by The Boss on June 20, 2009
in Nuggets
LayupDrill.com will be breaking down every team in the league, with a brief review of the 2008-09 season, key personnel decisions, draft options,trade options, and overall state of the franchise. Consider this, your favorite teams State of the Union. We continue our offseason coverage with our next team, the Denver Nuggets. Denver is coming off one of their most successful seasons in team history, and with most of the pieces of their core still in place heading back to the West Finals would not be a stretch next year. Still there are some key areas Denver will need to address to make sure they don’t take a step back. [click to continue…]
Chris Anderson and J.R Smith. These two played for the New Orleans Hornets at the same time and have a good relationship which has spanned form New Orleans, to Denver.
Anderson came out and made an immediate impact on the game blocking two shots and grabbing 14 rebounds, and scoring 6 points. His energy plays like this got the crowd going more and the whole Nuggets team fed off that.
Smith who has been nursing a sore calf strain finally explode and lit up the Lakers going four of nine from behind the arc and 9-17 for the game for 24 points, almost quadrupling his PPG average for the series.
In total, the Nuggets big three featuring Nene, Kenyon Martin, and Chris Anderson had a combined 42 rebounds between them. The Nuggets as a team average 45 RPG in the post-season, and 41.6 RPG in the regular season.
They had a playoff and game high 58 rebounds as a team. After dominating the boards in the series, the Lakers were held to 40 rebounds, just four less then their playoff team average.
They whooped us, period,” said Kobe Bryant, who scored 34 points. “They whooped us on the glass. They whooped us to loose balls.”
The Nuggets out rebounded the Lakers 58-40, out scored them in the paint by 18, had a 42-24 advantage on beach points, and their run and gun style of offense led to 10 more fast break points for the Nuggets. [click to continue…]
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