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Nuggets at Thunder: First half thread

Well, this wont be the full loaded game that we were all looking forward to with Danilo Gallinari and Nene out for the Nuggets, but a fun game is about to get started nonetheless! Leave all your first half comments here.

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Koz confirming no Rudy tonight

and first :p

Time to go Ham.

nahh wont happen
I hope we get to see some Ham and Cheese

sliding past the Mayo

Without Rudy this game cannot be won

There, I said it.

G.K. It really is you.

Pre game checklist: setup excuse for loss, check. Set stupid lineup is next on the list.

I'm starting Dre tonight

as our big.

Also, Dempsey confirms Westbrook playing...still no word on Perkins
Bastardos

I had first onthe other first half thread and you deleted it. I am going to go cry in the corner now.

I was posting in response to your post when they deleted it.

Took me only 4 tries to post before I realized why :p

And I thought it was clever and everything.

Just a crushing loss.

Be sure to clean up my tears from the losing streak.

Here's to hoping the thunder are limping into the game too!

hopefully westbrook n perkins aren’t on for today. sefolosha’s not gonna be suited up either

both are expected to play
damn

well, it was worth hoping for

Great no rudy= ty and andre on the court ALOT of the time
I predict winning and tacos
Why are you wishing food poisoning on me?
Nobody is going to make you eat it.
del taco ftw
I like them both
del taco has better deals

Chi-Pot-Le.

I miss Illegal Pete's most

living in California

I've never eaten there.
next time you're in CO

Do so…you will thank yourself

You know,

just because they are offering cheap(er) food, doesn’t mean you have to partake

For everyone who is wondering how much of a star ty lawson is

tonight will be a good measuring stick vs westbrook

Anyone else..

Reaaally freggin excited for this game?

I'm always excited for our games.

Especially after watching basketball all day

i get overly excited when they are nationally televised
I predict a win

also it’s quite amusing what a circus of angst Stiffs has become. I half expect people to start turning on each other like in The Thing (Carpenter’s version…not that crappy remake)

No Rudy, no win.

You heard it hear first.

Angsty Circus Stiffs

Band Names for 500 Alex

Lord of the Stiffs

I sense a disturbance in the force.

I'm taking you down first Morton
I'm like Kurt Russel...Im gonna blood test you first!
And I will be keeping

Sdcat and kfh. In the barn.

Say what?
Zombie reference
I watch the Walking Dead

I am not a zombie and I am NOT Lori.

If you say I am, I’ll throw you down the well.

Well, Lori would say that

For the record I am not the evil guy who shot his friend so the zombies would get the friend

Don't. DON'T you dare

compare me to Lori. I am NOT Olive Oyl…dammit.

We should probably stop now because SPOILERS!

(Evil Guy was right in the end now wasn’t he)

Well, pretty sure your changing to like unicorns proves you are Lori.

Flip flopper

What what what

why would you spread that lie about me!?

You said you liked the unicorn

That farted sparkles

I think she said she liked sparkles

that had a unicorn farting on the end

That does not extrapolate out to me

liking all unicorns or even all unicorns that fart sparkles. And I only enjoyed it for the brief moment.

Backtracking....Lori
You stop it right now.

You have no idea how much I LOATH that character.

I could call you

Wesley Crusher if you prefer

Last month I was kinda looking forward to this game

the way this month has been going.. well I wouldnt be surprised if denver loses by double digits.

The surprise will be if they don't.
I'm guessing somewhere around 15 pts.

As long as they try its ok.

was that your pregame speech?
I also said

“Work hard”.

Their hurting players will play ours will sit out gee is it a toughness thing??
our injuries are more severe
I want to see a carry-over from the effort shown in the second

half of the Grizz game. I still don’t expect a win, but effort and passion are necessary

If we start out slow... no way we come back.. thunder have fire power
I reaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyy

don’t want to have to watch Westbrook giggling and smirking on the bench in the fourth quarter during a blow out

I might just slap my TV

because I won’t be able to slap him.

i hope mozgov breaks him
Still

I’d trade Dre for Westbrook all day.

