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In the past, the areas around the University of Miami have failed to cater to the undergraduate, live-on-campus student population, which numbers more than 8000. Defined on the east by busy South Dixie Highway and on the west by homes, the campus's perimeter has always lacked a certain collegiate vitality -- in other words, next to no establishments that serve the modest tastes of students. Cool affordable restaurants, bars, boutiques, and coffeehouses within walking distance have been few and far between. (Sure, there's always South Beach, with its multitude of dance clubs and lizard lounges. The Grove has emerged as a postadolescent playground. And Miracle Mile is ideal for Parents' Weekend dinners. But none of these regions actually abuts the university. For students without transportation, they're often out of reach.)
In the past year or so, however, the border along South Dixie has been evolving. While the area will never have the charm of Harvard Square in Cambridge or Georgetown in Washington, D.C., at least students now have the option of accessible entertainment other than dorm-room beer bashes. The Shops at Sunset Place, a huge new megamall with a 24-screen movie theater, is nearing completion, and branches of the popular hangouts Starbucks and Einstein Bros. Bagels have opened recently. Meanwhile, several fairly new -- and fairly decent -- restaurants, including Fishbone Grill and the Italian cafes Trattoria Sole and Oliveto, have been attracting pocketbook-conscious students.
Sfizi Italian Grill, located directly across from the main entrance to the campus, is the latest budget eatery to debut in the neighborhood. A pizza place for more than fifteen years, the joint was refurbished by new owner Mariano Del Duca, who has a fair amount of experience in the restaurant business -- from the outside in. Over the years he has built nineteen of them. In 1991 he decided to start running them as well, opening Bravo and the first (now-defunct) Sfizi, both in Fort Lauderdale. He chose this new location because he lives in nearby Kendall, and because UM students and professors would seem to be a captive audience. At first glance Sfizi, which serves beer and wine in addition to pizza and pasta, seems the ideal UM haunt.
Prices are undeniably attractive. The atmosphere is casual. So is the service, ranging from inexperienced to indifferent. At lunch one day we had to flag down our waiter after a lengthy wait.
"We're ready to order," we informed him.
"Oh," he replied. "So whaddaya want?"
As for the decor, so many plastic vegetables and fake plants hang from the ceiling that you get the feeling that if the restaurant ever caught fire, it wouldn't burn -- it would melt. In fact, the ceiling is so busy it draws your attention away from your plate. And this, we discovered after a couple of visits, is not necessarily a bad thing.
Unless you're munching on pizzas, that is, which are available in three sizes (large, medium, and individual) and which tend to be a bit more gourmet than the ones ordered in from Papa John's. We enjoyed the la naturale, a thin-crust number baked without tomato sauce and topped with roasted peppers, artichokes, black olives, broccoli, spinach, basil, and elastic mozzarella cheese. Health-food proponents can order a whole wheat crust; purists can opt for the plain margherita, a tomato-mozzarella pie. Like the pizzas, calzoni (or "pizza turnovers," as they are called on the menu) are crusty and freshly made. Ours came with chunky marinara sauce on the side. The acidity of the tomatoes cut the heaviness of a fiorentino calzone that oozed spinach, basil, ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella.
Aside from the pizzas and calzoni, however, the Italian fare at Sfizi can be unremarkable. On one visit the restaurant was out of steak al verde, two thinly cut sirloin steaks dotted with garlic, basil, pine nuts, asparagus, and sun-dried tomato sauce. We settled for a meatball panino, or sandwich, but the contents were as skimpy as a size-A bosom in a halter top; a single sliced meatball was dwarfed by the bread. Although a tangy marinara sauce and melted mozzarella improved matters, the meatball itself was so replete with filler that it looked -- and tasted -- like Spam. The accompanying crinkle-cut French fries took us back to campus food-court days. All that was missing was a two-prong red plastic fork.
A caesar salad topped with grilled chicken was even more dismal. The chopped romaine was warm and soggy, as if it had been sitting around in a hot kitchen. The dressing was anchovy-heavy and nicely pungent, and a sprinkle of toasted almonds was an original touch. But the boneless breast of chicken, cut into strips, appeared to be the victim of arson, and a handful of stale croutons seemed to be poured straight from a box. Better to stick with the house salad that accompanies all entrees, a collection of romaine, cucumbers, shaved white onions, and chickpeas splashed with an oregano vinaigrette.
We were also mildly disappointed by a flavorful dinnertime appetizer of stuffed mushrooms. Two medium-size caps were brimming with a mixture of bell peppers and eggplant, a concoction pleasantly reminiscent of ratatouille. But there simply wasn't enough. And the 'shrooms were blanketed by the ubiquitous mozzarella, as was a pounded fillet of veal Parmesan. The breaded meat of this main course was hearty, dampened with tomato sauce. Unfortunately, the veal had been left in the oven too long, turning the cheese brown and tough.


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Elizabeth Colbert Busch has lost at least one election, against some very stiff competition: a vote among the eight Colbert siblings, including her comedian brother Stephen, to decide who's the funniest.
Even Stephen lost, it turned out.
"My sister Mary won," she said in a 15-minute phone interview with POLITICO on Friday. "Everybody has a really great Irish sense of humor about them."
It's safe to say Colbert Busch hopes her nascent campaign for Congress will turn out differently.
With a fundraising hand from her faux-conservative newscaster brother, the Democrat and university administrator is running for a House seat in an upcoming South Carolina special election. The potential general election matchup could be made for comedians like her famous sibling: Colbert Busch is likely to face off against scandal-plagued former Gov. Mark Sanford.
(Also on POLITICO: :Marc Sanford's confessional campaign)
The district leans Republican, but it's not a lost cause for Colbert Busch, operatives on both sides say -- especially if Sanford is the Republican nominee.
Stephen Colbert has made a go-to routine out of flirting with his own bids for public office -- he's joked about running for president and senator, and his 2012 super PAC raised more than $1 million. But Colbert Busch says her campaign to join the House of Representatives that her brother has mocked so mercilessly is serious business.
"With all due respect," she said, "I have worked very hard in this district."
(Also on POLITICO: Stephen Colbert to fundraise for her sister)
She said her experience in the shipping industry and as a business development head at Clemson University makes her uniquely qualified to represent the coastal-based 1st Congressional District.
"This is our time," said Colbert Busch, who, unlike Stephen, pronounces her last name with a hard "t."
Though Colbert Busch has never run for public office before, she said she's long wanted to get into politics. So when former Republican Rep. Tim Scott was appointed to the Senate in December, she decided to take the plunge. She said she caught the political bug at age 6, when her father headed up Physicians for Kennedy.
The candidate and her brother have long been close, part of a large, tight-knit family that used humor to heal life's pains. And those pains have been considerable.
In 1974, when she was 19 and a sophomore in college, her father and two of her brothers were killed in a plane crash. In 2000, one of her brothers died as a result of illness. And in Sept. 2001, Colbert Busch, then the director of sales and marketing for a shipping company, was working in an office building in lower Manhattan when, across the street, two jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center.
