December 14th, 2008 
Stephen Rhodes 
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As one would expect when the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets get together to lock up on the hardwood, offensive fireworks tend to explode; during Saturday night’s game between these two combatants, no one was disappointed from a scoring point of view as the Nuggets had six players in double-digits and shot 53% from the floor – but sucked at the free throw line at 60.9% – which enabled Denver to thrash Golden State at Pepsi Center.
The Nuggets led by 14 in the first quarter and extended it to 18 on an alley-oop dunk from Anthony Carter to Carmelo Anthony; but the Warriors reduced the Nuggets’ lead to 58-49 on a Marco Bellini 3-pointer with 2:10 left in the first half, but Kenyon Martin’s hook shot with 5 seconds remaining gave Denver a 65-51 lead at halftime. Golden State could never get under a double-digit lead for the rest of the contest.
Denver had six players in double-digits, led by Anthony with 27 points (including three 3-pointers), 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and a blocked shot while Chauncey Billups added 16 (with 3 treys) with 3 rebounds, 11 assists and a steal; Martin and J.R. Smith pitched in, scoring 15 each – with Martin grabbing 6 rebounds, dishing out 4 assists along with a steal and a blocked shot while Smith grabbed 5 boards, dishing out 3 assists along with a steal and 2 blocked shots.
Golden State was led by Jamal Crawford with 25 points, a rebound, 3 assists and 5 steals while Rob Kurz added 20 (including three treys) with 7 rebounds, an assist, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots. Denver (16-7)plays again on Monday when they travel to Texas to take on the Dallas Mavericks while Golden State (7-17) returns home to host the Orlando Magic – also on Monday night.
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