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(4-4, Northwest 3위) 99-110 (7-2, Central 1위) → Cavaliers Lead 1-0
http://www.nba.com/games/20081113/DENCLE/recap.html
James, Cavaliers beat Nuggets 110-99
제임스, 캐벌리어스의 너게츠전 110-99 승리 이끌다!
CLEVELAND(AP) -
In the locker room at halftime, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown forced his players to watch a horror flick - highlights of their defense in the first half.
"We were watching film and it was as ugly as it looked,'' Mo Williams said.
After allowing 61 points in a first-half track meet, the Cavaliers buckled down, held Denver to 38 after halftime and won their sixth straight, 110-99 over the Nuggets on Thursday night.
전반에 61점을 내줬지만, 후반에 덴버를 38점에 묶은 끝에, 목요일 밤 너게츠를 110-99로 누르고 6연승을 달렸다.
"The first team that decided to defend in the second half was going to get the win,'' Brown said. "And we did. The first half was a rate race. R-A-T, R-A-C-E.''
LeBron James scored 22 points, most of them coming with good buddy Carmelo Anthony guarding him, and Williams scored a season-high 24, making a critical 3-pointer with James on the bench, as the Cavaliers improved to 5-0 at home and beat the Nuggets for the first time since 2005.
르브론 제임스는 22득점을 올리며, 카멜로 앤소니에 완승을 거뒀다, 그리고 윌리엄스는 시즌-최다인 24득점을 기록했다, 캐벌리어스는 홈 5연승을 달렸고 너게츠에게 2005년 이후 처음으로 이겼다.
"It looked like it was headed in the wrong direction in the first half, but we buckled down in the second and got it together,'' James said.
James had lost his last five games against Anthony, whom he has known since high school, and is now just 3-8 against his U.S. Olympic teammate since they broke into the league together in 2003. James added 11 assists and eight rebounds, and for the moment owns bragging rights over Anthony.
제임스는 11어시스트와 8리바운드를 기록했다.
"Any time I play LeBron and we play Cleveland it's a fun game.'' Anthony said. "That's the way it is, there's so much hype around the game. I don't want to say they were the better team, but they executed down the stretch.''
"나와 우리팀보다 르브론과 클리블랜드가 더 좋은 경기를 했다," - 앤소니.
Daniel Gibson snapped out of a shooting slump and added 15 points for the Cavaliers, who held the Nuggets to 18 points in the fourth on 39 percent shooting.
다니엘 깁슨은 15득점을 기록했고, 너게츠의 4쿼터 득점을 18점(39%)으로 막는데 일조했다.
Denver lost for the first time in four games since acquiring Chauncey Billups in the blockbuster trade that sent Allen Iverson to Detroit.
덴버는 천시 빌럽스를 앨런 아이버슨과의 트레이드로 디트로이트로부터 영입한 후 4경기 만에 첫 패를 안았다.
Billups scored a season-high 26 points - 16 in the first quarter - Anthony had 18 and Kenyon Martin 12 with 10 rebounds for Denver. Martin, who had missed the previous two games with a sprained wrist, was ejected with 55 seconds left after he was called for a flagrant-2 foul for slamming his shoulder into Cleveland forward Anderson Varejao.
빌럽스는 시즌-최다인 26득점을 올렸다 - 1쿼터 16점 - 앤소니는 18득점 했고 케년 마틴이 12득점과 10리바운드를 덴버에서 기록했다. 마틴은, 손목을 접질러 지난 2경기에 뛰지 못했고, 클리블랜드전 4쿼터 종료 55초 전에는 F 앤더슨 바레자오를 어깨로 미는 등 플레그런트 파울을 2개 받고 퇴장당했다.
Before leaving the floor, Martin, who was whistled for a technical moments earlier, screamed obscenities at referee Joey Crawford before he was grabbed by Nuggets coach George Karl and escorted off.
"I don't think it was much of a foul,'' Karl said. "It's frustrating. Sometimes you don't understand what standard they are calling. Kenyon gets the bad end of those calls most of the time. I thought he was just busting and playing hard.''
Martin was reluctant to discuss the incident.
"I didn't get an explanation,'' he said. "It's basketball. Basketball is a contact sport. It's not bowling or table tennis.''
With the Cavaliers leading 94-85, James was replaced with 8:23 remaining. Denver hit a pair of 3-pointers to pull within 98-91, but Williams made a jumper and then dropped a 3-pointer with 5:53 to give Cleveland a 103-91 lead. As Williams' ball was in the air, James walked onto the floor extending three fingers on both hands. He then ran over, jumped and bumped his new teammate, whom the Cavs acquired in a trade this summer to make such shots.