Colbert Busch's first marriage -- to a man who was once featured on "America's Most Wanted" and was eventually convicted of securities fraud -- ended in divorce. It left her as a single mom of three children.
The candidate has adopted a philosophical approach to life's struggles. Her view, a friend said, "is that life is good; life is beautiful; and you just need to keep putting one foot in front of the other."
In the interview, Colbert Busch betrayed the kind of biting sense of humor that's made Stephen a household name. Asked when she wanted to enter politics, the 58-year-old responded: "Let me be pithy with you: 58 years and two seconds ago."
Stephen, who has a home in Charleston, S.C., and is 10 years Colbert Busch's junior, is using his star power to help his sister. The comedian is slated to host two fundraisers for her -- one in New York, the other in South Carolina. And he recently plugged her candidacy on his popular Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report," disclosing her childhood nickname, "Lulu."
"As a broadcast journalist, I am obligated to maintain pure objectivity," he deadpanned. "It doesn't matter that my sister is intelligent, hardworking, compassionate and dedicated to the people of South Carolina. I will not be mentioning any of that on my show."
Said Colbert Busch, "He's my little brother. Of course he's helping my campaign."
Not every candidate gets that kind of free publicity and access to a national audience of potential donors.
"His public exposure is a help to the campaign," she said. "I can't put a number on it. All I can tell you is that I appreciate his support."
Still, there are bound to be questions about how her brother's liberal politics will play in Republican-friendly South Carolina. Mitt Romney trounced President Barack Obama by 18 points in the district, which became slightly more conservative after the latest round of redistricting.
It's a good bet that Republicans will try to affix the same liberal label to Colbert Busch -- and perhaps for that reason she is trying to define herself on her own terms. In the interview, she resisted characterizing her politics; instead, she emphasized her background in the maritime industry and work for Clemson University, a major employer in the district.
She serves as the business director at the school's Restoration Institute, which works to develop environmentally sustainable technology. Her work experience, she said, has given her a deep understanding of the local economy and what it takes to bring jobs to the region.
Colbert Busch is the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic nomination. Her main primary opponent dropped out last week, and on Saturday, she secured the endorsement of Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn, the dean of the state's delegation and the highest-ranking African-American member of the House.
Republicans acknowledge that Colbert Busch could make a race of it. Sanford, the hobbled former governor, is making a comeback attempt after his dissembling four years ago about an extramarital affair short-circuited his once-promising political career. With universal name ID -- half the battle in a low-turnout special election -- Sanford is regarded as the front-runner in the Republican primary.
Colbert Busch, who is remarried, declined to weigh in on Sanford's troubles, saying her sole focus is on winning her party's nomination in the March 19 primary.
If there's one thing Colbert Busch wants to make clear, though, it's that she rejects the idea that she's a contender in the race because of her last name, or that she's hanging her hopes on her brother's celebrity.
"People," she said, "take me seriously."

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Guanfacine hydrochloride is a centrally acting antihypertensive with α2-adrenoceptor agonist properties in tablet form for oral administration.
Guanfacine tablets are indicated in the management of hypertension. Guanfacine may be given alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, especially thiazide-type diuretics.
Treating Mild Hypertension With Drugs May Be Misdirected Source: Medscape Medical Students Headlines [2014.09.23]Experts have suggested that treating mild hypertension with drugs has unclear benefits and huge costs; priorities should shift to society-wide measures that promote lifestyle modification. Medscape Medical News
Hypertension may be initiated by an autoimmune response Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2014.09.19]High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart attack, stroke, chronic heart failure, and kidney disease.
Dementia risk reduction through tobacco control and better prevention, detection and control of hypertension and diabetes Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today [2014.09.18]The World Alzheimer Report 2014 'Dementia and Risk Reduction: An analysis of protective and modifiable factors', calls for dementia to be integrated into both global and national public health...
Men who improve their fitness levels can hold off development of hypertension Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2014.09.17]A man's cardiorespiratory fitness can drastically delay the natural, age-associated increase of his blood pressure over his adult life span.
Experts raise concern over unnecessary treatment of mild hypertension in low risk people Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2014.09.15]Lowering the drug threshold for high blood pressure (hypertension) has exposed millions of low-risk people around the world to drug treatment of uncertain benefit at huge cost to health systems...
Guanfacine extended-release: in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [2010.09.10]Guanfacine, an alpha(2A)-adrenoceptor agonist, is available in the US as an extended-release (ER) tablet for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents (aged 6-17 years). In two large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of 8 and 9 weeks' duration, guanfacine ER (1-4 mg once daily) was effective in reducing the symptoms of ADHD (hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention) in children and adolescents...
Effects of guanfacine extended release on oppositional symptoms in children aged 6-12 years with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional symptoms: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. [2010.09.01]CONCLUSIONS: In this population of children aged 6-12 years with ADHD and the presence of oppositional symptoms, significant reductions in CPRS-R:L oppositional subscale and ADHD-RS-IV total scores were observed with guanfacine XR treatment compared with placebo. Treatment with guanfacine XR at optimized doses was associated with mostly mild or moderate TEAEs. The findings of this study support the efficacy of guanfacine XR in the treatment of children with ADHD and the presence of oppositional symptoms. Clinical Trial Registration Number: NCT00367835.
Guanfacine extended-release: in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [2010]Guanfacine, an alpha(2A)-adrenoceptor agonist, is available in the US as an
extended-release (ER) tablet for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents (aged 6-17 years). In two large,
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of 8 and 9 weeks' duration,
guanfacine ER (1-4 mg once daily) was effective in reducing the symptoms of ADHD
(hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention) in children and adolescents...
Effects of extended-release guanfacine on ADHD symptoms and sedation-related
adverse events in children with ADHD. [2010]CONCLUSION: These results suggest that acclimation to GXR may minimize the risk
Guanfacine extended release in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a placebo-controlled trial. [2009.02]CONCLUSIONS:: Guanfacine extended-release was effective in reducing symptoms of ADHD. Adverse events were mild to moderate, did not interfere with improvements in attention, and rarely led to discontinuation.
Guanfacine Adjunctive Treatment to Atypical Antipsychotics for Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia [Active, not recruiting]
Our overall aim is to determine if the administration of guanfacine in combination with
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Effect of Guanfacine Extended-Release on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)-Associated Insomnia [Recruiting]
This study seeks to determine, using special sleep tests (polysomnography and actigraphy) if
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associated insomnia while improving daytime ADHD symptoms. Male and female children with
diagnosed or suspected ADHD with sleep problems (difficulty falling asleep, difficulty
staying asleep, or less than expected hours of sleep) will be recruited. After obtaining
informed consent and assent (when appropriate) and after discontinuation of excluded
medications, children will have evaluations of his or her sleep and evaluations confirming
the ADHD diagnosis. Children who successfully pass screening will be enrolled into the
double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized investigation with 50% of participants
receiving guanfacine extended release and 50% of participants receiving matching placebo.
