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Clippers vs Nuggets: Second half thread


Hotly contested game. Nene Hilario is in beast mode for a second consecutive game. Rudy Fernandez picked up right where he left off. Apparently you can bloody Danilo Gallinari's face without drawing a foul. Last but not least, DeAndre Jordan actually complains about fouls more than Nene does. Nuggets lead 53-48 (after Chris Paul's three was disallowed)

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UNO!!!!
Making sure you don't get left?
I got tired of being ditched
understandably
I don't understand

How it can be the first comment, if the person saying “first” or any of its variants, doesn’t actually make a comment relating to the game or post?

:sigh:

You're just jealous that you didn't think of it "first"
Hey

I’m first plenty. and I always leave a legit comment.

Depends on what you mean by "legit"
I believe you are overthinking the interwebs.
Somebody has to put a stop to this "first!" nonsense.
I find it so amusing

that you hate the whole “Thursty” thing but rant about the “first” meme

They are both equally annoying

I don’t see any disconnect there.

At least “first” is being fun and competitive, no one is going for one-upmanship pointing out typos.

But they are both now just

meme-rrific at DS. Nothing more, nothing less.

I like memes

Don’t get me wrong.

But correcting typos when we are all typing fast is silly.

And, I’m a competitive guy. I like to get the first post, too. I just think it isn’t in the spirit if it is just someone saying “first”!

But that's not why we do it.

It’s all become meta at DS now.

its important stuff
So is it 53-48 or 53-51?

Both ESPN and Yahoo (and Denver Stiffs) were/are showing conflicting box scores. ESPN was at 53-51 and changed it to 53-48. Not being local, I can’t confirm by actually watching the game.

48...Paul's trey disallowed
Sweet. Thanks for confirming.
gamechannel currently showing 48

and lists paul with 2 points

Minutes might be an issue this game

Nene has 20 already.

Rudy, who needs to rest as much as possible, has 14.

need the offense. clips shooting hot from beyond the arc.
i dunno - if you don't get up for big minutes in a game like this why play
No Lawson

Others got to play more minutes.
Stone doing well though, hopefully Karl puts more confidence in the rook

Gallo has scored a total of 4 points

In the last two halves he’s played.

Which means he’ll score 20+ in the third and fourth quarters.

I can get with that logic
he should have at least 5 tonight.

Dunk and a trey

you are right

I forgot the trey.

Two threes, or am I crazy?
He should also have at least 4 FT's
and a meatloaf dinner to

make up for salad at lunch time

I like this sequence. Repeat!
The law of averages
yeah

he stopped shooting on last blow out and got some tough calls/noncalls here that took him out of game

FYI: Has 5 points

Seriously though You can make mince meat out of gallo's face

and not get a foul. Me no understand.

I hope he takes over in the second half

I sense an angry Gallo, like at the end of the Raptors game
No reputation as a great player YET
basketball reasons
the button was pushed
Has the word "Nuggets"

across his chest.

Mayor. He'd win that one.
i think we see mostly gallo/fernandez...
or a scary hybrid known as

gallnandez?

I'm not sure I understand the Clipper half-time analysis

He is saying players get used to the altitude after half-time. I thought that it was more of the fact that they get tired in the 3rd and 4th quarters after exerting all of their energy in the first half.

Then again, I’m not quite sure which is either true.

I'd think it would be the other way around
There's alot of people in LA

doesn’t mean they are smart

It takes days to acclimatize

to altitude. Not a couple of quarters.

The altitude advantage is nice to have

but it doesn’t work against the Jazz.

I just saw Champ, Doom and Von!!!!!!!

Then I got bored and changed the channel back……

wow

dallas up 3 with 12 secs left and they give up an and-1.

Gotta shut the King of Park Hill down this half...
yeah man

he loves these hoops

bored and thinking of melo's new catchphrase

“YOU SHALL NOT PASS”

Does he wear Gandalf's hat?
Wouldn't that be I shall not pass?
haha yeah

and he’s staring down amare

Clear out, you fools.
*I shall not pass!
Hope he becomes the herschel walker of the nba

knicks trade everything to get him and then a loaded nuggets wins some championships!!

i still can't believe they amnestied billups. their pg situation is so awful
Not even if he knows the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Another movie I know but at least it’s funny.

If you give the ball to Gallo,

good occurrences will ensue

i had that in a fortune cookie once...
me too

were we on a date??

million dollar idea..

nuggets fortune cookies at the door

im sold. get it done
Not as long as they

refuse to call any contact fouls. The guy got fouled on at least 3 drives in the first half and got zero calls.

ok guys dont worry im here now we can win
Uh, i think we're winning already

u sound like an optimist

when Nene is being doubled

why aren’t the wings moving over to get his passes?

