They swept Houston, beating Houston by a average of 10.2 points per game.. closet game being a 6 point diff. This has absolutely nothing to do with going into Denver or one team being hot while another was cold from 3. It has to do with one team having another team's #. Denver slept walked into a 12 point deficit and then said "oh crap", flipped a switch, woke up and the game was over from then. Match ups make fights.. Denver is possibly the worst match up in the entire league for the Rockets. Everything they Rockets do bad (settle for bad shots and turn the ball over) it feeds everything the Nuggets do well. (capitalize and run off turnovers and poor shot selection). If you aren't making them pull the ball out of the basket the game turns into a track meet and a dunk competition. It's simply a HORRIBLE match up.
Plenty in this scenario is still a big difference. People from Denver and other cities with higher altitude develop higher Hemoglobin counts due to the fact there IS less oxygen. That is a fact.
We have a shot against the Spurs. Our Youth actually matches up to their age in that we can run the pace very fast and potentially wear them down. That won't work with the Nuggets. Our fast pace game is exactly where they'll be comfortable playing, their defense is better, and their bench is MUCH deeper and more talented than the Rockets. Not to mention they've played as a team longer and have the biggest HCA in the NBA due to altitude. 35-4 at home. THINK ABOUT THAT. I'll take the Spurs all day, every day. The Spurs are a great organization, but they're not spring chickens. We'll have a puncher's chance at least.
Yeah when I visited there and went up Pike's peak it was the cheapest high I ever had.. I was so light headed it felt like I just got done smoking a joint. (not that I condone that type of behavior)
Man I'll take aging Spurs... Our team plays fast but the irony is we don't seem to handle teams who play fast well... We seem to play better against defensive teams like Spurs/ OKC. Remember 8th seeded Memphis beat Spurs in first round when Manu wasn't 100%. It's now Parker who is not 100% and Manu is old now.
I still like our chances against Denver, assuming it's Gallo/Lawson out vs. Ginobilli out. No B2Bs in the playoffs where we have to roll into town the morning of the game.
Nuggets are like the Jazz from 07-08. It's like they never lose at home. Come playoff time it will be even worse. I'll take the aging Spurs for sure based on percentages/match up and the fact that they've been upset before by the Grizzlies a few years ago
Yup, and I will get flack for it just like in 09 when the Lakers swept the rox in the regular season. Those games actually looked a lot worse. If Gallo was still in I would say that we don't have a shot at all. But the fact he is out ( and I don't mean this Wilson Chandler going MJ bs) we have a very good shot with Delfino/Parsons being back and not having to play them with no energy like that. I'll even put it in my sig and eat crow if we do end up playing them in the playoffs according to the scenario and getting raped.
Corey Brewer isn't chopped liver.. Gallinari has little to do with increasing Houston's chances of winning, because there's plenty of mismatches in other areas.. don't understand why everyone keeps hanging the Rockets' chances on him being out. He wasn't even the biggest mismatch on the court against Houston this season. As far as Wilson Chandler going off.. How many other times has Houston's crappy defense allowed some ho hum player have a career night this season? Wilson Chandler having a night like tonight has less to do with Chander and more to do with Houston's porous defense. They can score, but so can Denver.. problem is Houston can't get stops and can't get back so it doesn't matter how much they score vs teams like Denver.
You should do some research before trying to act like you know what you are talking about. The air composition is the same anywhere on Earth. About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and the remaining inert gases. The difference, as I alluded to before, is the partial pressure of oxygen in the air. In Denver it is around 80mmHg. Sea level is about 100mmHg. Therefore, oxygen doesn't readily diffuse into the blood with the efficiency as it does at sea level. As you stated, people who live at altitude who become acclimated to this environment produce more hemoglobin to compensate for this difference. And anyways, the previous post wasn't to try and call you out, I was just messing with you. Based on what you posted, it seemed like you were subscribing to a common misconception, and I was just trying to clear that up!
We are underdogs against both, but we can't beat the Nuggets, so give me the Spurs...probably not going to beat them either but at least we have a chance. DD
Put it in your sig, Denver will rape us. They have our number. Spurs are a better match-up like I've been saying all along with or without Gallinari. They're better at finishing in the open court and creating fast break opportunities and thrive in fast pace. Iguodala is a very bad match-up for Harden. Miller does very well against Lin. Faried destroys any PF we have and creates nightmares with his activity and aerial game. Spurs are without Ginobili and have a gimpy Parker. The top four teams in the West - Spurs, OKC, Denver, Clippers are clearly a tier above Houston but the Spurs are our best hope given their older legs (remember the Spurs - OKC series?) they don't have a wing defender that can ice Harden as effectively as Iguodala does and the fact that they're not a super athletic high octane team like the Nuggets.
Yea I know what you meant and the % is obviously going to be the same but if you have lower partial pressure of oxygen, you have less of it. Total atmospheric pressure at that altitude is less meaning the air is more spread out, meaning you have less air and hence less oxygen per square foot.The composition of air is irrelevant because obviously that isn't going to change, it is assumed that their is less air so there is less oxygen. If you don't believe me you can relate the loss in partial pressure of oxygen (or C02, Nitrogen..) to the loss in molar quantity/mass per volume basis. Its kind of like the analogy of having a box of marbles in a room. You can reach down and grab a bunch if they are close by, but scatter them and define your area as a 2 feet square around you (breathing space) and you will be able to pick up less marbles. What you posted was absolutely correct about the fact that in the inspired air the partial pressure of oxygen being reduced is one of the reasons it is harder for it to diffuse across the capillary bed in your lungs...but that stems from the fact that there is less O2 per square inch causing the reduction in the partial pressure. You can google this if you don't believe me, not trying to pick a bone
If we had drafted Faried it would be a slightly different story, but the real x-factor is Iguodala. He's Squirtle to Harden's Charmander. He's just super effective at shutting him down. Let's hope they don't retain Iguodala next season or maybe we Morey gets him (obviously very doubtful), because Iguodala and Faried turn Denver into a juggernaut against us.
