Did the New Orleans Hornets 121-63 loss to the Denver Nuggets set any records?
George Karl scanned two decades of NBA coaching memories and failed to find an instance when one of his teams played as well, from start to finish, as his Denver Nuggets did in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against New Orleans. But then, no one has seen a playoff whipping as bad as the Nuggets put on the Hornets in more than half a century. Carmelo Anthony scored all of his 26 points in the first three quarters, and Denver thoroughly dismantled New Orleans 121-63 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. “Every coach talks about playing a playoff game, every possession having value, every possession having intensity to it,” Karl began. “I thought my team, probably in my career, I’ve never seen a team probably do that on every possession — do what they were supposed to do and play the game the right way — as much as they did tonight.” The New Orleans Arena was mostly empty by the end of the third quarter, when Denver led 89-50 on its way to matching the most l
George Karl scanned two decades of NBA coaching memories and failed to find an instance when one of his teams played as well, from start to finish, as his Denver Nuggets did in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against New Orleans. The Nuggets tied the record for top playoff blowout with a 58-point pasting of the Hornets … in New Orleans. But then, no one has seen a playoff whipping as bad as the Nuggets put on the Hornets in more than half a century. Carmelo Anthony scored all of his 26 points in the first three quarters, and Denver thoroughly dismantled New Orleans 121-63 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. “Every coach talks about playing a playoff game, every possession having value, every possession having intensity to it,” Karl began. “I thought my team, probably in my career, I’ve never seen a team probably do that on every possession — do what they were supposed to do and play the game the right way — as much as they did tonight.” Want an in-depth
