In a struggle of a game that should have been an easy win for the Nuggets, it was instead an extremely difficult win and almost a loss. In double overtime, the Nuggets defeated the Houston Rockets 112-111. The Nuggets had the home court advantage. Also, the Rockets were playing on back to back nights, while the Nuggets were playing after an unusually long break of 3 nights off. And Houston was playing without their top scorer, Tracy McGrady. Finally, the Rockets just could not hit a lot of shots in this game. They ended up with a total of 40/102 made shots, or .402, which is generally not good enough to get a win or an overtime.
Smiling when things are bad is much better than getting upset. Carmelo Anthony is mostly a simple player who doesn't understand how, why, and to what extent some strategies, tactics, and coaches are better than others. But any great player who can, unlike most other players, smile at the darkest hour, when the bad stuff has accumulated to it's highest level, is a player I would want on my team more than somebody who gets all upset and starts pointing fingers and spreading blame around. We Nuggets fans are pitiful as we keep following an extremely talented team that logic, however, tells us can not possibly win in the playoffs. Maybe we should do what Carmelo Anthony does when times are tough: just smile and think about how, win or lose, slump or no slump, we really are one of the very best teams in basketball. Smiling enough will make us just about as happy as we would be if we won our true fair share.
NUGGETS-ROCKETS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
All players who played 5 minutes or more are included. Any player who played only 5-9 minutes is noted.
Allen Iverson, Den 1.096
Carmelo Anthony, D 1.078
Bonzi Wells, Hou 1.068
Yao Ming, Hou 1.022
Chuck Hayes, Hou 0.888
Luther Head, Hou 0.829
Rafer Alston, Hou 0.769
Chucky Atkins, Den 0.713
Marcus Camby, Den 0.660
Kenyon Martin, Den 0.574
Shane Battier, Hou 0.536
Aaron Brooks, Hou 0.521
Linas Kleiza, Den 0.482
Anthony Carter, Den 0.479
Luis Scola, Hou 0.331
Eduardo Najera, Den 0.329
Mike James, Hou 0.250 Played just 6 minutes
Above are the 1st paragraph of the game report, the last paragraph, ;and the Real Player Ratings. There is much more at the link.
Original Story:
http://nuggets1.blogspot.com/2007/12/car....
Smiling when things are bad is much better than getting upset. Carmelo Anthony is mostly a simple player who doesn't understand how, why, and to what extent some strategies, tactics, and coaches are better than others. But any great player who can, unlike most other players, smile at the darkest hour, when the bad stuff has accumulated to it's highest level, is a player I would want on my team more than somebody who gets all upset and starts pointing fingers and spreading blame around. We Nuggets fans are pitiful as we keep following an extremely talented team that logic, however, tells us can not possibly win in the playoffs. Maybe we should do what Carmelo Anthony does when times are tough: just smile and think about how, win or lose, slump or no slump, we really are one of the very best teams in basketball. Smiling enough will make us just about as happy as we would be if we won our true fair share.
NUGGETS-ROCKETS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
All players who played 5 minutes or more are included. Any player who played only 5-9 minutes is noted.
Allen Iverson, Den 1.096
Carmelo Anthony, D 1.078
Bonzi Wells, Hou 1.068
Yao Ming, Hou 1.022
Chuck Hayes, Hou 0.888
Luther Head, Hou 0.829
Rafer Alston, Hou 0.769
Chucky Atkins, Den 0.713
Marcus Camby, Den 0.660
Kenyon Martin, Den 0.574
Shane Battier, Hou 0.536
Aaron Brooks, Hou 0.521
Linas Kleiza, Den 0.482
Anthony Carter, Den 0.479
Luis Scola, Hou 0.331
Eduardo Najera, Den 0.329
Mike James, Hou 0.250 Played just 6 minutes
Above are the 1st paragraph of the game report, the last paragraph, ;and the Real Player Ratings. There is much more at the link.
Original Story:
http://nuggets1.blogspot.com/2007/12/car....
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