Man, these refs are really pro Clips

I thought we were supposed to get a couple hometown calls

How was Chauncey’s reaction?

I'd take Griffin shooting jumpers all day...

Overrated

More like “still young”

ESPNs fault, not his...
Gallo, meet the rim
I'm laughing on the inside
so between playing 3-4 less games than everyone

and the refs on their side…how are the clippers only 10-6?

GALLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

AAA! AAA! AAA!
stop copying me

Maaaaaaaa!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Jordan is annoying me
Agreed...whines too much
guess theyre not giving out fouls for that anymmore?
I feel like my stream is slower than your guy's
I feel

my stream sucks at best

You would think they’d have prime ticket on SD.

TO THE HOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLEEE!!!!

HELL YEAH!
MOZBLOCK!!!!! Gallo Dunk!!!!
Gallo! That was fast.

They call him the minuteman.

Don't tell Cat
If he does more of that

teams will be a lot more afraid to penetrate against us. I also wonder how he got rid of all those tattoos so fast!

GALLO!!!!

Dunk that shit son

Earn that contract Gallo!

YOU DA MAN!

so nice having a 6'10'' guy

able to handle the ball on the break.

ohhhhh

noooo millllyyyyy

Gallo

needs to throw it down everytime. He and Nene both have the ability, need to not go up soft.

griffin thinking he can sneak one in. ha too bad
Mozzy is paying back Grif for DA DUNK

BTW, Moz did nada on that dunk. He’s learned. Dont pose, attack!

gallo

should run for president despite being born in Italy

And Moz is way better defensively then I thought he was

He needs to get more minutes

ok im feelin moz more these last few games
Me too

although I always favored him over bird

thats sexual harrasment
Harrassment will not be reported

However, it will be graded….

Moz is feeling Moz more these last few games

Mother of Tebow!!

wow chauncey
How is that an offensive foul?
We're the Nuggets...Duh
Gallo rubbed on him

That was technically sexual harassment.

It's Chauncey

So it was savvy.

Chauncey getting the hometown call still
miller the wrecking ball!
I hope Miller is okay

that was a Colorado ram smash.

Tebow, Y U NO HEAL DRE!!!

Okay that is funny
and Ty while you're at it
OUCH
Did Miller quit? What do you guys think?

He’s too hard headed.

flopping motherfucker

(chauncey)

You know what

please don’t ever call Chauncey that….

when he stops flopping

I’ll stop calling him that

Honestly, it's really

a lousy thing to see about him. And if you are going to call him that make sure you call every other player that flops the same thing. You know, just to be fair

Clippers are whining a shitload

Damnit, Afflalo!!

Nice finish, Gallo!!

He’s quite good at that.

TO THE HOLE!!!

Good block out
miller off the window!
Moz killing Griff
despite the lakers layup

Gallo’s layup finish best in nba

MOZ with great D
Having a hard time pulling away...

Gotta keep playing tough…they will get tired…

I would like to see the refs call at least one foul when the Nuggets go to the hole.

Just one

Careful or they will call a charge.
Dre with the o board
big ollll allll
i like where the nuggets keep running like this to wear the clips down. then put in fresh bodies
Wow, That was almost an amazing dunk by Gallo
horseshoes and hand grenades unfortunarely

Chickens CAN fly!!!

Dre is the man!
Miller does the small things you never see PG's do

Like a timely O rebound or great lob pass or whatever. I just luv watching him play.

when gallo can finish that

look the f out!

FINALLY a foul on Clips

gallo drive

Tebow.

Y U NO HEAL TY!!!

Terrible night from the line
cant hit people in the face
:)

go gallo take over

Gallo gets foul'd
How do you leave Billups wide open in the corner

Oh suhweet pass.

Interesting Fact:

Gallo is left handed but shoots with his right

There's a word for that that I can't spell

Ambi something

So he uses his right and left, that’s quite handy for Gallo.

I'm left handed

for crafty things, like writing and I’m right handed for things like throwing,grabbing, shooting.. etc.

cbill on fire
Billups is killing us.
Hit the fts gallo!
chauncey unconcious
3pt shooting is keeping the clips in this game
Billups is on fiyahh
and its not like there wasnt anyone defending him
Gallo coming on

whos on chauncey?

Damn, they’re getting the 3.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!!!!
Rudy with the answer

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
the 3 pt shot

the great equalizer

El Matador!
Damn, Chauncey
slow feed is slow
Ujiri was right.

That Chauncey deal killed us.

Jordan is so annoying...
It is getting pretty physical right now
Chauncey is feeling it
Damn Chauncey

You suck all season and then do that.

