basketball-reference.com - 21 days ago
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From the files of, "Gosh, the wacky things you find in the plus/minus data"...
On the surface, it looks like Carmelo Anthony is having a flat-out ridiculous first week of the 2009-10 NBA season. Check out his conventional stats -- a league-leading 37.7 PPG, a league-leading 36.4 PER, a ...
hoopsworld.com - 23 days ago
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hoopsworld.com —
It's Sunday which means it's time to take
a look at what the wonderful world of the...
NBA taught us this week. Melo Taking The Next Step? Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony has always been a great scorer. His ability to score inside and out, off the ...
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5 Things We Learned In The NBA This Week
denverstiffs.com - 20 days ago
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denverstiffs.com —
Between tonight's 28-point victory at the Izod Center and
last season's 25-point win over the Nets at Pepsi...
Center, I'd say the Nuggets have properly avenged last February's debacle in New Jersey. The Nets are one of the NBA's worst teams with All-Star point guard Devin Harris in ...
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Meadowlands Massacre in reverse... (Nuggets/Nets Recap)
denverstiffs.com - 23 days ago
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denverstiffs.com —
As noted before the season started , when
Carmelo Anthony shoots over 50% and gets to the...
free throw line at least nine times, the Nuggets are tough to beat. But when he shoots 58% from the field and gets to the line 12 times, the Nuggets are unstoppable. The naysayers will ...
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Melo's magnum opus continues... (Nuggets/Grizzlies Recap)
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Tuesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Don't look now (and in this sample size, it literally does not matter) but just for fun ... the plus/minus numbers show the Nuggets are better when Carmelo Anthony sits. This is very different than the ...
Nuggets of Note 11/3/09
The Nugg Doctor - A Denver Nuggets Blog —
... - I'm one of those basketball addicts who is not sold on the whole +/- stat as gospel, and here is one of those articles that supports my skepticism. According to +/- numbers so far, the Nuggets are a better team when Carmelo sits. Yea, I know. ...
Points in the Paint
BallerBlogger.com —
A prime example of the problem with statistical plus-minus.
Speaking of small sample sizes, Ryan Anderson is shooting a blistering 55 percent from beyond the arc through three games for the Orlando Magic. Despite the small sample size, I couldn’t be more impressed with his play thus far. The sharpshooting power forward isn’t afraid to mix it up inside, and his jumpshooting mechanics give him almost limitless range. Orlando is far and away the deepest team in the league.
From John Hollinger’s ...
Tuesday Mavs Donuts: The Nowitzkiness Of It All
DallasBasketball.com —
... Tuesday’s fourth quarter just keeps going and going. … DONUT 3: The Mavs went straight from the AAC to the plane last night, landing in New Orleans early this morning. Wondering how these back-to-backs affect outcomes? Ask the Utah Jazz. They were on the back end of same when they somehow suffered a 27-point negative turnaround in a game you may have heard about. DONUT 4: From Henry Abbott: Don't look now (and in this sample size, it literally does not matter) but just for fun ... the plus/minus numbers show the Nuggets are better when Carmelo Anthony sits . Not to sound ...
2009-10 Game 4: Denver Nuggets 111 - Indiana Pacers 93
Roundball Mining Company - Denver Nuggets Blog —
... There was also a Nuggets related blog post over at Basketball Reference looking at Melo’s hot start and his plus/minus. Whether you agree with the analysis or not, it makes for an interesting read. ...
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It's your turn, Melo...
denverstiffs.com 30 days ago — There's only one path to an NBA Championship for our Denver Nuggets : Carmelo Anthony must play like a superstar every night.
Fair or not, the consequences of the Nuggets brass making the necessary moves over the summer to keep their Western Conference Finals team in-tact without ...
Melo carries Nuggets to 2-0 start
coloradosportsdesk.com 25 days ago — The Nuggets stole a win Thursday night against the Portland Trailblazers , winning 97-94 thanks to Carmelo Anthony’s 41 points. 19 of Melo’s points came in the 4th quarter as he willed his team down the stretch to a second straight victory and their first road victory of the year ...
Krieger: Melo adds fine new title: leader
denverpost.com 22 days ago — Pro basketball's long grind is just beginning, as the Nuggets are the first to point out. But it is still worth noticing that through three games, Carmelo Anthony has been the best player in the NBA. He leads the league in scoring at 37.7 points per ...
Melo Putting It Together
novafantasysports.com 22 days ago — SF Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets has always been known as one of the NBA's best scorers since being drafted in 2003. He's just now starting to prove he's a true superstar, particularly in Fantasy Basketball.
Melo's the type of player who generally gets drafted in fantasy leagues ...
'Melo's 41 a Thorn in Portland's Rose Garden
nuggdoctor.com 25 days ago — Full analysis and a great point about how the Nuggets passing and free throw shooting (and Melo) kept us in the game and the exploitation of the "number one pick" Sam Bowie, i mean Greg Oden. Lets go Nuggs!
2009-10 Game 2: Denver Nuggets 97 - Portland Trail Blazers 94
roundballminingcompany.com 25 days ago — Box Score | Highlights
I have to keep reminding myself that the Nuggets have played only two games.
Still, those two games could not have gone much better. After opening up a double digit fourth quarter lead and cruising to a win against the ...
Game 4 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at Pacers (5pm MDT)
denverstiffs.com 21 days ago — The Nuggets find themselves at the outset of a six-game, season long, road trip. Things get under way tonight in Indiana where Denver will face an 0-2 Pacers team featuring high scoring star Danny Granger and a couple familiar faces in Dahntay Jones and Earl Watson. Oh, and Denver will have ...
Melo scores 41 points to lift Nuggets over Blazers
denverpost.com 26 days ago — PORTLAND, Ore. The Portland faithful painfully climbed the Rose Garden stairs, a few folks occasionally peered down at the court, as if maybe, just maybe, it didn't actually happen. But it did down one point to Denver with 4.6 seconds left, Greg ...
Bloggers Talk: Denver Nuggets
netsarescorching.com 20 days ago — As we plan to do before every Nets home game this season (or until another blogger tells us where to stick it), today we talk with Jeremy Wagner of the fantastic TrueHoop Denver Nuggets blog, Roundball Mining Company. Wagner answers some questions for us and lets us know how it feels to root ...
Nuggets off to best start in 24 years (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 21 days ago
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and Chauncey Billups added 24 to help Denver beat the Indiana Pacers 111-93 on Tuesday night, lifting the Nuggets to their best start in 24 years. Anthony, who was averaging 38 points, shot just 6-for-17 from the ...
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