Celtics Vs. Nuggets recap: Make room for more on the Kenneth Faried bandwagon ...
Even though the Nuggets tried their best to lose another home game, rookie Kenneth Faried would have none of it.
| Final - 3.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 22 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 91 |
| Denver Nuggets | 29 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 98 |
Stories
Nuggets trade analysis: The bright-side of salary dump
While there are those who envision the Nuggets recent acquisition of talented but ... umm ... basketball IQ challenged JaVale McGee as a long term move, there's another angle to the trade that needs to be discussed. Money money money money ... monnnnnnnnnnnney!
Bullets Forever Q&A: What do the Nuggets have in JaVale McGee?
The big trade that occurred yesterday between the Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards got me wondering just what did the Nuggets get when they swapped Nene for JaVale McGee. Who better to bring in than Mike Prada of Bullets Forever (and SB Nation.com) to answer some questions for Nuggets Nation?
Thunder at Nuggets recap: Denver 14 point third quarter prevents team from dancing
Nuggets lose their first game since trading Nene and their second game to the OKC Thunder. Another tough night for the Nuggets defense and third quarter offense.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 22 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 91 |
| Denver | 29 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 98 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 31 | 8-17 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-0 | 22 |
| Brandon Bass | 27 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Kevin Garnett | 32 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 9-1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 22 |
| Ray Allen | 41 | 3-10 | 0-6 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Rajon Rondo | 43 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 13 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Avery Bradley | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Keyon Dooling | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Marquis Daniels | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Chris Wilcox | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Sasha Pavlovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| JaJuan Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-76 | 3-15 | 16-17 | 27-4 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 21-1 | 91 | |
| .474 | .200 | .941 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (20 pts) | |||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 32 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 5-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Kenneth Faried | 23 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 16-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 18 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 19 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Arron Afflalo | 30 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Ty Lawson | 34 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Al Harrington | 28 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Kosta Koufos | 14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Andre Miller | 22 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Corey Brewer | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 17 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Andersen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ronny Turiaf | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| JaVale McGee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-74 | 7-20 | 23-31 | 46-14 | 26 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 17-2 | 98 | |
| .459 | .350 | .742 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 3 (20 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Scott Foster, J.T. Orr, Gary Zielinski
Duration:2:12
Officials: - Scott Foster, J.T. Orr, Gary Zielinski
Duration:2:12