No thank you
no i hate westbrook
me too at least we fought but you can't play a 1/2 of a game and we have been doing a lot of that latedly
final score

Denver 107 Okc 103
Ty and Faried both get double doubles

faried vs ibaka... will be fun to watch
I still say they should stick faried on Durant.
And Brewer on Ibaka???

that seems a recipe for disaster on the defensive glass

I'm just assuming Kouf on center, Nene on PF
brewer should be on KD

Hope Moz plays

Moz starting...prolly limited minutes, though
Brewer

I’ve been waiting to see that matchup all year. Hope Durant has his worst game of the year

From Jason Kosmiki
jason kosmicki @RadioKoz
I do not enjoy watching westbrook play the game of basketball. It angers me.
it angers us all
Was just about to post this!
We should all take out the anger on Westbrook
i get it entirely, as do my fellow stiffs
Game time.. be back if its a blow out... but if its not i will be very happy
Oh hey there, MOAR INJURIEZZZ!!!

ffffffffffffffff

IT’S CLOBBBBBERRRIN TIME!!

They signed the Thing?

I bet mr fantastic would be a very tough guy to defend.

Thank god for Chris Mullen.

I can just see Chris Mullen putting sentences together

before he says them.

for sure

and then when they come out, they say nothing. Or is it me?

Bring it bitches

And by bitches, I mean Oklahoma

got to ask the optimistic stiffs this question

exactly how will we win?

Westbrook re-tweaks his ankle, and Ty penetrates at will,

but rather than scoring, he dishes to Brewer and Faried for monster slams over and over again. Still a tight game, but Durant misses a 76 footer at the buzzer

I wasn't going to respond at all because I don't count as one of the optimistic ones

But your response was great!

Put the ball in the hoop.

Did anyone see SNL's take on the Linsanity in NY?

That was some funny funny stuf

No I saw SNL's take on racial sensitivity

and double standards. They nailed it

Gee was that the joke? Yes I got that...
Ric Bucher apparently thought now was a good time to tweet this
The full JR Smith Experience on display. Also known as the Sweet n Sour combo platter.

Bad timing for an ESPN employee

Okay why is the game not starting??
because 6pm means 6:20 in basketball parlance
basketball reasons

(Yes, I finally said something a little cool!)

Sooooo dated :p

(I keed!)

First I frowned real loud

then I smiled

LOL at me

They showed Chesapeake Arena and I totally read it as

Cheapskate Arena…

I must be hungry

because I misread your misreading as cheapsteak arena.

And now I want cheesesteak.

Great.

Ok NOW

IT’S CLOBBERIN TIME!!!

thank god stone isn't actually starting
Faried starts again.

well people did say the only way faried gets to play is for everyone else to be injured.

seems to be the case
I claimed Faried would have the chance to earn his minutes

I will gloat

I realllllly hate the Thunder.
Why?

The Thunder is everything a city could want.

An underdog team that slowly builds into a powerhouse. No flash, no BS and good solid humble basketball.

It’s hard to believe Brooks worked for george karl.

The Thunder is everything a city could want.

You mean a city like, say, SEATTLE???

I mean a city like Denver.
Humble?

Whistlebrick is a little ….

Humble? Have you met Westbrook?
I reiterate I hate the Thunder

I hate the how they league props up Durant with shit calls all the time. I hate what the owners did to Seattle. And really comparing OKC to Denver?

Brew gotta do work tonight.

And there’s that chant.

Damnit AAA

Mozgov was wide open under the hoop. And you had a passing lane.

AAA on westbrook

nice

Star fuck #1
drink?
We'd all be dead by halftime

if we made that a drinking game

I like breathing
KD fouled

hit by Nugget breath

Brace yourselves for the refs.

as I watch,

my pals are mummyfying me

Ball don't lie.
Gotta get over that screen better
What? A foul? In our favor???
how da ya like ma mOzzy?
Don't you bring his ma into this
Brewing in the lane

That was an Iceman Finger roll there.

I am loving Moz using the head fake to get the Thunder in the air
Practice with Bird paying off
Getting Ibaka and Perk in foul trouble FTW
taking lessons from the birdman

I MISS MY RUSSIAN!!

Mozgov actually sets picks on the PnR

instead of pretending. I like it.

