| 30 October 2010
The beauty of the NBA is it has the ability to amaze you every night. And unlike other team sports that truly do embody an, “only as strong as your weakest link” mentality, basketball gives an individual the ability to become bigger than game itself. For instance, Chris Paul was bigger than the Nuggets in the fourth quarter of last night’s, 101-95, loss to the Hornets despite Denver’s strongest link doing everything in his power to will his chain to victory.
And as the archival readers know, I love Chris Paul. So much in fact that I dream of Carmelo signing that three-year deal and CP3 coming to Denver next season when the Nuggets have the scratch it will take to soothe what should be an itchy situation for him in NOLA. Even Carmelo said, “That's my guy, so I know he wants to prove that he is one of the top point guards in the NBA. I think by his injury last season, a lot of people stopped talking about him, which is normal. Any time you're not in the picture, people tend to forget about you sometimes. But I'm glad to see him back and doing what he's doing.
A fella can dream, can’t he?
The truth about last night was the Nuggets had their chance to topple the Hornets in their own hive, but costly turnovers and heady play by Paul sealed their doom. The Nuggets battled back from 16 points down to take the lead on Al Harrington’s three with under two minutes remaining in the third quarter as Paul and David West were resting on the bench. The Nuggets would extend their lead to five on an assisted dunk by Harrington before Paul would return.
And once he did, he proved that he is STILL the best point guard in the league.
CP3 scored ten out of the NOLA's next 27 points personally and handed out three of his game-high seven assists in the final eight and a half minutes of regulation. He finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, and a steal and with the help of 37 points from the Hornets bench compared to just 27 from Denver’s the Nuggets are now 1-1 on the year.
As I said, Carmelo did everything he could to try and will the Nuggets to victory. ‘Melo scored a game-high 24 points, snatched ten rebounds, and handed out a pair of dimes. However, when you turn the ball over as a team 20 times (Chauncey and Sheldon had four apiece) it’s going to be tough to beat a team on the road. Also of note, the Nuggets only blocked two shots in comparison to eight by the Hornets.
Up next for the Nuggets is the second night of back-to-back games on the road as they travel to Houston to see Yao Ming and the Rockets tonight.
And as the archival readers know, I love Chris Paul. So much in fact that I dream of Carmelo signing that three-year deal and CP3 coming to Denver next season when the Nuggets have the scratch it will take to soothe what should be an itchy situation for him in NOLA. Even Carmelo said, “That's my guy, so I know he wants to prove that he is one of the top point guards in the NBA. I think by his injury last season, a lot of people stopped talking about him, which is normal. Any time you're not in the picture, people tend to forget about you sometimes. But I'm glad to see him back and doing what he's doing.
A fella can dream, can’t he?
The truth about last night was the Nuggets had their chance to topple the Hornets in their own hive, but costly turnovers and heady play by Paul sealed their doom. The Nuggets battled back from 16 points down to take the lead on Al Harrington’s three with under two minutes remaining in the third quarter as Paul and David West were resting on the bench. The Nuggets would extend their lead to five on an assisted dunk by Harrington before Paul would return.
And once he did, he proved that he is STILL the best point guard in the league.
CP3 scored ten out of the NOLA's next 27 points personally and handed out three of his game-high seven assists in the final eight and a half minutes of regulation. He finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, and a steal and with the help of 37 points from the Hornets bench compared to just 27 from Denver’s the Nuggets are now 1-1 on the year.
As I said, Carmelo did everything he could to try and will the Nuggets to victory. ‘Melo scored a game-high 24 points, snatched ten rebounds, and handed out a pair of dimes. However, when you turn the ball over as a team 20 times (Chauncey and Sheldon had four apiece) it’s going to be tough to beat a team on the road. Also of note, the Nuggets only blocked two shots in comparison to eight by the Hornets.
Up next for the Nuggets is the second night of back-to-back games on the road as they travel to Houston to see Yao Ming and the Rockets tonight.
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