"I think when I said I needed some more help, I think it was took out of context,'' Anthony said Tuesday. "I need help trying to figure this thing out. I've always told you I can't do it by myself. I don't want to try to do it by myself. I've been there. I didn't try to do that before. It don't work. I'm not going to be able to do this by myself without them other guys out there. So when I said I needed help, I was coming from that standpoint of wanting everybody to get together and let's do it together.'' "I didn't feel any friction in there in practice [Tuesday],'' said Anthony, who admitted he's surprised the Jazz have beaten the Nuggets three straight times after a Game 1 loss. "Everybody was on the same, talking about what we've got to do [Wednesday]. As far as J.R.'s Twitter, I haven't been on Twitter in so long, like a couple weeks, so I don't know what's being said and I don't want to try to harp on that. "We're positive. [Monday] was probably a day of, 'What's going on? What could we do?' 'I think a lot of people took what I said when I said I needed help the wrong way. But I talked to my teammates. They know what I meant. We talk basketball every day, so they know I'm not pointing nobody out individually. I'm in there with them. I'm not saying I'm playing the best that I can play. I'm in there with them. We're all losing together.'' Anthony, though, said Tuesday he had no problem with Dantley singling him out. "He said it,'' Anthony said. "It is what it is. If that's how he felt, then maybe I've got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball, not getting so many charges and just being aware of what's going on out there. I can't dispute what the head coach is saying. If he's on the sideline, he sees that problem; I've got to fix it."

I'll be appearing on sports radio 104.3 The Fan with Sandy Clough on "Clough Talk" tonight at 8pm MST. We'll be talking Melo, AD and all things Nuggets leading into Game 5. Hopefully you can listen live!

Andersen, Dantley & Melo incident

My Take on Game Four Denver actually started off the game with several offensive tweaks designed to create more room for Carmelo Anthony to operate. Middle screen/rolls put pressure on Kyrylo Fesenko to make aggressive shows, or stay in front of Melo’s drives, something the youngster had nary a prayer of doing. Denver also used a weak-side split cut that freed up Melo for an open layup. Aside from these tweaks designed to get Melo away from situations where Utah’s defenders could anticipate his drives and coax offensive fouls, the Nuggets let Aaron Afflalo attack off the dribble and draw a foul to start the game. These were signs that the Nuggets weren’t going to play as passively as they did in Game Three, and that Carmelo was going to find different ways to attack the basket aside from setting up on either elbow where the Jazz had preplanned strategies to shade or double him. After blitzing off to an early 18-11 lead, perhaps the Nuggets had come to play. Perhaps not. After the initial few minutes, Denver settled back into their predictable iso routines for the rest of the game, with several screen/rolls thrown in for show. The split and diagonal cuts tapered off, and the Nuggets again settled into playing one-on-one basketball. One-on-one basketball never works in the playoffs unless individuals have heroic performances. Unfortunately, too many Nuggets were complete no-shows.

Alongside ESPN's Rick Reilly, Nuggets head coach George Karl appears on camera for the first time since concluding treatment for throat and neck cancer. After watching this incredibly moving and sad piece, it makes me absolutely furious with our players for not giving a better effort in their first round series with the Jazz. Karl can barely talk, is exhausted and has to be fed through a tube in his stomach, and yet his players can't even show up for a playoff game. It should also be noted that on "SportsCenter" this morning, Reilly speculated that Karl will not come back this year.

Not a Nuggets or Jazz fan, just a writer looking for exposure and discussion. My take on Game 3, here's a sample: The Utah Jazz’s 105-93 Game Three victory over the Denver Nuggets was revealing in the truths unveiled by each participant with one caveat—the 12 point final score was an untruth in that Utah was much more dominant than the Nuggets after the game’s initial 10 minutes. Truth: Paul Millsap eviscerated the Denver Nuggets Reason: Because Utah had so much success running screen/fades with Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer in Game Two, Denver had to tweak their defense for Game Three with Denver trapping Williams’ high screen/rolls and keeping a body near Boozer along the perimeter. As a result, Millsap was often able to duck in or work the baseline against single coverage.

"[Coaches and players] give the impression to our fans that the referees somehow have an agenda," Stern said. "Yeah, they have an agenda -- it's to knock themselves out to give the best call that they can and then to send their checks homes to their mothers and give the rest to charity."

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