Too bad it hasn't been nice for anybody else. This whole series the Nuggets close in on the lead and then lose a shooter a couple times down the court in a row and the lead balloons. Its so ### #### frustrating as a fan.
Wow. I think I posted that with about 4 and half min left in the 3rd. Curry hadn't done much by then. Lawson was on fire and the Nuggets had made a game of it again.4.5 min. later.... BOOM..... Curry had dropped another 19 and it was over.Sorry man. There aren't many teams I'd root for over GSW, but DEN is one of them. Love Lawson and Karl. Good chance of Den bouncing back Tuesday night and hopefully, this series sees the sort of exciting finish it deserves.
Oh Well. I'm just hoping if the Nuggets do lose this series its at home, I'd like to give them a big standing ovation for this season. Obviously the result of this series is disappointing but its been a fun year. I went to more games this season (something like 12 prior to the playoffs) than I've gone to since my parents had season tickets back in the Dikembe Mutumbo days when I was like 8. I think I may be in the minority of Nuggets fans, but I think they should keep George Karl and make some smaller moves in the offseason. I think most people in Denver are calling for Karl's head and for a roster overhaul.
Yeah, I don't see any reason to fire Karl.Consistent excellence in a loaded West and success on both sides of a major roster overhaul.
People are calling for Karl to be fired because of the baffling decisions he is making with the lineups. Chandler is lost out there but that's because Karl starts him at Center, when he is best at the 3 spot, maybe sometimes at 4. Miller had a lights out shooting game in Game 1, but has been slow to rotate and is lost out there on D and has had miserable shooting nights, yet is still on the floor for close to 30 minutes. Koufos has been soft and lost on the floor all playoffs, but continues to see significant time. Karl has a long history of first round exits, and people thought that this team would be the one to prove that history wrong. instead, it is becoming the most glaring example of his playoff troubles after he is getting outcoached by a rookie coach at every turn. Mark Jackson has been a step ahead of Karl all series long, and Karl is experimenting with a roster in the playoffs, resulting in the team not being able to impose its style of play on the Warriors.
This will make 9 out of the last 10 years that Denver has lost in the first round of the playoffs. I think most of the calls for regime change come because fans are tired of the same result year after year after year.
The Nuggets have a great core of players though -- Lawson, Gallinari, Faried, Chandler, Fournier, and Iguodala (if he opts out of his contracts and re-signs for a longer, smaller per-year amount) make up a great set that can go places. McGee is an albatross because people remember how he took over the Lakers series last year but he hasn't been able to repeat that dominance and his asthma keeps him from playing enough minutes each game to justify his eight figure contract.
