after awful shooting 1/5 1st half - he scores 10 points in the first 3 minutes of the 2nd time, and Lakers never recover when Nuggets once take the 15+ lead. I wanted to see Beasley tonight as the starter instead injured Harris, but even better, he not take his starters job, but take his 35 minutes, and he used it perfectly with scoring 20pts. Credit to Plumlee from the bench for efficient 10-10 double-double.

Post #7 » by **NuggetsWY** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:47 pm

Still way too much standing around - there were stretches with good motion in the offense, but ... anyway, that makes this win so much more impressive. The Nuggets outplayed the Lakers in all four quarters and the most astounding stat IMO is the rebounding 60-39 in favor of Denver. Millsap had 11 and Plumlee had 10 for two double-doubles. But let's not ignore Lyles' 9 boards (25 minutes) and Craig's 8 boards (20 minutes) - very impressive. Then there was Jokic's 22 minutes with 7 boards and 7 assists - rather unimpressive for our great Jokic but for anyone else, that's a very nice stat line as well!

What impressed me the most in this game though was Beasley's defense. Sure, he's a fairly good defender but when matched up against LeBron one-on-one (which didn't happen much, thankfully), he was the only one that seemed to understand how to prevent LeBron from freely driving to the basket.

Yes, a very impressive win. Now, if we can only do that consistently ...

marcush · Post #8 » by **marcush** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:50 am

Always fun watching your team, let alone beating LA.

Did I hear Birdman correctly say he has a few ‘vendettas’ to settle before he starts playing again? Not sure if he meant to say it like that but it kinda sounded like he was gona kill a dude.

Post #9 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:10 pm

marcush wrote:Always fun watching your team, let alone beating LA.

Did I hear Birdman correctly say he has a few ‘vendettas’ to settle before he starts playing again? Not sure if he meant to say it like that but it kinda sounded like he was gona kill a dude.

Thanks - young teams can indeed be the most fun to watch just because we have no idea of what's coming from game-to-game (I'll be you get that :wink:

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One thing I know about Birdman is, he can talk. :lol:

I'm not really sure what he meant.