캐벌리어스는 제임스의 득점으로 8분 23초를 남기고 94-85로 앞섰다. 덴버는 3점슛을 앞세워 91-98로 추격했다, 하지만 5분 53초 전에 터진 윌리엄스의 3점슛으로 캐벌리어스가 103-91로 달아나며 승기를 잡았다.
"That's my role when he (LeBron) is out of the game, scoring, finding guys, just making something happen,'' Williams said. "We will get more comfortable when LeBron is not in and we have to contribute. We have to sustain the lead or go on a run while he is getting a rest.''
James' flurry in the final 1:35 of the third quarter gave the Cavaliers an 88-81 lead entering the fourth.
First, he drove the lane and dropped an off-balance layup while being fouled by Anthony. He completed a three-point play to make it 83-81, and after JR Smith hit a 3-pointer for Denver, James set up Gibson on the wing and the Cavs guard, who missed all six 3s on Tuesday against Milwaukee, finally knocked down a long-range shot.
Brown was confident Gibson would find his touch eventually. Before the game, Brown was asked what he might tell his guard.
"Shoot, Boobie, shoot,'' Brown said in a high-pitched voice.
There was no need for a 24-second shot clock in the first quarter as the teams combined for 69 points while playing at a dizzying pace reminiscent of the old ABA in the 1970s, when defense was nothing more than a rumor.
Billups scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and the Nuggets went 5-for-5 on 3-pointers and shot 74 percent (14-of-19) from the floor.
빌럽스는 1쿼터에만 16득점(6/7)을 올렸고, 너게츠는 5개의 3점슛을 모두 성공시키는 등 74%(14/19)의 슛 성공률을 기록했다.
Notes: Cleveland's Ben Wallace had a season-high 11 points but sat out the fourth with a bruised left knee. ... James, who had scored exactly 41 points in each of Cleveland's past four games, became the first player to score at least 40 points three times in his team's first eight games since Michael Jordan in 1991. ... Karl has been thrilled with Billups. "Chauncey has been wonderful,'' Karl said. "He's fit in very well. I think things will improve even more as time goes and once we all adjust. We're moving the ball well and getting everyone involved.''
클리블랜드의 벤 월래스는 시즌-최다인 11득점을 기록했지만 왼쪽 무릎 타박상으로 4쿼터에는 벤치를 지켰다.
http://www.nba.com/games/20081113/DENCLE/boxscore.html
Denver Nuggets(4-4, 36-25-20-18/99)
C. 빌럽스-D. 존스-C. 앤소니-K. 마틴-네네
천시 빌럽스: 36:01 - 21(9/13, 4/6, 4/4)-1(0/1)-6-1-2PF
카멜로 앤소니: 38:05 - 18(5/12, 1/3, 7/8)-8(2/6)-2-1-6TO-4PF
J. R. 스미스: 27:43 - 18(7/11, 2/4, 2/3)-4(0/4)-3-1-1TO
케년 마틴: 35:44 - 12(5/11, FT: 2/2)-10(3/7)-2ST-3TO-3PF → TF(4Q, Two)
네네: 34:42 - 12(3/7, FT: 6/6)-3(0/3)-1ST-2BS-2TO-4PF
단타이 존스: 6
리나스 클레이자: 5
앤소니 카터: 2
* FG: 35/73(47.9%)-3P: 8/19(42.1%)-FT: 21/24(87.5%)-33(8/25)-16A-7ST-2BS-13TO-18F
Cleveland Cavaliers(7-2, 33-25-30-22/110)
M. 윌리엄스-D. 웨스트-L. 제임스-B. 월래스-Z. 일가우스카스
모리스 윌리엄스: 34:31 - 24(10/21, 3/9, 1/1)-6A-1ST-1BS-2TO-1PF
르브론 제임스: 38:02 - 22(10/20, FT: 2/4)-8(1/7)-11-3-5TO-4PF
