Denver Nuggets - The Next Level [Game 3 + 4]

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NBA Finals: Denver Vs New York
The First 4 Games

Game 1: Billups belts Knicks in victory



Chauncey Billups has come up with one of the games of his life as the Denver Nuggets thrashed the New York Knicks 104-79. Mr Big Shot ended up with 40 points in a display of some of the best shooting you'll ever see. Kevin Durant also enjoyed a high scoring night with 29, while J.R. Smith contributed with 17. On the defensive end, Yao was a force to be reckoned with as he grabbed 12 boards and swatted away 4 shots.

For the Knicks, Evan O'Shea was the high point man with 20. Luis Johnston recorded 17, but Rajon Rondo had a disappointing night with 13. Bench player MacKenzie MacMahon rounded out the double-digit scorers with 12.

Despite a dominant performance on the boards by Grant Bernard (20 rebounds), the Denver Nuggets put major points on a woeful New York Knicks defense. Their inability to defend the pick and roll was their downfall and if they're to stay in this series, they need to make a serious adjustment.

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NYK@DEN

DEN: 104 (Billups 40, Durant 29, Smith 17)
NYK: 79 (O'Shea 20, Johnston 17, Rondo 13)

Sprite Performer of the Game: Chauncey Billups 40 points 1 rebound 4 assists 2 steals

Rebounds

DEN: Yao 12
NYK: Bernard 20

Assists

DEN: Hill, Yao 5
NYK: Rondo 6

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Game 2: Denver go up by 2



Denver have once again flexed their muscles against the New York Knicks by winning Game 2 by 82-69. J.R. Smith led the way with 36 points to earn himself the Performer of the Game. Finals MVP favourite Chauncey Billups wasn't far away with 23 points. Being a relatively low scoring game, those two were the only double figure scorers for Denver, as the third highest was Kevin Durant with 8 points.

In contrast, New York had 4 double-digit scorers with Grant Bernard leading the way. He registered a double-double by once again owning the boards with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Rajon Rondo had an improved game with 17, while Evan O'Shea scored 14. Garth Connolly was the 4th in double figures with 12.

Although they had a shared offensive performance, no one for the Knicks was able to dominate the scorer's sheet.

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NYK@DEN

DEN: 82 (Smith 36, Billups 23, Durant 8)
NYK: 69 (Bernard 18, Rondo 17, O'Shea 14)

Sprite Performer of the Game: J.R. Smith 36 points 5 rebounds 1 assist 1 block 2 steals

Rebounds

DEN: Yao 10
NYK: Bernard 15

Assists

DEN: Billups 4
NYK: O'Shea 7

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Game 3: Denver one away



Denver find themselves one game away from repeating as they had another emphatic win over New York, with the score ending up 82-67. Chauncey Billups got out of the blocks quickly and was the high point man with 23. However it was Borislav Perko who won the Performer of the Game. The Kazakhstan Kid registered a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. He came up with some big time plays that will no doubt make it in the playoffs highlight reel. Kevin Durant and J.R. Smith both scored 14 each as Denver had a well-rounded scoring effort.

For the Knicks, while Grant Bernard and Rajon Rondo both had 20 points, there would be little resistance after that as Luis Johnston (10) was the only other double-figure scorer. Bernard picked up his second double-double of the series with 12 boards as well.

With the next game at Madison Square Garden, New York will be desperately looking to turn around their fortunes.

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DEN@NYK

DEN: 82 (Billups 23, Perko 18, Durant 14)
NYK: 67 (Bernard 20, Rondo 20, Johnston 10)

Sprite Performer of the Game: Borislav Perko 18 points 15 rebounds 3 assists 2 blocks

Rebounds

DEN: Perko 15
NYK: Bernard 12

Assists

DEN: Billups, Jennings 4
NYK: O'Shea 7

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Game 4: Denver remain on top



Denver have ended their season in a fitting 31 point blowout of the New York Knicks. The score after 4 quarters was 100-69. During the entire year, Denver were just about untouchable and this game was no exception. In what could have been the last game of his career, Chauncey Billups was at his devastating best, scoring 36 points. He was well supported by former MVP J.R. Smith, who scored 31. Borislav Perko continued on his good form with 12 points and 7 rebounds, while Kevin Durant didn't have to do much more than score 10 points.

New York had 4 double figure scorers, but as was the story of this series, they all struggled to get above 20. Evan O'Shea was the closest with 19 points. The rest couldn't even make it above 15 as Luis Johnston (12), Rajon Rondo (11) and Grant Bernard (10) struggled to make inroads into Denver's defense. Bernard once again hit the boards hard with 12 rebounds, but it was in vain much like the rest of his efforts in the series.

