I'm tired of losing to all these teams we should be winning against.
Here's your FOGAFINI-style preview after the jump.
I'm exasperated and badly need a win. Then again, who doesn't? CIA Pop, maybe.
 San Antonio Spurs @ Denver Nuggets Where: Pepsi Center - Denver, CO When: April 10, 2010; 8:00 PM Spurs time Watch: NBA TV; KENS HD
How They Stack Up
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Matchups
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 Garrett Temple of Doom |
Point Guard Temple's a +/- savant but Chauncey's just better and doesn't make too many mistakes.
Advantage: Nuggets |
 Chauncey Billups Papa Smurf |
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 Manu Ginobili S'Nova |
Shooting Guard Um... hey everyone else. Let's not let Manu's superhuman efforts go to waste this time, shall we? Advantage: Spurs |
 Arron Afflalo Underrated |
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 Richard Jefferson Princess Peanut |
Small Forward RJ, please don't return to suck mode again. It's almost the playoffs. Advantage: Nuggets |
 Carmelo Anthony Stop Snitching |
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 Tim Duncan Merlin |
Power Forward All this talk about "resting Timmy" has me confused because obviously, we'd be hard-pressed to win a game without him playing significant minutes. No one's going to lay down for us, that team be playoff-bound or not. Advantage: Spurs |
 Johan Petro Another French |
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 Antonio McDyess Dice |
Center Dice pretty much laid an egg last night. Things won't be easier against the hulking Nene.
Advantage: Nuggets |
 Nene A Bird |
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 DeJuan Blair Grizzly Blair |
Bench & Role Players Bonner's the only one who showed up for the bench. TP did for the first-half but got lost somewhere along the way. Meanwhile, the Nuggets' bench led by JR Smith, Ty Lawson and the Bird Man are an active bunch. Advantage: Nuggets |
 JR Smith "Thuggets" Personified |
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 Gregg Popovich Wino |
CoachGeorge Karl's out. Still, let me just say that too much playing it safe can also backfire. Advantage: Spurs |
 George Karl Excused |
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Other Factors
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Intangibles |
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We lost to Memphis at home and are on a 2-game losing streak. Advantage: Nuggets |
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Mojo |
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Nothingness. Advantage: None |
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Winner: |
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| Nuggets. Yes, you read that correctly. I'm tired of picking the Spurs to win. | ||
Keys To The Game
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Strength of ScheduleFinally the FOGAFINI ends. No rest for the weary as we play the Wolves after a days' rest and then close the season against bitter rivals, the Dallas Mavericks - who, I might add, locked up the division title. Last Time They MetA 111-92 win at Denver on February 11 shows we can take the Nuggets on their home floor. But after these last two games and a punishing schedule? I doubt it. |
Some Other ReadingGrizzliesDenver Stiffs - This is the Nuggets' SBN home. There's some good stuff here, and you can probably expect a few of them to wander over here. Spurs48 Minutes of Hell: The best TrueHoop team blog is now even better, after adding two new writers. Congrats to Jesse and Andrew, who are already doing good work. |
Where to Tune In
TVThis game will be aired nationwide on NBA TV. If you have cable or satellite, you'll have to look up your individual channel. And of course, there's always League Pass for the haves. For the have nots, read on. OnlinePlease don't post links to illegal game feeds in the game thread. Links to illegal feeds are not permitted on SBNation, but you can probably find them out there on the internets if you're resourceful and desperate. In fact, nobody can stop you from googling "atdhe". You can also shoot an email to poundingtherockmail@yahoo.com for more assistance. NBA League Pass audio is still free this year, so check it out. RadioIf you're in the San Antonio area and aren't near a TV, tune in to WOAI (1200 AM). |