Wow, they are hitting everything right now
Wow

This is pretty crazy, they can’t miss right now.

we need to clamp down on D

Boats floatin’ out there

Live by the three, die by it

they are taking a lot of long distance shots in expense of our good interior defense. Hopefully they will cool it down.

yea it's gonna happen at some point

couple bricks in a row and we’ll be back up by 8

And we can run out on the boards, but we have to help them miss the shots first
And many of those three's are contested

And that last Billups three was semi-circus.

you got to cool it now

ooooooooooh watch out!

billups best game as a clip
nuggs need to stop going under screens and doubling down low

otherwise every opposing team will continue to have career nights from 3

tlaw back next game??
remember when gallo started off season poorly?

remember when Moz stunk?

when Rudy was a waste?

When Gallo started this game off badly

Remember?

Great D, Al!!!
miller needs to pass out... sometimes
You know I think we should score more points. Just syain'
thanks john madden
Hey I'm here to help

You know who scores points? Brett Favre.

Chauncey still loves us.

Robert Pack on the sidelines for LA
Chauncey's unconscious

I blame it on a Mom cooked meal. Let’s win anyway. Chauncey is a pure shooter but Dre is an artist with the pass.

BTW

great game

surprised he didn't make that
Lucky call there
Al to the hoop
Love that move by big al
Al can take Evans any time he wants

As long as Reg doesn’t put his hands in the cookie jar.

YEAH NO SHIT THAT WAS A FOUL
heat check billups
Bout time

he was lights out for too long

chauncey missed!
Hey Clips announcers....Buckets had plantar fasciatis

last season….just FYI

They don't care if his plant has a facial

please... those are facts

those have no place in the vocabulary of the clippers announcers

Oh man I feel bad for you having to listen to those clowns
Evans is really strong but can't say with Al
Which TMNT does Big Al look like the most?
Interesting Fact:

TMNT was modeled after Al…

sais are the closest to daggers, so Rafael

Reggie Evans is so Graceful

Just protect the junk

Hack a reggie evans

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hot Damn Rudy!!!!

what a tip!!!

WHAtttTTT

Rudy!

evans is junk
Speaking of which.

Ohno...soooo sick
THAT WAS INSANE!!!!!
Rudy, that was beyond sick.
THAT WAS INSANE!!!!!
double post works out for once
You can say that again!

MOTHER OF TEBOW!!!!

Rudy is my new BFF
finally coming around on him huh
I've been saying it for several games now.

He’s been much better than I ever expected.

Mejor amigo por siempre!
Lets do what SD wants

TRADE RUDY

Hey bud

I’ve been on the Rudy bandwagon. Check your facts before trying to call me out on something.

you think he's sexy now don't you!
Hey I always said he was good looking

but his good play is elevating him on the sexy list.

.

And I have come around on Rudy

Not sure what your point is here. If you’ve been in the game thread you would know this. Ask anyone here

:)

just bragging more than showing you up.

and i have more but ill keep it to myself.
I don't feel that you have shown me up at all

nor does it change that I personally think JR is the better player

oh sd.....
Oh what?

These are not separate things.

...

You know what will make your job easier here.

Just post the link, like RIRF does. Also I still think JR is the better player. Still not sure what you think you are proving here.

im pretty quick at screenshots.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

But it's pointless.

I have said repeatedly that Rudy has pleasantly surprised me. And I still think JR is the better player and if I had to choose between the Rudy that I was familiar with from Portland and the JR I knew I would say the same thing again.

that is the greatest play I’ve ever seen

WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!
That was an insane tip in

Don’t know if I’ve ever seen one better then that

Tebow is at this game
RUDY RUDY RUDY RUDY!!!

Motherfucker…lol

ROOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE
Wow Fernandez spectacular play!
sportscenter #1

They wouldn’t.

I'm sure it will be a griffin dunk though
the nuggets might win

but you can guarantee all the highlights will be of the clips on espn

Sadly this is probably true
Only a basketball team

In a city with a metro population of 4M+ can be Sportscenter #1 highlight.

they're gonna give it to bron flying over lucas though
almost as nice as david lee's
NO WAY

WHAT WHAT

brewer should get an assist?

…?

sure

and rudy should get a medal of honor

Nope

:01.8 Denver Nuggets DEN Corey Brewer misses a 38-foot three-pointer from near midcourt

Our Ball.

Stone said so.

Stone is cool like that

I love how our team doesn't whine like them...

Makes it easy to be a fan

I love Brewer running the baseline!!!

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

JStone got game

And Defense!

Get it to ten!
Easy...but can we keep it there
what can I say?

