Denver has 79 points in the First-Half!

[knote32]

Granted its on the Raptors, but that is still amazing..........
Hopefully Toronto can keep it close.....

[blathersby]

Granted its on the Raptors, but that is still amazing..........
Hopefully Toronto can keep it close.....
What the HELL!? That's crazy! I'm Brian Fellow!

[knote32]

100 with 3:50 left in the third....

[Yaozer]

Big deal, I scored 214 points in NBA Live with the GRIZZLIES.

[knote32]

Big deal, I scored 214 points in NBA Live with the GRIZZLIES.
NBA Live sucks......

[doublebogey]

whatever. my hometown craptors want the ball to hit their head for rebounds. Sam Mitchell is an idiot - Coach of Year my ass.

[A_3PO]

whatever. my hometown craptors want the ball to hit their head for rebounds. Sam Mitchell is an idiot - Coach of Year my ass.
Mitchell's true colors came out in last year's playoffs.

[automorph]

^^^ easy Sam Mitchell is a great coach........he just has too many soft euros, and paper tigers

[Storm Surge]

no bosh

[lalala902102001]

This is the same Raptors team that Kobe scored 81 on right?

Yeah I'm not suprised.

[mw_mw]

^^^ easy Sam Mitchell is a great coach........he just has too many soft euros, and paper tigers
lol yea, i'm from Toronto and raptors have the most euro players :P

[Bandwagoner]

What the HELL!? That's crazy! I'm Brian Fellows!

http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/cyfallsmom/th_brian_fellows_crazy.jpgGet it right.

[jmwilliamson]

^^^ easy Sam Mitchell is a great coach........he just has too many soft euros, and paper tigers

I know it's part of Colangelo's strategy to go euro since Americans tend to bolt from Canada at their first chance. But what they need to start doing is
grabbing Argentinians! I'm sure they could get a hold of Walter Hermann and maybe even Andres Nocioni for the right package. Argentinians play harder than any foreign players I can think of. Tough as nails, all of em'! See Manu, Scola, Oberto, Nocioni, Hermann, etc etc.

Oh, and if they want to start by prying Luis Scola from the Rockets, I will accept Chris Bosh in an even swap.

[macfan]

I know it's part of Colangelo's strategy to go euro since Americans tend to bolt from Canada at their first chance.

I guarantee you more people would want to play in Toronto rather than San Antonio, Orlando (small markets) if the franchise was solid. When Vince Carter was there, they had plenty of good players. THey had Oakley, Keon Clark, Antonio Davis, Doug Christie. Those are veteran American players.

[bronxfan]

I guarantee you more people would want to play in Toronto rather than San Antonio, Orlando (small markets) if the franchise was solid. When Vince Carter was there, they had plenty of good players. THey had Oakley, Keon Clark, Antonio Davis, Doug Christie. Those are veteran American players.


but aren't the taxes a lot cheaper in texas and florida than canada :D

[RaferMadness]

DENVER is lousy lol

[tsunami]

so what? they will still miss playoffs.

[Val]

Eh, I remember in 1989 when Westphal coached the Nuggets scored 101 pts against the Suns in the first half. The game ended like 140 130

[A_3PO]

^^^ easy Sam Mitchell is a great coach........he just has too many soft euros, and paper tigers
Their soft as baby skin roster is a problem too.

[Trip]

I guarantee you more people would want to play in Toronto rather than San Antonio, Orlando (small markets) if the franchise was solid. When Vince Carter was there, they had plenty of good players. THey had Oakley, Keon Clark, Antonio Davis, Doug Christie. Those are veteran American players.I don't think any of those players came via free agent signing. The best free agent (most high profile) the Raptors have gotten in team history would probably have been Mark Jackson who had just played in the Finals with Indiana.

Other than that, there is nothing pleasing about Canada. Sure, crime rate is lower, but it's belowing freezing pretty much for the duration of the NBA season, the taxes are very high and goes towards welfare, health care that these athletes won't benefit from.

The Euro route was the best one that Colangelo could have taken. To a European player like Garbajosa, Canada and the US are the same thing.

[automorph]

only euros want to come to Toronto........no american players, I mean when they are shooting well, craptors can beat anybody....but then again when any team shoots well :o

[Storm Surge]

I don't think any of those players came via free agent signing. The best free agent (most high profile) the Raptors have gotten in team history would probably have been Mark Jackson who had just played in the Finals with Indiana.

Other than that, there is nothing pleasing about Canada. Sure, crime rate is lower, but it's belowing freezing pretty much for the duration of the NBA season, the taxes are very high and goes towards welfare, health care that these athletes won't benefit from.

The Euro route was the best one that Colangelo could have taken. To a European player like Garbajosa, Canada and the US are the same thing.
outside of LA, NY, and maybe Miami and Dallas, most teams don't get FAs on city rep at all.

It's all about $$$.

[Shroopy2]

Eh, I remember in 1989 when Westphal coached the Nuggets scored 101 pts against the Suns in the first half. The game ended like 140 130
Paul Westhead...but we all get it confused.

I can't imagine any coach in his 1st or 2nd year coaching letting the opposing team's player score 81 on them and keeping his job, let alone a Coach of the Year award. But it was KOBE(!) that did it, so it was okay. Cuz Kobe likes to shoot and score.

[Desert Scar]

Phx just hit 79 in the 1st half vs Sac.

[vcchlw]

They scored 84 tonite against Sonics. :eek:

[JD2010]

They scored 84 tonite against Sonics. :eek:
haha yep.
thats crazy

[JD2010]

what!!!!!!! they had 48 in the first quarter!!!

[dntrwl]

what!!!!!!! they had 48 in the first quarter!!!
they're like Golden State if Golden State didn't play D..oh wait neither of them do and that's why they'll never win the Championship.

