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| Record | 14 - 7 |
| Pythagorean Record | 14.7 - 6.3 |
| Projected Pyth Rec(82 Gms) | 57.4 - 24.6 |
| Projected Pyth Rec(66 Gms) | 46.2 - 19.8 |
| Defensive Efficiency | 99.8 |
| Offensive Efficiency | 106.0 |
| Pace Factor | 97.6 |
| Field Goal % | 48.1% |
| Opp Field Goal % | 44.9% |
| 3P Field Goal % | 33.8% |
| Opp 3P Field Goal % | 36.5% |
| Free Throw % | 74.4% |
| Opp Free Throw % | 75.2% |
| Effective FG% | 52.3% |
| Opp Effective FG% | 49.3% |
| True Shooting % | 56.7% |
| Opp True Shooting % | 52.7% |
| Def Rebound Rate | 74.8% |
| Off Rebound Rate | 23.6% |
| Total Rebound Rate | 50.5% |
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2008-09 Game 39: Denver Nuggets vs Dallas Mavericks Game Thread
The Nuggets home stand carries on as the Dallas Mavericks come to the Pepsi Center for the second time this season. The Nuggets are 2-0 against the Mavs for the first time since the 1995-96 season. They have not won the first three games of the season series against the Mavs since the 1993-1994 season.
The first matchup between the two teams was a close battle thanks to the 13 threes the Mavs dropped in. A big key in that game was the way Melo passed out of the Mavericks’ double teams. Obviously the Nuggets will not have that advantage this evening.
In the second game in Dallas Denver rode a great defensive performance to a solid ten point win. Unfortunately I have argued that was the last game the Nuggets have played solid defense for most of the night.
The Nuggets will have to play stout defense once again tonight (how’s that for some deep mystical insight?). Offensively just because Melo is not drawing double teams does not mean the Nuggets are incapable of moving without the ball and getting easy points in the paint.
Dallas, as you would expect from a jump shooting team, runs very hot and cold. Right now, they are cold having lost the first two games of their three game road trip at Phoenix and Sacramento. Jason Kidd has been bad so far in 2009. In six January games he is shooting 32.7% (28.1% from three point range) while averaging only 6.7 assists per game. After watching him in the Olympics I expected him to really drop off this season. He had a solid start to the year, but perhaps he is already wearing down.
George Karl has announced that J.R. Smith will start, but at small forward instead of shooting guard and Linas Kleiza will have to provide the offense off the bench. We can all only hope that he brings more than his 0-6 one point performance from Friday night to the table. Karl believes that he can get away with J.R. at small forward due to the fact that Josh Howard will sit out his second consecutive game after aggravating his wrist injury again. Dallas is starting Antoine Wright in Howard’s place and J.R. should be able to handle that assignment and Dahntay Jones will have to chase Jason Terry all over the floor.
The Nuggets folded up like a Monopoly board in the second half against the Detroit Pistons and hopefully with that loss in the back of their minds they will play a complete game. They have had three full days off to regroup and I think we can expect a strong effort from them tonight.
Featured Blog: Mavs Moneyball
Previous Matchups: Game 5 – DEN 108 DAL 105 | Game 24 – DEN 98 DAL 88
Update: J.R. was supposed to go to New Jersey today to take part in a court hearing ragarding an auto accident he was involved in in the summer of 2007. There was no explanation given, but I guessfor one reason or another he did not need to be there. I do not know if it was postponed or if he was not required to appear after all. Of coures, this opens up the potential that he will be hauled out in handcuffs during the game for missing the hearing, which would be entertaining.
140 Responses to “2008-09 Game 39: Denver Nuggets vs Dallas Mavericks Game Thread”
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Thank goodness JR will be present. It would be Sonny’s night for sure if he had to be in NJ.
Nice start, Chauncey’s on fireeeeeee
Hey guys…
Does this thread update automatically?
We need to win tonight. Portland is hot on our tail.
Very hot start offensively, particularly by Chauncey although some of his (made) shots were suspect choices.
Defensively Nene needs to stop getting sucked out of the paint to help on penetration. This starts with perimeter D.
Mermaid- the thread does not automatically update you have to refresh.
Chauncey, what are you DOING?
