Nuggets Vs. Sixers Preview: Sixers East Meets Sixers West

… a lot of those have come in garbage time with the Nugs trying to execute the perfect alley – oop. One time with success…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OUfvQgTcwg

Out of all the teams that lost superstars I feel like this is the one team that came out on top.

If the Nuggets are a “quality team” and we beat them, does that mean the win is still tainted with an asterisk because they played last night and we didn’t? If Hawes doesn’t play and we lose, can we play the “Nuggets played us when we were injured” card?

i’ve always liked the nuggets. since they melo trade i thought the level of ball played by george karl’s team has been amazing. this year, they do have similar numbers and figures to the 7-6 but i think they play more of a physical game than we do. that being said though, i think we will be able to run on them when harrington and miller get in the game. bird can block shots but i’m not really afraid of slashing just because he is in the game. All things considered, the sixers should win this game unless they have a cold night where nothing goes in the hoop because the nuggets are not a mistake-free team to say the least.

I think Jordan Hamilton is in the D-League right now

No Spencer = Loss.

Danilo Gallinari starts at the three – who like Andre Iguodala is the Nuggets best player.

I thought Nene was Denver’s best player?

when jr smith and wilson chandler get freed from china. theyre deeeeeep

this is probably the most accurate preview of our team this year from an opposing blog.

Should be a good game! Also Kosta Koufos might be the back-up center in this game over Anderson who isn’t playing well at all on the road this year. Koufos gets playing time for the same reason Mozgov does, he is big.

shouldn’t it be nuggets east? no disrespect to the sixers (my favorite team along with the bulls out east cause of their “teamness” as george karl likes to say) but the nuggets have put up 50 win seasons on the reg the last decade.

anyway, this should be a great game. i have been looking forward to this matchup for a while. i hope the nuggets aren’t looking past philly to the matchup with melo later this week. focus can be a problem for my nuggs even with j.r. and melo gone.

i think that speaks loudly of karl. great coach, but stuck in his ways, and mitigates his communication with players to other coaches. he is also being very stubborn about his rotations this year playing 8-9 players no matter how they come out on a given day when the team is 15 players deep (obviously 12 on game day).

most of us at denver stiffs think that the rookie faried and kufos should be playing instead of “pump fake” anderson. god i hope he doesn’t see any time against brand who has the pump fake mastered.

anyway i am a big fan of iggy, hawes and turner so i hope the latter two both play.

my prediction, denver 108 – philly 103.

When asked if Spencer Hawes would play tonight, Coach Collins replied “probably not.” Adds if Spencer can’t go, Vucevic would start.

Excited for this game. Should be a good litmus test for the Sixers.

Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov won’t start because of a back strain. Coach George Karl said it’s a 2-3 day injury. Kosta Koufos will start for Mozgov. Guard Rudy Fernandez will miss his second straight game due to a right Achilles strain. Forward DeMarre Carroll also won’t play because of a left hamstring injury.
Rookie Nikola Vucevic will make his first start for the 76ers. Vucevic will replace center Spencer Hawes, who has a left Achilles strain. "This is going to be a racehorse game. I don’t think he’ll be able to do it," Sixers coach Doug Collins said of Hawes. "We have to get him healthy." Vucevic is averaging 4.5 points and 13.4 minutes.
The Sixers will have guard/forward Evan Turner. He missed Monday’s win because of a right quad contusion.
Sixers swingman Andre Iguodala has Karl’s vote for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. Iguodala was named one of 20 finalists for the team on Monday. "I would almost bet he makes it because he’s a guy who can fill many roles and he’s a defensive stopper."
The Sixers have the league’s second-best scoring defense, allowing just 86.2 points per game. Meanwhile, the Nuggets have the second-highest scoring offense, averaging 104.1 points per game.
Karl was encouraged by his team’s performance in a 105-95 victory at Milwaukee on Tuesday night. "We found some things that we hadn’t had on a consistent basis that we hope to have tonight," he said.