On further perusal of those efficiency stats you will see that Denver has the same offensive efficiency as the Spurs. I refuse to believe that one or two stops in close games is separating Denver from San Antonio. There are obviously some key intangibles that aren't reflected in those statistics.
The Nuggets play an uptempo game and thus give up more points which also translates that they need to score more. The scoring is where the problem is. They don't score efficiently enough.
The Suns on the other hand score very efficiently but their defensive efficiency sucks.
It's tough being in the West coz the Nuggets are 12 games over .500 and yet still out of the playoff picture.
Believe me, I understand that. But the stats would also lead you to believe that one or two stops makes the Nuggets the Spurs. Something is missing. I am inclined to believe that it is the Spurs running up those efficiency ratings while aggressively resting starters, hence we can turn it up even more in the playoffs or in crunch time of close games.
BTW Iverson has been quietly racking up some assists lately.
Yeh the Nuggets are definately still quite a way behind the Spurs , thats for sure
They just dont play for 48minutes a night and also they take nights off. The perimeter D is lacking and so is the perimeter offense, unless they get hot like they did vs the Suns
Nuggets win ballgames when AI dishes. They are something like 23-2 when he gets 10+ dimes. He had a monster game last night and should be doing that every night. Of course it is also dependant on his teammates hitting shots
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