[francis 4 prez]

they're #6 in D. it's their O that holds them back.

and 127 after 3 quarters. holy crap. i wanna say 169 is the regulation record. maybe they can make it into the top 10 or so with a good quarter.

[LikeMike]

They are becoming kinda scary right now... it seems like they got their act together, and with K-Mart and Atkins a few more well needed pieces. I`d rather face Golden State then Denver right now.

[francis 4 prez]

147 with 5:45 to go. damn.

[Noob Cake]

Nuggets has no defense; all they can do is Dunk. When you got Anthony and Iverson, you are guaranteed offense.

[rocketfan83]

Whats the record for 4 quarters?

[rocketman1979]

what a great defensive effort by Denver! :D

[TMac640]

165? Jesus Christ. lol

[doublebogey]

The Nuggets are angry. 600 ball and out of the playoffs. WTF! So they have scored 165 on the Sonics with 0:44 to go.

AI must be angry because he used to play 500 ball and got into the playoffs in EC.

[Jd1]

166 and counting

[macfan]

Supersonics defense is tuuurrible. Every game against the Supersonics is practice, it's not a game, it's not a game. It's practice

[hooroo]

highest winning margin was cavs over the heat by 68 points.

[Jd1]

wow. 6 players got 19+ points.

[francis 4 prez]

168 at the final, i guess one point short of the nba record, friggin' amazing considering the pace of the game when the original record was set.

on a side note, the sonics defense is just unbelievably bad. and they exacerbate it by playing at a fast pace for some reason.

[A_3PO]

168-116. What a crazy score. But when you have guys like J.R. Smith, Kleiza and Chucky Atkins coming off the bench who can continue lighting up the other team in garbage time, something like this can happen. Too bad it still counts as only one win and the Nugs still won't make the playoffs unless something crazy happens to the Warriors, Mavs or Jazz. Playoffs or not, a game like this is a nice gift for the home crowd.

What is the NBA record for total assists by a team? The Nugs assisted on 44 of their 61 FGs.

[WhoMikeJames]

Wow, Unbelievable...

When was the last time a team scored this many points.

[doublebogey]

Is 168 the highest score in 4 quarters? I think so. Cant recall anything higher than that.

[across110thstreet]

my goodness. hope this doesnt take the front page story away from the streak.


marcus camby with the triple double.

wow

[A_3PO]

168 at the final, i guess one point short of the nba record, friggin' amazing considering the pace of the game when the original record was set.

on a side note, the sonics defense is just unbelievably bad. and they exacerbate it by playing at a fast pace for some reason.
I stopped watching the Sonics a few weeks ago. I'm a huge KD fan but it isn't worth the time because Sonics games are horrific to watch, mainly because of the fast pace and sorry defense you mention. Hopefully Carlesimo gets fired after next season and they bring someone in who actually coaches the players.

[dntrwl]

Kevin Durant wins basketball games! He should be R.O.Y.

[Mack]

I remember one game in the Dominique Wilkins era when Atlanta scored 90 points in the first half, but they didn't come close to finishing with 168 points :eek:

There was that one famous game that ended 169-147. Wilt scored 100 points in that one.

[WhoMikeJames]

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8905/picture8ar3.png

[Storm Surge]

So crazy. The Nuggets have so much talent, nene isn't even playing. Get a coach that will preach effort and they can be tough

[Cowboy_Bebop]

I guessed these 2 teams don't know how to play defense. Pretty pathetic.

[AroundTheWorld]

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8905/picture8ar3.png

This made me LOL :D.

[demon77]

Seattle Sonic, where "scoring 116 and lost by 52" happens.

[LegendZ3]

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8905/picture8ar3.png
That's brilliant! :D :D :D

[Zboy]

What is the NBA record for total assists by a team? The Nugs assisted on 44 of their 61 FGs.

Record is 53 set by Milwaukee in 1978.

[Storm Surge]

I guessed these 2 teams don't know how to play defense. Pretty pathetic.
Denver held seattle to 40% shooting, did you even watch the game?

When you win by 56 you did everything perfect.

[Cowboy_Bebop]

Denver held seattle to 40% shooting, did you even watch the game?

When you win by 56 you did everything perfect.

If you thought they play solid defense. I guessed you were watching with blindfold. 2 notorious team that hardly play defense and giving up 100+ point per game.

[francis 4 prez]

if you don't think they play defense then you know nothing of numbers and statistics. they're 6th right now in defensive efficiency. playing at a fast pace doesn't equal bad defense. they're not the greatest defense ever, but their offense is relatively worse than their defense. if their offense was as good as their D, they'd be a legitimate contender and probably a top 3 seed.

i think the sonics offensive efficiency was a little below 100 points per 100 possessions tonight, which is pretty low. denver's was something stratospheric like 141 points per 100 possessions. so they did well on both counts tonight, but usually it's the D that's better than the O, most fans just can't notice b/c they only notice points scored.

[Nuggets4]

if you don't think they play defense then you know nothing of numbers and statistics. they're 6th right now in defensive efficiency. playing at a fast pace doesn't equal bad defense. they're not the greatest defense ever, but their offense is relatively worse than their defense. if their offense was as good as their D, they'd be a legitimate contender and probably a top 3 seed.

i think the sonics offensive efficiency was a little below 100 points per 100 possessions tonight, which is pretty low. denver's was something stratospheric like 141 points per 100 possessions. so they did well on both counts tonight, but usually it's the D that's better than the O, most fans just can't notice b/c they only notice points scored.

Quoted for truth. Sadly, no matter how many times this is pointed out, people still come back with the:

"OMG! Nugs don't play D! They suck! Their offense is great!!11!!1!one!"

[codell]

Detroit just dropped 73 in the 1st half.

Denver down by 22.