George Karl answers Denver Stiffs reader questions ...
George Karl talks about playing younger players versus trusted veterans, what the loss of Kenyon Martin has meant defensively and who the biggest Stiff he ever coached was ...
| Final - 3.7.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 26 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 100 |
| Denver Nuggets | 27 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 99 |
George Karl talks about playing younger players versus trusted veterans, what the loss of Kenyon Martin has meant defensively and who the biggest Stiff he ever coached was ...
Just over three and a half hours ago, the Cavaliers had a six-game losing streak, the Nuggets had a four-game winning streak and the Nuggets hadn't lost a game to an Eastern Conference opponent all season long. That all changed as the Cavaliers got to 100 points first and the Nuggets couldn't get to 101, even though they had four seconds to do so at game's end.
With the trade deadline approaching ... what might the Nuggets be up to? And who is available anyway?
The Unitary Executive are back with Part 3 of their NBA scheduling series ...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 26 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 100 |
| Denver | 27 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 99 |
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Gee | 31 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Antawn Jamison | 36 | 11-21 | 3-6 | 8-9 | 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 33 |
| Ryan Hollins | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Anthony Parker | 27 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Kyrie Irving | 32 | 8-16 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 18 |
| Omri Casspi | 16 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Tristan Thompson | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Ramon Sessions | 21 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Samardo Samuels | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Daniel Gibson | 19 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Manny Harris | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Anderson Varejao | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Semih Erden | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Christian Eyenga | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Luke Harangody | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ben Uzoh | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-82 | 7-23 | 19-23 | 36-5 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 26-0 | 100 | |
| .451 | .304 | .826 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 2 (24 pts) | |||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Brewer | 20 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Kenneth Faried | 19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Nene Hilario | 21 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 5-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Arron Afflalo | 39 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Ty Lawson | 40 | 6-14 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 5-0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Al Harrington | 33 | 10-20 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 8-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 22 |
| Chris Andersen | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 22 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Andre Miller | 24 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kosta Koufos | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Timofey Mozgov | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-81 | 4-20 | 25-32 | 46-10 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 19-0 | 99 | |
| .432 | .200 | .781 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (11 pts) | |||||||