ESPN NBA 2004 Nuggets Franchise, 2nd attempt.

**Goomiferous** · 11-05-2003, 06:32 AM

Game 4, Nuggets @ Pacers

As mentioned, I'm going to start off with game 4 as I simulated the first 3 games so that it was caught up with my previous franchise. I'll start off the with game story, followed by the box score.

For the first 2 quarters, things stayed pretty close. We were matched for offensive boards, fast breaks, and even incredible plays (A spectacular alley-oop to O'Neal, and an insane dunk from the baseline by Anthony... I don't know how far it was, but I saved the replay.)

Then the third quarter came along. I forgot to mention that while looking at the starting lineups, O'Neal and Reggie Miller were On Fire, while Nene was Ice Cold. This quarter was indeed Miller Time as he seemed to come of pick after pick and drain shots on me. 2s, 3s, I wasn't safe anywhere. Thinking back I should have put Ryan Bowen on him, a relatively quick SF with good blocking skill.

Toward the end of the third, I decided to check out my stats and shot chart, and see what my strengths were. To no surprise, seeing the score, I saw that Williams, Welsch, and Nene were all performing poorly. This saw me start the 4th quarter lineup that ultimately won me the game. Barry, Anthony, Andersen, Camby, Sabonis.

With Anthony on Miller, I was able to give him a little to worry about being guarded by a taller player who could also muscle him in the post on offense. Camby was guarding O'Neal, save Shaq or Yao Ming, I'll trust Camby to guard PF/C in the league.

That brang us to 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter, I had kept up with them, but they still had a 6 pt lead. I called a timeout during their free throws, and was prepared to take this game the best way I know how. Get the ball to Sabonis, post up, and pass it to Barry for the eventual 3, or pass it to a cutter when they come to double team.

It worked, I cut the lead 2 with :49 to go. Barry brings the ball up to the top of the 3pt line, I bring Sabonis out for the pick and roll to try and take the 3. They had none of it, they moved over to guard Barry but at the same time left Sabonis open on the wing. I'm not about to take a 3 with Sabonis, so I stepped inside the line and drained it.

With a full court press on, tinsley was trapped in his half by Barry and Camby, he tried to lob it over the top of them but Anthony jumped out and stole the pass intended for Reggie.He charged full-on toward the net, getting ready for the dunk, but Jermaine O'Neal was waiting... He had fouled Anthony hard earlier in the game, so at the right time Anthony kicked it out to Sabonis, who moved into the high post, and again kicked it out to Barry for 3!

I knew I had Reggie Miller on my hands, if that three wasn't blocked, it was going in. I called a 2-3 zone, and moved Camby and Andersen to the front with Barry and Anthony on the outside. I let them pass the ball to Reggie and sure enough he ran around a pick and let fly the three ball... Unfortunately Camby had a hand in his face, and the ball clanged off the rim. Sabonis grabbed his board and ran up the floor, this is when I made the mistake that could have cost me the game...

Sabonis had the ball at halfcourt with 10 seconds to go, they didn't have any timeouts left, and ran over to foul. To my surprise tinsley grabbed the ball from Sabonis as if Sabonis was asleep! Luckily Andersen was back to contest the upcoming shot, and it clanged off the rim as well!

Your player of the game, Arvydas Sabonis! 22 pts, 20 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals!

Your score, 107-104 Nuggets! We start the season 4-0.

Code:



                                    REBOUNDS             

PLAYER       MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST PF ST TO BS PTS 

WILLIAMS     23  3-7   0-0   0-0   0   0   0   2   1  1  4  1  6

WELSCH       18  2-7   0-2   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  0  2  3  4

ANTHONY      27  11-22 0-2   1-3   2   10  12  4   1  1  2  0  23

NENE         16  3-7   0-0   1-2   3   5   8   0   1  0  3  1  7

SABONIS      25  10-18 0-0   2-3   11  9   20  6   2  2  3  1  22

Boykins      6   0-2   0-1   0-0   0   0   0   0   2  0  4  0  0

Barry        15  9-17  3-9   3-3   0   1   1   2   0  1  0  1  24

Tskitishvili 6   0-2   0-2   1-2   0   0   0   0   0  1  0  1  1

Andersen     12  2-4   0-0   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  2  0  1  4

Camby        18  8-11  0-0   0-0   7   3   10  4   4  2  1  0  16

Pacers
Miller - 33 pts, 3 steals
Bender - 20 pts, 12 boards, 4 blks
Artest - 18 pts, 6 boards
O'Neal - 15 pts, 11 boards
Tinsley - 18 assists, 5 pts, 4 TO

It was a great game, went right down to the last shot. Reggie's clutch could have come through and taken it to overtime. I would have had about 5 seconds to prevent overtime.

Barry and Camby continue to bring me great scoring punch off the bench, Andersen could develop into something great as well.

As attractive as that box score is, its time consuming, so I will be looking into other ways to do with. I recall hearing about one website that automated it, but it doesn't work for the NBA yet.

