March will be a very important month for us. At the time this is/was posted, the Nuggets are 38-19, but Utah (and Dallas for that matter) are right on our heels, and since nobody else has done this, I will.
A quick look at it shows that there are 5 back-to-backs, including the dreaded "4 games in 5 nights" thing from March 12 to 16. For the schedule and my "analysis," join me after the break!
I'll start out by showing the schedule, from the Denver Nuggets homepage (It's a lot better than it used to be):
| March | Opponent | Time | Local TV | Nat TV | Radio |
| Mon 01 | @ Phoenix | 7:00pm | Altitude | 
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KCKK AM 1510 |
| Wed 03 | vs Oklahoma City 
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7:00pm | Altitude2 |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Fri 05 | vs Indiana
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7:00pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sun 07 | vs Portland
|
8:30pm | Altitude | 
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Wed 10 | @ Minnesota | 6:00pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Fri 12 | @ New Orleans | 6:00pm | Altitude | 
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sat 13 | @ Memphis | 6:00pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Mon 15 | @ Houston | 6:30pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Tue 16 | vs Washington
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7:00pm | Altitude |
|
KKHI 101.9 FM |
| Thu 18 | vs New Orleans
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7:30pm | Altitude | 
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sat 20 | vs Milwaukee
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7:00pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Tue 23 | @ New York | 5:30pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Wed 24 | @ Boston | 5:00pm | Altitude2 |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Fri 26 | @ Toronto | 5:00pm | Altitude |
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KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sun 28 | @ Orlando | 4:00pm | Altitude |
|
KKHI 101.9 FM |
| Mon 29 | @ Dallas | 6:30pm | Altitude |
|
KCKK AM 1510 |
Our first back-to-back will be a roadie at LA on February 28 and at Phoenix on the first day of March. I have a suspicious feeling that the Nuggets will go 1-1 on this back-to-back...
I can't wait to watch the Nuggets play Kobe and the L@kers! (via ymswwc.files.wordpress.com)
On the second night of a back-to-back, we'll face this guy's team (via 1.bp.blogspot.com)
The L@kers are always a formidable team, no matter how much Kobe is hogging the ball or how many threes Fisher jacks up. The Suns have been playing well as of late, as Amar'''''''''''e Stoudemire has finally realized that scoring is not the only facet of the game that he should be worried about.
Next is a home matchup against the Thunder. Kevin Durant is scoring at an incredible rate (Melo wasn't as good as Durant when he was 21), but Carmelo Anthony > Durantula as of right now. 
Um.....OKAY.....(via images.dailyradar.com)
Nuggets will probably take care of business at home and win this.
Next will be a home game against the Indiana Corn Pacers. Even with the Nuggets' suckery against bad teams, I'd gonna go out on a limb and say that the game against the Pacers will be a....win. 
Put your hands on your hips.... (via www.sculu.com)
After that is a nationally-televised game against the Blazers at home. Since everybody underestimates the Blazers, I'll say that this will be a loss. Unless if Andre Miller dribbles the ball for 20 seconds at the top of the key every possession.
This counts as man love, right? Better caption: BALL (via www3.pictures.zimbio.com)
The TimberLOLves are next, and they have already beaten the Nuggets at Pepsi Center once. However, the Nuggets will be playing in frigid Minnesota, so they'll be fine. WIN.
Kahn: So, guys, how do you like my 10-year rebuilding plan? I think it's perfect!
Glen Taylor: Are you sure it can't be longer?
Kahn: Well, we could stretch it to 15 years if we can convince Ricky to stay in Europe for 5 more seasons
Rambis: Um, can we get some real NBA players on my team? I'm damn sick of having to play Damien Wilkins and Oleksiy Pecherov and Ryan Hollins because you aren't giving me real NBA players.
Kahn: WHAT? Are you kidding me? I've given you Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Nathan Jawai, Brian Cardinal, Jonny Flynn, and Ramon Sessions. And Rubio is coming over in 10 years!
Rambis: Um, all of those players are either power forwards or point guards...
Kahn: Fine then. I'll kill two birds with one stone by trading Brian Cardinal for Darko Millicic. I get rid of a power forward, and Darko was once the second pick in the draft!
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The first two games of their "4 games in 5 nights" fiasco are a back-to-back at Memphis and at New Orleans. Since the Nuggets are 6-8 in the second game of a back-to-back, I'll say we go 1-1.
No comment (via www.nba.com)
Odd man love (via www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com)
On March 15 and 16, we have another back-to-back, with a road game at Houston and a home game against the Washington Bullets. As with the back-to-back right before this one, even though the opponents are not that great I'm expecting 1-1 since the Nuggets just aren't that good at back-to-backs and since they can't finish off business against bad teams.
Whatever (via images.icanhascheezburger.com)
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I'll put the next two down at the same time, since they are similar games: a home game against NOLA and a home game against the Bucks. I am hoping for 2-0 here, but you never know.
Oh noes, a giant hornet! (via www.muenster.org)
The next back-to-back will be a double roadie at the New York Brickerbockers and the Boston Celtics. I say 1-1 like I have earlier for all the prior back-to-backs, but for some reason I have better hopes for this one being 2-0.
Very fitting (via www.wyckoffschools.org)
Perfect! (via cache.boston.com)
Next, we will play at Toronto on the 26th. It will be the third game of a five-game road trip.
I was going to post the Hedo Turkoglu "ball" video (URL is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56GL0ayF9Fs). I can't seem to figure out how to embed the video.
Wow, almost looks like the real thing (via farm1.static.flickr.com)
The Nuggets finish off the month with a back-to-back at Orlando and at Dallas. I don't really have much to say about this, except that I absolutely hate the WizardsBullets for letting go of Caron Butler but more importantly Brendan Haywood for Josh Howard and benchwarmers. However, the original deal was Butler for Howard, but the WizardsBullets decided to include Haywood in there too...ugh.
Yeah, I'm just as shocked as you about the fact that you're still in the NBA (via upload.wikimedia.org)
This guy never fails (via blogs.dallasobserver.com)
So....that adds up to a 11-5 record in the month of March (Lakers game not included). If you include the Detroit game and the Lakers game, I'll say 12-6, but I'm hoping for 13-5. However, again, the Nuggets have a habit of dropping random games that they should win.
I will add more of my thoughts later when I have more time. Sorry for the ridiculously long post, but I had to put everything on there.
Here's Hedo's "Ball" postgame interview that somehow went all the way down to here.
