Carmelo will miss tonight's game

[Kuestmaster]

John Schuhmann

Carmelo will miss tonight's game in SA due to a death in the family.

from his twitter

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

WOW. That can easily change the game here with their biggest star missing.

[rjv]

always tough to lose someone during the holidays.

[deibero]

wow, last 4 games we had denver with no billups, memphis with rudy gay suspended, phoenix without all the new acquisitions, and now denver again without melo!

[Whisky Dog]

Condolences to his family.

[ohmwrecker]

No excuses now.

[InRareForm]

That is tough news to hear around christmas time :(

[MoSpur]

Sucks for him and his family.

If the Spurs win, don't expect to get any real credit for it from other fans or the media because the Spurs beat the Nuggets w/out Melo. Just saying. Oh well. I'll take the W either way.

[gospursgojas]

Sucks for him and his family.

If the Spurs win, don't expect to get any real credit for it from other fans or the media because the Spurs beat the Nuggets w/out Melo. Just saying. Oh well. I'll take the W either way.

They beat them a week ago with him. I dont expect for them get none anyway.

[Cry Havoc]

Bad for the Spurs, now we don't have any reason to get up and play hard for this game.

Sad for Melo, too. That's awful, especially so close to Christmas.

[Blake]

Perfect opportunity for the Spurs to have a let down and the Nuggets to step it up.

[Cry Havoc]

Perfect opportunity for the Spurs to have a let down and the Nuggets to step it up.

I'm so waiting for this to happen.

Ready for the Nuggets to shoot 14 of 18 from 3 tonight.

[urunobili]

each time team's miss one of their stars they give us a WAY harder time :depressed.

I'm expecting a loss or a tight one now...

[ForeignFan]

bad news for him. As to beating Spurs w/o Carmelo, if that happens, let us be honest: other teams have enjoyed similar "lucky" breaks so there is no reason to be ashamed (I should not use the word "lucky" considering the circumstances but I do not know what else to write, sorry)

[tdunk21]

condolences.......

[BlairForceDejuan]

Should be an easy win then. Trap game blah blah blah. There are much less trap games when you have an awesome record (want to keep it), are in a neck and neck race with the Mavs for 1st seed, and have young hungry talent like Neal.

Orl tomorrow will probably be a loss.

[024]

time for another nameless role player to have a career night against the spurs.

[ohmwrecker]

Orl tomorrow will probably be a loss.

Nah. They are still integrating. They look pretty bad right now. However, all the more reason to put the Thugs away early.

Any word on Hill?

[tmtcsc]

That sucks. Very sorry to read that.

[Texas_Ranger]

Oh man. Bad news. :(

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:( hope melo and family can get through the tough time.

[jimo2305]

that sucks :(

wish the best for him and fam

[spursfan1000]

My prayers go to his family.

[FromWayDowntown]

Always sad to lose a loved one. I know from experience just how hard that can be at Christmas. I feel for Carmelo.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Sucks for Melo :depressed Times like these put everything into perspective

Congrats on the win tonight. I really thought the Nuggets had a chance to win a revenge game (they are good at winning those), but no chance without Melo

[Trainwreck2100]

trap game

[urunobili]

Sucks for Melo :depressed Times like these put everything into perspective

Congrats on the win tonight. I really thought the Nuggets had a chance to win a revenge game (they are good at winning those), but no chance without Melo

I just said it, we generally have a better chance of losing a game when one of the main stars are out on the team we play. :depressed

[PublicOption]

means we won't get any calls today and today's game is a sucker bet.


we lose tonight.

[yavozerb]

Bad for the Spurs, now we don't have any reason to get up and play hard for this game.

Sad for Melo, too. That's awful, especially so close to Christmas.

agreed...Cannot remember how many losses have come for the spurs when the opposing team is short handed over the years, hopefully tonight will be different. On a bigger note, I hope all the best for anthony and his faimly.

[cd98]

Sucks for Melo :depressed Times like these put everything into perspective

Congrats on the win tonight. I really thought the Nuggets had a chance to win a revenge game (they are good at winning those), but no chance without Melo

Clearly a jinx post. Spurs will play down to their competition in this case.