Using a flexible-dose optimization design based on ADHD symptom improvement and medication
tolerability, the dose will be adjusted between 1 to 4 mg over the course of four weeks. At
the end of medication adjustment (week 4 or 5), ADHD questionnaires, sleep questionnaires,
and sleep tests will be repeated and analyzed. The medication will be weaned over the course
of the following 3-10 days.
Guanfacine Treatment for Prefrontal Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Subjects [Recruiting]
This proposal aims to determine whether low does of the alpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist
guanfacine can improve deficits in prefrontally-mediated cognitive functions in healthy
elderly subjects.
Electrophysiological Effects of Guanfacine Extended Release in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [Recruiting]
All subjects with the study will be children (age 6-12) with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD). After baseline assessment confirms the presence of ADHD, children will
have an Event related potential (ERP) (a type of electroencephalogram [EEG]) study. After
the baseline EEG, children will be randomized to either placebo or GXR for a 4-week,
parallel groups trial. During this trial, dosing will be flexibly adjusted according to
patient response or presence of side effects. The dosage will range from 1-4 mg. At the
end of the four week trial, a follow up ERP study will be obtained.
Guanfacine in Children With Tic Disorders [Recruiting]
The goal of this pilot study is to obtain preliminary information on the tolerability and
efficacy of extended release guanfacine (trade name Intuniv) in children with Tourette
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The Metropolitan Environmental Trust has announced it is not accepting any electronic waste because their collection trailer was stolen.
The company reported the trailer stolen Tuesday from their 34th and Sheridan recycling center.
For the next few weeks, the M.e.T. will not be able to recycle materials such as cameras, computer batteries, computer monitors, computer towers, copiers/scanners, fax machines, keyboards/mouse, laptops, microwaves, phones, printers, power cords, small appliances, UPS systems, and VCRs/DVD players. This service is extremely important for the citizens of Tulsa because electronic waste is a becoming an environmental issue.
The M.e.t. will work diligently to replace this trailer within the new few weeks. "Our hope is to spread the word of this theft," explains the M.e.t.'s Executive Director, Michael Patton. "It would be great if our customers could keep an eye out for this trailer."
Anyone with information is urged to call Tulsa Police at (918) 596-COPS, or the M.e.T. at (918) 584-0584
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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BYU football has seen better times.
On the porch of the 30th anniversary of the program's national championship season, back when a thousand miles of open road and a limitless future seemed in front of Cougar football, something has gone horribly wrong. A lot of things have gone horribly wrong, particularly of late, all of which make that old achievement a distant, clouded memory, and, even worse, maybe a symbol of lost hope, of things done that never will be done again.
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Where have you gone, Robbie Bosco?
The days of May in Provo have turned into three weeks of Maydays. The Cougars are in serious distress. Borders are closing in, fences are being built around them — not to keep others out, rather to keep BYU in. Its football legacy is being tarnished. Its worth as a modern football entity is being lessened. Power conferences don't see the Cougars as a worthy opponent. And, on top of that, on Wednesday, word arrived that BYU is investigating its own program on allegations of improper benefits doled out to some players by its former director of football operations.
One source familiar with the situation told The Salt Lake Tribune that benefits were, in fact, offered and were, in fact, taken.
Cougar football is absorbing shots — from without and within.
The question is: Will anybody provide help?
A bigger question: What does being wounded and weary mean for BYU in the years ahead?
Bronco Mendenhall, as is his way, would whisper in biblical tones, likening his outfit's current ordeal to the parable of the Good Samaritan, and Cougar football is the unfortunate traveler robbed and left for dead along the path. Who will nurse and clean up the program's injuries and take it to the inn to heal? Who?
Not the SEC. Not the ACC.
Those leagues recently took a banana knife to BYU's reputation, carving it down a couple notches, saying that its members can schedule BYU, but if they do, they will not receive the same credit they would in playing teams from their own leagues or the Big Ten or the Pac-12 or the Big 12. New stipulations put in place by those conferences mandate that teams play at least one nonconference opponent from one of the top five leagues.
They condescendingly patted BYU on the head and sliced off its lower extremities, content to watch it bleed out. In the playoff era, where perception is still important in matters of strength of schedule, that action firms up the idea that playing BYU could weaken schedule strength.
The Cougars don't play SEC and ACC teams all that often, but the symbolism of their being relegated to a lower status reinforces an unfair stereotype that independent BYU is unclean and unworthy, unequal to even lesser members of the power conferences, teams the Cougars have outperformed over the past three decades.
Not only does BYU not share the same access to big bowl games that teams from the power conferences do, now it is being devalued as a means for those teams to accomplish their goals, as though it were some kind of UNLV or Southwest Presbyterian. Even the Mountain West Conference is reconsidering its scheduling philosophy regarding BYU — enjoying every aspect of that disingenuous reconsideration — and the competitive benefits of playing the Cougars.
The indignity of such nonsense is tough for BYU to bear.
Exactly where these happenings leave the Cougars is not yet fully known. But they have been undercut, they have been damaged, they currently are not perceived to be a completely relevant player. They are not eating at the big-boy table.
Although, the fact that they do perhaps break NCAA rules, and are forced to dig through their own dirt, just like a lot of the teams in the power conferences, might bring them some street cred. Maybe they do fit, all snug, into, say, the Big 12, after all.
BYU football is at a crossroads, then. Independence is not sustainable and the Cougars have to change that status — if they want to have a national program with a national impact. They can go large by finding a way into one of the big leagues, or they can settle for being a nice little outfit that plays pure lesser-level ball.
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In my humble little game preview I mentioned that I expected the Denver Nuggets game against the Detroit Pistons would be frustrating. I had no idea how frustrated I would be by the end of the night.
The Nuggets followed the same blueprint they used against the Miami Heat. Play a great first half and then abandon everything that made the first half a successful one.
I was baffled by the Nuggets play in the second half, especially on offense. They played like the Portland Trail Blazers had sent out a memo threatening legal action against any team who displayed any kind of movement or purpose on offense. It was despicable and four hours after the end of the game I am still insane with anger. Denver could have played better on defense, but it was their lack of offense in the second half that lost this game.
The sad thing is as hard as Denver worked to lose this game Detroit played so badly, they barely won.
I am planning on putting together a Film Room segment on tonight's performance so we can all relive the special torture.
Maybe I expect too much from Chauncey Billups, but I continue to wait for him to organize this team and demand that they run some semblance of an offense after they start to chuck up bad shot after bad shot. Instead of putting a stop to it, he seems to join the parade eager for his turn to chuck up a bad outside shot.
I thought there were instances where he got caught up in trying to be the Pistons himself and in the second half he was clearly tighter playing against his former team than Allen Iverson was. Of course, that was to be expected as he felt a greater attachment to Detroit than AI did to Denver.
If Denver is going to hang onto their spot in the standings while Melo is out they must win games like this. They cannot rely on J.R. Smith and Linas Kleiza making almost all of their three point attempts as they did against Miami. They can do enough defensively to stay in these games, but if they continue to play one on one take the first shot available offense in the second half they will be lucky to win two or three more games before the end of January.
