Game #28 Preview: Nuggets @ Spurs

Let’s win this one. Go Spurs Go!

We can do this!

A win would be so sweet…. thanks for the preview.

Let’s hope for an excellent game from the Spurs! :D And please, no more close games. It’s bad for my health. Win, and win convincingly! Go Spurs!

Nice Precap. (The Nuggets are at San Antonio, fyi)

At this point focus and urgency are becoming lackluster with the bags packed for tommorow’s game. Pop may try a new dance called the Tiago. Go Pop Go

Let’s hope for another good one. Let’s get this one early and let everyone share some meaningful minutes. One game at a time guys. GSG!

Nice post, but I want to take a moment to defend Rage a bit here. As far as Carmelo’s points go, I’m reminded of many games that Bruce Bowen played against guys like Bryant or Nowtski. They would often put up big numbers even with Bruce hanging all over them. RJ may not be in Bowen’s league as a defender, but he’s not bad, and points should not be the only measuring stick we use. If he stays on his man, makes life hard for him, and contests shots, he’s doing his job. A case in point is that last play in the Denver game, I believe. Sure, Ginobilli did a great job of putting his body in the path of Anthony, but equally important is the pressure RJ put on him, resulting in Anthony lowering his head and driving hard and out of control. Both RJ and Manu were doing their job on that play. Compare the results to the “poster dunk” from J. R. Smith a few games ago. Udoka played truly awful defense at the top, and poor Neal had no chance to get in place, although he tried his best to. People have given Neal a lot of grief, but really he was doing his job the best he could, and I think RJ also deserves some of the credit for Manu’s charge.

Let’s beat them in a very convincing manner so there will be no last second drama and protests. Another double-digit winning streak is on the way. Go! Spurs! Go!

Denver news is reporting that it’s “very” likely that Chauncey, KMart, and Chris Anderson will all be suiting up for the thuggets tonight. Yay. It always amazes (and compliments) me how many teams gear up specifically for San Antonio.

LETS DO THIS CHIT!!!!!

All I want for Christmas is a Spurs win tonight….ok, that’s not entirely accurate. I’d also like a million bucks, but at least of those things are realistic.

Not sure about a double digit, or more specifically, easy win. If we get up big that will encourage Pop to give the big-3 extended minutes on the bench with a road game in Florida tomorrow. He’ll likely that do that anyway, even if G-Hill doesn’t play.

Can you believe the Stiffs are still complaining about the officiating last game? Ha! Until they understand block/charge and join reality about where Melo was when Manu got into proper position, they need to avoid all game analysis that mentions the refs.

I’m repeating this from my comment somewhere above this one, FYI:

Carmelo will miss tonight’s game in SA due to a death in the family.

Is there any word on George Hill’s comeback? I didn’t think it would be tonight, but it sure would be great for manana.

Taking my kids to the game tonight…but I’ll miss Melo. He’s one of my favorite non-Spurs players. Condolances to him & his family. Probably why Chauncey, K-Mart & Anderson are suiting up. The way the Spurs are playing right now…they’ll need those guys.

I’m sorry to hear about Melo’s family, but hopefully this can give us a bit of a break in a SEGAFONI. We need legs for tomorrow.

Guys, I have a free League Pass free key for tonight. It’s for 24 hours only.

Anyone that won’t be able to see the game on TV wants to take it? Send me an e-mail. First come first served.

First, sympathy for Carmelo for the passing in his family. It’s a bit of a break for the Spurs, but one I’d rather not have.

’Melo’s on-court ± is +4.4 per 48 minutes, and his off-court ± is -1.5, so the impact of his absence is about a 6 point differential. (It’s not actually 6 points, because you have to factor in time played vs. time on the bench).

His presumed replacement, Forbes, has an on-court ± of -4.1 per 48 min. and an off-court ± of +4.4, so that’s an additional 8.5 point differential in the Spurs’ favor.

Of course, the Nuggets will be a different team than the one the Spurs beat last week, if Billups, (Birdman) Anderson, and K-Mart are healthy enough to contribute minutes.

And let’s not forget that George Hill, if still out for the Spurs, has an on-court ± of +13.1 and an off-court ± of +6.2, a
6.9 point differential in the Nuggets’ favor.

All in all, I think Carmelo’s absence and the revenge factor from last week makes this a TARP game. Though I guess you could argue that it isn’t, because the team must be aware of those factors already.

I’m also going to defend RJ 2.0 a bit here (what did you expect). Over at 48MoH, they said:

Anthony scored easily any time Richard Jefferson was not matched up on him. If Jefferson is not on the floor, I would prefer that Ginobili or even Blair defend Anthony rather than smaller perimeter players like Gary Neal, – Carmelo is simply too strong for most guards.

which I think is a fair description of what happened last week. While I don’t believe that Richard had one of his best games against Denver (or is playing particularly well lately), I wouldn’t blame him for all or even most of Anthony’s 31 points against the Spurs last time.

‘Sup beaches! Looks like I’ll be going to the game, mojo be damned! I just finished stuffing my fat face with some Rudy’s BBQ and now I plan on washing it down with enough beer to supply a small Irish village.

Any one going to the game tonight, feel free to stop by Crazy J’s Sports bar just down the street from the ATT Center after the game, my brother works there, first 30 rounds are on me.

This made me laugh….

(The sensitive types should probably skip this).

Misery Bear – Dawn of the Ted

let’s do this…

hope to see tiago play…and make it count…