NUGGETS PROBABLE STARTERS POS. NO. PLAYER PPG RPG APG NOTABLE F 43 Linas Kleiza 6-8, 245 4.9 2.7 0.5 Had 11 points, a career-high-tying nine rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes vs. Milwaukee on 1/8. F 21 Eduardo Najera 6-8, 235 7.4 4.6 0.9 Is the only Nugget to have played in all 32 games this season. C 23 Marcus Camby 6-11, 235 12.0 11.5 3.1 He has had a season-high-tying seven blocked shots in four of his previous six appearacnces. G 3 Allen Iverson 6-0, 165 29.3 2.7 7.4 Has scored 20+ points in all but one of the 24 games he has played this season. G 11 Earl Boykins 5-5, 210 15.1 2.0 4.3 Has scored 20+ points in nine of his last 10 games and is averaging a career-high 15.1 ppg this season. SPURS STARTERS Forward 12 Bruce Bowen 6-7 200 Last Game: 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal 2006-07 Season: Averaging 6.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 32.1 minutes … shooting .423 (88-208) from the field and .464 (52-112) from three-point range. Forward 21 Tim Duncan 6-11 260 Last Game: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks 2006-07 Season: Averaging 20.0 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 blocks in 34.1 minutes … shooting .553 (277-501) from the field. Center 7 Fabricio Oberto 6-10 245 Last Game: 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist 2006-07 Season: Averaging 5.6 points and 4.9 rebounds in 19.0 minutes … shooting .578 (93-161) from the field. Guard 20 Manu Ginobili 6-6 205 Last Game: 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals 2006-07 Season: Averaging 16.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 27.4 minutes … shooting .457 (160-350) from the field. Guard 9 Tony Parker 6-2 180 Last Game: 14 points and 2 steals 2006-07 Season: Averaging 19.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.7 assists in 33.0 minutes … shooting .530 (280-528) from the field. NUGGETS RED CROSS REPORT OUT: Kenyon Martin underwent successful surgery on his right knee on 11/15 and will miss the remainder of the season. DAY-TO-DAY: Eduardo Najera suffered a left shoulder contusion vs. Milwaukee on 1/8. He will continue to be evaluated on a day-to-day basis … Nen? has appeared in each of the last three games after missing four games due to right knee inflammation. He is considered day-to-day and will be a game-time decision for tonight’s game. PROBABLE: Marcus Camby returned to the lineup vs. Milwaukee on 1/8 after missing one game due to a right hand/wrist sprain. He is probable for tonight’s game … Allen Iverson had xrays taken on his right foot big toe on 1/8, which came up negative. He is probable for tonight. SPURS RED CROSS REPORT Francisco Elson (small tear in right rotator cuff) is out. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP – BY THE NUMBERS KEY FOR TEAM STATISTICS: PPG Points Per Game (measures offense) OPG Opponents Points Per Game (measures defense) FG% % of All Shots Made (2's and 3's) 3PT% % of 3-Point Shots Made FT% % of Free Throws Made RPG Rebounds Per Game APG Assists Per Game SPG Steals Per Game BPG Blocks Per Game TO Turnovers Per Game ...............PPG ...OPG .FG%.3PT%.FT%.RPG APG .SPG .BPG .TO NUGGETS 105.9 104.2 .454. .310. .746 44.8 23.6 8.88 4.81 17.0 SPURS.... 99.6... 91.0 .477. .407. .748 40.3 22.5 7.06 4.60 14.1
Yep, J.R. is finally back. He never appealed the whopper 10 game suspension to David Stern, even though he wanted to at first. But he was told it was hopeless to appeal to Stern so he didn't appeal. Most all players have to come in to the game off the bench when they are returning from a long time being out.
That would be a huge highlight if the Nuggets could win this encounter. I'm convinced they can do it later in the season, but probably not yet in this meeting. But of course I would like to be proven wrong with this prediction Go Nuggets!
Camby needs to have a big game, while iverson needs to get their bigs in foul trouble. With tim duncan sitting they're not nearly as good.
