<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> DENVER, Feb. 9 (Ticker) -- Andre Miller and the Denver Nuggets bounced back from a blowout loss in fine fashion. Held scoreless in a 23-point loss at Sacramento on Sunday, Miller scored 20 points, including a tough jumper in the final minute, as the Nuggets snapped the Memphis Grizzlies' four-game winning streak, 86-83. Rookie Carmelo Anthony collected 20 points and 11 rebounds and Nene added 14 and 11 for Denver, which overcame 39 percent shooting (34-of-88) by coming up with big plays down the stretch. Denver held just an 82-81 lead when Miller hit a jumper over Earl Watson along the left baseline with 36 seconds left and the shot clock about to expire. "He has been so good for us for so long, so he was entitled to a few poor games," Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelkik said. "He still had eight assists yesterday even though he didn't score. I wanted to put the ball in his hands at the end of the game." Memphis called timeout and scored three seconds later on a baseline dunk by Shane Battier. Miller missed a fadeaway with nine seconds left and Memphis raced upcourt. Grizzlies center Pau Gasol appeared to have an uncontested layup in his sights but lost the ball to Anthony while trying to execute a crossover dribble. "He put the ball in front of me, so I took it," Anthony said. Anthony sank two free throws with eight-tenths of a second left before Watson beat the defense down the court for a game-tying three-point attempt. But Watson front-rimmed his shot, and the Nuggets escaped. "We had plenty of opportunities," Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown said. "We had a chance to win in the last three minutes and that was important to us." </div> BoxscorelRecap This was as physical of a game as they've played all season. Nobody for the Grizzlies had a very impressive game, but Pau Gasol dissapointed me by turning over the ball with two seconds left.
The Grizz need to box out. 16 offensive rebounds by a Camby-less Denver team will never cut it. One look at the box score and I see that Bonzi Wells only logged 3 minutes. Besides the fact that the Grizz are just that good, can anyone tell me what's going on? Also, why did Mike Miller only play 16 minutes?
Mike Miller's back's abandoned him. He tries to play through it (which I disagree with, but is really moot) but is sometime ineffective, and settles for his jumper. When his jumper is off, and he's not aggressive or passing, he's not much use having on the floor. I saw that game. It was a white knuckler.
