Gallanari isn't a difference maker? Come on man! The dude is an integral part of their offense. I'm not saying he makes them contenders or anything but his 3 point shooting and 17 ppg could have DEFINITELY helped Denver out.
Can someone post a replay where the ruled Chandler out of bounds? I really didn't see that at all and that ended up nullifying a dunk that would have tied it.
Gallinari is a mentally weak, one-dimensional, inefficient player. The guy choked like a pathetic dog in the playoffs last year against the Lakers. In the decisive game 7, he was particularly disgraceful. Would he have been different this time? Who knows? If you plugged in his normal production, Nuggets would have still lost IMO. Their problems against GS were effort, urgency, physicality and defense. He wouldn't have helped in any of these.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Kenneth Faried: "We won 57 games in the regular season, big whoop. It doesn't matter about the regular season"</p>— Benjamin Hochman (@nuggetsnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/nuggetsnews/status/330210357186547712">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Ty on losing in 1st: "It's the 4th time in a row for me, I'm getting kind of sick of it. But it just motivates you for the summer."</p>— Benjamin Hochman (@nuggetsnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/nuggetsnews/status/330210877259268096">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>What'd you think the younger players learned from this series, Andre? Miller reponds: "Nothing. Nothing."</p>— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) <a href="https://twitter.com/SherwoodStrauss/status/330206118888472576">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Welp, here's some Karl-bus-throwing from Andre Miller: "We got outplayed, we got outcoached."</p>— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) <a href="https://twitter.com/SherwoodStrauss/status/330206344969871360">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> And Andre Miller has always been one of George Karl's favorite players too...
LOL, hyperbole much? Did you miss Game 1 between the Clippers and Grizzlies last year? Or more recently... the Nets blowing a 14 pt lead (missed breakaway dunk to go up 16) with 3 min left just a few nights ago?
Andre Miller has a difficult personality and has clashed with coaches in the past. George Karl was an exception and I think his respect for Karl is why Miller signed to play in Denver. He must be very disgusted to say this publicly. Karl has to take a lot of the blame because his team didn't play near their best. This is a huge failure.
Forget Gallo. He was already out of the picture and I still thought Denver would've put up a better showing without him but the injuries to Lawson/Manimal were huge. I don't think they were better than 80% all series. Also stealing a game in Denver was pivotal. I think Oracle is the best home court bar none with OKC being a close second.
I'd say the grind house has something to say about that. Our crowd is rabid before, during and after the game.
I'm jealous. I wanted that Denver match-up. To drop 2 winnable games and fall to 8th was a missed opportunity. We're doing okay in the OKC series, but I still think our chances would have been better against Denver.
I'm gonna have to disagree, Gallinari is a completely different player from last year. The Nuggets would've won with him.