[sa_butta]

Sad to hear, condolences to his family...Too bad they are not rematching at full strength...

[sa_butta]

trap game
Aren't they all??

[koriwhat]

Nuggets w/out Melo

hello 2k12!

[Crickets]

wow, last 4 games we had denver with no billups, memphis with rudy gay suspended, phoenix without all the new acquisitions, and now denver again without melo!


lucky bastards!

[JR3]

Sad for Melo. Hope we take care of business early and blow them out like we should. Our record is nice, but we are short on blow outs. I kind of like how we have the best record in the league but we are still under the radar. the media likes the mavs right now.

[hater]

what's with the no confidence glass half-empty the sky is falling mofos up in here????

we gonna rape those bitches. show some backbone


and RIP Melo's family

[Darkwaters]

Carmelo Excused Following Death In Family
Dec 22, 2010 2:10 PM EST

Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony has been excused from Wednesday night's game in San Antonio due to a death in his family.

"Our entire organization supports Carmelo during this difficult time for him and his family," Nuggets executive vice president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri said. "It is heartbreaking news, particularly during the holiday season."


Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/70719/20101222/carmelo_excused_following_death_in_family/#ixzz18rzPTORO

[Budkin]

We keep catching huge breaks against teams, but every win we can get now will help later when shit gets really tough... and you know it will.

[Darkwaters]

Spurs with mad luck when it comes to other team's star players.

[Dex]

So in other words, we will be facing the new age Nuggets?

[jb4g]

dammit, finally going to a game for the first time in ages, wanted to see Melo in full beast mode tonight. This now has trap game written all over it.

[Tp9gospursgo]

imo it will be even harder to beat them now. We have to be ready. The nuggets will play even harder without him.

[GrandeDavid]

John Schuhmann

Carmelo will miss tonight's game in SA due to a death in the family.

from his twitter

Spurs catching some massive breaks. This could be huge if the Spurs capitalize and allow the Big Three to rest in the 4th quarter in getting ready for what promises to be a tough game in Orlando tomorrow. Orlando will be ready and rested...and ready to win after a few losses.

Huge, huge break for the Spurs.

[ducks]

terrible news
hope the nuggets do not try to win one for him tonight

[ChuckD]

Sucks for him and his family.

If the Spurs win, don't expect to get any real credit for it from other fans or the media because the Spurs beat the Nuggets w/out Melo. Just saying. Oh well. I'll take the W either way.

I don't really care what other fans or the media say. I just watch the win column increment. :smokin

[ElNono]

Condolences to him and his family.

[spurtech09]

Condolences to carmelo and his family....god bless

[Blake]

what's with the no confidence glass half-empty the sky is falling mofos up in here????

we gonna rape those bitches. show some backbone


how much money are you going to put on the Spurs tonite?

[Spursone]

Sorry for the loss,

what sucks is our Luck, now the Douches can say they were not at full strength when we beat the Nuggets and minimize all we have done so far this season.

Hopefully we can start strong and rest the starters for tommorows game against the NEW Magic.


:downspin::downspin:

[spurspokesman]

Sorry about his lose but we will take it, lets blow it out early and get ready for Orl and LA.
Sorry for Carmelos lost. I just lost my uncle three days ago so I know the feeling. I still hope the spurs win though.

[Pauleta14]

Hey! We haven't won the game yet...

Billups is back, the shots Melo usualy takes will be taken anyway, they'll probably share the ball a little more, try to do a little more in every other areas and they'll probably be fired up because of last game AND for Melo...

If Pop tries too much to rest Timmy and Manu for tomorrow's game (as he already did on 1st game of a b2b) or if our 3 shot is off for example (2 "realistic" possibilities)...

I really don't see this game as an easyone...

[Trill Clinton]

No disrespect to the dead, but I wanted to see Melo play tonight since I got tickets. :depressed

[Cherry]

Forget the game for a second.

My prayers to his family :(

[Rapper]

No melo no loss

[lefty]

His sister?

Damn that sucks