Melo promises to keep composure against Jazz

J_Ray · Apr 20, 2010

DENVER (AP)—Carmelo Anthony(notes) didn’t believe the Utah Jazz could get into his head and under his skin anymore, and neither did acting Denver Nuggets coach Adrian Dantley.

Both were wrong.

Anthony managed 32 points in Game 2 of their Western Conference playoff series but he drew four offensive fouls and was overly aggressive in the final minute, when he fouled out after hacking C.J. Miles(notes) at midcourt.

“I was surprised he did that,” said Miles, who didn’t anticipate Anthony being so aggressive with the Nuggets trailing by a single point with less than 30 seconds left.

Their strategy successful, the Jazz were glad Anthony wasn’t on the court in the closing seconds with a chance to salvage the win. He watched dejectedly from the bench as the Jazz wrapped up their 114-111 victory to even the series at a game each heading back to Salt Lake City for Game 3 Friday night.

On Tuesday, Anthony suggested it will be harder to get under his skin again even if the Jazz are still up in his face.

“We are composed now after watching film,” Anthony said. “We saw how close we were of winning that game, seeing us being up three points with two minutes to go and some things didn’t go our way toward the end. Our confidence hasn’t gone anywhere. We are upbeat and we believe we can go into Utah and win some games.”
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J_Ray · Apr 23, 2010

This didn't happen in Game 3....

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