| 08 January 2008
(AP Photo/Matt York)(Boulder-CO) This one was over about two minutes after it started. The Phoenix Suns came out like starving lions when the sheepish Nuggets took the floor and pasted Denver with a 46-point first quarter effort on their way to handing ‘Melo and the boys a, 137-115, loss.
I think George Karl kept his tie on through the first half, but don’t quote me on that!
The Phoenix Suns shot a torrid 53.8% from the field, made 20-31 bombs from long range, connected on 17-18 from the free-throw line, out blocked the Nuggets 13-4, and out passed Denver 32-17 in the assist column. About the only statistical category the Nuggets managed to win was the rebounding battle, but hey, Phoenix was busy putting the ball though the net to worry about who finished with the most boards!
Shawn Marion paced the Suns with his putrid set-shot, 27 points, a team-high 14 rebounds, and six blocked shots. Allen Iverson was his equalizer offensively by scoring a game-high 32 points, but it was an all too individual effort from the Answer who only dished out three assists. Carmelo Anthony grabbed a team-high 14 boards, but finished a disappointing 9-21 from the field good for only 20 points.
I’ll spare you the rest of the Nuggets box score. Trust me, the input is baffling.
I’m not sure why the Nuggets seem to look so good on some nights, but then still show us that they are not above completely mailing a game like this one in. Let’s be honest for a second, there was no way the Nuggets were going to win this game and the first five minutes were all I needed to see to know that to be a fact. 46 points in twelve minutes of basketball is inexcusable. Some teams, that will remain unmentioned at present time, would love to score that many points in a half, but somehow the Nuggets couldn’t button down the Phoenix goal in the first quarter to prevent them from practically ripping the net from the iron.
Could it be that the Suns were just so hot shooting the ball that any opponent would have been scalded by their first quarter effort? Perhaps, but maybe Denver was just exposed for the defensive weaknesses that have been camouflaged up to this point? I’m not sure how to interpret a scorching like this. Somebody help me out!
Go Nuggets!
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