Additional Game 38 Nuggets
Mind Blowing Game Stats
Pace Factor – 86.3
Defensive Efficiency – 107.8 – It would have been better if they did not give up six points on free throws in the last nine seconds.
Offensive Efficiency – 104.3 – The collapse in the second half was total. In the first half they shot 50% and had an efficiency of 111.2. In the second half they shot 33% and had an efficiency of only 97.5.
Featured Blogs: Detroit Bad Boys | Need4Sheed
At the beginning of the season who would have guessed that when the Detroit Pistons came visiting the Denver Nuggets that neither Carmelo Anthony nor Allen Iverson would be in a Nugget uniform?
As we all know, AI will be on the court though with his new team and supposedly a new role. Looking at his points per game and what he has been saying it would appear that Iverson has toned down his one man band, but I am not so sure. J.A. Adande has an article on ESPN.com talking about how the Pistons are getting the chemistry down and AI is allowing Rodney Stuckey, who has been great over the last six weeks, to handle the ball more and he is happy to let someone else carry the water and as a result the Pistons enjoyed a seven game winning streak.
Like Lee Corso I have to say, "Not so fast my friend."
Sure AI is playing a couple fewer minutes than his traditional 40 plus a night and yes, he is taking fewer shots, but the true reason why his scoring has fallen so far is because he is not making shots. Before I declare AI to be a new reformed team player, I will have to see him fitting into a half court offense.
The good news for the Nuggets is AI has never beaten a former NBA team in his first try. That's right, he is 0-1. I have no idea what Chauncey Billups' record against his former teams is and he has far too many former teams to look it up. I am pretty sure tonight's tilt will be more emotional for Chauncey than AI.
Denver has become a much more efficient offensive team thanks largely to the exchange of Iverson for Chauncey. Detroit is still a solid defensive team, but they are no where near the juggernaut they used to be in the glory days and it will be interesting to see who the Pistons assign AI to defend with Chauncey and J.R. on the floor.
Even though they are no longer a defensive force, Detroit still plays at a slow pace. Denver will have to be ready to play intense defense as they did for most of the game against the Heat and if they move the ball on offense they way they did on Wednesday they will have success on offense even if J.R. and Linas Kleiza are not red hot from behind the arc.
From an injury standpoint we all know Melo will be on the bench once again nursing his fractured hand. For the Pistons Rip Hamilton is out and Rasheed Wallace missed his third straight game on Wednesday in Portland and tonight he is a game time decision. Even if Wallace does not play the pistons have a strong front line with Antonio McDyess, Jason Maxiell, Amir Johnson and Kwame Brown.
The one area that really concerns me is Kleiza guarding Tayshaun Prince. Well, actually I am worried about Kleiza no matter who he is guarding, but Prince has stepped up his offensive game with three straight 20 point performances and he is crafty enough that he just might abuse LK. As far as the closing lineup of Billups, Anthony Carter and Smith goes, I like Billups on Stuckey and Carter on AI, but Prince will be a tough cover for Smith as well due to his length.
The Nuggets have a four game losing streak at the hands of the Pistons and wile they are a good team, Detroit is no longer the conference finalist caliber squad they have been over the previous six seasons. I think we can expect a close, sometimes frustrating, physical grind it out game and hopefully the Nuggets can get another win without Melo.
Featured Blogs: Detroit Bad Boys | Need4Sheed
The Darius Miles Saga has taken a very interesting turn over the past couple of days.
If you are not sure what I am talking about here is a quick recap. While playing for the Portland Trail Blazers Darius Miles hurt his knee and the injury was determined to be career ending. As a result Portland was able to remove his contract from their cap. Miles has since worked his way back and the Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates that if a player can play in 10 games his medical retirement is revoked and his contract goes back on the books.
Portland is currently in position to have a large amount of cap space this summer, but if Miles' $9 million contract goes back on their books it will most likely cut their cap space in half.
It seemed like there was little to no chance of Miles seeing time in the required 10 games due to the fact that he has only played in two regular season games and was just waived by the Memphis Grizzlies. It seemed that there was no way he would play in ten games this season.
However, yesterday came a revelation. Adrain Wojnarowski with Yahoo! Sports reported that the league is counting the six preseason games Miles played with Boston towards his ten game limit. As a result he has played in eight games instead of two and any team interested in putting his salary back on Portland's books need only sign him to a ten game contract, play him in two games and waive him.
You can imagine that several teams would be interested in making sure the up and coming Blazers do not have the cash to sign a max free agent, or two upper level free agents this summer. Portland knows that this is an option and as a result they have released the following memo to every team in the league.
Team Presidents and General Managers,
The Portland Trail Blazers are aware that certain teams may be contemplating signing Darius Miles to a contract for the purpose of adversely impacting the Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax positions. Such conduct from a team would violate its fiduciary duty as an NBA joint venturer. In addition, persons or entities involved in such conduct may be individually liable to the Portland Trail Blazers for tortuously interfering with the Portland Trail Blazers' contract rights and perspective economic opportunities.
Please be aware that if a team engages in such conduct, the Portland Trail Blazers will take all necessary steps to safeguard its rights, including, without limitation, litigation.
I have two questions. First of all, on what grounds do the Blazers think they have any legal case against a team signing any player? I see no reason why a team interested in Miles should not sign him. He has already been signed by the Celtics and Grizzlies. Why should another team not bring him in to see what he can do? Especially now that they can bring him in on a ten day contract with no strings attached? It is only logical that someone would bring him on board to see what he can do. After all, we are talking about a player who once dropped 47 points on the Nuggets in one game. Teams should be interested in seeing what he can do firsthand.
The second question, and to me the big issue, is if any team is subject to legal litigation is now Portland. The memo they sent out is infringing on Miles ability to earn a living. If no team signs him, he has a great case that the league has committed collusion against him and the reason for that is the letter Portland has sent to the other teams. To avoid such a legal situation I believe that the NBA now needs to have a team sign Miles.
Portland may have had enjoyed flexing their muscles, but they may have done the one thing that will ensure Miles will get his last two games in.
Update: Henry Abbott at TrueHoop has a great post on the Miles issue and he points out that the memo only threatens action against a team who signs Miles "for the purposes of hurting Portland." That is an important distinction. If the Nuggets or Jazz sign Miles to a ten day contract, play him in two games for two minutes each game and then waives him, I can see how Portland would have a been with them.
Blazer's Edge also addresses the memo and looks deeper at the legal issues.
There are a couple of stats from last night's Nuggets/Heat conflagration that seem to conflict with each other. The Nuggets were credited with 35 fast break points, but by looking at the pace factor of 93.7 the game would not have been considered particularly fast. Pace is supposed to be a barometer for how much a team runs so why would the pace factor not be higher in a game where the Nuggets obviously ran quite a bit?