This is some horrible decisionmaking with the ball to close out the first. Turnaround fadeaway 3, clank, dunk for Dallas, 12 seconds on the shot clock. Contested drive to the lane, no passing, shot, clank, Dallas 3 point play.
I almost like it better when Chauncey’s shot is NOT on, because it forces him to distribute when at times he has seemed very reluctant to.
kaw kaw!
Kenyon is really frustrating Nowitzki in the post.
Beautiful pass by carter to close out the quarter.
Oops, Chauncey.
Kleiza: Hurrrrrrrrrrrr how I close out shot clock when I’m wide open from 3
Did GK just squeek?
Kleiza is horrible tonight put balk in for him please.
why is Dallas strugglin’ this year?
Jason kidd.
@ CCH – wait, Balk-man? To whom are you referring?
He’s a player on our team?
I thought he was just a mythical beast, told of around campfires lit in the deepest wood of the earth, resigned to a legendary status.
Really great stuff on both ends there.
Birdman!!! Ballin’
WOW!!! Kleiza is really sucking donkey balls tonight!
Why on earth did LK take the defensive 3 second free throw?
How come the Nugs never where some throwbacks?
Yeah that is flat out ridiculous! What, did Karl think we didn’t really want that point???
Thank you for a great first half Birdman. He is the reason Denver is ahead.
Dirk is just a born scorer. He never ceases to amaze me.
That is a good question Mermaid. I would love to see the Nuggets wear the old rainbow skyline unis.
Dear Nuggets,
Please quit flopping on defense.
Thank you,
A concerned fan
Why the heck wasn’t Diop fouled just then
I think the reason that was not a foul on Diop was because Dahntay did not have the ball. He lost it before the contact.
13 points going into the half
If I supported any other team I’d be encouraged
We played pretty well on both ends though despite bad outside shooting
jeremy – Ah. Didn’t see that.
Halftime stats
Pace Factor: 105.2
Defensive Efficiency: 89.4
Offensive Efficiency: 114.1
Bonus interesting stat
Dallas is 3-4 from the line, Denver is 18-25. Do not expect the Nuggets to get a lot of calls in the second half.
Hopefully the Nuggets break the string of playing sloppier offense in the second half than in the first. If they do not the second half might be unwatchable.
Who needs Ron Artest or Tracy McGrady? Former Nugget and current Rocket Von Wafer is 10-13 for 23 points against the Lakers early in the fourth quarter.
Looking forward to the start of the 2nd half. Nene and Birdman looked good, but the rest of the guys need to step it up. I did like the emotion from Karl and Jones on the earlier play though.
Alright Chauncey to shoot 2 to start the half!
Nene does it again!
We’ve got to stop Nowitzki jeez.
Denver better hope no one other than Dirk gets it going for Dallas.
Alright Nugs…let’s see if you can actually put a team away early for once.
Gosh dang it Denver, get your crap together.
Thank you Chauncey.
J.R. has to make a shot sometime.
NuggetsandRockiesGirl – that sounds like a wager
Dahntay really should have finished that
wtf nugs?
I wish I could meet a nuggets girl thats rad lol.
Also is it just me or does birdman look like he’s on meth tonight?
wow…this is some of the sloppiest ball i’ve seen in awhile.
CCH – what do you mean “tonight”
Josh Hopp, I love J.R. like a fat kid loves cake, but I suppose he’s gotta have his off-nights sometimes. I’m betting he will at least get a few good shots off tonite.
I have reached the point where I want everyone who takes a jumper benched.
Nowitzki can go away anytime now. Enough with the turnovers Nuggs, get it together!
Our offense is now going the way of jeremy’s video
Why are we trying to hard to force the ball into Birdman on the block?
lol @ josh, seriously he was licking his teeth and lips and looked all ancy.
Bring Back Balkman please!
Ah man. I really can not stand this team. It is totally uncanny how we refuse to capatalise on leads. Couple of morons standing around the 3 point arc jacking up dumb shots
Timeout maybe?
No Jeremy, we have to wait until we blow a 10+ pt lead before we can take a timeout you should know better.
I concur, timeout much needed.
No kidding CCH.
Nice dunk Dahntay!
