The Nuggets have the toughest matchup of the first round of the NBA Playoffs in the Oklahoma City Thunder. And they’ll have to take the challenge on shorthanded. The injury list looks more like a Seattle weather-man’s prediction on rain for the week…Gallinari 85%, Mozgov 60%, Felton 90%, Afflalo 45%, Lawson 85%, Andersen 80% and NOW Nene 85%.
But even with a healthy lineup George Karl was going to install the Guarding-Kevin-Durant-By-Committee defense anyway. And that may not even work.
In the playoffs stars win games, stars win series and stars win championships. This isn’t baseball where momentum carries you over the top. On the hardwood you need that great player, now those great players (OKC, LA, Boston, Chicago), to hoist their team above the rest.
And let’s say the Nuggets somehow find their way moving onward. (NOT losing in 6 games to the Thunder) It could mean trouble for the rest of the West. The playoffs have as many days off in between game that even Ferris Bueller gets jealous, and that could be just what the doctor ordered.
So then the only thing really stopping the Nuggs from THE NBA FINALS is Los Angeles. But I’m liking our chances…. if it’ll rain, it’ll pour.
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