I believe there are two reasons for the seemingly conflicting pace factor and fast break points. First of all, pace is determined by approximating the total possessions in a game. That means the style the heat play makes a difference as well. Miami did tally 13 fast break points themselves, but you may have noticed during the game that Miami took a lot of shots late in the shot clock, none later than Dwyane Wade's miracle three point chuck from the wing with the shot clock expiring.
I did a little research and looked at the play by play to see how long the average Heat possession was in the first quarter. Not once did the Heat take a shot in less than ten seconds. In fact, their average possession lasted 16.6 seconds. Now I did not do the math for the entire game, because I was bored after running the numbers for just the first quarter, but you can trust me when I say generally the pace slows as the game moves along.
The other thing, and something that warms my little heart, is the Nuggets are becoming more complete offensive basketball team. Before the season I claimed that running when the opportunity presented itself and playing a disciplined unselfish half court offense are not mutually exclusive. Just because you want to be a running team does not mean you have to run the Mike D'Antoni seven seconds or less system. Denver has seemed to figure that out this season. We are seeing less of the one pass and shoot style that has plagued them over the past couple of years and more of a dedication to earn a good shot while still taking advantage of chances to run and capture easy baskets.
There you have it. The Nuggets are treating their half court possessions with more care and value this season and as a result have gone from a middle of the road offensive team to an upper echelon offensive team.
J.R. in a different kind of court
J.R. Smith is going to have to head back to New Jersey to make a court appearance on January 13 for the auto accident that resulted in the death of his friend Andre Bell back in the summer of 2007. I missed connecting the dots when this story first came out, but thanks to BeefySwats and Ben Zavaldi for making sure I was aware that the day he is in court the Nuggets are scheduled to play the Mavericks.
I have not seen anything definitive, but if the case is scheduled to be heard in the morning, J.R. should be able to make it back to Denver in time to play. Let's assume it would take him an hour to get to an airport and four hours to make it to Denver International Airport and then another hour to get to the Pepsi Center (I am also assuming that Stan Kronke would find it in his heart to allow J.R. to use his private jet). That means if the proceedings are done by noon or 1:00 PM Eastern Time, J.R. would be able to make it back in time to play.
Of course, it is pretty insensitive and selfish to think about this kind of thing considering a young man lost his life and J.R. will undoubtedly be dealing with some pretty strong emotions so please pray for my soul.
Mr. Owner on the bench
Did anyone else notice that Stan Kronke was on the Nuggets' bench for the game against the Heat? I am 100% sure I saw him in one shot heading into a timeout. I bet he was in town to have a celebration for the front office pulling off the Atkins for Petro deal to ensure the Nuggets would be under the luxury tax. I am envisioning the offices covered in huge plastic sheets as they jump up and down spray champagne all over each other.
Mr. Weems online
You can check out Sonny Weems' performance for the Colorado 14ers from their January second game against the Tulsa 66ers by clicking here. Weems had a rough shooting night going 5-18 from the floor including 0-5 from downtown. He did tally four assists and three rebounds though. The game starts at about the 39:50 mark.
Von Wafer not cleared for takeoff
You may have seen this clip by now, but in case you missed it here is former Von Wafer's attempt to throw down on the Celtics.
The worst part of the whole thing, other than the embarrassment, is the fact the Celtics hit a three in transition on the other end.
The Denver Nuggets 108-97 win against the Miami Heat was a good first step to staying afloat while the Carmelo Anthony is out. I have always liked the definition of a team being where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The sum of the parts of the Denver Nuggets is pretty high and there were a few times tonight where the whole was much greater than the sum of the parts, but if they want to beat the teams that are coming up on the schedule they are going to have to play better and with more consistency than they did tonight.
Just as you would expect Denver came out with focus and energy and the first thing that stood out to me was a much better effort on defense than we had witnessed over the past three weeks. In the first quarter they did a great job of swarming Wade when he was coming off screens and equally as important they rotated and recovered. Wade finished the first quarter with only two points and one assist. The Nuggets finished the first quarter up 27-21 and it should have been much more, but they turned the ball over seven times.
Wade adjusted to the Nuggets defense and found some cracks here and there. When he was walled off from the lane he did a great job of getting his midrange jumper to fall. He did find some driving lanes on a few occasions resulting in some nifty dunks and those images get seared in our minds, an opponent driving through our undefended lane. We tend to remember those plays instead of the plays where the Nuggets anticipate the play and make a perfect rotation or where they force the Heat into a bad shot before the shot clock goes off. Those open layups and dunks stick in our craw and we get down on the defense. After all Wade did end up with 31 points.
Even so, I thought the Nuggets defense was pretty solid for most of the night.
Offensively, Denver was great in the first half. They played with great movement and shared the ball consistently. They knew they needed to work together to keep the offense running at a high level and they did. The bad news is after their initial success in the first half they really devolved in the second.
I thought Chauncey was a big part of the problem. He tried to take the game over early in the third and took some bad shots. With the point guard playing a me first style the rest of the Nuggets followed suit. There were several occasions in the second half where someone had the ball on the wing and everyone just stood outside the three point line and watched. That happens when players do not expect to get the ball. If you know the player with the ball is going to take the shot, why would you waste the energy to cut? If you figured the player with the ball is going to drive, you stay out of his way.
Chauncey should have been making sure that the ball kept moving. As I said a couple of days ago, when was the last time you saw Billups directing the offense and demanding something? He did it frequently early on when he joined the Nuggets. He needs to get that aspect of his leadership back.
Nevertheless, it was a good first step. J.R. Smith and Linas Kleiza really stepped up on the offensive end and the team worked hard on defense. Even though the Heat made a couple of runs it never felt to me like the Nuggets were in trouble. If Denver plays they way they did in the first quarter, they will win a majority of games while Melo is healing. If they play the way they did in the second half, the road will get bumpy.
Additional Game 37 Nuggets
Mind Blowing Game Stats
Pace Factor – 93.7
Defensive Efficiency – 103.6 – Their best defensive efficiency since December 15th. They did allow Miami to shoot 48.1%, but the entire team hit the boards to help make up for missing Melo's 7.3 caroms a game and they only allowed Miami to collect five offensive boards. Denver has collected over 85% of their opponents missed shots the last two games.
Offensive Efficiency – 115.3 – Believe it or not it is their lowest offensive efficiency of the five game winning streak and a 115 is pretty good.
Featured Blog: Peninsula is Mightier
The Miami Heat are in town tonight and The Nuggets will be playing their first game since Carmelo Anthony broke his hand. Linas Kleiza will step into Melo's starting role and I think you can count on seeing Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter and J.R. Smith on the court down the stretch.
The Heat bring a couple of conundrums. One is how to stop Deyane Wade and the other is apart from Wade, who to you focus on? They have five other players, Michael Beasley, Shawn Marion, Udonis Haslem, Mario Chalmers and Daequan Cook, all averaging between 9.8 and 13.0 points per game. Any one of them, other than Haslem, could put up 25 points if they get hot.
