The Denver Nuggets didn’t play any D last night as the Jazz shot 52.2% from the floor last night and it ended their season in Salt Lake City. Chauncey Billups led the way for the Nuggets last night with 30 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony only shot 6 of 22 from the floor but he still finished up with 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Joey Graham had his best game of the year last night for the Nuggets with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals in 25 minutes off the bench. Ty Lawson pitched in with 10 points and 3 assists in 22 minutes off the bench. The Nuggets lose this series 4-2 to the Jazz.

The Nuggets shot 50.7% from the floor last night and they outscored the Jazz 30-21 in the 4th quarter which were the two biggest reasons for the win. Carmelo Anthony got some help last night after asking for it in a press conference earlier in this series. He led the way for the Nuggets in this game with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Chauncey Billups had Anthony’s back in this game as he finished up with 21 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 3 steals. Kenyon Martin was solid offensively with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in this game. J.R. Smith pitched in with 17 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists off the bench. Arron Afflalo (12 points) and Chris Andersen (10 points) also pitched in offensively for the Nuggets in this game. The Nuggets are now down 3-2 in this series as it shifts over to Salt Lake City.

The Nuggets played no defense last night allowing the Jazz to shoot 53.2% from the floor and it doomed them on the scoreboard. Carmelo Anthony led the way for the Nuggets in this game with 39 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 1 blocked shot. Chauncey Billups didn’t have his best game with 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Kenyon Martin pitched in with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals in this game but he just couldn’t stop Carlos Boozer who dropped 31 points on the Nuggets in this game. Nene’ and J.R. Smith each had 10 points in this game. The Nuggets are now down 3-1 in this series as they now have their backs against the wall.

The Nuggets were down 84-68 after the first three quarters as the Jazz wanted this game more than they did. Carmelo Anthony led the way for the Nuggets in this game with 25 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots. Chauncey Billups also had a good game with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. No other player on the Nuggets scored more than 9 points in this game and it hurt them big time in the end. The Nuggets are now down 2-1 in this series.

Carmelo Anthony is shooting 54% overall from the floor in this series but he had a rough night in game #2 hitting only 9 of 25 shots from the floor. He is averaging 40.0 minutes, 37.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game so far in this series. The Nuggets need him to give up the basketball a little more when his shot is off like last night but in order to do that someone else will need to step up and no one did in game #2. Anthony is the best player in this series so I expect him to play well the rest of the series.