[BaLLiStiX17]

Denver Nuggets(48-31) Houston Rockets(48-31)

Nuggets Projected Starting Lineup
Center-Marcus Camby
Power Forward-Kenyon Martin
Small Forward-Carmelo Anthony
Shooting Guard-Demarr Johnson
Point Guard-Andre Miller

Bench-
Earl Boykins
Wesley Person
Bryon Russell
Nene Hilario
Eduardo Najera
Francisco Elson

Houston Rockets Projected Starting Lineup
Center-Yao Ming
Power Forward-Clarence WeatherSpoon
Small Forward-Tracy McGrady
Shooting Guard-David Wesley
Point Guard-Bob Sura

Bench-
Mike James
Jon Barry
Ryan Bowen
Scott Padgett
Dikembe Mutumbo

[BaLLiStiX17]

heh this should be an very interesting game..both teams will be playing hard for the 6th seed in the playoffs...but i still have to go with my nuggets so Game Prediction
Nuggets 115
Rockets 100

[Pejavlade]

Nuggets 104
Rockets 107

Melo 28pts 5reb 5asts 2stl
Sura 17pts 7reb 8asts 2stl

[G-Force]

Its a three way race for seeds 5, 6 and 7 in the West. I'm pulling for you guys to knock off Houston. These final three games of the season sure are interesting aren't they? It's a tight race in the East as well.

G-Force

[Raxel]

If Nuggets win tonight, you will be #5 (Kings will lose to Suns). Go ahead.

[master8492]

I think this should be a fun game to watch. It's going to be a playoff-like atmosphere for sure.

Nuggets to win

Nuggets 101
Rockets 98

[Triple_Single]

Camby's out, Buckner's in.

Martin's got to step it up in Camby's absence. We need solid minutes from Elson too. Buck did a nice job against McGrady when the Nuggets beat them in Houston earlier in the year. He was out with an injury when TMac torched the Nuggets for 45 in Denver.

[rice613]

it's going to be close with camby out injured. we might lose this one. they have home advantage and no real injuries bsides juwan howard. if nene doesnt step it up, it's over.

Predicted score: Nuggets 102 Rockets 98

[BaLLiStiX17]

Halftime
Nuggets 49
Rockets 56

[BaLLiStiX17]

Scoring Leaders
Denver- Martin 14 pts
Rockets- McGrady 14 pts

[Kuskid]

Just got home. The Nuggets are down 56-49 at the half. Martin's diong a good job rebounding, but he's about the only one. The Nuggets are being outrebounded 22-18. Only 11 fast break points (not bad at all, but not what we've been putting up). Mutombo is 1 point away from a double double (5 off, 5 def rebounds), despite only officially taking one shot. Nene is in foul trouble with 3 when we least need it. Kenyon had a very good half besides the 3 turnovers, and is now questionable for the second half after banging his knee. Ugly second quarter, after being up 14. Not a single FT attempt in the second quarter for the Nugs.

[BaLLiStiX17]

Ouch T-Mac with a 3...

[Coatesvillain]

What was Carmelo doing there? He spun into a crowd of three Rockets trying to force up a shot.

[Coatesvillain]

Man, if only Denver can win this game and end up facing the Sonics in the playoffs, I really think the Nuggets would be able to get out of the first round. The Mavericks would be a much tougher matchup IMHO than Seattle.

15 points down now, here's hoping you guys can pull thi s one out.

[Coatesvillain]

Nice baseline penetration by Earl Boykins, and then to finish it off by assisting a K-Mart dunk on Yao!