I think the Nuggets will bring a great deal of energy to the game tonight because they know the task at hand will be more difficult without Carmelo. I heard an interview with George Karl this morning talking about how they have focused on getting back to playing stout defense in practice. We can only hope that is indeed the case.
The Nuggets have won six straight overall against the Heat and six straight against them at home. Lete's hope that trend continues. The Heat are good, but this is one of the more winnable games on the slate of the matchups we know Melo will miss.
Update: Cook is out for tonights' game.
The Nuggets have traded Chucky Atkins to Oklahoma City along with their (protected) 2009 first round pick in exchange for Johan Petro and Oklahoma City's second rounder.
I honestly think this is a very good deal. Petro is far from a stud, but he is a big body and definitely provides the insurance in the front court that the Nuggets have been seeking. Petro, like Chucky in Denver, had fallen out of the rotation in Oklahoma City so do not look for him to see much playing time in Denver unless there is an injury.
Petro has never developed as an offensive player. If he is not within a couple of feet of the rim, he is not going to score. I remember watching him in summer league action a couple of summers ago and being baffled at how poor his offense was. It was obvious that he was there strictly to work on his scoring so he was a complete black hole when he received the ball. It was not pretty.
The draft picks involved are the most interesting part of this deal. In recent drafts early second round picks have become more valuable than late first rounders due to the salary scale imposed on first round selections. Teams can not afford to draft foreign players after the first few picks because the slotted salary is not high enough to pay their exorbitant buyouts. Because of that the first pick in the second round is coveted because it is the first pick without any salary stipulations attacked and this the first shot at the best foreign talent. Last season the only pick that was locked in after the first two was the first selection in the second round where Minnesota drafted Serbian big man Nikola Pekovic.
Financially this deal is a big winner for Denver. They cut another $1.3 million off the books and now know that they will be under the luxury tax level even if J.R. Smith earns some or all of his bonus money. With any trades from here on out the Nuggets will be playing on an even financial field where they will not be looking to take back much less than they send out.
All in all this may seem like a big trade to Nuggets fans because Chucky was brought in to be a starter, but in reality it is a swap of non rotation players and some draft picks that will come about long after the names of college and international players that the casual fan knows of will be picked. Still, I think it was a good deal for Denver.
One last note, looking at the salaries this deal must have been completed using trade exceptions. The salaries do not match and you cannot combine a trade exception with a player. Denver has the big trade exception from the Marcus Camby trade that was "refreshed" in the Chauncey Billups deal and Oklahoma City has a trade exception from their trade sending Wally Szczerbiak to the Cavs last season. Now Camby's $10 million trade exception is down to about $7.5 million give or take $100,000.
The bad news could have been worse. Fortunately the initial diagnosis on Carmelo Anthony's hand was accurate last night and surgery will not be required. Although even if you get a little excited that he will only miss three to four weeks you then you get hit with the realization that he is going to miss three to four weeks.
In my opinion this stretch becomes the make or break stretch of the Nuggets' season. For now let's assume that Melo can return for the Nuggets' February third home game against the San Antonio Spurs which will go down exactly four weeks from today. If that is the case, he will miss the next 11 games, eight of which are against playoff quality opponents. However, eight of those games are at home.
Even without Melo the Nuggets have the talent to win every one of those 11 games. The additional scoring burden can be shared by Linas Kleiza, J.R. Smith, Chauncey Billups, Nene and Kenyon Martin.
Kleiza has been shooting lights out over his previous 13 appearances. He has made a three in every one of those games and has accumulated a shooting percentage of 51.0% by making 25 of his last 49 three point attempts. He has taken more than twice as many threes (49) as he has two point shots (24) during that time frame.
J.R. has been shooting well over those 13 games also having made 32 of his 79 three point attempts which equates to 40.5%.
Chauncey seemed to get himself out of a brief mental haze in the second half of last night's game against the Pacers and Kenyon is capable of exploding for big scoring nights every now and then. Nene has picked up his efficiency once again since his 0-2 performance against the Cavs.
However, the most impressive Nugget from an offensive standpoint has been Nene. Nene has produced 162 points from his previous 84 shots. That is almost two points for every shot attempt over a stretch of nine games. That is absolutely astounding.
Denver seems to be more than capable of accounting for absence of Melo's offense, at least over the short term. The issue over these next 11 games will not be talent or scoring, but how mentally tough they will be. In the past I have argued that this team, from the top down, has used injuries as an excuse. If they choose to lament playing without Melo and decide that the deck is stacked against them until he comes back they are going to play poorly and I could honestly see them losing as many as nine of those eleven games.
On the other hand, if they choose to meet the challenge and collectively demand nothing other than the best effort, mentally and physically, from each other I see no reason why they could not win eight or nine of those 11 games.
I expect them to rally to the challenge and in doing so there may be a silver lining here. Perhaps the Nuggets can use this opportunity to renew their defensive mindset and commitment that they began the season with. Despite the impressive improvement they have experienced offensively from last season, it is their defense that will determine how far they go come April and May. Over the previous three plus weeks their defense has faltered at best and shown signs of collapse at worst.
Regardless, there is never a good time to lose a player like Carmelo Anthony, but with plenty of home games on the schedule, despite the tough opponents, this is probably as good a time as any to go without him. Plus maybe his elbow will finally get back to being 100% and the Nuggets can come through with a successful stretch that will build their confidence and make them a better team.
Samb Trade Details
Chris Tomasson has the nitty gritty on the trade that sent Cheikh Samb to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Nuggets paid what appears to be the prorated portion of Samb's contract in a cash amount totaling about $420,000. The second round pick was purely a ruse in order to fulfill the stipulations that both teams have to appear to give something up in order for there to be an actual trade. The second round pick is set to be transferred in the 2015 draft, but only if it is in the last five picks of the draft. In other words, the Clippers would have to finish with one of the five best records in the NBA in order for the Nuggets to get the pick.
You can say what you want about the mindset of the Nuggets in trading away a prospect for nothing (though they will get a $711,517 trade exception out of the deal), but I think this deal is more damning of the Clippers organizational mindset. Apparently they seriously doubt that they will be a top five team in 2015. Come on Clippers, plan for success!
Pacers' Defense on Carmelo
One thing I forgot to add to my game recap from last night's game was how rarely the pacers threw any hard double team's at Carmelo. They almost exclusively settled for a soft double where a big man would come over to the block on the strong side when Melo had the ball. Even when Melo had the ball in the post he was basically covered man to man. The fact that Melo ended up with so many good assists without the benefit of a double team to open up more space on the floor is a credit to his passing and vision.
George Karl on Camera
Ryan McNeill over at Hoops Addict had the opportunity to roll video hard drive during George Karl's pre game press conference before the New Year's Eve game in Toronto. Thanks to Ryan for the superlative coverage.
Don't Hold Me to This Standard
Gian over at the Knicks blog Seven Seconds or Mess puts together videos that put mine to shame. Check out his review of the Knicks/Nuggets game from a few days ago below.