Funny how even the return

os one Nug can make a difference

Dear Nuggets

Please make 90% of your FTs tonight.

Thanks
Nuggets Fans

Hollinger says it all
John Hollinger @johnhollinger
MOZGOVSANITY!!!
That doesn't really roll off the tongue
Moz with good pump fakes,

has Bird been guarding him in practice?

Good evening

from Italy guys, let’s go Nuggets!!!

benvenuto e ciao!
Brew on KD, not a bad match up

He’s jumping.

man OKC has fantastic transition D.

I just gotta say it,

Moar fouls on the Thunder front line
Pull up jumpers is what AAA needs to stick to

Lawson’s got an arm.

How does AAA go from an 80%+ ft shooter to about 69%?
sunk to level of rest of team
MANIMAL! and BREWAH!
MANIMAL HATES WHINY BITCHES!!!

BREW!!!

GET THAT SHIT OUTTA HERE!!

I know its early but can you see why some of us

point to Moz injury in laker game as the turning point of season

Faaaaaarieeeeed!!!
Did that

LIKE A SIR!!

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Very good start

Mozgov is going to be a really good player, i love him

He is looking so much more confident compared to the beginning of the year
Our boys

Came to play tonight

Thats more like it.

Looks like the boys came out to play. Faried doesnt have to get insane numbers, he just has to do what it takes to win games.

Kenneth and Mozzy and Brewer

Oh my!

WTF was that, Brew?

Bad decision there.

Oh Corey...that was quite bad
Keys to win do not include two straight air balls
Have we suddenly forgotten how to shoot a basketball?
Wow whinebrick has an awful face
PENETRATE and good things happen
That's what Gallo says

I sure hope he gets back soon

Ibaka is just a beast with blocks this year
How come the annoucners get so excited when Durant and Westbrook score?

And the faried block, brewer jam barely registered?

fucking look at mozy everytime down ffs hes sooo open
Note: A healthy Nuggets team can take OKC all day
Until the refs change it
Poppycock.

Consensus here says we suck.

Rec for use of poppycock.

That word needs to see the light of day more often

and what the hell was brewer doing in the paint?
Thunder turned up the D after that last TO

Realized that Denver was actually gonna play tonight

Ty

is not creating anything…play Dre

to beat a buried horse

Moz is the key presence here

can we treat mozy like nene feed the dude the ball
yes feed the Russky

Keep doing that Ty.

He needs to use the drop pass.

Ibaka is gonna try to block every shot at the rim

How the hell is that a foul on Mozgov??

Basketball Reasons.

Westbrook ran into him,

DUH

Gah. You're right!

How could I have forgotten this?!

because he dared play dee
Nightly 3 second call
We reallly need to stop doing that
Hochman tweets
Just got word that Wilson Chandler will be in Denver tomorrow to meet with the team about a possible signing.

To the Batcave!!

I'll make sure a "we heart Wilson" banner will be visible from Auraria Campus
Yay!

another guy that can’t create his own shot!

Durant is good, yo

Afflalo has to shoot that…..

And let the demolition derby begin
What the hell is going on with our shooting?
We haven't been a good shooting team all year...

why would you expect it to change tonight?

Well I mean this is bad, It's not even getting to the rim!

No perimeter threat = no ball movement

What do you mean?

We’re the Nuggets!

Is it me or did Brewer get fouled on his shot?
Refs love okc.

They’re stern’s new small market scapegoat. Meet the new spurs.

Which is another reason

I hate them.

did it say Durant or Lebron on his jersey?

if it didnt then nope, it wasnt a foul

we were up 15-9

thanks for the good start u can get owned now

can some one tell me why GK doesnt post up Mozy???

spread it up and post up good things will happen

Don't know if he really has a back to the basket game yet.

Not sure

Well he merely stands under the basket

with his arms up and gets called for a foul…

this could be true but we dont kno inless we try right?
I'm sure that Karl has at least watched one or two times in practice to see ;)
Maybe we should have shopped Harrington while his stock was still high
I dunno

his transition D on that Westbrook dunk was pretty special.

