Back to the winning formula. Our starters take a nice lead and the Zoo Crew breaks it wide open.

This can work in the playoffs.

Stuckey finally hit some real jump shots! This is great news. I thought this was one of his most complete games of the year. He hit a 3 and a nice long jumper. He also got to the rim a couple times as he was aggressively attacking. His 6 assists were highlighted by a spectacular pass to Amir in the lane. And he filled up the stat sheed with a steal and a block.

Prince, our point forward had 9 asissts to only 1 turnover. Let me know if Mello ever does that.

Rip was on fire for a long while.

Sheed made 3 three-pointers that I officially did not approve of... until they went in. His 2 threes when he was trailing were good. He seems to be the best on the team at those. His D was solid as usual.

Chauncey with a double-double, but a rare 6 turnovers. Those first 2 weren't really his fault though as it looked like Rip and Sheed were still waking up.

Maxiell has a heck of a game. 8-11 shooting with a mixture of dunks, post moves, and mid range jumpers. He even racked up a few assists. He shared the team leading 7 boards with Dyess. +23 for the night.

Hayes backed up his previous breakout game with a much more well-rounded game tonight. He was still on fire from deep, but he also passed the ball well, drove into the lane for a nice finish when the Nugs overplayed him. I really really hope that he can be half this good in the playoffs. He seems to have the confidence needed to be good off the bench. Finally the game is catching up with it.

Dixon was adequate. I thought he took good shots, but he was fairly invisible for the amount of time that he was out there (17 minutes). In such a high scoring game, you'd think he could rack up some assists like everyone else. Random unluckiness maybe.

Amir has his usual solid effort and got some nice 2nd quarter minutes.


The first half was one of the most fun halves to watch all year. The 3rd quarter was frustrating and we easily could have let this thing slip away, but we just kept hitting shots. Overall, this was our best shooting night of the year by a mile.

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