I’m impressed

Stomne is in

But I won’t rest easy until Miller comes back in. Gotta be the closer

Yeah I'm starting to buy on Miller as the closer...
Same thing happened all last season in Portland

When Miller left the game, generally speaking, the offense stalled. They wouldnt have made the playoffs without him last year

burgers and beer

Match made in heaven!

gotta love GK's playing stone in the 4th
who says he doesnt like rookies
probably has indecent pictures of GK
GK seems to believe rookies

need to earn their playing time or something

I will never understand

how guys like Evans and Metta World Peace get away with murder on the boards and other guys get constant touch fouls.

once again

our bench>>>their bench

Brewer and Stone

Cause Guards lots of problems with defensive length and quickness

get a stop
But Griffin on Brewer is not so good
Griffin posting Brewer

that double has to come way quicker!!

GK tell them to get in paint

Nene was beasting

Nice Tie up, Nene!!!
my burger was raw..
i feel we should be up 11-12m but

it’s 4…

Damn their 3pt shooting.

The D isn’t bad on all of them

And now we are going to ice cold..f**************

Probably the only way to stop that.

Anybody catch that audio?
the offense

suddenly got atrocious

Oh man this is a stressful game to watch. The Clippers showed up that's for sure
Second time Rudy has done that drive and one hand pass that led to a turnover
If I was watching this game with no score

I would bet we were up by 15.

Time for the Troops
Miller please!
Two bad turnovers by Fernandez on dribble drives

I dont mind Fernandez handling the ball in some offensive sets, but niot for long stretches when he has to dribble penetrate

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE RYAN!!!!"
yeah that was awesome
They have hit seemingly every prayer shot they have thrown up

freaking terrible

they cant hit that all the time. theres just nothing you can do.
I feel like we said this about another game recently.....

Somebody tell Timmy he’s blessing the wrong team.

rudy has been playing well

but some of those turnovers have been awful

who just swore on national television...

i believe i heard “get the F*** off me (didnt understand)”

we seriously let them make that run?? really?? 9-0 and FT's comin
two 3pt'rs and a Griffin

Can’t stop those shots any better.

we haven't seen K2 at all...
Or Bird

Thank God

Where's Bird been this game?

He’s out I guess?

theyre probably in the doghouse
Bird on Griffin or Jordan would just be atrocious
Rudy is a bad PG and a good SG

That is why they went on a 9-0 run
If we had Lawson, this would be no contest

Gallos our center?

Reg likes the cookie jar.

Finally a foul on Evans
Marlow with another Evans joke
Griffin looks like he combs his hair

With a waffle iron

marlow+evans ball reference
Griffin injured it looks like
What can't we hold a lead? No really....

Tebow’s blessing the wrong uniform.

Because they refuse to miss an outside shot
Well it's not like it's a new thing for us to blow leads....
Oh great. Now Chauncey is back...:(

We go small, they go smaller.

Four guards for la, GK is jealous
Gallo is getting better at the line
either moz or k2 need to be in

AT ALL TIMES

Wow, that was terrible defense...

or rather no defense

Poh-tat-o/Po-tah-to

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW

fuck you karl, burger is not a center

He’s lucky Vinnie the black has 4 guards.

Good d by al

WHOSE BALL!!!???

Brewer and his gazillion foot wingspan
Come on boys...win this one for Ty. ;)

Bet you they let that slide if it was Manu.

Oh shut up Clips announcers.

They are so annoying.

mute
Won't change the fact that keep saying stupid things
Man...I wish I could watch this game...

Being in a hotel with no NBA games s*cks.

there are methods

NENERS!!!

Do you think he wants to point at

opposing players and say

“Nener, Nener, Nener”

New Nugget fan here HI!!!

Just moved from Orlando, and I am now a nugget fan……

Welcome to the fray
Welcome! Join in the fun.
Lovely Rudy!!!!
Nene with an excellent body check!
close this out
That chuck by Williams hurt

what shiite

Only Ric Flair can do that sh*t, Chris.

Woooooooooooooo!
Quit Floppin Mo
Gallo could play Dee, period

case closed

Rudy!!!
see you love him
I really don't understand why all

trolling of me about Rudy. I’ve been saying for days now that I am happy with his play.

weird trolling is weird.

this is just ridiculous

if the clips were only having a good shooting night, this is a nugs blowout.

Take away those 4 or 5 prayer 3's

and this is a blowout easily. Those shots are making me ill.

My goodness

Gallo is getting fouled everytime he drives, and has gotten like 2 calls?

If we can do this without Ty...

…we may not even be threatened again until @OKC…

agreed

our offense is like 70% wihtout ty…

Rudy def. needs a nickname.
Butterbeane
I vote for this
Fernandez was awful last year shooting

He’s certainly turned it around this year

THANK YOU!

I’ve been getting shit all night for my initial skepticism

El Matador, the Spanish Armada, the Conquistador, etc
spanish fly
I swear I almost said this...but I stopped myself
excellent
Gallo and Spanish Fly :(

Oh wait…

Inigo Montoya
Oh this totally wins. Sorry butterbeane
Whyndo we seem to have the front end of b2b for okc

The refs are lucky, we’re tough as f*ck.

wow nene really rebounding well lately

CHIA HANDLES!!

