Series Thread: (2) Nuggets vs. (7) Spurs

[Wamu]

Denver is very similar to Portland.

They both have legal weed? Wait a minute. It's not 4/20 yet. My bad.

 

[Wamu]

I don't know if I would say there isn't much hope for the future. Denver is young and the Spurs, with Pop coaching them, aren't your typical 7 seed. They would be a handful for pretty much anyone.

Malone is a good coach and might one day be as good as Pop, but right now, he's not and that's a lot of the difference.

Talk about a great coaching advantage for the Spurs. Pop- 280 playoff games. Malone- 3.

 

[tlance]

White scored 36 points while only shooting one 3-pointer in 31 minutes
1 turnover
+30 box plus minus
completely and utterly shut down the opposing point guard on the other end

That was arguably one of the best playoff performances I have ever seen.
but it was so understated and subtle nuanced excellence not great for the ESPN highlight addicted viewer.

I fully expect him to have a rookie horrible game somewhere in this series as it will happen.
But, this was a masterpiece of offense and defense at least for one game.

I will savor it for 24 hours...and then the nerves start all over again.

You been on White all season way before it was obvious to everyone else.

Congrats on being right. You got a heck of a player for years to come. He may not ever be a franchise player, but he is the type of guy who is really easy to shape a roster around because he does so many thing well.

 

[tlance]

I don't know if I would say there isn't much hope for the future. Denver is young and the Spurs, with Pop coaching them, aren't your typical 7 seed. They would be a handful for pretty much anyone.

Malone is a good coach and might one day be as good as Pop, but right now, he's not and that's a lot of the difference.

Yeah.

Really silly to dismiss the future of a 54 win team in the playoffs for the first time.

Maybe they are able to rally and win this series. Maybe they don't.

Regardless, whenever they do bow out, they will have learned a lot along the way.

One of my favorite quotes for those who coach kids:

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

Well, Denver going to learn plenty this post season. And that isn't a bad thing for their future.

 

[Mecca]

I got the Spurs. But DeRozan fucking sucks in the playoffs though. Hmm...

He had a great 2nd half last night.

 

[ManuForever]

DeMar DeRozan is averaging 24.7 PPG on 48.1 FG% with 7.7 RPG (2.0 ORPG) and 4.3 APG so far. All Playoff career highs.

Can we end the whole "DeRozan sucks in the playoffs" talk? He has a point guard who isn't afraid of the playoffs now.

 

[tlance]

DeMar DeRozan is averaging 24.7 PPG on 48.1 FG% with 7.7 RPG (2.0 ORPG) and 4.3 APG so far. All Playoff career highs.

Can we end the whole "DeRozan sucks in the playoffs" talk? He has a point guard who isn't afraid of the playoffs now.

Some of the DeRozan narrative is overblown.

But you can't change his reputation based off a 3 game sample against a team that has never been to the playoffs and doesn't have a rep for being great defensively.

Lowry has been pretty good since game 1 too.

 

[bksballer89]

Some of the DeRozan narrative is overblown.

But you can't change his reputation based off a 3 game sample against a team that has never been to the playoffs and doesn't have a rep for being great defensively.

Lowry has been pretty good since game 1 too.

Derozan was better than lowry imo in the playoffs when they played together

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Derozan was better than lowry imo in the playoffs when they played together

I mean, he was supposed to be. He's always been considered the better player. Which is what made his disappearing acts so much more hurtful to the team overall than when Lowry would have his inevitable shit performance.

DeMar DeRozan is averaging 24.7 PPG on 48.1 FG% with 7.7 RPG (2.0 ORPG) and 4.3 APG so far. All Playoff career highs.

Can we end the whole "DeRozan sucks in the playoffs" talk? He has a point guard who isn't afraid of the playoffs now.

He seems to be playing a better defensive game, which is something he was either incapable of in Toronto or something "defensive genius" Dwane Casey was incapable of imposing on his players.

I don't think either player's individuality played into how the other performed. It was more that beyond those two players Toronto didn't have any other options to rely on for consistent 20+ pt performances or to grab the bull by the horns defensively. Both rosters today have both and both players seem to have benefitted from the new reality.

 

[tlance]

Derozan was better than lowry imo in the playoffs when they played together

I agree with that mostly.

At the same time though, while DeRozan is more than just a scorer, scoring is his main contribution to the team. Lowry does more beyond scoring.

So a bad shooting day for DeRozan hurts more than a bad scoring day for Lowry.

And while Derrick White is playing at a very high level, he is not the facilitator Kyle Lowry is. At least not yet.

 

[DJ]

You been on White all season way before it was obvious to everyone else.

Congrats on being right. You got a heck of a player for years to come. He may not ever be a franchise player, but he is the type of guy who is really easy to shape a roster around because he does so many thing well.

SA does a great job selecting players in the draft. They may never have to go through a full rebuild.

 

[DJ]

I agree with that mostly.

At the same time though, while DeRozan is more than just a scorer, scoring is his main contribution to the team. Lowry does more beyond scoring.

So a bad shooting day for DeRozan hurts more than a bad scoring day for Lowry.

And while Derrick White is playing at a very high level, he is not the facilitator Kyle Lowry is. At least not yet.

This.

In Lowry's 0 point game (which he got ripped for but he wasn't exactly chucking them up) he had 8 assists and 7 rebounds.

 

[DJ]

Bet with somebody on FB that SA wins.....

 

[DJ]

Let's go, Spurs!!!!!!

 

[bksballer89]

Not a good start for Denver

Down 10 early

 

[Shanemansj13]

Nuggets better wake up

 

[bksballer89]

Denver missing the playoffs last year is absolutely killing them now

 

[DJ]

Spurs too much for the Baby Nuggets.

 

[DJ]

Pop fixing to get in their asses.

 

[podsox]

Nba really needs to adjust their foul calls on guys shooting 3s. More times than not the offensive player is taking an unnatural shot to draw contact. Annoying to watch. Couldn’t imagine being a defender