Comeback wins, Player/Fan relationships, and Pressure

Denver wins 141 to 135 in overtime in this game that they just played on Saturday.

I guess I can't say just played because it happened a while ago.

New Orleans scored 38 points in the first quarter, 35 points in the second quarter, 35 points in the third quarter, and then in the fourth, they scored 18.

Denver cut that in half.

New Orleans got some points in overtime, but not quite enough to keep up with the Nuggets who scored 15 points in overtime, which is a large number.

That's a very good total.

Denver's offense got better.

They scored 24 points in the first quarter, 33 in the second, 32 in the third, and then 37 in the fourth while holding New Orleans to 18.

So huge swing, huge swing.

But what that yielded, kind of that inverse relationship there, was New Orleans getting up big.

They got up 23 points, and throughout the second half, specifically going into the second half or into the halftime and then coming out in the third quarter, middle of the third.

Nuggets got booed a lot.

Nuggets got booed a lot for perceived poor efforts, for... lack of execution for struggling with a team like New Orleans, who's now 0-3.

I think New Orleans is probably better than the fan base is giving them credit for.

But like Denver has dominated New Orleans in this building for a long time.

And the fact that Denver was struggling with them this year, especially after the way that the playoffs went and things, you can understand the frustration.

You can understand the frustration of the fan base.

So for me, I thought it was fascinating.

I will talk about the actual booing and the relationships there in the second segment.

But just in terms of the game, Denver started Bryce Hopkins.

Cam Johnson was out.

Alpha Diallo was out.

Spencer Jones is out.

Julian Strother was out.

So they needed a pivot.

Denver wins 141 to 135 in overtime in this game that they just played on Saturday.

I guess I can't say just played because it happened a while ago.

New Orleans scored 38 points in the first quarter, 35 points in the second quarter, 35 points in the third quarter, and then in the fourth, they scored 18.

Denver cut that in half.

New Orleans got some points in overtime, but not quite enough to keep up with the Nuggets who scored 15 points in overtime, which is a large number.

That's a very good total.

Denver's offense got better.

They scored 24 points in the first quarter, 33 in the second, 32 in the third, and then 37 in the fourth while holding New Orleans to 18.

So huge swing, huge swing.

But what that yielded, kind of that inverse relationship there, was New Orleans getting up big.

They got up 23 points, and throughout the second half, specifically going into the second half or into the halftime and then coming out in the third quarter, middle of the third.

Nuggets got booed a lot.

Nuggets got booed a lot for perceived poor efforts, for... lack of execution for struggling with a team like New Orleans, who's now 0-3.

I think New Orleans is probably better than the fan base is giving them credit for.

But like Denver has dominated New Orleans in this building for a long time.

And the fact that Denver was struggling with them this year, especially after the way that the playoffs went and things, you can understand the frustration.

You can understand the frustration of the fan base.

So for me, I thought it was fascinating.

I will talk about the actual booing and the relationships there in the second segment.

But just in terms of the game, Denver started Bryce Hopkins.

Cam Johnson was out.

Alpha Diallo was out.

Spencer Jones is out.

Julian Strother was out.

So they needed a pivot.