Wow...

Terrible shot.

rudy is married or has a girlfriend

who is probably the hottest girl i have ever seen.

and like they say “hot girlfriend, they got confidence”

This one is almost over!!! CMON NUGS. Few more stops...
Nené!

How’d you do the accent?

Damn that savvy.

Nice Shot Nene!!
Gallo was just PUNCHED IN THE HEAD--!
I still don't get why Gallo isn't getting any calls
why no dre at PG
Chaucey be a double agent for us
a few more paint points and we can breathe again
Come on...Gallo is getting no calls.
OK...the refs are letting them push us all over the place,

but we need to be stronger

that was not so cool CB
these are fucking fouls.
Dammit Chauncey :(

Ok, that was bullshit. Sorry Chauncey.

HOW IN THE F*CK IS THAT NOT OVER THE BACK????

Because it says "Nuggets" on the front of the back
being killed by Billups.

I have no words.

fucking bullshit
+417348752707348568453146579346573465
goodness. he pushed a guy out of bounds RIGHT NEXT to the official.

what the fuck.

glad my GF got me valium in thailand for watching thes egames
we brush them and it's a foul, they mug us no call
that was some bullshit there
Gallo can't get any calls when hacked and la throws Rudy out of bounds right in front of an oblivious ref!
we are getting no calls
What the hell happened to the officials the past 2 minutes?

Apparently stern decided it was Clippers time.

"NBA loves them some clippers"

tHAT’S A FOUL??

this is such horse hockey
Unfortunately.

This might be the reason we won’t get past OKC.

This is the reason I'm worried about the playoffs

this has been officiated like a playoff game and we are getting jobbed here at the end.

Maybe the ref got confused about which team Chauncey plays for
So lets see

Gallo has been crushed and clobbered, nothing

Billups runs into Nene forearm and gets call

such a terrible call..

Basketball Reasons.

this sucks -- im not gonna watch
He's watching the game.

WE NEED THAT MAGIC!!

the refs a gonna decide this one it looks like
Cmon Nugs, we can still win this!
february is going to be an interesting month.
i guess since the lakers aren't that good anymore, the clips are the new nba darlings
well yeah.

they blocked a CP3 trade, then allowed it a second time.

cant look stupid now.

why does dre have 16 FG attempts?

this should not be….

he scores from fucking 100 yards away he thinks he can shoot every time now
okay... tie it up.. put afflalo on chauncey
whenever you play "superstars"

you wont get the calls..Bull

Hey there's a foul!!!!
I would love to see Moz in there to keep Jordan off the boards
Couple of stops!
Hey

A Call. Yay!

I think this is one of those games Karl should get toss’d.

What does FT % have to do with 3pt shooting Clips announcer?
Score when the clock is stopped.
fingers crossed now
okay dre savvy... then gallo put em down
Yes Denver ball!!!
HEADS UP PLAY FOR NINJA
you need to sink that Harrington
free burgers for buckets

awww he thought about that one too much!

Good luck...just missed it.
Booyah Nene!!!
al needed to drive

CHIA SLAM!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where's teh And one???!!?!

HOLY TEBOW!!!

Keep your Tebow off my Nene
wait...that came out wrong
Defense! Couple more stops!
Dear God.

It’s Dre vs. Chauncey!!!

NENENENENENE

NENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENE

I love this season!!
thats working
Nene dunk >> Nene finger roll
Nene to the hoop!

Was that a Kmart yell?

DAMN ANDRE MILLER IS KEY!
the last two games the other team has crept back into the game when our PG leaves

we gotta get ty back soon

Best PG duo is the NBA

Hands down. Having Miller is makes this team so much more dangerous. He’s still a Top 12 PG.

a playoff game here!
Nene is playing so well tonight
Go to the hot man
whatever happens

Nene came to play tonight

That's what I'm talkin' bout Chia
Gotta get stops

And an and-1 there would have been really nice…

LET'S GO DEFENSE!!!!!

TWO TIMES!!!

OMG this is too intense
Smart defense now fellas
Refs suck as usual
chaunceys

figurin somethin out

why gallo on Paul?
has been for the last 3 minutes

We might see Mr. Big Shot tonight.

Shut your mouth.

Heh. I think you might be right.

You hush too (even if I might agree)
i'd like to see us win the game as ridiculous clipper 3 goes clank
For the first time all night
Make it another night. Not tonight.
Let's go bouys!!!

that wasn’t good d

why isn't afflalo on cp?

Chauncey’s hot.

And Rudy’s on the floor.

