Upsets are fun to think about, but the Nuggets aren't smart or disciplined enough to pull it off.
Nuggets = "Implosions are us."
see what I mean, they will pin this ALL on the inbounds pass
disregarding the FTA and the foul trouble they gave the Nuggets starters through the 2nd half and dictate pace
remember they called 8 straight fouls on Denver to get the Lakers at the line early.
Refs made out that Denver did that stupid inbounds pass.
See the box score.
Seriously, the Refs should have called a foul, a flagrant 2 and a technical on Areeeza for jumping in the way of the ball on that inbounds play.
So, are they gonna have Game 4 of the WCF or the WWE show at the Pepsi Center on Monday? Not that there's any real difference.
45 FTS for Lakers
how can a spurs fan congratulate the lakers, you think the lakers fans would do the same?
F the Lakers
Judging by Carmelo's expression in the final minutes, this team's chemistry could easily turn south if they start pointing fingers at each other going into Monday...
It's possible game 4 could be a Laker blow out, if they're not careful....
Classy Spurs fans congratulate the Lakers, so I would tell the Lakers "way to man up in the 4th and play smart." True Spurs fans NEVER root for the Lakers, which I never do......
and the den starters in foul trouble late 2nd half , then 3rd quarter was the ref show, they did pull back in the 4th as they always try to cover their tracks and make the box score as even as possible in the end but they couldnt on this one because it was that one sided.
Denver drove just as much as the Lakers and look at the FTA.
Its a pattern thats been the M.O. for the Refs for years.
There is many ways they control a game without it showing in the box score .
Remember when they were claming down on the Nuggets for being aggressive in the early 3rd quarter, 8 calls in a row for the Lakers. Got them to the line early .
Dont get me wrong G Karl is to me, a fatter Mike Dunleavy but still they had to fight through the Refs Bull .
There were so many calls that the Lakers benefit from.
Its always harder for the refs to call a foul on a drive by a Nugget but any Laker will get the same call on the other end.
See Pau Gasol and his soft , you touch him, you get called for a foul.
its Bull many times.
Denver was treated like the road team.
NBA is run by a marketing genius like Vince McMahon, its fate the two companies are in the spotlight right now.
Last edited by spurscenter; 05-23-2009 at 11:49 PM.
Isn't not a conspiracy with the FTs LA took - Denver has done this all playoffs.
Here's a post I made elsewhere before the series
History is repeating itself.Denver plays D by overplaying the ball and going for steals as a team, Martin and Anderson going hard for blocked shots. It's not a man-to-man grind based on D principles like Houston is - more like the physical play and dare the refs to call it of Utah. Denver isn't close to Houston's or Utah's discipline, fouls without hesitation and is just aggressive, overly at times.
Look at what Dallas scored on Denver in the playoffs - 95, 105, 105, 119, 110. Yesterday, LA blew out Houston but only scored 89. Points are going to come very easy in this series.
Look at what Dallas, who was 26th in the NBA at FTA at 22.6 per game, attempted from the FT line.
Game 1 - 13
Game 2 - 30
Game 3 - 49
Game 4 - 43
Game 5 - 29
32.8 per. This on a team of jumpshooters with no post threat. Denver's philosophy of not giving up easy shots and taking hard fouls is not the same as Houston's of swarming with everyone playing solid D without fouling.
Now, compare that to what LA shot against Houston - 19, 26, 33, 18, 36, 20, 18. Only 24.2 to a team that shot 25.5 in the season. Not a sharp decrease when averaged out but 5 games were well under average.
LA (especially Pau) goes into a tank when they perceived they are getting fouled but not going to the line - they will get plenty of attempts against Denver.
So far for LA in this series.
Game 1 - 24
Game 2 - 35
Game 3 - 45
Like I said before, Denver is like Utah, they foul like crazy and dare the refs to call it. They are also quick to foul to give up any easy attempts. All those FTs keep teams in a rhythm offensively.
When LA is strong with the ball, Denver picks up fouls. They commit a lot of dumb ones too. No conspiracy.
I knew as soon as Hollinger started riding Denver's nutz, they were doomed.
I knew you'd like that, .
The story of this game was 32 points for LA in the 4th and 18 for Denver. NOT gonna happen again. Also 45 FTA's for LA and 31 for Denver when they were being as just as aggressive as LA. What a load of crap...
Yes, your analysis is a load of crap. It was really 39 to 31 FTA's cause the last three fouls were intentional to try and give themselves a chance. Also the Lakers missed FOURTEEN of those FT's while the Nuggets only missed five. The Nuggets took 27 threes, they weren't as aggressive as the Lakers, they were settling for a boat load of threes and made only 5 of them, that's why they lost.
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