Day 164 of 170: Nuggets Have Hand

The Score, the Key Stat, the Bottom Line: Final Thursday of the Regular Season

David Friedman posted 4/11/2008 from 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com

The final Thursday of the 2007-08 regular season featured a role reversal for two teams who are very familiar with each other. The Golden State Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of last year's playoffs but the Warriors' loss to Denver last night helped the Mavericks clinch a berth in this year's playoffs while putting the Warriors' postseason hopes in serious jeopardy.

Thursday’s Best - The Best Lottery Team Ever

Stetsonboy21 posted 4/11/2008 from mvn.com

The Golden State Warriors and their fans are probably justifiably upset that had they been the Garden State Warriors or the Constitution State Warriors, they’d be looking at a fourth seed instead of a ninth seed. But knowing the Warriors, they won’t stop 'we believing' quite yet.

Behind the boxscore, where Denver's D came back

MrThell posted 4/11/2008 from sports.yahoo.com

Denver 114, Golden State 105 After watching a listless and defensively-indifferent Nuggets team while their way down the playoff ladder over the last few months, this was quite the shocker. The results, and the play, weren't shocking. Denver has the sort of talent to pull a win like this off, and the team has proven that (at its best) it is a better defensive team than offensive team.

NBA On TNT Notes: Denver Buys Golden State a Fishing Rod; Barkley: “My MVP is Chris Paul.”

Mizzo posted 4/11/2008 from thestartingfive.net

TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony before the Nuggets faced the Golden State Warriors in a ‘Win or Go Home’ game. Anthony on how much he wants to make the playoffs: “Real bad. If you don’t like playing in these types of games, you don’t like basketball.”

RECAP: Warriors 107, Nuggets 114 - Not Easy Being a Warriors Fan

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/11/2008 on www.goldenstateofmind.com

Final Boxscore | Open Thread (885+ comments) This is probably the hardest recap I've ever had to write. I'm just sitting here staring at the boxscore trying to figure out what to write. We all share the same pain. We all recognize that the ...