Behind the boxscore, where Denver's O and D happen

• KellyDwyer

  +5

  WL comment savant:

  "So giving up 116 points is good defense?  God I hate basketball."

  And, "reading," apparently. 

  Posted 3/17/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • Ben Q. Rock

    +2

    What more is Denver supposed to do in a 118-possession game?

    Posted 3/18/2008 [reply] [flag]

• RedBaron

  +2

  Doug Moe thought their defense was outstanding.

  Posted 3/17/2008 [reply] [flag]

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168 POINTS?
Published 3/17/2008 at With Leather
... Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie uses some statistics and matrices and scientific jibba-jabba to point out that the Nuggets' defense was actually as impressive as their offense in the win, and how he got past his eyeballs popping out of his skull while making an AWOOOOOGA!!! sound upon seeing that score will remain a mystery. ...

Linkage - March 18
Published 3/18/2008 by sdp04 at The AltRaps Blog
... should be expected to pull in more than eight rebounds if they play 47 minutes and 36 seconds of an NBA game. Toronto isn’t talking as much as it should on defense, I don’t like focusing on why Toronto lost more than why Sacramento won (the Kings are a solid team with talent that plays hard and, sometimes, intelligently), but the Raptors may have pulled out a tough win on the road had it just let each other know just where Beno Udrih was going, or who had whom in transition.  - Ball Don’t Lie This nightmare is over and we need to get back home and start winning some ...