Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets

By: dxmanners

dxmanners — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:47:34 +0000

Nuggets scare me-they shoot well and play without fear. Love Shannon Brown, what happened to him being a defensive stopper as Chauncey goes for a career high. Something missing Lakers, long season indeed, but time to play with heart and as a team.

By: NYChris248

NYChris248 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:28:56 +0000

For further discussion, here’s our record so far against the teams we might face in the playoffs.

EAST
Cleveland 0-2
Boston 1-0
Orlando 1-0
Atlanta 1-0

WEST
Denver 0-2
Dallas 2-1
Utah 1-1
Phoenix 2-1
San Antonio 0-1
Portland 0-1
OKC 3-0

Total against these teams
11-9

By: Archon

Archon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:02:55 +0000

This game doesn’t have me concerned at all, the Lakers actually didn’t play that bad, but Denver shot the lights out, which happens now and then with jumpshooting teams.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:57:12 +0000

lakersfansincemikan,
Hollinger had Utah as the second true contender to the Lakers. They’ve been red hot lately and have been either #1 or #2 in his power rankings for the past week or so.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:54:52 +0000

Game preview for Portland is up.

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/02/06/preview-chat-the-portland-trailblazers-9/

By: lakersfansincemikan (tsuwm)

lakersfansincemikan (tsuwm) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:19:52 +0000

are we really panicking here? or is this simply a matter of bringing down expectations to a more reasonable level. I seem to recall preseason talk, in this forum, of an unprecedented four-peat!

p.s. – I’d still be interested to read who, besides Denver, Hollinger picks as the second serious challenger in the West. Utah?

By: Q

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:07:27 +0000

How can anyone not get frustrated with Fisher after the 1st quarter? He was driving to the lane to get his shots blocked, missed lay ups, pulled up and missed 3’s early in the shot clock. I’m on the play Fish fewer minutes bandwagon now. Is there a stat in the league that measures how many shots a player gets blocked? I bet Fisher is leading that one.

By: TB-8788

TB-8788 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:33 +0000

Denver reminds me of the 02 Kings. Defiant and streaky. They believe they are better and desperately want to prove it. Let them waste their stuff and get their “proving” out of the way in the regular season. Playoff basketball is entirely different, and they’ll be in a refractionary period.

Let’s not overlook the absurdity of last night’s 3 point math. 15-22 from 3 pt. range is the equivalent of 100% from 2. They got 45 points on just 22 threes. That’s the equivalent of making all 22 attempts from two land. That will not happen again.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:28:43 +0000

Meh, no big deal. Pau and Odom played with the aggressive mentality that we ask of them. Denver just hit impossible shots over and over. Even if we swept Cle and Den their confidence would still be high and think they can beat us. I’d rather us not reveal any late game tactics to them and save it for the playoffs. None of these games matter.

By: robinred

robinred — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:58:09 +0000

I have not read the thread, but the only take-away from this game is something we already knew: the Lakers simply cannot stay in front of guys like Ty Lawson. Farmar was almost as bad as Fisher. I assume this is one reason Mark Warkentien wanted Lawson so badly.

Other than that, Chauncey Billups had a career game in what has been great career, and JR Smith shot the lights out, as he will do–sometimes. Carmelo Anthony’s absence was irrelevant.

I recall one play in which Gasol hit Bynum with a pass inside for an easy deuce. I have been saying for several months that I want to see some structured high-low action and cross screening to get them working TOGETHER, as a weapon, on the offensive end.