3G4G wrote:

TeamBall wrote:I dont hate Gallinari but his flopping is disgusting

It's always been atrocious, hate it from him but so many players flop so what do you do?

Make that 9 wins in a row for Denver, who are playing fast scoring in bunches, steamrolling teams.

Man they are 5-6gms behind having the best record in the West and possibly NBA with a Top 5 SOS.

gunsnewing wrote:

3G4G wrote:

TeamBall wrote:I dont hate Gallinari but his flopping is disgusting

It's always been atrocious, hate it from him but so many players flop so what do you do?

Make that 9 wins in a row for Denver, who are playing fast, scoring in bunches, steamrolling teams.

Man they are 5-6gms behind having the best record in the West and possibly NBA with a Top 5 SOS.

Knicks are 5.5 games from best record

Denver is 6

We have 2 near 3 Max Cats and a supposed Top 10 player, they have neither and they've clearly had a tougher schedule. They have a New Age team going forward we have a Prehistoric one

dk7th wrote:didn't see the nuggets game but it looks like irving had an atrocious evening, scoring 26 points on 24 shots and only 4 FTA. that's 50TS% with a measly 7 assists. kudos to whomever was guarding him. as i recall he destroyed the knick backcourt for 41 points and an incredible 73%TS.

gallinari? an elite 62.5TS% tonight and no doubt a big reason the nuggets continue to win. as a team they achieved a 58.4%TS which is great if you want to be a good road team. but my hunch is even 56-57% should be enough on the road.

for some perspective consider these teams:

heat thus far overall home and away combined are at 57.9%TS
okc thus far are 58.3%TS
spurs thus far are 57.4TS%

these are the three teams that really have a better chance of reaching the finals if the TS% statistic has any merit vis a vis winning. obviously matchups and defense are key, as mr. russell has stated. not going to argue with him when it comes to winning.

knicks thus are at 54.8%TS
nuggets thus far are at 54.1%TS

these percentages are too low to get it done in the playoffs so defense is going to be vitally important to counteract this phenomenon.

examples of great defensive teams with low TS% who use defense to counteract low efficiency:

indiana thus far overall is 51.2TS%
chicago thus far overall is 51.3TS%
memphis thus far overall is 50.6TS%

If you don't shoot the 3 ball at an above average clip and don't get to the line enough the TS% isn't going to look too good. Refs control much of the latter.

Parker
Lebron
Duncan
Ginobli
Durant
Wade
Westbrook
Bosh
Battier
Green
Martin
Allen

These players are the reason TS% looks pretty good for their respective teams.

3G4G wrote:

NYKMentality wrote:Just watching this game makes me smile. Ex Knicks pretty much doing nothing.

Mozgov and Randolph have yet to see a single minute here in the 4th. Gallo's struggling with only 11 points off 4/10 shooting along with 0 assists and 3 turnovers. Last but not least, Wilson Chandler has only put up 7 points off 2/6 shooting with only 1 assist.

Guys such as Faried, Kosta and Iggy really impacting for Denver.

It's amazing when a team has depth what it allows players to do from night-to-night. Like the other night when Chandler dropped 24 on the Bulls, like the other night when Gallo dropped 27 against the Pacers and Rockets and Chandler dropped 20 and Mozgov dropped 10 in the Rockets game too. Then another night it's Faried, then another night it's Iggy, then another night it's Lawson, then another night it's Brewer....and then before you know it they've won 10gms in a row....

Yea, right, and it's all for not because they have no chance whatsoever come postseason play. None. Without defensive ability you literally have zero chance of advancing during playoff basketball. When in regards to the Denver Nuggets, they really do feature a laughing stock defense. They can not keep teams off the board from scoring. Which is why they just allowed 103 points against the Cavs and now rank 26th overall in points allowed. Only ahead of the Rockets, Mavs, Kings and Charlotte ala all non-postseason teams.

Remember, it's not that you win, it's how you win and the Nuggets have a laughing stock defense. Lets stop acting as if during this nine game winning streak that the Denver Nuggets haven't allowed 102.0 points per gama ala dead last amongst all NBA teams during these past nine games.

They've played Mike D'Antoni ball here in 2012-2013. No defense whatsoever. The difference? The Suns had offensive leaders such as Nash and Stoudemire during their postseason runs. The Nuggets? Have no player that can step up to the plate and carry an offense against elite defenses come postseason play (with the pressure on). Come postseason play, Denver has no chance at getting past the first round for the simple fact they're 26th overall in points allowed. No defense Nuggets.

NYKMentality wrote:

3G4G wrote:

NYKMentality wrote:Just watching this game makes me smile. Ex Knicks pretty much doing nothing.

