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no excuses not to win both of these games. Just stick to Kleiza and Smith like GLUE! We have tendencies to let good 3pt shooters get open looks.
 
Yeah, I have a feeling Smith is going to go berserk against us.
 
Smith is the Nugget's John Salmons. Don't give that guy any open looks. He's a Blazer killer.
 
agree 100%...blazers have to win both games. it would be pretty sad to lose to the nuggets without melo
 
This helps us in the rematch in Portland. But it makes me uneasy for tonight. Teams always play that much harder without their star. The Blazers have to go into this game with the right attitude. Denver does not want to lose 5 in a row. So tonight's is huge for them.
 
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That is going to be a big loss for them. With possible tie breaker scenarios need at the end of the season I would think he would nut it up and play these two games. Oh well, I will take the victories.
 
Wow... this is HUGE. Let's take first place in the NW Division! And who wants to bet MB and Rice talk about how this is so bad for us, that the Nuggets will play harder without Melo?
 
alex42083 said:
Wow... this is HUGE. Let's take first place in the NW Division! And who wants to bet MB and Rice talk about how this is so bad for us, that the Nuggets will play harder without Melo?
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It will certainly change their scheme, making somebody else the primary option (Billups, Smith?) so to say that his absence should guarantee a win or make it definitively easier for the Blazers to win, I'm not convinced. In fact a healthy Kleiza vs. a banged up Melo could make them more effective than they've been the past few games.
 
Ohhhh, this is huge!

Has anyone else been going crazy without the Blazers playing recently? I've been snowed in for a week now and I've been craving some hoops action.
 
alex42083 said:
Wow... this is HUGE. Let's take first place in the NW Division! And who wants to bet MB and Rice talk about how this is so bad for us, that the Nuggets will play harder without Melo?
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I won't bet because I said it above as well. It is a fact. For short periods of time teams will play harder without their star. Especially at home. But don't get me wrong I am glad he is out. Melo has had some huge games this month. But Smith, Billups, Atkins, Nene, Martin amd Kleiza, Balkman and Jones will come to play.
 
SheedSoNasty said:
Ohhhh, this is huge!

Has anyone else been going crazy without the Blazers playing recently? I've been snowed in for a week now and I've been craving some hoops action.
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Me too, I'm so used to games every other day (or more frequently) that I keep getting disappointed when I realize that there isn't a game on.

Otherwise.....
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The elbow as been bothering him all season anmd has flared up lately. He's really struggled the last couple games. He's had more TOs than rebounds and assists combined.

12/20/08 vs. Phoenix:

10 PT, 3-13 FG, 1 REB, 2 AST, 4 TO

12/19/08 vs. Cleveland:

13 PT, 5-14 FG, 2 REB, 1 AST, 5 TO, 6 PF

I don't think it's any surprise that the Nuggest current losing streak has coincided with Anthony's recent struggles.

It's a long season. I'm sure the Nuggets would love to have him for these two games, but it's more important for them that he get healthy for the months ahead.

It's important that the Blazers don't get over-confident with him out. They need to take advantage of his absence and win both these games.

BNM
 
I'm going a little crazy here, just sitting at home staring at this stupid snow pile up. I need my Blazers to lift me up! Two hours til gametime seems a long ways away...
 
KingSpeed said:
This sucks. I wanted to beat them at full strength.
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Me too, but I'll take 2 wins regardless. Kmart is listed as Day-to-day I believe. Which is good, I wasn't in the mood for LMA to have to deal with his mess.

Good for the Blazers, and good for my fantasy team because JR Smith will probably get extra minutes. He puts up amazing numbers for a bench player. Steve Blake is going to get raped by Billups.
 
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