Game 68 : Brooklyn Nets (43-24) @ Denver Nuggets (44-23) - 10:00 PM

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[NuggetsWY]

I'm looking forward to seeing how much Campazzo can irritate Irving. Irving tends to get irritated sometimes and I think Campazzo might be a guy that could irritate him. The problem is; sometimes "irritated Irving" is dangerous and sometimes he throws him off his game.

Is Malone going to have Porter try to cover Shamet or Harris? Either will be a difficult cover. On the other hand, Gordon has to cover one of them and he'll have trouble to. Or will Porter or Gordon cover Durrant? Always a difficult assignment. Hmmm, who does Millsap cover? Griffin? But then who will Jokic cover? (I vote for a box-and-one with Jokic staying close to the basket. LOL)

But look at it from the other side, how is Brooklyn going to cover Jokic? (Probably with their bench centers .) I'm expecting a big offensive game from Porter because Durrant's the only Net that seems likely to be able to slow him down and if Durrant has to chase Porter and fight him for rebounds and so on, he won't have as much energy on the other end of the court.

Matchups are going to be crucial. This looks to me like a game where the best coach wins.

[skywalker33]

Appears we have a Markus Howard sighting, significant scoring off the bench

[skywalker33]

And yet ANOTHER 3rd qtr that's less than desirable, gave up 41pts. WHEN will they figure that out ?

[TunaFish]

I was surprised the Nuggets were even in this game with Gordon and Millsap resting. They have done this before; they like to position themselves for the playoffs. That fourth seed might be more attractive as long as they stay ahead of Dallas and the Lakers don't fully recover and end up playing the Clippers (that could make it interesting).

[GeorgeSears]

JaMychal MUST hit those wide open 3s.

[skywalker33]

JaMychel must hit SOMETHING...Period !

[NuggetsWY]

Rivers & Campazzo did their jobs.
Jokic & Porter did their job.
Howard was a pleasant surprise.

The rest of the team did not do so good --- and that includes the coach. It feels like he decided we were going to lose, so with Gordon out, he rested Millsap who could have helped against Durrant? Before the game, reports said Millsap would come off the bench. Did I miss an announcement? Bol and Cancar replacing Gordon and Millsap? That's not good.

I don't mind resting a player but not when you are playing one of the best teams in the league - especially when you are missing one of your starting forwards and four of your top-5 guards.

[DaFan334]

I need to see the end again, because I was in person and it seemed like a blown call, but if it was and then they gave Jokic the tech, the league needs to review those refs. Either way, shouldn't have been that close but thats garbage if that was a foul.