- Carmelo looks like he's ready for the big time. He came out in Game 1 and made a statement. He looks like somebody who wants to earn a championship.
- Dahntay Jones is the new Reggie Evans, except he has some semblance of ball skills. Reggie Evans needed to be fined every time he put the ball on the court. Jones can actually handle the ball somewhat; in his mind, this gives him free reign to drive the ball to the hole out of control and turn it over. Play hard defense and make plays when they present themselves.
- J.R. Smith damn near gave me a heart attack when he limped off the court after the last play. Straight from his Twitter account: The knee feels good thanx peeps
- L.A. decided they would rather have take their chances with Ariza on Melo than putting Kobe on him. Kobe had the task of guarding Chauncey and did a pretty good job on him. Chauncey still got his assists and put a couple of clutch 3s down in the 4th quarter. Will L.A. allow Melo to torch them again? Ariza proved to be adept at fouling Melo but that's about it.
- Nene did a great job against Gasol. Pau likes human contact about as much as he likes putting water on his hair.
- L.A. killed Denver on the offensive boards. If Denver wants to win in L.A., they'll need to be more aggressive on the glass.
- MAKE YOUR FREE EFFING THROWS! Chauncey Billups, Denver's best free throw shooter missed 3 early in the game. That alone was greater than the margin of defeat.
- For the love of god, why was Andre Carter passing the ball in on the biggest possession of the game? Of course L.A. is going to have their longest guy mark him, especially after Denver trots out their shortest player. It also didn't help that AC waited too long to make the pass and let Ariza catch up to Billups and steal the ball from out in front of him.
- The officials let a lot of stuff go. Their was a ton of physical play in this game by both teams, especially when Melo and Kobe were posting up on each other.
- Andrew Bynum is a stiff.
- How far has Adam Morrison fallen? A couple of years ago, he almost won college player of the year and now he's warming the bench for Shannon Brown and D.J. Mbenga.
- The Nuggets had a number of people guarding Kobe last night. Melo and AC probably fared the best. I still like Dahntay starting because he can concentrate on playing his defensive game without having to do anything on offense. If somebody is going to pick up early fouls on Kobe, it should be him.
- It does hurt to lose that game when Denver easily could have won it but the silver lining is that they did not play their best game and still almost beat the Lakers in their house (I know the Lakers didn't play their best either). L.A. had to win, Denver didn't. Denver has been all but unbeatable at home and after witnessing the Lakers in Houston, I am confident that Denver only needs to win 1 game of the final 3 in L.A. to take this series.
-PSon
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