A high scoring game i thought it'd be the end of the 3rd not the 2nd. NY could score 150-160 points this game I haven't seen that in awhile
David Lee took 17 shots in the first half and has a double-double. The Knicks are going with seven players, so I wonder if they can maintain this pace.
neither team is really shooting spectacularly. just a case of run-and-gun offense meets matador defense.
Denver dropped 168 on the Sonics in regulation last March - and then turned around and lost to Seattle three weeks later 151-147 in Double OT. BNM
Wow. 35 pts 21 rebs for David Lee 34 pts 11 rebs for Al Harrington I wonder what our players would put up in a system like that. Rudy would kill in D'Antoni's system.
Doesn't look like they'll get to 150 - possibly not even 140. The Knicks have 132 with 1:50 left. BNM
As entertaining as I'm sure that was, that style of play gets you NOWHERE in the play-offs. Of course, it's far from a given that either of these teams will even make the play-offs. So, let them have their fun in November while they can. BNM
You have a point there. D'Antoni couldn't win with a two-time MVP and Amare with that system in the playoffs. It's something to ponder. I still with we'd run a more uptempo system though.
After looking at the boxscore, my jaw dropped to the floor. Harrington with 36 points and 12 rebounds?! Duhon with 12 points and 22 assists?!! Lee with 37 points and 21 rebounds?!!!?? Holy shit. I need to see a re-run of that game.
Record before the trade: 6-5. Record after the trade: 2-3. They have played .400 ball since, in spite of only playing two playoff teams and having three games at home. Your post is actually accurate, if you remove the sarcasm. Ed O.
And while 138 seems like a huge score, last year after the All-Star break the Nuggets had games of 138, 137, 168 and 147. Also, after the All-Star break they had games where they gave up 135, 132, 136, 132, 151. Here's the link to their March 16, 2008 168 - 116 win over the Sonics: http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200803160DEN.html What's amazing is that no one for Denver scored more than 26 points in that game. They did have 8 players in double figures. The pace was similar to tonight's Knicks 138 - 125 win over the Warriors (208 total FGA), but the Nuggets managed to shoot 0.604 from the field (compared to 0.514 for the Knicks tonight) and Denver went to the line 14 more times in that game (30 -35 from the line vs. 17 - 21 for the Knicks tonight). BNM
Also amazing is how (relatively) few three pointers the Nuggets needed. 31 is obviously a ton for a normal game, but considering they took 101 shots, it doesn't seem like a gigantic proportion. Intuitively (at least to me), it seems that huge scoring games would be most likely fueled by white-hot shooting from three point territory and an enormous amount of three-pointers taken. Denver hit a big percentage from downtown (though not ludicrous...about 50%) but didn't take a huge amount. Their top three scorers only attempted two three-pointers.
Seems like Randolph had a few more active teammates during his tenure. May have impacted some of those outcomes.