GET GALLO THE HELL OFF CP3--HE CAN BREAK HIS ANKLES ALL NIGHT!!
Pretty late in the game for this experiement no?

GK a gambling man

blasphemy

that last play was just a fluke

lets see if we can close this out!
quick shot so

we get a last shot?

Nope.

Clips are.

2 for 1 if it's there, but

dont force it

gallo redeem yourself
man I wanna take a piss so bad.
affalo a no show again?

andre good, but he cant dominate chauncy and the lil guy at the same time!!

I really hate when the game isn't called the same on both ends
Word, brutha, word

It ain’t right

Why wasn't there an off the ball foul

and a really bad possession

Al blocked by backboard
and fuckballs
Sad comment of the night :(
Gotta box on a miss here
Jordan is a thug
al is having the worst game of the year
goooooooooooooo
nuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeettttts
Go for the tie
but if we have a good 3

go for it and end this

Last shot now...
who is this going to???

gallo, al, rudy???

i want 3 from gallo

At the very least, score.

Can't believe Al hit the backboard

that was a wide open layup

go for the win. glory or nothing
absolutely

give it to Gallo

andre will either draw a foul or kick it out for 3
remember last year in orlando?

because I do

Too intense

Farrrr too intense.

Chauncey flopped us

Oh that was savvy.

nevermind

game over

O for fuck's sake

I really hate flopping, even if it is Chauncey

WAT?????? Oh is that a foul ??????????
Superstar call
Players should get suspended for flopping

and I’m not even remotely joking.

Never happen :(
Refs should't win the games

That was terrible.

5 on 8 and no Ty Lawson

What are you going to do?

I has a sad :(
we really need Ty on the floor
awww come the f*ck on!!!

How do you win in this situation???

Its 8 on 5

All the sudden I am not a bill ups fan
Well he's doing to us what he did for us

Meh, I’m fine with this. As long as they beat them on Thursday prime time.

Thursday starts one hell of a stretch for us

I believe its 6 games in 8 days. Would be nice to have this one.

What a letdown
The NBA

Where refs decide the winner

Very Bleak outlook

Why Chauncey Why??

Melo’s fault.

Cause he can :(
well they were up 10 and they let them get back in. so its partly the nuggets fault

They just made ridiculous shots.

We were destined to lose this game

it became obvious when they couldn’t miss a contested prayer 3-pointer all game

the refs have sucked. But so did the Nuggets when they went up by 10 and let Rudy run the point for a few minutes. Just sayin.

Fuck off bill ups flopping piece of shit

I can’t even believe I’m writing this.

as much as I've loved Billups for a long time

I can’t help but agree with this sentiment right now

I think some of our rotations were weak today
payback for the trade
how many times did Gallo get mauled this game?

and yet fucking chauncey reaps the rewards of these bullshit foul calls

What Al see there?

Oh Rudy what the hell was that. And why didn't Al take the 3???
what the fuck just happened
sums up the night perfectly
Awful game by Harrington

Interesting that Afflalo played no crunch time.

This sucks.

This just s*cks. This may ruin my day

same here bruddah
Harrington is having a bad...bad...game.

You go for the quick 3, if you make it you foul and go for another 3.

Well, he's bailed us out a lot this year

it happens

don't defend him!
Huh? Al had a bad game.

But he’s been nails for us this season. I’m confused.

This was an extremely poorly coached game
I'm serious

Prepare for a scathing recap

You mean you didn't like having Rudy play the entire fourth

with AAA stuck on the bench so Gallo had to guard Paul? Or leaving Harrington in late despite Moz playing outstanding D all game? I thought it all made a ton of sense…

Clips made ridiculous 3 pointers, how the hell do you defend that.

The lineup Karl had at the beginning of the fourth quarter sealed the Nuggets fate

worst lineup in recorded history

Hyperbole much?
Rudy cannot and should not ever run point

Gallo should run point over Rudy.

I think that was an appropriate use of hyperbole

thank you :)

I don't disagree! Why does everyone hate me tonight!!!!?

Wasn’t it because they were hot coming in the 4th?

rudy at the point

just killed us. They were having a lucky night but we kept them in the game. Having no one to defend the paint for large stretches also helped them back in

What did you expect with Ty out?

Stone to get some run at PG
Stone was great

while he was in. No excuse to keep Al, who was off, in for so long either. But it’s a fair point, I EXPECT this from Karl, for sure. And Rudy is a better player overall than Stone, but I agree with Mr. Morton here

HA!

Way better option then Rudy

the guy doesn’t have good ball handling skills, he is all pass or shoot. The rook plays D too.

Karl.

its just like when Turkoglu just said "ball".

this explains it all.

That sucks. Defeat from the jaws of victory.
WTF????????????
PANIC TIME

Billups’ ‘savvy’ very must reminicent of bullshit when he’s on the other team.

precisely why I hate chauncey billups
Miller is pissed.