다니엘 깁슨: 18:51 - 15(7/11, 3P: 1/2)-4(1/3)-1-3PF
벤 월래스: 25:03 - 11(4/4, FT: 3/3)-6(3/3)-3-1-2PF
지드루나스 일가우스카스: 23:35 - 10(5/8)-3(2/1)-1-2-1-2PF
월리 저비악: 23:20 - 10(4/6, 0/1, 2/2)-3(1/2)-2A
델론테 웨스트: 8
앤더슨 바레자오: 6
J. J. 힉슨: 4
* FG: 47/82(57.3%)-3P: 6/16(37.5%)-FT: 10/12(83.3%)-34(8/26)-30A-8ST-2BS-9TO-20F
Cleveland Cavaliers
벤 월래스(Cleveland #4), 지드루나스 일가우스카스(Cleveland #11)
르브론 제임스(Cleveland #23)와 네네(Denver #31)
르브론 제임스와 네네
모리스 윌리엄스(Cleveland #2)와 네네
모리스 윌리엄스와 천시 빌럽스(Denver #7)
델론테 웨스트(Cleveland #13)와 케년 마틴(Denver #4)
르브론 제임스
카멜로 앤소니(Denver #15)와 월리 저비악(Cleveland #10)
르브론 제임스와 케년 마틴
델론테 웨스트와 네네
레날도 벌크만(Denver #32), 네네, 리나스 클레이자(Denver #43)와 지드루나스 일가우스카스, 월리 저비악, 델론테 웨스트
앤더슨 바레자오(Cleveland #17)와 리나스 클레이자
천시 빌럽스, 카멜로 앤소니, 케년 마틴과 르브론 제임스, 벤 월래스, 모리스 윌리엄스, 지드루나스 일가우스카스, 델론테 웨스트
르브론 제임스와 단타이 존스(Denver #30)
천시 빌럽스와 델론테 웨스트
카멜로 앤소니와 르브론 제임스
지드루나스 일가우스카스와 천시 빌럽스
모리스 윌리엄스
카멜로 앤소니와 르브론 제임스
케년 마틴, 조지 칼 Denver Nuggets H/C
J. R. 스미스(Denver #1)와 다니엘 깁슨(Cleveland #1)
다니엘 깁슨, 앤더슨 바레자오, 월리 저비악, 델론테 웨스트와 레날도 벌크만, J. R. 스미스, 리나스 클레이자
케년 마틴과 지드루나스 일가우스카스
다니엘 깁슨과 네네, 앤소니 카터(Denver #25), J. R. 스미스
천시 빌럽스, 카멜로 앤소니와 모리스 윌리엄스, 앤더슨 바레자오
천시 빌럽스와 앤더슨 바레자오
카멜로 앤소니, 레날도 벌크만과 다니엘 깁슨, 르브론 제임스, 앤더슨 바레자오
르브론 제임스, 모리스 윌리엄스
르브론 제임스와 카멜로 앤소니
모리스 윌리엄스, 르브론 제임스와 네네, 케년 마틴, 카멜로 앤소니, 단타이 존스
* Next Game: RS 9/82, @ Boston Celtics → 2008.11.15(土), 한국시간 오전 10시!
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2008.11.14(金), Northwest Division & Western Conference 중간 순위!
* 오늘의 경기!
(2-6) 91-98 (4-5) → Bulls Lead 1-0
(6-2) 107-102 (3-6) → Pistons Lead 1-0
* Northwest Division 중간 순위!
1. Utah Jazz(6-2) / [-]
2. Portland Trail Blazers(5-3) / [1]
3. Denver Nuggets(4-4) / [2]
4. Minnesota Timberwolves(1-6) / [4.5]
5. Oklahoma City Thunder(1-7) / [5]
* Western Conference 중간 순위!
1. Los Angeles Lakers(7-0, [Pacific]) / [-]
2. Utah Jazz(6-2, [Northwest]) / [1.5]
3. Houston Rockets(5-3, [Southwest]) / [2.5]
4. Phoenix Suns(6-3, [Pacific]) / [2]
5. Portland Trail Blazers(5-3, [Northwest]) / [2.5]
6. New Orleans Hornets(4-3, [Southwest]) / [3]
7. Denver Nuggets(4-4, [Northwest]) / [3.5]
8. Sacramento Kings(4-5, [Pacific]) / [4]
9. Memphis Grizzlies(3-6, [Southwest]) / [5] → vs. Warriors, Lead 2-0
9. Golden State Warriors(3-6, [Pacific]) / [5]
11. San Antonio Spurs(2-5, [Southwest]) / [5]
12. Dallas Mavericks(2-6, [Southwest]) / [5.5]
13. Minnesota Timberwolves(1-6, [Northwest]) / [6]
14. Los Angeles Clippers(1-7, [Pacific]) / [6.5]
14. Oklahoma City Thunder(1-7, [Northwest]) / [6.5]
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아직 10경기도 치르지 않았지만, 지는 경기들을 보면, 전반의 리드를 3쿼터에 다 까먹고 있네요-_-;;; 4쿼터에 어찌 어찌 접전으로 가다가, 결국, 지고 마는 경기가 반복되고 있습니다……. 수비가 조금이라도 나아지기는 한건지, 아직은 모르겠네요. 몇 경기 더 봐야 알 것 같습니다. 아니길 바라지만, 천시 빌럽스가 왔다고 해서, 크게 개선될 것 같지는 않을 것 같은 생각도 드네요. 정말 아니길 바랍니다만!
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