Dwanye Who...?

Saturday, 05 December 2009 15:33

Maybe he was just saving himself for last night's game against the Lakers, maybe his team was worn out from their win in Portland to open up their road trip, or maybe Denver just wanted revenge for their beatdown in Miami last month... but whatever the reason, Dwanye Wade could not carry his team against fellow draft class of 2003 member Carmelo Anthony and the determined Nuggets squad on Thursday. Nené (pictured above), Birdman and the Denver bigs dominated the paint and double teams limited Wade to jump shots for most of the night, effectively shutting down the Miami offense.

Nené played great, hitting shots from the outside and taking it to the hole time and time again (with some nifty passing by JR Smith) to end up with 15 points and 8 rebounds, providing the inside presence that the Nuggets desperately need.

Outside the Pepsi Center it was cold and snowy, with temps in the single digits and a few inches covering the ground. I love it when it feels like winter for real, prime weather for Basketball.

Miami did play pretty good through the first quarter, even coming up with this monster block by Jermaine O'Neal on one of Nené's powerful drives.

They had trouble on the offensive end though, with Melo's defense and Birdman's length causing trouble for the Heat all night long. Miami did have too many offensive rebounds though, something the Nuggets are still struggling with, ranked 19th in the league in rebound margin.

Melo was named November's Western Conference Player of the Month because of plays like these.

As the Nuggets announcer likes to say, "REEEEEWIIINNNDDD!"

Mario Chalmers hit a couple shots early but could not match the hot shooting of JR Swish who scored all of his 16 points in the first half, and opened the game up in the second quarter.

By halftime the Nuggets were up by 16 and like so many games at home for the Nuggets, it was pretty much already a wrap. The Tuaca Chill Zone is a great place to grab a drink, meet up with friends and celebrate.

It even has a nice view so you can still keep up with the action.

The second half was all Nugs, so we had to entertain ourselves in other ways. Rocky's always good for that and came by for a visit.

Anya even gave him some love with some smooches.

Gotta love that crazy cat.

Although Bedz and Psycho were not loving Rocky after he sprayed them with Silly String. There's DJ equipment over here Rocky!

Nuggets were draining shots in the third like this three from Aaron Afflalo, who was a perfect 3-3 from behind line.

Chauncey says, "Yeah I'll take one too."

Nené BOO YAA!

Kenyon kept it gangsta and got tossed for talking shit to the refs, other than that, the fourth quarter was pretty uneventful. Wade was one the bench along with the Nuggets' stars and the C Team got some good playing time. Ty Lawson is really benefitting from being on such a good team where he's allowed plenty of minutes to run the show towards the end of games when an opponent's comeback is not possible. After the game, TNT's Craig Sager talked with Chauncey about the Nuggets' rise to "elite" staus. Hell, we went to the Conference Finals and save for a couple errant inbound passes, were right there with those pesky Lakers. I guess it takes a true Finals Victory before you get real credit with the national media.

After the game it was over to Beta Nightclub, where Thursday nights always bring in the big dance DJs like David Guetta and wild crowds ready to party.

See what I mean?

Pretty good company. Just another night in Denver. Good job Thuggets, hopefully we can keep it up on the road! See you next Saturday against the streaking Suns. Biz Markie will be in the building too... Nobody Beats The Biz!!!

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