I took last night's loss hard. No more! Cue the music!!
Blur Song 2 (via balkhor)
I love Blur!!
Anyway. After some serious thought...it occurred to me that I have way overreacted to this loss. The nuggets have a very legit chance to get to 53 or 54 wins. 5 of the next 7 are at home. The Lakers game doesn't scare me because they will have things tied up by that point. OKC is the crap shoot game to get us to 54 wins.
Listen....after last night I was feeling like this:
Garbage Day! (high quality) (via BrunoMe)
But upon reflection it dawned on me that Dallas will probably drop a few more games to teams that they should beat because, well, they're Dallas. Last night was their Super Bowl against a team on the back end of a back to back and a 5 game....horrific road trip...with Kenyon Martin out. Not a real reflection of the Nuggets capabilities.
Reasons for Optimism:
1. Joey Graham on Dirk Nowitzki: LACK was 100% right. Graham was the the perfect person to put on Dirk. If we can get Graham more minutes at PF (albeit as small PF) then I have more hope.
2. Ty Lawson: Finally we get to see the Ty Lawson pre-injury. It was great to see. Difference making. Bolting down the court. Dallas had no answer for him.
3. Melo and Chauncey can't play any worse than they did last night. Nuff said
4. 5 of the next 7 at home
5. Possibility of Kenyon coming back for the playoffs
6. George Karl's improved health.
Grasping a straws? Maybe. I know some are on a crusade to turn Melo into an oversized point guard who never shoots. That's not the solution. The Nuggets are stuck in what seems to be the most negative mindset I've seen them in....well....since maybe the Lakers series in 08. AD is not a motivator and he seems lost at times. Getting home against a team they've handled pretty well this year (Portland) may well be what the doctor ordered. Otherwise it will be this:
A Scene From Troll 2 (via Veovisjohn)
When we NEED it to be this!!!
Carmelo Anthony with the steal and a monster dunk, Jazz Vz Nuggets 10-28-09. (via CyberJam100)
