The rout was in question for a while, but the Nuggets pulled it out. Melo deserves the vast majority of the credit for stopping the bleeding. He owned the second half of the 4th quarter when the outcome of game was beginning to come back into question.
The game stayed close all night, until the Nuggets finally outlasted and wore down the Hornets on their home court.
Dr. Jumper spent a lot of time on the court Monday night when the Nuggets took on the Suns in Phoenix.
It all started with an innocuous free throw miss in the third quarter. Carmelo Anthony was just two points shy of 12,000 for his career, and the Nuggets were ahead by double-digits.
The Nuggets, with a 3 game lead in the Northwest, have also moved up the power rankings to 4th and are heading into their next game with longest current winning streak in the NBA, winners of their last 6.
The ratio of good to bad news is not appealing, but the Nuggets performance as of late has been nothing short of shoddy. How and when will they find a foothold and regain a dominant stance in the West…
The Nuggets are sitting atop the summit of the Northwest Division, gazing down on Utah and Portland who are battling for second place.
Great teams find ways to win big games and win games that are expected of them and the Nuggets still find themselves half way up a slippery hill not quite able to get their footing. This is only the second time all season Denver has lossed back-to-back games, and let’s hope these types of losses remain an oddity.
In San Antonio Carmelo added 34 points and 7 rebounds to his lengthening resume and also became the only player this season to score at least 20 points in each game.
Read in as PSC celebrates the triumphant return of Daniel “The Real Dan” Olson. This week we publish the first entry in Dan’s four-part series on the unexpected success of Colorado’s four major sports franchises… and why the sugar high won’t last for one or more of these teams.