Woah Matt Duchene is back!

ahem…sorry, maybe he can lace it up for the Nugs?

i have no idea what GK says durring time outs but we always come out and the shit end of them
He doesn't say anything

He usually just walks off onto the court and stares at the bench

Chris Mulling a worthwhile comment

for Krisakes, one, just one

I use to...

get so angry that KD would make all these lucky shots against only the Nuggets. Now after watching him for a couple more years I realized…It aint luck.

and why isnt Moz involved?
Get Al offf my team...

Put Will on it.

Not yet signed….

Soft foul call there
I'm already getting really pissed

at the officiating.

Yep.

I think the best part of this game has come and gone already.

jeez put faried back in.

I’d pick solid defense over iffy offense all day

They are better

and play with more energy —→ loss

AAA made a shot!!!
a 16-2 run by OKC....

comes to an end.

how is it watching the game on espn?
About like watching an OKC feed.

You wouldn’t fathom.

sounds painful

Great Hussel Brew.

I wonder if brewer is playing whenvever KD is
Nice pass Whineybrick
Remember guys...

the Thunder turn the ball over more than any other team in the league

But can we do anything with them is the question
shooters bounce
didnt we could get one of those this month

Nice!

AAA TREY!!!!
counted it as a two.

hopefully it’ll be changed

Was he behind the 3 pt line?
couldn't tell at first glance
they are going to check at end of quarter
Holy crap ! A foul in our favor?!!

/thud

officiating has been horrible but

it could have been worse

I think thats one of the rules for being a fan

-the referee is always for the opposing team

Not really in my case

I don’t always complain about the officiating. But it has always been glaringly in OKC’s favor, IMO>

Hey, we closed out a quarter!
I like what I see.
Man he almost got that one!!
we are playing hard which is great to see i just hope we can make it last thru 4 qts.
westbrook is such a jackass

You insult Knoxville.

This may very well be as fierce as Bulls v. Knicks in the 90’s

hope we dont play the role of

the Knicks

Ok.

Knicks v. Pacers.

I was thinking

Knicks v. Heat

As Garnett would say.

THAT WAS A BARFIGHT!!

A bunch of drunkards wildly swinging at the air?

That really was the Knicks v. Heat in 1997-1998.

AAA's shot stands as a two

per Dempsey

Brew and AAA were 1st Q stars but

we wouldnt have thrived without faried and Moz who take up so much vertical space

i really thought our play would drop of when bird and big al where in there soo far soo good
For someone who barely has a 3-point game

Dre has a crazy touch on the mid-range game.

Great D until Bird went flying for no reason

GET ALL BOARDS!!

#acquirealltheboards
jordan coming in
AAA looks like he has a bit of a post up game tonight
Nice work AAA to draw the foul
AAA really has a jekyl and hyde act going right now
Chris Mullin says that Al Harrington

could start on most teams in the NBA. I find this hard to believe.

AAA clawing back
WOW THAT IS NOT A FOUL
Yeah...go figure
just get used to it tonight
and must keep Hardin out of the lane!!!
0 points 3 fouls
Should read

0 points 3 “fouls”

kouf?

wheres Moz?

Limited minutes, playing him safe.

not

basketball reasons?

Ham in for Cheese!
i hope mozy doesnt sit much longer

GRAB ALL BOARDS!!

And one Ham!!!!
Okay we are getting tons of extra shots

but can’t do crap with them grrrr

Man, it's weird to watch us get so many rebounds

This is what it’s like…

As long as we do something with them!
Jesus Christ we are killing them on the glass
(...and another missed free throw)

JR would’ve gone on defense.

In what universe?

The Consensus’s.

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSs

!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH, BOOOEEEEYYY!
just a 5-point possession
damn this is where the nuggets go down 15 after the time out
Nice work bench!!!
Thunder look so frustrated

after all those rebounds. Keep it up!

Playing with heart

Goooooo

looks like we came to play today
they had to get sick of losing sooner or later
Chris Mullin

goes out on a limb and suggests that Jeremy Lin is the “most surprising” player of the first half.

is Karl nuts?

he’s playing 2 Centers

It's just a matter of time before we play 2 centers

and 3 point guards, and just give up on swing men altogether.