You can put all the concerns about giving up leads or the faltering defense on hold. Carmelo Anthony likely has suffered a "nondisplaced fracture on the third right metacarpal of his right hand." The Nuggets will not know anything more until tomorrow, but when discussing the recovery time George Karl said, "I would think it's in the weeks area.''
I guess it is time to use the internet for more than watching the Chinese feed of the Nuggets game or destroying the newspaper industry. The third metacarpal is the bone that runs from your wrist to your middle finger. Based on information found on the Continuum Health Partners website a nondisplaced fracture is a condition where the "bone cracks with the broken pieces still in alignment." To me the real question is whether or not the fracture will require pins to set it.
According to the Mayo Clinic website, which states under "Risk Factors" that hand and wrist fractures can occur in "contact sports such as basketball," the primary instances where "internal fixation devices" such as pins would be required include instances where there are "multiple fractures, an unstable or displaced fracture, loose bone fragments that could enter a joint, damage to the surrounding ligaments, fractures that extend into a joint, open skin related to the fracture or a fracture that is the result of a crushing accident." The difference between the fracture being able to heal via immobilization and the requirement for the insertion of pins is would appear to be about four weeks, but taking the factors that typically require pins into account I would suspect that Melo should not need surgery. To me this all sounds like the Nuggets will be without Melo for at the very least three weeks, but hopefully not much longer than that.
(How do you like that? Most of the time I cannot predict the outcome of a basketball game and here I am projecting how long Carmelo Anthony will be out based on a couple of quotes from a basketball coach and a few minutes of surfing the internet. Who needs medical school anyway?)
Anyway, let's all give the internet a hand for being so helpful for us this evening. Thanks internet, I will get in touch with you right after I get to work tomorrow.
By the way, the game did not end when Melo was so violently struck by Jeff Foster. The Nuggets once again built a big lead, lost it and then pulled out the win although unlike against the Hornets, the game was in hand for most of the fourth quarter.
However, as I wrote in the game thread, I think any pretense of the Nuggets being a defense first team has slowly gone by the wayside. I think they will have to pay a little more attention to the defensive end with Melo injured.
Additional Game 36 Nuggets
"An avid Texas football fan, the Nuggets forward [Carmelo] ran out of the locker room briefly wearing just a towel while cheering the Fiesta Bowl win over Ohio State."
Let me get this straight. He ran out of the locker room briefly or he only wore the towel briefly? I hope the towel stayed in place.
Mind Blowing Game Stats
Pace Factor – 106.5 – the second fastest game of the season.
Defensive Efficiency – 108.0 – That is their lowest defensive rating since the Philly game and only the third time they have been under 110 in their last 12 games. Their field goal defense was pretty solid as they held Indy to 43.6% shooting, effective field goal percentage of 48.9% and a true shooting percent of 53.9%. All are the second lowest percentages over their last 12 games.
Offensive Efficiency – 126.8 – The Nuggets are knocking on the door of becoming a top five offensive team, but things may change with Melo likely to miss some time.
Featured Blog: Indy Cornrows
The Denver Nuggets have made yet another salary dump trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and once again they may have acquired a second round pick as part of the deal.
That is right, the Nuggets have shipped Cheikh Samb off to the Clippers along with some cash in exchange for a conditional second round pick. This trade in and of itself does not get the Nuggets under the luxury tax, but it makes it possible to trade a player such as say, Chucky Atkins to do so.
The Nuggets were roughly $900,000 over the luxury tax threshold and now that they have reduced that amount by $711,517. Denver no longer needs to package two players and convince a team to take on significant additional salary. All they need is to send out around $200,000 more than they take back in salary and they can accomplish that by trading any single player other than Sonny Weems. There is no doubt in my mind that they will pull off a trade to do so before the February 19th trade deadline.
What the Nuggets front office is on the verge of accomplishing is not something that will make fans stand up and cheer and no one will be writing blog post 20 years commemorating how the Nuggets dropped $15 million in salary obligations in less than one season it is an impressive accomplishment.
Sorry, but a combination of a busy day at work and a sick daughter has prevented me from putting together a proper game preview. All you need to know about the Pacers is that they are very much like the Oklahoma City Thunder. They play hard and keep things close until the very end where they enjoy finding unique and interesting ways to pull out a loss.
Danny Granger has become the best player in the league that no one is talking about. Kevin Martin is like Muhammad Ali or Elvis compared to Granger.
Out of the seven games on the current homestand this looks to be the easiest win and thus has the greatest chance for a letdown. Although the Nuggets have an average scoring margin at home against the east of plus 11.4 points and that includes the 15 point beatdown at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
One last thing to keep in mind, the Pacers have a one game winning streak at the Pepsi Center after pulling out a win last season. J.R. Smith had a chance to tie the game from the free throw line after getting fouled on a three point attempt late in the game, but he only made two of the three free throws.
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In the game preview I requested the Denver Nuggets observe December 15, 2008 night while the fans at the Pepsi Center observed 80's night. Well, I got what I wanted, for about 30 minutes. Unfortunately NBA games last 48.
If you ignore the flow of the game and just look at the final score this tonight's 105-101 victory by the Denver Nuggets over the New Orleans Hornets would seem to be a very good win, but the way Denver collapsed in the last 18 minutes makes it difficult to enjoy the win. After playing one of their best halves of the season and coming out of the gate in the second half playing very well Denver completely lost their defensive intensity and their minds.
After playing as well on offense as any of us could have hoped or imagined they went brain dead and rolled out the comeback carpet for the Hornets. The sad thing is that the play that preceded their collapse was a beautiful play where Chauncey reversed the ball over to Melo on the right wing who passed on the open three to drive. He drove baseline and right before he made it to the rim he dumped the ball to Kenyon who laid it in and was fouled. The Nuggets had built their lead up to 26 points. However, as beautiful as that play was what transpired over the next twelve minutes or so was completely depressing. I will spare you the details, but this is the short of it.
Missed jumper, made layup, turnover, turnover, missed jumper, two free throws, offensive foul, missed three, two free throws, missed jumper, missed shot in the paint, missed three, missed jumper, missed jumper, missed jumper and turnover.
Things soon improved briefly as J.R. Smith entered the game and scored seven straight points, but soon after all of the 26 point lead had evaporated. The pre-J.R. surge damage was six points in sixteen possessions. In case you were wondering that equates to an offensive efficiency rating of 37.5.
After rewatching the second half my stance on the game softened a little. The Hornets did take a lead 100-99 on a three by James Posey and the Nuggets easily could have folded, especially considering the fact that they just blew a 26 point lead and they lost the previous meeting with the Hornets on a three by Posey. Instead they fought back and won the game. Melo made his second game winning shot in as many nights, although his layup tonight with about a minute left was not quite as dramatic as his three in Oklahoma City.
It is probably inevitable that a team up 26 who has been dominating their opponent will loose some of their intensity, over the course of a 48 minute game both teams are going to go on runs, but the fact that they completely gave up their lead, and in just 14 minutes to boot, was astounding. These guys all know how good Chris Paul is. Why for one minute would you let up when you are playing against him?
