Nuggets Get Easy Win
Denver is back to their winning ways
Nuggets
96
Clippers
75
By Arthur Barclay
LOS ANGELES-At the end of the 1st quarter, Denver led 26-18 over the Clippers. Everyone for the Nuggets had a solid quarter as they shot 52% in the 1st quarter. Jon Barry led the Nuggets with 5 pts on 2-2 shooting. Miller, Johnson and Stoudemire all had 4 pts apiece. Maggette led teh Clippers with 6 pts, while Brand scored 4 pts.
Denver led 49-35 at teh end of the 1st half. Carmelo had 12 pts and 5 rebs in the 1st half. Joe Johnson scored 8 pts for Denver. Stoudemire had 6 pts, 5 rebs and 3 blks through the 1st half. Brand had 6 pts, 4 rebs and 1 blk for the Clippers. Maggette led the Clippers in scoring with 10 pts on 4-14 shooting.
The Nuggets kept the Clippers in check as they led 74-53 at the end of 3 quarters. Carmelo had 18 pts, 6 rebs and 5 asts. Joe Johnson and Stoudemire had 10 pts apiece. Camby had 6 pts and 11 rebs in the 3rd. Maggette had 14 pts through 3 quarters, while Brand moved into double digits with 10 pts.
The Nuggets controlled the flow for the entire game and came out with the 96-75 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Carmelo was the Player of the Game with 22 pts, 7 rebs and 6 asts. He had an off night, shooting 7-20 from the field. Stoudemire finished with 18 pts, 13 rebs and 3 blks. Andre Miller played a great game with 13 pts, 5 rebs and 5 asts. He committed 6 TO's, but Denver still managed to control the game. Marcus Camby had a double-double with 10 pts and 17 rebs. Johnson scored 10 pts in the game.
Corey Maggette had 20 pts and 5 rebs to lead the Clippers. Quentin Richardson scored 12 pts and shot 5-12 from the field. Brand had 10 pts and 9 rebs in 31 mins of play.
Denver shot 43% in the game, while the Clippers shot 36%. The Nuggets attempted 23 FT's in the game, while the Clippers only attempted 10. Denver outrebounded the Clippers 55-43 in the game.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS GUARD COREY MAGGETTE(20 points and 5 rebounds)
On game-officiating...
"I felt like Denver had alot more calls than us and we couldn't get any calls during the game. I can't say that's the reason why we lost because we made alot of mistakes ourselves, but I felt if we could've gotten a few more calls from the refs then it would've been a more competitive game. They did shoot 12 more FT's than we did."
DENVER NUGGETS COACH JEFF BZDELIK
On getting back on track...
"We came out in this game and did our jobs. We kept a positive attitude after the Mavs game and we just came out and played great in this game. We are a young team and I was very impressed to see that from my players. It's a matter of learning the game and how to build from your mistakes."