You’re close, there’s 2 5’s and 2 1’s.

Moz, KK, Stone, Dre, Ty

I could totally see Karl putting that lineup out there at some point

Isn't that what he just basically did.

Bird 2K Ty Dre and ham

bird needs to block out
Bird needs to quit leaving the man open for the offensive board on every shot
can always go for the homerun play
PHX

+19 against the Lakers….early 2Q

Is it me or

do Durant and Westbrick look like they would rather punch each other than stand side by side?

hope KD wins that one

Don’t start rumors.

Thunder confusion?

Never seen Denver use tall humans

Larry with the D.

Thumb to the eye by Flair.

I like Westbrick with the "what did I do?"

after punching Miller in the face.

I really can't stand him
as he wipes the eye matter from his finger
and flicks it at Miller
So Westbrick pokes Miller in the eye
is there another player that crys as much as westbrook??
YES!! Dre and K2!!
Stupid Ibaka...
Lesson for the day.

Baka is “Stupid” in Japanese.

And Harden’s tweaked.

Don't start rumors....oh wait.
bail out just cuz someone yells awwww doesnt mean its a foul
We look like we give a shit tonight.

thank you!

These are some bullshit calls
First Moz, then Kouf, proves

size matters

hello all! all right. they're getting on it so far
just a bit slow there

This gonna be a BARFIGHT.

I'll bring the glass covered bats!
To not at the very least get a dam shot off is inexcusable
Hamilton is still a rook.

not acceptable, but expected there

You know what's annoying?

How surprised the announcers sound that we are leading by 12?

Given the past 2 weeks

can you really blame them?

Yes.
well i cant blame em
I'll do it for you
Thank you

btw, just got home after leaving couple nights ago. WAYYYYY too much drinking

We are calling her Lori tonight
You told me I'm Wesley Crusher now.

If you call me Lori again, I’ll cut you man.

Well okay

But only if we pronounce it westly, like his mom.

I'm surprised we're leading by 12
Loving all the rebounds

Despite the three guard lineup. See what happens when you play tall guys?

Well in thier defense...

they are probably contractually obligated to watch only ESPN, so how could they know anything about the Nuggets?

I made it home!

Just in time to see this great game!

Anyone else tired of these Jeremy Lin puns
It's really gone to the Linit of acceptability
It's really unLinteresing now
why did we take jordan out wtf fucking small ball

Just keep driving, Lawson.

Ty needs to drop that off to keep Ibaka at home.

otherwise he’s gonna face that all night

Like Westbrook just did
bird you fucking dumbass
LOL DRE! How did that go in!!!?? LOL

KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUFFFFF

Photo courtesy of @jose3030 on Twitter

He's just so beautiful

Can’t stop looking.

He is a beautiful man.

So how many Nuggets are you attracted to now?

ALL the Nuggets!
Even Rudy?
Judge.

Ok, ok

How about Birdman?

He actually has a nice face.
Look at those locks.

His hair choices are abyssmal

but he has beautiful eyes and a lovely smile IMO

Wouldn’t know.

Oh, I get it.

You’re super manly, and can’t tell when other guys are attractive, right? A testament to your unrivaled straightness?

There is a difference between being attracted to someone

and finding them good looking.

I’m not “attracted” to any of them.

I didn’t mean attracted in a denotative sense, more on connotative.

But I find most of them very good looking and or sexy

KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Holy Tebow my neck hurts watching this.

Someone needs to take it right to Ibaka's chest.

Floating it over him is not the answer

time for

moz and Manimal

Great job subs!

Brewer should not dribble

ever

Not your game, Brew.

yeah, kouf was wide open right there.
Kouf: 11 points and 8 rebounds

in only 7 minutes. Ridiculous.

4-5 of those offensive
yeah and Moz is back in but

karl kept kouf in. GK learning on the job

I won't feel safe until we up by 30
Is Rudy

injured?

yeah and its killing us
Bad back...out tonight
is this right

is Dre on KD?

what the hell? kouf got clobbered there

Two 7 fts??? STIFF TOWERS!!

How does someone who moves as slow as Hardin get to the rim so easily?
Sup stiffs
heyy buddy

k tal?