This is the second season in a row that Denver has sweeped the NBA Finals.

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DEN@NYK

DEN: 100 (Billups 36, Smith 31, Perko 12)
NYK: 69 (O'Shea 19, Johnston 12, Rondo 11)

Sprite Performer of the Game: J.R. Smith 31 points 5 rebounds 2 assists 4 steals

Rebounds

DEN: Yao 12
NYK: Bernard 12

Assists

DEN: Billups, Jennings 3
NYK: Rondo 5

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Click on the picture below for the slideshow of the 2018 NBA Finals



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Might be 5-4-5-4 this year, meaning Nuggets win Game 5, then sweeps whoever's in the finals.

You certainly called it

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Next up will be the championship team and the Finals MVP. Thanks again for following yet another season of this dynasty

You raped them man, in each game too

Oh My!!!!!!!!
Is That A Sweep!

WOW! Yet again another great way to end the season!
Congratz Bro!
5 Titles in 9 Years!

Its really hard to guess whos the Finals MVP. But im really sure it wont be KD. .. But im sure that it will be a battle between JR Smith And Chauncey Billups.

Again Congratz Bro!!!!!

The Starters

| Chris Andersen | Borislav Perko | Kevin Durant | J.R. Smith | Chauncey Billups |

The Bench

| Yao Ming | Brandon Jennings | George Power | Garth Vine | Nicolas Batum | Jordan Hill | Robin Lopez |

IR

| Taylor MacKenzie | Patrick Mills | Basil Richter |

Coach


Finals MVP: Chauncey Billups



23.1ppg 6.9apg 2.3spg

The Top Plays

Incredibly hard to pick which ones are better, so I decided to categorise them by the series:

Round 1 Vs Dallas

Game 1: Billups And 1
Game 5: Smith over Robertson

Conference Semis Vs LA Clippers

Game 1: Birdman's epic... pass?
Game 2: Earl's 360
Game 3: J.R. sends it to overtime
Game 4: Billups with the hoop and harm

Western Conference Finals Vs San Antonio

Game 1: Earl's hustle leads to basket
Game 2: A Team Effort
Game 4: Durant doesn't need to look

NBA Finals Vs New York

Game 2: Perko on the offensive
Game 3: The Kazakhstan Kid says no
Game 3: BP elevates
Game 4: Billups long 3

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Season: 73-9
Playoffs: 16-2

Total Games Played: 100

I always tell myself that I'll sim some of the next season

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Thanks to everyone for the support once again; that had to have been my favourite season yet. The next one should start pretty soon, but for now... I think it might be time to get some sleep

Sure it was a heck of a year for Mr Big Shot and the Nuggets huh?
Have a good night rest!

A prefect time for Billups to retire if he feels like it. Congrats on another one.

Congrats on the title ! In the end, it was you who raped the Knicks, and their mothers too! Loved the highlights, especially the Durant No Look, Perko's dunk block, and Billups's long three. It's gonna suck to see Billups go.

I think this is the perfect time for Mr. Big Shot to retire... superb playoffs he had...

badreligionau's Denver Nuggets: DYNASTY!

Tremendous win! Love Billup's 3. and congrats on the 2018 Final!

Holy crap I just realized how stinkin' deep your roster is (Robin Lopez as your 12th man!)

Congrats on another title. I imagine this one would feel especially sweet

Question, what difficulty are you playing? Do you play Pro since it is apparently most realistic play then ramp up the sliders for difficulty? Might be time to ramp up difficulty a little

You know you're dominating when you barely hit double digits in losses (11) in both the regular season and playoffs combined.

Congrats for winning the title

The Nuggets just dominated the whole league! I almost forgot about the Lakers/Celtics

The Nuggets just dominated the whole league! I almost forgot about the Lakers/Celtics

Both of which suck in 2018.

Might be 5-4-5-4 this year, meaning Nuggets win Game 5, then sweeps whoever's in the finals.

You certainly called it

Wow, scarily accurate prediction.

Congrats on winning another championship in dominating fashion! Great to see Billups come up big with Finals MVP honours, if this is his swansong then you can't ask for a much better finale.

Congrats on another title.

Nice job getting another Championship.

I'm interested to see what you do during the off-season. A few of your guys must be getting close to retirement.
Even if Billups, Andersen or Yao do retire, you have Jennings and Lopez ready to step in.

Billups' #1 should be retired if he does, too. We don't want another Igor Martin, do we?

At least with players on your own team, you can change their jersey number to avoid that stuff.

Congrats bro!!