Mavs in a 2-3 zone the result is a dunk. Why would they switch defenses?
bench kleizas trigger happy ass please.
Does Kleiza know he is ice cold and probably should stop shooting threes? I guess not.
LK and JR = a couple of incredibly expensive paperweights this game
and the Detroit game?
please replace kleiza with the mythical creature as beefy says, pleeeaaasse
lol wow airball a free throw
Dahntay again nice!
Birdman OMG! WOW! It needs to count!
OH!
OH!
That is going on Youtube.
wow bird you need to shoot up more often.
That is one perimeter shot I can handle.
Carter!
That was a nice possession capped by AC’s runner.
Dahntay Dahntay!
now were movin again.
Carter has a good runner , wish he’d use it more
The Nuggets offense turned around when Dallas switched to the zone. Thanks Carlisle!
our cheapest guys are carrying us
dude…are we really tied?
what the hell do the Nugs do at halftime? Smoke themselves?
Huh???
Look out, Mavs back in man to man.
oh wow…somehow my DVR had gotten me on a couple minute delay. I was wondering what the hell you guys were talking about.
J.R. is in the book.
I like that shot by JR , creative
Finally J.R.!!! *sigh of relief*
Is it just me or does our offense look way better with AC running it tonight?
Birdman at 15 pts!
theres your JR heat check shot jeremy
guess JR thinks of his first bucket in 10 attempts as “heating up”
Wait? Are WE getting offensive rebounds? Do we do that?
JR SMITH YOU STINK STOP TRYING TO TAKE OVER
Ugh the outside shooting and no more jumpers please!
LOL all those boards and were back up 4.
im fricking amazed karl is letting JR play through all this.
Apple,cherry etc. we like turnovers I guess.
What a bunch of losers
Chauncey thank goodness!
uh oh gap band is playing we gonna win I can feel it.
Go away Dirk no one likes you.
A.C. Baby!
Atleast ac, dahntay, and Bird came to play tonight.
Alright…time to put this thing away.
JR is playin like Kidd tonight, 2 pts, 5 reb, 7 assists
omg…somebody slipped that dude something.
LMAO did you see that clown dancing?
LOL at dancing guy in the crowd!
we’re going to lose.
WOW really JR
Why are Kleiza and JR still in?!?!!?!
This is one of the most atrocious performances by my team I have ever seen .
another blown 2nd half ridiculous
Kleiza and Smith combined 2 for 20.
Incredible. Seriously…that’s amazing.
NENE!!!!
It seems Nene is always a monster in the first half of games and then non existant in 2nd halfs?
holy poop
WOW thank you AC
AC BABY!!!!!
got a little lucky on the no call on nene.
Please let us close this out.
I CANT BELIEVE DIRK PASSED THAT with AC on him. IDIOT
wtf?
ok JR, what we need from you is to run straight up the floor and take a shot from the pickaxe sticker, then foul the rebounder
wow we got lucky on that call.
Wow
lucky lucky call
Horrible way to get a win
that was a nice jump kick. A little MMA action.
Chauncey Chauncey!
Shut the hell up Mark Cuban.
lol @ cuban
Nuggets Win!!!
What the… was Cuban going to deck the ref?
that guy dancin was awesome.
What is that? 2-1 without Melo? Not too bad (although the DET game still pisses me off).
Dahntay with 5 steals
Wow, I was posting in blog section :[
I’m an idiot! Jeremy, any way you can post those comments here?
Ugh, ugly, UGLY win for Denver. Once again, 0 minutes for Balkman and JR and Kleiza have another atrocious night, but they gut out a win.
hate to win a game on a suspect decision like that
we played like absolute…freaking…. trash in the 2nd half. I hope we can attribute a lot of that to Melo’s absense.
I’m just glad no one from the Mavs really got going other than Dirk…or we would have really been in trouble.
JR Smith has 2 pts. on 1-14 shooting with 3 turnovers, 30+ min
KMart fouled out with 5 minutes left; 5 pts and 1 TO, 30 min
Kleiza has 5 pts on 1-6 shooting, 4 TOs, 4 fouls, 21 min
play balkman
Great conversation tonight everyone! Thanks for reading and commenting.