(Boulder-CO) The Sonics were met by the cold weather and the cold shoulder of the Denver Nuggets 112-98 in tonight‘s match-up. It was a night of accolades for many that participated and the list is long. For Starters, Coach George Karl recorded his 800th win of his coaching career and is only the twelfth coach to ever reach that mark with the 6th best winning percentage of all-time. Allen Iverson recorded his 77th 40+ point game of his career and third straight double-double for his new found NBA city. The Nuggets are currently the league’s best offensive rebounding team, shooting the most free-throws of any team in the league, and in addition have the highest nightly average of assists league wide. This is also officially the most snow that has ever fallen in the Mile High City in such a short amount of time. I think that about covers it!
Oh, I might also add that the Sonics never even had a shot in this one and trailed 99% of the game. They did cut the lead to three points in the third quarter, but even that meager three point lead seemed like ten as the Sonics were just out matched in all phases of the game. Having Chris Wilcox get slapped with two technical fouls and consequentially getting tossed from the event was also detrimental to the Sonics campaign.
The o-so-scientific formula, (AI+3=W’s), that I came up with is also holding its form. AI ripped the Sonics for a stat line that reads 44 points, ten assists, three rebounds, and two steals. His three amigos were Earl Boykins with 24 points to help Iverson put points on the scoreboard, Reggie Evans’s 18 Herculean rebounds off the glass, and Eduardo Najera’s all-around hustle and willingness to do the dirty work (IE taking charges, recording the only Nuggets block, and chipping in nine points). It just seems to work ladies and gentlemen, I just don’t know how else to say it.
One thing that I keep hearing announcers shy away from is how the Nuggets are missing more than 60 points in average scoring right now and how extremely offensively explosive they are going to be at full strength. Other teams must be shaking in the locker room before playing the Nuggets because honestly, they might be embarrassed for upwards of 150 points once this team gets all of its stars back. Denver has defense in Diawara and Camby. Denver has offense in Earl, Iverson, Carmelo, and J.R. Denver has rebounding in Evans and Najera and a slew of other folks that can contribute in a variety of different ways. DerMarr is long defender that can cause certain players headache in one-on-one match-ups. Linas is a strong, basket-attacking small forward. And even Jamal Sampson showed some limited brilliance on the boards and flushing a couple of dunks down tonight as a reserve seven-footer.
The Nuggets are a stout 16-10 at this point and staying right on pace to win fifty games this year. The next two games are on the road and I am two for two in my match predicting this weeks games with Nick from http://www.thefullcourtpress.wordpress.com/. I got the lead by one game right now, but when the Nuggets hit the road they have been known to slip. Hopefully, that will not be the case, but right now things almost seem too good to be true. Not that I’m complaining! Oh, and thanks God, for not making me sit through another snow storm without a Nuggets game. I appreciate it.
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