In Case You Missed It…

The Nuggets played their best game of the season tonight when they stopped cold an eleven-game San Antonio Spurs winning streak to the tune of 109-96. The Nuggets’ bench provided the spark, and the starters played with consistency both offensively and defensively. Carmello Anthony and Allen Iverson played well, particularly in the second half, but it was the bench duo of Eduardo Najera and J. R. Smith that elevated the Nuggets both emotionally and on the scoreboard.

Now, when watching an NBA basketball game it is imperative that one either drink heavily or think fondly on professional sporting leagues with fair and competent officiating. I prefer the latter, so as the clock wound down in the fourth quarter my prevailing thought was that a Nuggets win over the Spurs would mean two Colorado teams beating the defending champions of their respective sports on consecutive nights in the Mile High City. A 1-0 win on the part of the resurgent Wojtek Wolski and the rest of the Colorado Avalanche versus the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night was the cake, and this high-energy, defensively sound win by the Nuggets tonight was a scrumptious light blue icing. Maybe the Colorado Curse has passed at last and Denver can support two championship-caliber teams for the first time since 1996-97.