Nuggets (2-1) at Celtics (2-0) 11/7

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Denver Nuggets (2-1) at Boston Celtics (2-0)
Wednesday 11/7
7:30 PM ET
TV: NBALP CSNNEHD, Altitude2
Radio: WEEI
TDBanknorth Garden



Probable Starters

PG: Rajon Rondo PPG 8.5 | APG 2 | STL 3.0
SG: Ray Allen PPG 25 | APG 1 | 3P% .563
SF: Paul Pierce PPG 20.5 | RPG 5 | APG 5
PF: Kevin Garnett PPG 22.5 | RPG 16.5 | BPG 1.5
C: Kendrick Perkins PPG 5.5 | RPG 5.5 | BPG 1.5

Off the Bench

T Allen/ House/ Pollard/ Posey/ Scal

Injuries
None




Probable Starters

PG: Allen Iverson PPG 24 | APG 10 | STL 3.7
SG: Yakhouba Diawara PPG 5.7 | RPG 2.3 | APG 1
SF: Carmelo Anthony PPG 28.3 | RPG 4.3 | APG 4
PF: Kenyon Martin PPG 7.3 | RPG 5.7 | BPG 2.3
C: Marcus Camby PPG 8.7 | RPG 19 | BPG 4.3

Off the Bench

Kleiza/ Nene/ Najera/ Wilks/ Jones

Injuries
Chucky Atkins
Anthony Carter

Key Matchups:
vs
Perk vs Camby is going to be a battle. Both are strong inside players and both take pride in their interior defense.

vs
Pierce will have his hands full with Carmelo. He will need to show that new found defense that he has been talking about. We will probably see Posey on Melo at times as well.

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KG vs KMart should be a good matchup with some defensive battles inside as well, with KG having an advantage in this matchup.

Game Notes
The Nuggets play Tuesday night in New York and so will be playing in the second of back to back games on the road. The Celtics will be rested up from their OT game on Sunday.

The Celtics will be back home with the crowd behind them. They have to make teams afraid to come into the Garden.

Denver is a good defensive team and are ranked 4th, limiting opposing teams to 40% FG shooting. The Celtics are ranked first in FG% allowed at 36%. Denver has their own big 3 in Iverson , Camby, and Anthony and matchups are going to be important. Time to send a message to the West that Boston is to for real.

Probably our biggest challenge so far, should make for a good game

we're gonna kick arse baby! woot woot!

Should be a high scoring affair.
I'd still say the Raptors are a tougher test but poor Rondo, first TJ and now AI.
He's gonna have windburn from those guys blowing by him.

Pierce vs Mello will be great to watch
as will Camby vs KG.

Celtics look real good in the first

71% shooting. Nice!!!

Still only in the first half, and the Celts are blowing out the Nuggets. Celtics defense looks amazing right now.

Celtics with 77 first half points

Nuggets down by 39, and I thought they were supposed to be one of the better teams in the West...

MikeDead wrote:Celtics with 77 first half points

Nuggets down by 39, and I thought they were supposed to be one of the better teams in the West...

or maybe the celtics are just that good...

yeah the celtics are for real no doubt..
it's early sure.. but from watching them play.. you can tell real deal is real deal and they are indeed!

and the scary thing is.. it's early.. these guys can only get better and the chemistry is already amazing!

If your the Nuggets you have to be embarrased by this performance.

I had the Nuggets as the third seed in the west. I'm not going to say it won't happen but this loss somewhat refutes my argument.

JKsnoots wrote:I had the Nuggets as the third seed in the west. I'm not going to say it won't happen but this loss somewhat refutes my argument.

Yea I really thought that Denver was a 2-4 team in the West now that Melo and AI have had some time to play together, but wow did they look bad tonight.