Offical 2009-10 NBA Season Thread

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

James Double-doubleton getting his rebound on.
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Keep it up Boston.
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14 rebounds at the half
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Hmmm...Nuggets are struggling with 3 straight losses and are now tied for the 3rd spot with Utah. I doubt they want to drop to the 4 seed and face the Lakers in the 2nd round but looking at theirs and the Jazz's schedule it may very well end up that way.

Nuggets remaining schedule:

MARCHOPPONENTTIME (ET) 
Fri, Mar 26@ Toronto7:00 PM  
Sun, Mar 28@ Orlando6:00 PM  
Mon, Mar 29@ Dallas8:30 PM 
APRILOPPONENTTIME (ET) 
Thu, Apr 1Portland10:30 PM 
Sat, Apr 3LA Clippers9:00 PM
Wed, Apr 7@ Oklahoma City8:00 PM  
Thu, Apr 8LA Lakers10:30 PM 
Sat, Apr 10San Antonio9:00 PM 
Mon, Apr 12Memphis9:00 PM  
Tue, Apr 13@ Phoenix10:30 PM 

Jazz remaining schedule:

MARCHOPPONENTTIME (ET) 
Fri, Mar 26@ Indiana7:00 PM  
Sat, Mar 27@ Washington7:00 PM  
Mon, Mar 29NY Knicks9:00 PM  
Wed, Mar 31Golden State10:00 PM 
APRILOPPONENTTIME (ET) 
Fri, Apr 2@ LA Lakers10:30 PM 
Tue, Apr 6Oklahoma City9:00 PM  
Wed, Apr 7@ Houston8:00 PM 
Fri, Apr 9@ New Orleans8:00 PM  
Tue, Apr 13@ Golden State10:30 PM  
Wed, Apr 14Phoenix10:30 PM
 
 
Suns 1.5 games away from 2nd place... I thought Suns weren't making the playoffs this season.... hmmmm..
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Originally Posted by Jdiddy931

Suns 1.5 games away from 2nd place... I thought Suns weren't making the playoffs this season.... hmmmm..
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2 games, and you won't pass the Mavs unless we go into a super-duper crazy slump.
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Another example of how weak the East is..

8th seed is .500.

5th seed is 8 games over .500.

In the West, Phoenix, the 5th seed, is 19 games over .500.

Portland, the 8th seed is 13 games over .500, they would be the 5th seed in the East.
 
Long, but good (and accurate) read on the current state of the Nuggets...

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[h1]Paige: Truth is, Nuggets in trouble[/h1]
By Woody Paige
The Denver Post

Posted: 03/25/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT


The Nuggets lost to the Celtics on Wednesday night. They lost their third straight. They have lost that lovin' feeling.

They are lost without George Karl.

The extended loss of guard Ty Lawson was distressing.

The extended loss of forward Kenyon Martin has been damaging.

The extended loss of coach George Karl is devastating.

Because of the ravaging cancer treatments Karl is enduring, he can't return to the Nuggets until, optimistically, mid-April. The most important thing here is that George get better, well and free of the disease.

In regard to the less-important thing, the truth is the Nuggets likely will be done before Karl can get back on the bench.

Not long ago it seemed, and I wrote, the Nuggets could surpass last season's 54-victory total, challenge the Lakers in the Western Conference finals again and, yes, have a very reasonable chance to win the NBA championship.

But these Nuggets, without Karl, and without Martin, barely will win 50 games and won't play the Lakers, won't play in the league Finals, won't win their division and maybe won't even have a home-court advantage in the postseason.

The truth hurts.

The Nuggets were thumped by the Celtics a night after giving a gift to the Knicks. The way they're looking — lost — the Nuggets will lose at Toronto, Orlando and Dallas on the rest of this five-game trip.

Then, they shamble home in shambles to play the Trail Blazers, who will be no bargain. Following another home game with the Clippers, they must go to Oklahoma City. There are home games against the Lakers, the surging Spurs and the Grizzlies before the regular-season finale at Phoenix.

The 47-25 Nuggets may wind up 50-32.

Believe it, Ripley, the Nuggets' game with the Suns could determine fourth and fifth seeding in the West.

The Nuggets might just be a long way from finishing first in the Northwest (where the Jazz has caught them) and second overall in the conference to the Lakers (because the Mavs have passed them).

This isn't the same quality team any more, and Adrian Dantley isn't the same coach as Karl, and this should answer any remaining questions about Karl's value to the Nuggets' franchise.

Dantley is a sound, even- tempered assistant, but he doesn't have the experience, doesn't command the proper concentration from his players, doesn't have quite the feel or the fire of Karl. Like most NBA assistants, Dantley is too close to the players (by design) and too timid to alienate them. Dantley can't channel Karl and can't be his own coach.

And the players, beyond Carmelo and Chauncey, haven't raised their play or energy level to compensate for the absences of Karl and Martin.

The game in Madison Square Garden was a glaring example of what's wrong.

Although they had floundered about, the Nuggets were ahead 74-72, and in position to put the Knicks in their accustomed place, with 3:06 remaining in the third quarter.

J.R. Smith entered.

After he missed three 3-pointers and two two-pointers — and sleep-walked on defense — the Nuggets trailed 83-74 at the end of the quarter. Thank you, J.R. Miss.

Dantley should have jerked Smith or called a timeout and ordered him to stop shooting and start passing to Carmelo Anthony, who had scored 12 points in the quarter before Smith arrived. He didn't get another shot afterward.

Smith — from nearby New Jersey and obviously trying to impress his friends — stayed in the game to begin the final period and kept on firing, finally making one.

Then: 3-point miss, turnover, 1-of-2 free throws, assist, turnover, rebound, rebound, assist, foul, 3-point miss, 3-point make, 3-point make, 3-point miss, 3-point miss.

Smith never came out or came up large; the Nuggets were minus-15 points when he was in the game; he was errant on 12-of-16 shots, and the Nuggets lost by five.

Dantley sat back and never altered his expression or the Nuggets' approach. Even when the officials changed a charging foul on David Lee (his sixth) to a block on Smith, Dantley didn't complain.

The defense that Karl prizes so highly and stresses so hard is lost. When unchecked, pro players will coat-check their defense.

The Nuggets tried Wednesday night, but were overmatched in a road game against the Celtics, who had been humiliated in their game in Denver — when the Nuggets were on their game and Karl was perched on the scorer's table.

At halftime the Celtics led 61-51. The spread reached 21.

Smith, farther from Jersey, had 21 points. But the big men — Nene, Johan Petro, Malik Allen, Chris Andersen and Joey Graham — combined for a weak 17 points total, and just 20 rebounds.

Not enough assists and no defense.

The Nuggets promised to pull close together with Karl gone. Instead, they're pushing wide apart.

And the entire season could be lost.

Woody Paige: 303-954-1095 or [email protected]


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Originally Posted by Jdiddy931

Suns 1.5 games away from 2nd place... I thought Suns weren't making the playoffs this season.... hmmmm..
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there was also a time when you notified the Lakernation the suns were on top of the west...hows that working for you?
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