<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">At the final seconds ticked down, the crowd was chanting, "Pope, Pope, Pope." That is all that is needed to know that the Denver Nuggets now have hope, hope, hope. It was the end of yet another Nuggets rout and deep reserve Mark Pope desperately was trying to get a basket. He finished 0-for-4, his failing to score about the only thing the Nuggets did not accomplish in a 111-98 win against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night at the Pepsi Center. "We're going to get him a basket before the season ends," forward Carmelo Anthony said in the joyful Denver locker room. Just about everybody else who stepped on the floor came up big. The Nuggets had six players score in double figures, with Anthony leading the way with 23 points. It was the seventh consecutive win for the Nuggets, their longest streak since they won seven in a row in November and December 1989. The Nuggets (31-29) moved into a virtual tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference </div> Source