Rightfully so.

The agony of defeat

Wide world of sports

They made a bunch of circus contested long jump-shots

I think we were the better team tonight, plus we didn’t have Lawson. It just sucks to lose this at home. With Billups taking these dagger shots.

when did billups become such a flopping tool?

hanging around cp3 I guess

He’s always done that for us……..

It was savvy when he was a Nugget

now it’s just flopping. Funny how that works

Well said
Meaning our perspective has changed, not Chauncey
I don't remember him being much of a flopper here

but maybe rose-tinted glasses.

Sky blue but you know...
Ujiri's right.

“That trade killed us tonight.”

Billups just Manu-ed us big time
pretty much

No honor among thieves

I don't really understand how we managed to lose this game...
its the WWE reincarnated
Chaucer beat us with a flop

Not very sporting

We always cheered him on when he was a nugget
I diidnt think Gallo had a strong game

And the rotations for guarding the arc were weak. Harrington was weak today. Miller and Nene were our best players.

I'm going to drink.

See you guys next game…..What a f*cking way to end the winning streak. Sorry for all of the curses Jeff.

Good game, guys.

Can’t wait until the Nuggets come to LA in a couple games.

so we can see more ref & flopping bullshit? Awesome. Sign me up.

i think i hate my life now.
I knew nenes dunks were to good to be true...always finds a way to mess up

in crunch time

Nobody was hitting, missing Ty

Rudy, Andre, Al, Gallo, nobody could hit a shot at the end. Clipps won by turning it into a half court game. We see the importance of Ty.

I was watching the clippers broadcast & saw that Maya approached Chauncey for an interview

was anything interesting said?

Don't interview bill ups
It was a rough game and showed the importance

Of having Ty.
Played 5 on 8. We gave up that 10 point lead cuz we didn’t have Ty.
On to the road where we do well!!

Maya getting testy with Chauncey
what did she say?
nobody posted the bosh flop gif

We needed it

not too down on the nugs about this

clips hit about six absurd eyes-closed threes to keep it close, then refs took over the game, plus no lawson.

why gallo did not touch the ball in the final 2 minutes

I will never understand

because he kept trying to dunk and got rejected every damn time
that quite literally had nothing to do with it

particularly when you need a three point shot

i know just frustrated like i always am after nuggets losses
He got fouled on one of those attempts

and it really was an obvious call

He should have had the ball at the end
basketball reasons
remember when dahntay jones owned CP defensively in the playoffs?

isn’t afflalo pretty much the same thing? Is afflalo still hurt or something? I thought even when he’s playing bad GK trusts him as much as anyone.

Afflalo clearly sucks now

LET’S TRADE HIM!

jk…kinda

It’s more like he took too much time reading his new contract.

but… but… we had to keep Al and Rudy in all game, remember?

I know I bash Karl a lot but i don’t think he’s a bad coach. But damn he has some head-scratchers at times.

They were coming in hot to the 4th.

very fair point. I still say Rudy shouldn’t have run the point (or at least, with the benefit of hindsight, Karl should never put him in that position again).

That’s why Dre was out there.

Or gallo at point

Or Harrington at c
Or brewer at pf

Karl was MVP for the clippers
Aww

I love how grumpy everyone gets after a loss.

Don’t sweat it, Stiffs. The Clippers are a good team and Denver didn’t have its (arguably) best player.

Will make winning in LA on Thursnight that much sweeter.

Hugs?

I'm not grumpy dammit

I has a sad

"everyone"

in this case used generally.

I was making a joke
In this case

Read my comments as “lololololol!!!”

If you hug me right now

I will file a restraining order against you. But try again tomorrow when I’m in a better mood

hope Ty is back Thurs.

Im going to that game!

So let me get this straight

We missed one of our most important players were playing 5 on 8 against a “contender” according to Broutard. And we almost won if it wasn’t for the 5 on 8 part. I am still very much high on this team :)!!!

It was really the circus 3's more then the refs

those shots just do not go in, and they went like 5 for 7 on them. Just a crazy night.

Excuses

Excuses in one hand and wins in the other. Lost to a vastly inferior team. 6-6 in the west.

Dunno about "vastly"

But I do think Denver should have won tonight.

That 9-0 run after getting a 10-point lead sure sucked.

They had one road win before Karl handed them this game.
I know

I still disagree with “vastly”.

Minor quibble, really.

Take away CP3 for them and see how they do

Lawson is our CP3 equivalent in terms of importance for team.

And the team is unable

To overcome g.k. He was terrible tonight. One of his worst games of the season.

Are you mad Stone didn't get more minutes?

I didn’t see rotation problems today. Clips were going small. And we were hamstrung with the Lawson injury.

