Anthony heads for the exit early again
Published 4/29/2008 at L.A. Times - Basketball
A big playoff splash goes waiting as the small forward, whose Nuggets' teams are only 4-20 in the postseason with him, loses in the first round for the fifth straight year.
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DENVER -- It summed up Carmelo Anthony's series aptly. One of those shots as he described after Game 3 that "I can make in my sleep," instead, flat-out missed.
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