Congrats on the title! Great to see Billups do work in the finals. Kind of hope he retires, considering how ridiculously epic his final games were.

Booo!!! New York lost Booo!!!

Just kidding man, congrats on winning another one...

You raped them man, in each game too

Yeah, I was surprised to how quick it was to be honest. I thought they would be a lot harder, but I guess they were an 8th seed team in the end.

Oh My!!!!!!!!
Is That A Sweep!

WOW! Yet again another great way to end the season!
Congratz Bro!
5 Titles in 9 Years!

Its really hard to guess whos the Finals MVP. But im really sure it wont be KD. .. But im sure that it will be a battle between JR Smith And Chauncey Billups.

Again Congratz Bro!!!!!

Sure it was a heck of a year for Mr Big Shot and the Nuggets huh?
Have a good night rest!

I'm glad Chauncey lived up to expectations in his 20th year. It was definitely a season to remember for me personally... I'm willing to say best ever for me in dynasties I've played.

A prefect time for Billups to retire if he feels like it. Congrats on another one.

I think this is the perfect time for Mr. Big Shot to retire... superb playoffs he had...

badreligionau's Denver Nuggets: DYNASTY!

Absolutely; nothing better than to go out as a winner and judged the best in the post season

Congrats on the title ! In the end, it was you who raped the Knicks, and their mothers too! Loved the highlights, especially the Durant No Look, Perko's dunk block, and Billups's long three. It's gonna suck to see Billups go.

Perko's dunk block was probably my favourite out of the lot, although the 3 was particularly amazing too. It'll be sad to see Billups go, that's for sure. He's been there from the very start.

Tremendous win! Love Billup's 3. and congrats on the 2018 Final!

Holy crap I just realized how stinkin' deep your roster is (Robin Lopez as your 12th man!)

Thanks z02, it was a great season to play

I'm looking to include Fropez a bit more next season

Congrats on another title. I imagine this one would feel especially sweet

Question, what difficulty are you playing? Do you play Pro since it is apparently most realistic play then ramp up the sliders for difficulty? Might be time to ramp up difficulty a little

Thanks The X. I actually play on All-Star at the moment. I always kind of refused to play on Superstar because of how unforgiving All-Star can be at times, but ever since playing 2k11, I think going up to Superstar might not be so hard

You know you're dominating when you barely hit double digits in losses (11) in both the regular season and playoffs combined.

I never really thought of it like that actually. Overall including both I had a win-loss of .890... can't ask for a whole lot more there really.

Congrats for winning the title

Thanks Justine

The Nuggets just dominated the whole league! I almost forgot about the Lakers/Celtics

The Nuggets just dominated the whole league! I almost forgot about the Lakers/Celtics

Both of which suck in 2018.

Might be 5-4-5-4 this year, meaning Nuggets win Game 5, then sweeps whoever's in the finals.

You certainly called it

Wow, scarily accurate prediction.

The Lakers and the Celtics are particularly bad in this dynasty, but with Stanley Alston on their side, I can imagine the Lakers improving greatly next season. If there is a GOAT in my game, it's definitely him.

And nice prediction as well 501stJointFightWing

Congrats on winning another championship in dominating fashion! Great to see Billups come up big with Finals MVP honours, if this is his swansong then you can't ask for a much better finale.

I'm so glad he won it because I know that J.R. is going to be around next season and he will have his chances at it again... not so sure about Billups, being 41 and all. He definitely deserves to go out that way I believe

Congrats on another title.

Thanks KD#35, got one for your boy

Nice job getting another Championship.

I'm interested to see what you do during the off-season. A few of your guys must be getting close to retirement.
Even if Billups, Andersen or Yao do retire, you have Jennings and Lopez ready to step in.

That's the cool thing, even if guys retire there are other guys to come in and start a new era for my dynasty. Can't wait for the new beginning no matter what happens in the off-season

Billups' #1 should be retired if he does, too. We don't want another Igor Martin, do we?

I agree whole-heartedly; Billups earnt his number

At least with players on your own team, you can change their jersey number to avoid that stuff.

And I shall do my best to make sure the "Igor Martin" situation doesn't happen on my team

Congrats bro!!

Thanks King Dee

Congrats on the title! Great to see Billups do work in the finals. Kind of hope he retires, considering how ridiculously epic his final games were.

Although he's a lot of fun to play with, I do agree that he should retire after his amazing series.

Booo!!! New York lost Booo!!!

Just kidding man, congrats on winning another one...

Hey, I was kind of on the New York bandwagon as well... I just don't like losing to any team

You Still Up Making Another Run For Gold Buddy?