Should have stayed big and blown them out

Instead, short on guards he is playing 4 in the fourth and Harrington at c. Terrible.

Staying big wouldn't have helped help

They were knocking down ridiculous 3s, and the Rudy TOs killed us.

on the upside Rudy's tip in was just

Mind Altering!

My kind of thing

Err.

Hastings tweets
ScottHastings Scott Hastings
Kinda bad at the 2 min mark i told producers a certain zebra would make a crushing call against denver and he did…hate knowing that
The NBA is fixed, this isn't anything new

Donaghy told us certain refs hate certain teams years ago and not a damn thing has been done about it. I blame Stern.

Do certain NBA officials get their paychecks in frozen envelopes?
I'll file that under

“Things that wouldn’t surprise me.”

fucking bullshit!
Yeah, there were some questionable calls, for sure.
Followed by
ScottHastings Scott Hastings
Even though i cant stand nba officials..u score 22 and give up 32 n 4th u lose..have to take the blame
But this is always the rub

Officials can always cost a team a close game.

The trick is to protect leads and not give them a chance.

which zebra?

was kennedy at this game?

impressive that GK managed to out-terrible Del Negro.

it’s like when he got completely tooled by scott brooks last year.

but are you really surprised?
No Del Negro is always worse

Can you coach ridiculous contested 3s? But maybe Karl needs to learn to payoff the refs.

On the bright side!!!!

I won 9 bucks on my first draftstreet match

So proud of our UNN
Well

That takes some of the sting off.

buy yourself some nice scotch

to help you forget this crushing loss

Not going to do that with 9 bucks though.
fine...

shitty scotch. whatever

Well, he's 15
so am I...

but thats what I would do

So he's slow for his age...

He’s smart, he will adjust.

I have work to do tonight

and I’m still sooooo pissed. This sucks

This loss is tough but we are still #2 seed
Oh and Tebow.

Y U NO USE MAJIC!!!

Now there is a scapegoat

I can get behind.

it was on a sunday too... wtf
I think his magic signals got crossed up

did you see some of the shots LA was hitting?

ya the mo williams shot killed me
Rabble rabble rabble

Rabble!

Get your pitchforks! Git your torches! Heck, go and git yer guns!

Had 'em for years now...

for just such an occasion. Where do we rally?

Well you are from North Carolina....;)
Hrmmm...could be hehe
Shhhhhh.

That’s Flair country, you’re talking about.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

erm…wait…I know not of what you speak.

thought flair country was SC?
He's was born in Tennessee but has been billed from (and lived in) Charlotte for years.

No idea how this knowledge is in my brain. :p

Al harrington choked 2 times
Clippers fan here, I thought you played a great game.

To be quite honest, I did not know that Nene could reach that type of beast mode status; he was crazy. The Clippers also got some pretty critical (and I’ll admit lucky) 3’s; however, their shooting (minus Williams) has been atrocious, so I also suppose they finally just got their shots going in after a couple games of mediocrity. Also, trust me, VDN is a worse coach; this was one of his few games that I actually think he coached well. Either way, great game and I can’t wait to see the rematch!

Yay for rematches!

Also: Yay for the new best team in LA.

Glad to see the Clippers assemble a good team.

Grats on the win.

It’s hard to be gracious this close to the loss but look after Chauncey, kick the Lakers ass, and see you soon Thursday. :)

fail reply to SurfinQ00
Dare I say.. that AC was missed...

Rudy’s stint at PG in the 4th was brutal. Up 10 and gave it back quickly. Of course, Ty would have made a big difference. But we don’t have a veteran 3rd PG and it hurt tonight.

Game was actually really well played. Clippers made some ridiculous shots and Nuggets executed well until the Chauncey flop. After that, a little imploding.

No hiding it, the season will be defined on how well the Nuggets learn to execute in the half court. The loss was bitter. Hope the Nuggets learn from it. Get well soon Ty. The Nuggets having been missing that overdrive gear the last couple of games.

Julyan Stone played pretty well. Wish he would have gone and taken the ball away from Rudy during that stretch. That’s where the game was lost…

Yes.

Hopefully he will stop being so tentative at some point. Seems like he is thinking too much on offense. On defense he is a natural.

But yeah. That stretch was big, but Clippers won this one more than the Nuggets lost it. They made big shots the whole game. Classic road win. Keep it close and steal it at the end.

Our win at Philly was an example.

why do you suppose we went small at end?

Moz was doing well, it’s infuriating not to exploit our size advantages. K2 was DNPCD!? WHY GEORGE WHY?

k2 has sucked recently
he's aight - some things don't show up in stats.

STATS MIN FG% REB AST BLK STL PF PTS

January 11.8 .500 4.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.5 4.0

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