jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Wednesday...Febuary 28,2007...9:00 P.M. - away SunSports NBA League Pass Tonights Opponents; Denver Nuggets - For more info http://www.nba.com/nuggets/ Injury report ; Tony Battie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Wednesday...Febuary 28,2007...9:00 P.M. - away SunSports NBA League Pass Tonights Opponents; Denver Nuggets - For more info http://www.nba.com/nuggets/ Injury report ; Tony Battie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Game Preview; By DAN BURCH, STATS Writer The Denver Nuggets finally pulled out a close victory, thanks to some help from an emerging third scorer. With Nene around to complement Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets look to win consecutive games when they host the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in the opener of a three-game homestand. Despite having two of the NBA's top scorers, the Nuggets had struggled recently, losing four straight to drop two games below .500. With Iverson and Anthony together in the lineup, Denver was just 2-7 before beating Memphis 111-107 on Monday night. Anthony scored 33 points, Iverson had 25 and nine assists and the Nuggets (27-28) got another big boost from Nene, who matched his career-high with 27 points on 10-for-16 shooting. "We will be going to Nene more," coach George Karl said. "He really delivered a great game." Since moving into the starting lineup Feb. 2, Nene has averaged 17.3 points and 6.8 rebounds, starting all 12 games. The power forward has been hit with a variety of injuries over the past three seasons, but now that he's healthy, is beginning to show the promise that compelled Denver give him a six-year, $60 million contract in July. "Nene hasn't been healthy for a while, so people don't understand how good he was before he hurt his knee," Grizzlies guard Mike Miller said. "And 'Melo (Anthony) and A.I. (Iverson) are two of the leading scorers in the NBA. They're not easy to defend." Perhaps with Nene complementing the two big stars, the Nuggets can begin to turn their play around after a recent stretch in which they lost 11 of 15 before Monday's victory. "We just had to go out and get a win regardless of what team it was," Iverson said. "We needed it for confidence, to make things better around here. It was definitely a step forward, but what stings about it is we did things tonight that we did in the previous four games." Orlando (28-30) also picked up a confidence-boosting win, snapping a four-game losing streak by beating Chicago 94-87 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game trip. The Magic also ended a six-game road skid. "Anytime you go on the road, getting the first one is huge," Orlando coach Brian Hill said. "Hopefully this will help us get going. Our last two games, we played well at Houston and Detroit. We just couldn't pull out a win. We had our confidence shaken with those losses, but I told the guys we have been playing well." Dwight Howard had 21 points and 16 rebounds -- along with 11 turnovers -- while Darko Milicic had 14 points, a career-high 16 boards and five blocks to lead the Magic, who had lost 16 of their previous 21 games. "From now on, we've got to start playing better," Milicic said. "We're not playing the best we can. We've been losing at home and on the road, so it's good to start this road trip with a win." Orlando beat Denver 108-99 at home Nov. 15 and has won 20 of the past 24 meetings. All four of Denver's victories in the series have come at home, and the Nuggets have won the last three matchups at the Pepsi Center. Team Comparison Team Record Standings PF PA Road/Home Streak L10 Orlando 28-30 2nd Southeast / 7th East 94.1 93.7 Road 10-18 Won 1 3-7 Denver 27-28 2nd Northwest / 7th West 105.0 104.2 Home 14-15 Won 1 4-6 Orlando Notes Feb 27 Orlando has lost 9 of the last 13 regular season meetings with Chicago. ... The contest with Chicago on Monday marked the back end of Orlando's 16th back- to-back this season. The Magic are 4-12 in the first game and 7-9 in the second game of the set. ... The Magic are 10-18 on the road this season including losing six of it's last seven. Last year Orlando won only 10 road games all season. ... C/F Dwight Howard broke the Magic's team record for consecutive games played (206 by Darrell Armstrong) on February 23 vs. Dallas. Howard has now played in 222 consecutive games, not missing a contest since he entered the NBA in November 2004. st 02-27-07 1:02 et Denver Notes Feb 27 F-C Nene's 27 points Monday tied a season high he set earlier this month vs. Phoenix ... F Carmelo Anthony had averaged 32.5 ppg in two games vs. Memphis this season prior to Monday's game. ... Denver has lost 10 games this season in which it led after three quarters. ... The Nuggets are 0-18 this season when scoring 99 points or less, including 0-8 at home and 0-10 on the road. They remain the only team in the league not to have registered a win when scoring below the century mark this season. ... In the first 23 games of the season, Denver was 14-9 and among the league leaders in most statistical categories. In the 32 games since, they are just 13-19, averaging over six points less (102 ppg) during their current streak than they did in the first 23 games to start the season. st 02-27-07 0:44 et http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2007022807 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Draco 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 This team plays no D. If we can shoot decently like last time we should have no problem. Thats if we can stop Iverson from going crazy on us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsTheYear 241 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Melo almost never has huge games against us. I would worry about Iverson. We actually might want to put Trevor on him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magic berto 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Wow JD, you've been really fast lately. Anyway, I'd worry about AI. He ALWAYS seems to kill our team. I hope to see continued dominance of our twin towers minus that abysmal 11 TOs from Dwight. But if it's the same as the start of the year then I'd take the 25+ TO wins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Ryerson 94 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 quote: Melo almost never has huge games against us. I would worry about Iverson. We actually might want to put Trevor on him. Well you just jinxed us. Melo will score 50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Ryerson 94 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 Projected Matchup: Jameer Nelson Allen Iverson ------------- Grant Hill Yakhouba Diawara -------------- Hedo Turkaglu Carmelo Anthony -------------- Darko Milicic Nene Hilario ------------- Dwight Howard Marcus Camby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Budweiser5587 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 The Magic will win this one, thumbs up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undisputed4 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 If Hedo is covering Carmelo im well prepared for him to score 50. Carmelo is the second best all around offensive player in the league behind Kobe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsTheYear 241 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 quote: Originally posted by WPMagic: quote: Melo almost never has huge games against us. I would worry about Iverson. We actually might want to put Trevor on him. Well you just jinxed us. Melo will score 50. Don't worry WP, only the Smush Parkers, and Jannero Pargo's of the NBA have huge games against us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted February 27, 2007 quote: Originally posted by WPMagic:Projected Matchup: Jameer Nelson Allen Iverson ------------- Grant Hill Yakhouba Diawara -------------- Hedo Turkaglu Carmelo Anthony -------------- Darko Milicic Nene Hilario ------------- Dwight Howard Marcus Camby If you could put stats next to each guy... This would be really cool...JD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
