Carmelo. LeBron. Rivals on the court, friends off the court. Can anything come between them? Probably just a man named Darko Milicic, the player selected second in the 2003 draft after LeBron and before Melo. These two names will probably be connected forever, but only one player can prevail as better than the other.
In their most recent match up, Melo and the Nuggs defeated LeBron and the Cavs by a considerable margin, winning 113-83 in a blowout in which LeBron sat out the entire fourth quarter. Melo scored a team high 27 points, and LeBron had a cool 30, despite not playing a second in the fourth.
In head to head action, Melo is proving to be the better investment, winning seven out of the nine match ups. LeBron does average better numbers in the rivalry, but that simply shows that he has to do a lot more by himself.
The real standout in the game, however, had to be A.I., raking up 25 points with 13 assists. Iverson continues to step his game up, and is well on his way to leading the league in minutes played for the third straight year.
Going into their game tonight against the new look Heat, the Nuggs sit one game behind the Jazz in the Northwest Division and four and a half games behind the Western Conference leading Phoenix Suns, who may just get better with the recent acquisition of Shaq. The Nuggs are in seventh place in the highly competitive West, and would be in the playoffs if the season ended today. And we're are hot as of late, winning five out of our last six games.
Looking ahead, the Nuggs play:
· The worst team in basketball, the Miami Heat (9-40), tonight at 5:30 MTN
· Dwight Howard and the Magic (32-21) Wednesday at 5:00 MTN
· The best team in basketball, the Boston Celtics (39-9) after the All Star Break
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