This was a DEVASTATING loss for DEN

[tlongII]

Hey, I would be pissed at me too! It's no fun when you see a fan of the team that you know in your heart will be your eventual conquerors.

[ElNono]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qvr65U9fg

Karl looks devastated.

I guess you never seen George Karl before.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Hey, I would be pissed at me too! It's no fun when you see a fan of the team that you know in your heart will be your eventual conquerors.

pissed? We love you! you're a glutton for punishment and your stupidity is boundless in its entertainment. W/O you, we'd be missing out on gems like "Welcome to Rockets, now grab a seat."

[SenorSpur]

To lose a game like this when you basically outplayed the other team for most of the game is just crushing to a team's confidence. They had no business losing with the way they were playing, shutting down the Laker's interior and dominating the paint on offense. The refs were good to them as well giving them the decisive advantage at the line.

IMHO DEN will not recover from this.

Sadly, I tend to agree. If the Nuggs were ever going to steal a game away from the Fakers, THIS was the one they needed to get.

Fakers know they got away lucky in Game 1. Expect them the team to play much better in Game 2.

Because these Nugs don't have a track record of proven playoff success, I tend to doubt their ability to overcome this type of emotional downturn. We'll find out what they're made of, but I believe this most recent loss will linger over them the entire series.

By the way, if anyone saw the post-game press conference, George Karl acted so emotionally distraught that one would've thought he had lost his mother. Perhaps a reflection of the great disappointment of his crew.

[florige]

IMHO, it's the complete opposite. They should feel real good. They went to Staples, controlled the game most of the time, outplayed the Lakers front court, missed a lot of free throws, Billups didn't have a good game, and they almost still pull out a win.
They're playing in LA, so basically they're playing with house money.
And as bad as that Carter play was, they should be happy it happened in the first game. Now they know he can't be in those situations.

This almost feels like Deja Vu all over again only its the Nuggets and not us. We were controlling LA in the first game in Staples everything looking good, then we totally collaspe in the 4th. We never recovered from that. Hopefully Denver can.

[Capt Bringdown]

By the way, if anyone saw the post-game press conference, George Karl acted so emotionally distraught that one would've thought he had lost his mother. Perhaps a reflection of the great disappointment of his crew.

Perhaps he knows that PJ has never lost a playoff series in which his team has won the first game. I believe he's 49-0.

That's gotta be one of the most intimidating stats in basketball.

[jack sommerset]

This series is going 7 unless Bynum plays like he did before he got hurt.

[Sportcamper]

The Lakers got every ing call down the stretch but what do you expect?

Tlong is my favorite poster...Long live Greg Oden...

[sonic21]

JR and Billups didn't show up and the game was still close.

Nuggets in 6.

[DrHouse]

Perhaps he knows that PJ has never lost a playoff series in which his team has won the first game. I believe he's 49-0.

That's gotta be one of the most intimidating stats in basketball.

Exactly Karl looked like a defeated man in that press conference. He knows he let a GOLDEN opportunity slip away.

[lefty]

The Lakers got every ing call down the stretch but what do you expect?

Naaah


Nuggets : 23-35 FT; they missed 12 easy points !!!!!

Karl: dumb

Kmart: dumb



Nuggets beat themselves.

[RedsLakers24]

JR and Billups didn't show up and the game was still close.

Nuggets in 6.

No one showed up for the Lakere Except Kobe and they still won

[Morg1411]

Exactly Karl looked like a defeated man in that press conference. He knows he let a GOLDEN opportunity slip away.

Stop jerking off. You're making the rest of us feel...uncomfortable.

Good game. Too bad the Thuggetz couldn't close out, but I have confidence they'll bounce back. I'm sticking with Nuggets in 6: L.A.

[jmanu20]

I will agree with the OP that the Nugs let a major opportunity slip away. Billups had an uncharacteristically bad night at the free throw line....as did the rest of the Nuggets. If Billups had made the three he missed, Nugs win by 1.

Don't rely on statistics too much.....the Boston Celtics were 32-0 when up 3-2 in a series...and look how much that meant against the Magic.

[DrHouse]

I don't care for statistics either.

What I do know is it is always difficult to bounce back after you've blown a golden opportunity. Look at what happened to last year's Spurs and Suns teams. Both had golden opportunities to win Game 1 and completely choked them away. Neither team advanced, both got trounced 4-1.

[G-Nob]

This thread is -a-rrific!

[stretch]

does drhouse ever shut the up?

[Spursfan092120]

just STFU you pre-teen ...The Blazers were first-round fodder, GET OVER IT. You beat the Lakers in your own building but get blown out both games in LA and suddenly you can take the Lakers in a series?


Seriously though, STFU already...the Blazers are a distant memory

My words exactly.

[stretch]

he has 2000 too many posts on spurstalk. a pinking should be in order

[Spursfan092120]

does drhouse ever shut the up?

nope..

[HANNIBAL SMITH]

Melo Shot lights out, Martin, Nene and the Birdman out played the Lakers front court, the Nuggets outshot the Lakers from the line and from the field, they were allowed to play their mugging style defense, and at the end...........they still lost. This was a game that had nuggets victory written all over it and they didn't get it done. I doubt they're beating the Lakers in game 2, Melo wont score at that clip again and i fully expect the Lakers to play better offensively. The Nuggets arent beating the Lakers if the Lakers score over 100.

[Morg1411]

does drhouse ever shut the up?

Unfortunately, no. He (she?) is an attention who loves pushing buttons, and too many Spurs fans around here are willing to bite. (Myself included, usually...oh, well, I admit I have a short fuse.)

For the most part, I think he/she is as funny as . Anyone who thrives on getting this much antagonistic attention from strangers over the internet has some serious social issues.

[DPG21920]

I am lost, I must be in the wrong thread.

[benefactor]

This was a devastating loss for the Lakers.

[TheProfessor]

IMHO LAL will not recover from this.