The race for the #8 seed is heating up.
The #8 seed is still up for grabs in the western conference. Currently the Lakers have a half game lead over the Denver Nuggets, and they have a game and a half lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minnesota lost on Sunday to the red hot Houston Rockets 102-93 to fall off the pace a bit. On Saturday night Kobe Bryant had a great game against the Charlotte Bobcats. He scored 21 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, and he hit the game winning shot with 0.9 seconds left. The Lakers won consecutive road wins for the first time this season, which is good news for them since they’re in the midst of a six game road trip. They play eight of their next nine on the road. This week they play the Washington Wizards, and the Philadelphia 76ers on back-to-back nights. After a day off they play another back to back against the red-hot Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers. The game against Miami is a rematch of Shaq vs. Kobe. Currently Shaq is 2-0 this season over Kobe. If the Lakers are lucky they'll find a way to go 2-2 this week and win at Philadelphia and Indiana. If not, they could lose three games this week and give up ground to both the Nuggets and Timberwolves.
The Denver Nuggets have survived a bittersweet weekend with a surprising split of their games. They won on the road Saturday night in San Antonio against a team without All Star C Tim Duncan and fellow All Star SG Manu Ginobili. San Antonio is NBA's best team at home with a record of 28-3. The Nuggets struggled with bad officiating; bad shot selections, and still overcame a seven-point deficit with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Sunday night in the second game of a back to back the Nuggets lost to Phoenix 106-101. The Nuggets were in this game until the end, and then an official blew a call that cost them the game. Phoenix PG Steve Nash drew a loose ball foul on Denver PG Earl Boykins, when it was an obvious over the back foul on Nash. The score was 104-101 with six seconds left. The Nuggets should have gotten an inbound because of the foul on Nash, and an opportunity to tie the game. I guess those are the breaks. The Nuggets have their next six games at home. On the season they are 19-10 at home.
The Nuggets should be 5-1, or at the worst 4-2 in the next 6 games of their homestand. They should be able to beat the Charlotte Bobcats, LA Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings. The Washington Wizards and LA Lakers games are hard to guess the outcome, but they're winnable games. The Nuggets are bound for a bump in the road on the homestand but they can make a lot of headway towards securing a playoff position by winning the games they should win.
The Denver Nuggets have survived a bittersweet weekend with a surprising split of their games. They won on the road Saturday night in San Antonio against a team without All Star C Tim Duncan and fellow All Star SG Manu Ginobili. San Antonio is NBA's best team at home with a record of 28-3. The Nuggets struggled with bad officiating; bad shot selections, and still overcame a seven-point deficit with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Sunday night in the second game of a back to back the Nuggets lost to Phoenix 106-101. The Nuggets were in this game until the end, and then an official blew a call that cost them the game. Phoenix PG Steve Nash drew a loose ball foul on Denver PG Earl Boykins, when it was an obvious over the back foul on Nash. The score was 104-101 with six seconds left. The Nuggets should have gotten an inbound because of the foul on Nash, and an opportunity to tie the game. I guess those are the breaks. The Nuggets have their next six games at home. On the season they are 19-10 at home.
The Nuggets should be 5-1, or at the worst 4-2 in the next 6 games of their homestand. They should be able to beat the Charlotte Bobcats, LA Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings. The Washington Wizards and LA Lakers games are hard to guess the outcome, but they're winnable games. The Nuggets are bound for a bump in the road on the homestand but they can make a lot of headway towards securing a playoff position by winning the games they should win.
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