Happy Labor Day!

September 3, 2012
by Joel

A very happy Labor Day to our Roundball Mining Company readers! We hope you’re having a great holiday weekend, and we give a big appreciative shout out to all of you who are working hard out there.

In the spirit of doing work, here’s a list of some of the hardest working Nuggets from the 2011-12 season, who in great single game performances set their team’s season high in various categories.

Gallo had three season highs in a single epic outing against his former team:

  • Danilo Gallinari, 37 points, 1/21/12 @NYK (W)
  • Danilo Gallinari, 18 made free throws, 1/21/12 @NYK (W)
  • Danilo Gallinari, 52 minutes, 1/21/12 @NYK (W)

The Manimal was a monster on the glass:

  • Kenneth Faried, 17 rebounds, 4/9/12 vsGSW (W)
  • Kenneth Faried, 7 offensive rebounds, 2/29/12 vsPOR (W) and 4/9/12 vsGSW (W)

Somewhat surprisingly, Lawson (not Andre Miller) set the Nuggets’ season high in assists, and he (not Corey Brewer) also had the high in steals:

  • Ty Lawson, 15 assists, 3/2/12 vsHOU (W)
  • Ty Lawson, 8 steals, 12/29/11 @POR (L)

Harrington also brought the unexpected with the season high in defensive rebounds, though the field goals come as less of a surprise:

  • Al Harrington, 14 made field goals, 2/20/12 vsMIN (W)
  • Al Harrington, 11 defensive rebounds, 2/6/12 vsHOU (L)

It’s a fitting departure for the Birdman and welcome to JaVale that they share the season high in blocks:

  • Chris Andersen, 6 blocks, 2/14/12 vsPHO (W)
  • JaVale McGee, 6 blocks, 5/1/12 @LAL (L)

And finally, there was a six-player, nine-game tie for most 3-pointers made (5), which included Arron Afflalo, Brewer, Rudy Fernandez, Gallo, Harrington and Lawson.

 

Enjoy the rest of your holiday, everyone, and feel free to use the comments section as an open thread!

 

 

Posted on September 3, 2012 at 11:23 am | filed in Random Stuff | 8 Comments

8 Responses to “Happy Labor Day!”

  1. Slurm says:
    September 3, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    I forgot that Gallo dominated in that Knick game, he was getting to the line at will.

  2. CJP32 says:
    September 4, 2012 at 1:53 am

    Brewer did hit those 5 threes in the 3rd quarter against the Grizzlies – 26 points in the 2nd Half.

  3. Def Vizion 303 says:
    September 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    I appreciate all the hard work with the other guys out Denbutsu! Keep the articles coming

  4. denvernuggets4life says:
    September 5, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6CDuUJEunQ&feature=plcp heres a denver nuggets mix i made a couple a month ago ! give it a like … GO NUGGETS !!!

  5. monimo says:
    September 6, 2012 at 4:00 am

    Watch Gallo helping Italy beat Turkey. 19points/6rebounds/1 monster block at the end of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuKhuD1-59s. Gallo’s playing hard and great team basket-ball.
    Kalen, Denbutsu, Charlie, Jeremy: it would be nice to have an article about Gallinari’s game during the Euro campagne with Italy :)

  6. Tommy says:
    September 6, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Oh yer Quincy is signed! Now our roster is complete

  7. GIANLUCA says:
    September 7, 2012 at 11:33 am

    GALLINARI is the best italian player .. ITALY is 7-0 and 2-0 vs TURKEY …..
    without BELINELLI e BARGNANI ( italy hate they ) GALLINARI PLAY MANY TIME power f. ( 4 ) and Centrer ( 5 ) ….

    gallinari and igoudala ARE THE BEST 2 and 3 position in NBA !!!


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