Even so the way they responded was respectable. After giving up 54 points in the first 20 minutes of the second half, including 43 points in a 13 minute stretch from the five minute mark of the third quarter to the four minute mark of the fourth, they only allowed six points over the final four minutes of the game.
From a tactical standpoint the Nuggets, namely Nene, did a poor job of stepping out on Chris Paul and they switched much more frequently. The result was open looks for the Hornets and they are too good of a team to go a whole game without hitting shots.
What may have saved the Nuggets was during a timeout with 2:29 left in the game the decision was made to switch Kenyon onto Hilton Armstrong who was setting the high screen to spring Chris Paul. It then became Kenyon's job to hedge on Paul and he did a much better job of jumping Paul and forcing him away from the paint. On one possession Kenyon pushed him all the way back out to half court.
Like an avocado as time passes I am softening. The Nuggets did get a win against a good team tonight and it is a good start to a long home stand filled with playoff teams. The Nuggets are in position to make a move in the Northwest Division as Utah is going to be without Carlos Boozer for another month or so and Portland will be missing Brandon Roy for another week.
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Pace Factor: First Half – 80.3 | Second Half – 96.5 | Game – 88.6
Defensive Efficiency: First Half – 99.7 | Second Half – 124.4 | Game – 112.9
Offensive Efficiency: First Half – 144.5 | Second Half – 97.4 | Game – 118.6
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The one and only Vanilla Ice is in town tonight to celebrate the marketing event that is 80's night at the Pepsi Center. I can get a kick out of Vanilla as anyone, but I would much rather the Nuggets observe December 15, 2008 night.
Why December 15, 2008? That was the last time the Nuggets played defense at the level required to achieve the kind of success we all want for them. That was the night they defeated the Dallas Mavericks with their defense. It was the last time they posted a defensive efficiency rating below 100 and the last time they held an opponent below 40% shooting. The most disturbing stat of all though is since December 15, 2008 they are 1-5 against playoff caliber teams.
Tonight Denver has another chance to reverse that trend.
The one thing that I find encouragement in is the Nuggets have been switching on screens less frequently, but tonight the big men are going to have to really step up and aggressively jump Chris Paul when he is coming off the screen. Last night they were very lax and allowed Russell Westbrook and Earl Watson were able to penetrate far enough that the defense had to collapse resulting in either easy baskets for a cutter (Chris Wilcox) or their shooters (Kevin Durant and Jeff Green). They need to force Paul away from the paint towards the sideline, but still make sure he cannot cut behind them and "split the double team" and drive directly into the lane. It is not an easy task, but it is one that Nene, Kenyon Martin and, to a lesser extent, Chris Andersen are capable of accomplishing.
The Nuggets once again catch a break as Tyson Chandler, who missed the previous game in Denver, is suspended for elbowing Joel Przybilla in the chest last night.
In that first meeting Denver fell behind by double digits in the third quarter and came back to take the lead late in the game 92-89 with just over two minutes left, but then the Hornets got a couple of lucky breaks. After a great defensive possession by the Nuggets Chris Paul made a three pointer from at least ten feet behind the arc and on their next possession after the Nuggets deflected the all away and seemed posed for a fast break it somehow bounced to Rasual Butler who passed to an open Peja Stojakovic for another three that put the Hornets up three. Those six points swung the game back in favor of the Hornets; however, they still needed a three by James Posey with 19 seconds left to pull out the win. New Orleans also needed a 7-8 shooting night from Rasual Butler, a 39.7% marksman for his career. However, on the Nuggets side J.R. Smith torched his original NBA team for 32 points including five three pointers.
The biggest difference between that game and tonight is the Denver Nuggets are clearly not playing at the same level as they were at that point in the season. There is no reason that they cannot get back to that level, but they have to collectively want to.
Previous Matchup: Game 16 – Den 101 NOH 105
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After Carmelo Anthony hit that great game winner in Oklahoma City last night Chris Marlowe referenced that this was not the first time Melo hit a game winner from the left corner. I was thinking about this shot as soon as Melo caught the ball in the left corner. At the 1:22 mark of this YouTube clip you will see Melo drain a game winning three pointer in Minnesota from February 24, 2006. It was almost exactly the same shot.
I say almost exactly the same shot because I think the shot against Minnesota was tougher as Trenton Hassell was really crowding him and there was an assistant coach standing right behind him. You can see a picture of it on this wallpaper (top left inset) that the Nuggets used to offer on their website. Not only was he crowded by Hassell, but there was a Timberwolves assistant coach standing right behind him.
Melo made a hoard of game winning shots in his rookie season and Nuggets fans everywhere proclaimed him as the most clutch player in the NBA. Over the previous few seasons Melo has watched players like Chucky Atkins (against Houston), Anthony Carter (against the Spurs), Linas Kleiza (at Sacramento) and Allen Iverson (at Portland) take and make game winning shots and some of us began to wonder if Melo was losing his late game mojo. If his mojo was running low, tonight sure brought some of it back.


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RogueJedi86 said...
I don't get part of what the blue said on Rhok'delar. They said you'll need to do level 80 Onyxia for it, but then they said you can run level 60 BWL to get Sinew off Nefarian. So which is it, do we need Onyxia 80 to do the chain or not? Did the Sinew formerly drop off Onyxia? The wording on that seems confusing.
Level 60 to do the quest chain.
Level 80 to do ony, required to complete, making it a level 80 chain.
Neferian now drops item at level 60, meaning chain can be done at the right level again.
On the subject as a whole, I think "Disappointing but understandable" sums it up nicely. They're awesome quests but better the dev time be put to use to improve the game for ten classes, not one.
I did the bow/staff things recently (and 24 slot quiver bag too, whoo!) and got my black Dragon sinew out of ordinary black dragonflight mob on burning steppes on first kill. My friend got the same from frist kill month back. Either we are damn lucky or they made it 100% drop with quest.
So no need to do onyxia now and prolly at 4.0.3 since I doubt the black dragons will disappear (they should be invading more with deathwing and all eh?) or empty their pockets out of.. sinew.. yeah..


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baronsoosdon said...
The Mists Of Pandaria version could be about all class trainers becoming unemployed.. for all eternity.
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I can only hope with the changes being made, that they won't be removed, however. I love the little clusters of them in cities, talking with one another in their various places - I hope they can continue to share their accumulated knowledge with each other...if no longer with us.
I dunno. I understand the game mechanic reason for removing class training. It was tedious and annoying, and I am very guilty of forgetting to check back in with them at times. But from a character standpoint...I loved that my silly shaman had to go, seek out, and then speak with an elder shaman or farseer to advance her knowledge. She had her favored teachers, certainly -- I imagine Nobundo was always far too busy, but Umbrua, sitting patiently outside of Stormwind always found the time for my Klimma's questions.
Much like the class quests...it gave a certain depth to the world around her.
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