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Thursday: Spurs (9-8) at Nuggets (13-6)
By Mike Monroe
Time: 9:30 p.m.
TV: TNT
Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350
STARTING LINEUPS
POS - SPURS - NUGGETS
PG - 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 8th yr) - 7 Chauncey Billups (6-3, 12th yr)
Billups' 14 assists vs. Raptors on Tuesday upped season average to 7.2.
SG - 20 Manu Ginobili (6-6, 7th yr) - 30 Dahntay Jones (6-6, 6th yr)
Ginobili went 4 for 11 in first start Tuesday, but has good history against Nuggets.
SF - 4 Michael Finley (6-7, 14th yr) - 15 Carmelo Anthony (6-8, 6th yr)
Anthony's scoring down (20.2) but he leads Nuggets in rebounding with 8.2 per game.
PF - 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 12th yr) - 31 Nene (6-11, 7th yr)
Duncan scored only five points in second half, missed last five shots against Pistons.
C - 15 Matt Bonner (6-10, 5th yr) - 38 Kwame Brown (6-11, 8th yr)
Bonner missed 4 of 5 3-point shots in start against Pistons.
SPURS RESERVES
8 Roger Mason Jr., G, 6-5, 5th yr
7 Fabricio Oberto, C, 6-10, 4th yr
3 George Hill, G, 6-2, 1st yr
5 Ime Udoka, G/F, 6-5, 5th yr
40 Kurt Thomas, C/F, 6-9, 14th yr
28 Ian Mahinmi, C, 6-11, 2nd yr
11 Jacque Vaughn, G, 6-1, 12th yr
12 Bruce Bowen, F, 6-7, 13th yr
NUGGETS RESERVES
11 Chris Andersen, F-C, 6-10, 7th yr
12 Chucky Atkins, G, 5-11, 10th yr
32 Renaldo Balkman, F, 6-8, 3rd yr
25 Anthony Carter, G, 6-2, 10th yr
45 Steven Hunter, F/C, 7-0, 8th yr
43 Linas Kleiza, F, 6-8, 4th yr
35 Cheikh Samb, C, 7-1, 2nd yr
-1 J.R. Smith, G, 6-6, 5th yr
13 Sonny Weems, G-F, 6-6, 1st yr
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Nuggets: George Karl
INJURIES
Spurs: Ian Mahinmi (left ankle sprain) and Ime Udoka (flu) are out.
Nuggets: Steven Hunter (right knee surgery) is out.
PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Mahinmi.
Nuggets: Hunter, Weems.
NOTABLE
Nuggets won first meeting this season, beating Spurs 91-81 on Nov. 19 at the AT&T Center. ... Spurs have made only 11 of 41 3-point shots in last two games, both losses. ... Nuggets' 13-6 record ties 1976-77 team for best start in franchise's NBA history. ... Nuggets' 39-point victory over Raptors on Tuesday was their largest of season. It was the ninth time this season they have held opponent under 100. They are 8-1 in those games.
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come on.
okay how about the 55?
we traded Kmart for Kwame?! Since when does K play Center?
Last edited by NuGGeTs-FaN; 12-04-2008 at 05:48 AM.
What are you talking about ?
come on.
okay how about the 55?
I am sick of the TP hating. It was just sarcasm.
You know it's a preview of a game against the nuggets and all a spurs fan has to say is Billups>Parker.
Maybe it's true, maybe it's not but what's the point ?
It's so comical at this point, that all i have left in me is sarcasm.
I predict manu will have a great game for nothing because Pop will find a way to this game up too.
Spurs @ Nuggets
by Nugg Doctor
(Boulder-CO) Although the Spurs have had to battle injuries to two of their top three players in the first quarter of the season I still think they are a geriatric crew that is well past their prime. But, am I counting them out in tonight's game against the Nuggets in the freshly fallen snow of the Mile High City? Hardly, but I just think that barring any monumental breakdown on the Nuggets behalf the Spurs are about to run into an oil greased buzz saw.
