Nuggets Become Fast & Furious <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Nuggets are fast with Earl Boykins in the lineup. Now with Boykins and newcomer Allen Iverson, Denver has become the fast and the furious. "I don't think this league has seen two guards like Allen and I at the same time," Boykins said before Monday night's practice at the Pepsi Center. "Most of the time you have a fast guard, but the off guard isn't that fast. We're two very aggressive guys with speed. It gives us an unbelievable advantage." Denver is second in the NBA in scoring behind Phoenix with an average of 108.2 points per game. While the Nuggets scored only 96 points in Iverson's debut against Sacramento on Friday, they are expected to continue to score well with two of the fastest guards in the league playing together at times. Iverson is averaging 30.6 points and 7.4 assists, and Boykins is averaging 12.3 points and 4.4 assists. Iverson had 22 points and 10 assists against Sacramento. Boykins earned a game-high 25 points, adding nine assists and a game-high three steals as the starting point guard. Now with two practices under his belt since being acquired a week ago, Iverson is expected to replace Boykins in the starting lineup tonight against Boston. Even so, expect Boykins and Iverson to continue to play considerable minutes together, especially since guard J.R. Smith still has eight games remaining on his 10-game suspension. With Boykins and Iverson being two of the quickest and fastest guards in the league, it poses a major problem for opposing defenses. "We put a lot of pressure on defenses being that both of us put the defense down, make people collapse and get people wide-open shots," Iverson said. "Having that lineup is good because if one of the two (opposing) guards is not good defensively, then someone can be exploited." On playing with Iverson, Boykins said: "It was easy because he was a veteran and he understands the game. I was able to play my same game. I didn't change anything. He gives us a guard who wants to run the ball. He's going to push it every time. That's how you are going to get easier looks." Iverson also adds speed to the starting lineup that wasn't always the case with big guard Andre Miller, who went to Philadelphia in the Iverson deal, playing point guard. One knock on Miller was that he didn't push the ball as much as the Nuggets would have liked in their up-tempo offense. But under Iverson and Boykins, the speed won't stop. About the only thing slowing Boykins down is a lingering sore left hamstring. "Dre (Miller) and Allen are completely different types of point guards," Boykins said. "Allen is up-tempo and Dre controls the tempo of the game. When (Miller) wants to run, he'll run. Dre is fine just walking the ball up the court. Allen wants to get out and push the ball just like I do. "Teams thought we were fast before. It's just another speed we can play at." </div> Source