Mozgov and Randolph have yet to see a single minute here in the 4th. Gallo's struggling with only 11 points off 4/10 shooting along with 0 assists and 3 turnovers. Last but not least, Wilson Chandler has only put up 7 points off 2/6 shooting with only 1 assist.

Guys such as Faried, Kosta and Iggy really impacting for Denver.

It's amazing when a team has depth what it allows players to do from night-to-night. Like the other night when Chandler dropped 24 on the Bulls, like the other night when Gallo dropped 27 against the Pacers and Rockets and Chandler dropped 20 and Mozgov dropped 10 in the Rockets game too. Then another night it's Faried, then another night it's Iggy, then another night it's Lawson, then another night it's Brewer....and then before you know it they've won 10gms in a row....

Yea, right, and it's all for not because they have no chance whatsoever come postseason play.

Ditto Knicks.....especially when you consider the post-season history of our best player and our coach while Lebron(best player not on planet earth) is in our way for yrs to come.

dk7th wrote:didn't see the nuggets game but it looks like irving had an atrocious evening, scoring 26 points on 24 shots and only 4 FTA. that's 50TS% with a measly 7 assists. kudos to whomever was guarding him. as i recall he destroyed the knick backcourt for 41 points and an incredible 73%TS.

gallinari? an elite 62.5TS% tonight and no doubt a big reason the nuggets continue to win.

Exactly. You didn't watch the game tonight (you're only box score watching). But, I did, and Gallo was a non-factor and got his points during garbage time of the 4th quarter due to a couple wide open 3's.

NYKMentality wrote:Just watching this game makes me smile. Ex Knicks pretty much doing nothing.

Mozgov and Randolph have yet to see a single minute here in the 4th.

Gallo's struggling with only 11 points off 4/10 shooting along with 0 assists and 3 turnovers.

Last but not least, Wilson Chandler has only put up 7 points off 2/6 shooting with only 1 assist.

Guys such as Faried, Kosta and Iggy really impacting for Denver

I made that post while the Nuggets were up 11 points with around 9 minutes remaining of the 4th quarter. And Gallo was hurting his team overall. Just because he added two threes and a pair of free throws (during garbage time) doesn't change the fact that he struggled from the field. Only 0 assists along with 4 turnovers? Awful. On the other hand (if you actually watched the game instead of talking up a box score) you'd have seen how guys such as Faried, Kosta, Iggy and McGee led the way and really impressed during the entire game.

NYKMentality wrote:

dk7th wrote:didn't see the nuggets game but it looks like irving had an atrocious evening, scoring 26 points on 24 shots and only 4 FTA. that's 50TS% with a measly 7 assists. kudos to whomever was guarding him. as i recall he destroyed the knick backcourt for 41 points and an incredible 73%TS.

gallinari? an elite 62.5TS% tonight and no doubt a big reason the nuggets continue to win.

Exactly. You didn't watch the game tonight (you're only box score watching). But, I did, and Gallo was a non-factor and got his points during garbage time of the 4th quarter due to a couple wide open 3's.

NYKMentality wrote:Just watching this game makes me smile. Ex Knicks pretty much doing nothing.

Mozgov and Randolph have yet to see a single minute here in the 4th.

Gallo's struggling with only 11 points off 4/10 shooting along with 0 assists and 3 turnovers.

Last but not least, Wilson Chandler has only put up 7 points off 2/6 shooting with only 1 assist.

Guys such as Faried, Kosta and Iggy really impacting for Denver

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I made that post while the Nuggets were up 11 points with around 9 minutes remaining of the 4th quarter. And Gallo was hurting his team overall. Just because he added two threes and a pair of free throws (during garbage time) doesn't change the fact that he struggled from the field. Only 0 assists along with 4 turnovers? Awful. On the other hand (if you actually watched the game instead of talking up a box score) you'd have seen how guys such as Faried, Kosta, Iggy and McGee led the way and really impressed during the entire game.

When a game is 95-86 in the 4rth with 7:30min left that's not what you call garbage time. Gallo and/or the Nuggets must really matter because you're watching their games and hanging on with every breath. Cleveland got as close as 8 with 5:30min left. Gallo was 4-8 at one point before the 3rd got underway the game was 58-52. Iggy had an 8pt 3rd qrt but only finished with 14pts..... which means prior to the 3rd he wasn't doing much. Yes they pushed a 6pt lead as much as 12pts AND?

Appears to me you either started watching the game at a certain pt or blacked out during huge portions of the game.

Gallo also had 9reb, 2stl, 2blks...By no means was he a Superhero but he had impact on the game throughout.

You have not one zero bone of objectivity in you, not one