In San Antonio's last game against the Pistons (one of which I watched for scouting purposes), I could barely even recognize them as the Spurs of old despite Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Tim Duncan all being on the floor for the first time this season. Simply stated, San Antonio played scared. And to back up my calling the Spurs geriatric, San Antonio could only muster 32 points in the second half as they lost to Pistons, 89-77. Furthermore, only three Spurs scored more than six points while being paced by Tim Duncan's 23 points and 13 rebounds despite Timmy only scoring one point in the fourth quarter.
Now, if we look at the Nuggets' first victory over the Spurs the first thing we'll see is neither Tony Parker or Manu "The Flopper" Ginobili played in the Denver win. Parker and Ginobili will play tonight, but the second thing that jumps out at me is San Antonio's meager 81 points in that loss. And when I look at the overall statistical team standings that 81 points shouldn't be chalked up to tremendous Denver defense. The Spurs are miserable offensively with the league's fourth lowest points per game average of 92.6 ppg which is not going to bode well for them against the Nuggets who are averaging over 102 ppg while handing out the NBA's second best average of assists per game too. Furthermore, the Spurs are in the bottom four teams, statistically, in the following categories: Steals per game (30th), blocks per game (29th), field goals made per game (27th), and free-throws made and attempted per game (30th and 30th).
So, with the picture painted by the numbers it's pretty obvious that the aging Spurs play at a snail's pace and I don't think that in only the second game this season having their top three players together that there is going to be any offensive explosion. When I watched the Spurs/Pistons game on Tuesday, the entire San Antonio offense comes to a complete stop when Tim Duncan gets the ball in the post and Timmy rarely passes for an assist as his 3.1 assist average indicates. My prescription for this is for the Nuggets to not send a double-team at Duncan and risk allowing open perimeter jump shots while forcing "Old Man" Duncan to be a one-man show. Follow me on this as I see it will have a double-edged effect. First, it will keep Nene one-on-one with Duncan and I think the strength and quickness of the Brazilian jungle cat will disrupt Duncan putting the ball on the floor and getting to the rim. Plus, without a double-team, Duncan will be forced to face up and shoot mid-range jumpers of which I think the Nuggets can rebound and run off of the inevitable misses. This will push the pace of the game and leave the Spurs breathless at al ude. The second cutting edge of this game plan eliminates Robert Horry, Manu, Parker, Bruce "The Undercutter" Bowen, and Roger Mason from getting things started from three and thus leaving the Spurs standing and watching Duncan lurch his way from the low block to the wing as their offense goes into slow motion.
And if you can't score, you can't win! Especially against the Nuggets, who are capable of putting up 30+ points in any/all four quarters anytime, anywhere, and against anybody.
Say it with me now...
Go Nuggets!
Nuggets have always been tough to beat in Denver with the al ude.
Corona is kicking butt in is vids. Thank God he doesn't have a life.
Whoa, the nugfans are back.
Is that a bad thing?
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Pretty much.
Nah, you guys were never so bad.
It was those damned Pistons fans. Ugh.
I was a Spurs fan from the D-Rob days.Nah, you guys were never so bad.
It was those damned Pistons fans. Ugh.
Really though, the only fans that seem to catch flack here still is Suns fans, and they seem to bring it upon themselves.
Love em or hate em, even a few Lakers fans have managed to become pretty regular contributors.
nice!!! finally a game on HD TV and with my big 3 playing!!
this deserves a lot of liquor in my body tonight....
it sux that Mahinmi is injured. Now he can't take up a roster spot in toros n he fuked up Tolliver' s spot on spurs. I know Tolliver's shots aren't fallin but i'd rather see him than JV n Mahinmi in suits
this is gonna be a tough one but i have a feeling things will start clicking!
Better like this
Other match up of the night billups parker
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