Just back from my nephew's B-Day party (he turned 3)

and grocery shopping, and now I get home and see the Nuggets playing a game

OT

Suns are destroying the lakers

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW

I really like

How espn puts the bonus under the score

DOUBLE BLOCK!!!

Durant with an amazing travel
Whhhooooooooioioioiooooooooo
Crap call there
bull shit durant shoved him wtf?? really
Ticky tack fouls
good effort by brewer

but he’s just so skinny

durant should at least do a tennis "oops" wave
LOL. Seriously
Wait, did they just call a foul?
and that call was even worse
Westbrook hurts ankle

so thats a foul on Dre

What the hell?
FUCK THESE FUCKING CRAP REFS.

Just like the playoffs

Just keep playing.

And AAA gets levelled with no call
god damn it

8-0 run to close.

Refs 8 - Nuggets 0
Frakking refs bailing them out again.

Pisses me off sooooo much

Damnit fight the frickin screen
OK, bad end to the quarter

but if we just reproduce that half next half, we got the game.

I don't know if I am happy we are winning or pissed we closed out on a 0-8 run and now just up 5
It would be nice if a game in the nba

could be called correctly both ways for once in my life.

They said Wilson chandler will be at the nuggets game tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who who said?
chris mullen on espn
yipee!!

reinforcements are a coming

he isnt playing though, just back with the team until cleared
i trust he'll be cleared soon
At what point did he say that? I totally missed it.
Who said that?
chris mullen on espn
I posted way up thread that he's in town to talk to the Nuggets
really? my bad!
It's okay. No one ever listens to me anyway :(
thanks!

Ty/Dre
AAA/Rudy/Will
Gallo/Will/Brew
Nenè/Al/Will
Mozgod/K2/Bird

plus Manimal

Fear the Nuggets!

not sure I buy this

he’s not even signed yet

does the 3rd quater scare the crap out of anyone else
Nope the 4th qtr does though
we have came out flat in alot of games in the 3rd
So what's for dinner Stiffs?
Civiche!!!!!!
Mhhhhh! I love me some ceviche
Isn't ceviche more of an appetizer?
Depends on how much you have
Yeah, but the nature of the food isn't that of which you consume a lot of.

I love it, but I don’t know that I’d order it as an entree. Whatevs. Nitpicking.

Describe please
Ok

Raw fish and onions, deep fried calamari, and couple potatoes with huancaina sauce.

Trying to decide westly

Ice cream?

By the looks of that last two minutes.

Booze, and lots of it.

Okay I have 15 minutes..

For a beer run, who’s with me?!

How did you like that g.k. interview

Our fourth qtr adjustment will be to double durrant. Hey coach, don’t tell the other team your strategy three quarters early.

Probably OKC could have guessed that one.
how about

“Gotta make it tougher for Durant”?

I don’t think they can hear those interviews…

dont have ESPN in OKC?

I meant the fans at home can hear it, don’t think Scotty Brooks does. Even it’s pretty damn obvious.

thought the same think BM

does GK know these games are broadcast?

Well it's not rocket science to think we might double him
maybe, just maybe

GK setting up OKC and we’ll actually just put a 35 year old, short, slow player on KD

Or Karll would say...

“We still have like 3 acceptable losses left with 7 games left in this stretch, I’m still potentially happy.”

Yeah, because double-teaming the superstar is a super-secret strategy that opponents' coaches couldn't possibly plan for...
true true

but why tell ’em?

Just say, “WE gotta do better” “Give a 110%” “Love my momma”

Honestly I feel like people are really just nitpicking anything to bash Karl.
think you're right
Decent half

But that Afflalo shot so early in the shot clock pissed me off. As did all the touch fouls OKC got.

Nice to see Phoenix completely obliterating the Lakers at the moment.
Second half thread up

proceed thither

I'm reccing this for use of thither.

Another word which needs to see the light of day more often.

yet theres no link?

I’ll just flounder here helplessly

i really hope we dont double durant

the nuggets are so bad at rotating its not even funny

excellent point

only as clock winds down should we run a 2nd at KD

look at GK on the bench

drinking his juice he ain’t coaching. Birdman was

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