EDIT - Forgot the team stats! I'm surprised at how close these are...
Code:



Nuggets     Pacers

POINTS

107         104

FGM-A/%

48-97/.495  43-94/.457

3PM-A/%

3-16/.187   2-16/.133

FTM-A/%

8-13/.615   16-21/.762

ASSISTS/TO

22/19       31/23

REBOUNDS O/D/T

23/29/52    21/27/48

STEALS/BLOCKS/FOULS

10/9/13     10/5/8

Points in the Paint/Bench Points/Second Chance Points/Fast Break Points

68/55/27/26 58/29/28/16

**Goomiferous** · 11-05-2003, 06:32 AM

Game 4, Nuggets @ Pacers

As mentioned, I'm going to start off with game 4 as I simulated the first 3 games so that it was caught up with my previous franchise. I'll start off the with game story, followed by the box score.

For the first 2 quarters, things stayed pretty close. We were matched for offensive boards, fast breaks, and even incredible plays (A spectacular alley-oop to O'Neal, and an insane dunk from the baseline by Anthony... I don't know how far it was, but I saved the replay.)

Then the third quarter came along. I forgot to mention that while looking at the starting lineups, O'Neal and Reggie Miller were On Fire, while Nene was Ice Cold. This quarter was indeed Miller Time as he seemed to come of pick after pick and drain shots on me. 2s, 3s, I wasn't safe anywhere. Thinking back I should have put Ryan Bowen on him, a relatively quick SF with good blocking skill.

Toward the end of the third, I decided to check out my stats and shot chart, and see what my strengths were. To no surprise, seeing the score, I saw that Williams, Welsch, and Nene were all performing poorly. This saw me start the 4th quarter lineup that ultimately won me the game. Barry, Anthony, Andersen, Camby, Sabonis.

With Anthony on Miller, I was able to give him a little to worry about being guarded by a taller player who could also muscle him in the post on offense. Camby was guarding O'Neal, save Shaq or Yao Ming, I'll trust Camby to guard PF/C in the league.

That brang us to 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter, I had kept up with them, but they still had a 6 pt lead. I called a timeout during their free throws, and was prepared to take this game the best way I know how. Get the ball to Sabonis, post up, and pass it to Barry for the eventual 3, or pass it to a cutter when they come to double team.

It worked, I cut the lead 2 with :49 to go. Barry brings the ball up to the top of the 3pt line, I bring Sabonis out for the pick and roll to try and take the 3. They had none of it, they moved over to guard Barry but at the same time left Sabonis open on the wing. I'm not about to take a 3 with Sabonis, so I stepped inside the line and drained it.

With a full court press on, tinsley was trapped in his half by Barry and Camby, he tried to lob it over the top of them but Anthony jumped out and stole the pass intended for Reggie.He charged full-on toward the net, getting ready for the dunk, but Jermaine O'Neal was waiting... He had fouled Anthony hard earlier in the game, so at the right time Anthony kicked it out to Sabonis, who moved into the high post, and again kicked it out to Barry for 3!

I knew I had Reggie Miller on my hands, if that three wasn't blocked, it was going in. I called a 2-3 zone, and moved Camby and Andersen to the front with Barry and Anthony on the outside. I let them pass the ball to Reggie and sure enough he ran around a pick and let fly the three ball... Unfortunately Camby had a hand in his face, and the ball clanged off the rim. Sabonis grabbed his board and ran up the floor, this is when I made the mistake that could have cost me the game...

Sabonis had the ball at halfcourt with 10 seconds to go, they didn't have any timeouts left, and ran over to foul. To my surprise tinsley grabbed the ball from Sabonis as if Sabonis was asleep! Luckily Andersen was back to contest the upcoming shot, and it clanged off the rim as well!

Your player of the game, Arvydas Sabonis! 22 pts, 20 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals!

Your score, 107-104 Nuggets! We start the season 4-0.

Code:



                                    REBOUNDS             

PLAYER       MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST PF ST TO BS PTS 

WILLIAMS     23  3-7   0-0   0-0   0   0   0   2   1  1  4  1  6

WELSCH       18  2-7   0-2   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  0  2  3  4

ANTHONY      27  11-22 0-2   1-3   2   10  12  4   1  1  2  0  23

NENE         16  3-7   0-0   1-2   3   5   8   0   1  0  3  1  7

SABONIS      25  10-18 0-0   2-3   11  9   20  6   2  2  3  1  22

Boykins      6   0-2   0-1   0-0   0   0   0   0   2  0  4  0  0

Barry        15  9-17  3-9   3-3   0   1   1   2   0  1  0  1  24

Tskitishvili 6   0-2   0-2   1-2   0   0   0   0   0  1  0  1  1

Andersen     12  2-4   0-0   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  2  0  1  4

Camby        18  8-11  0-0   0-0   7   3   10  4   4  2  1  0  16

Pacers
Miller - 33 pts, 3 steals
Bender - 20 pts, 12 boards, 4 blks
Artest - 18 pts, 6 boards
O'Neal - 15 pts, 11 boards
Tinsley - 18 assists, 5 pts, 4 TO

It was a great game, went right down to the last shot. Reggie's clutch could have come through and taken it to overtime. I would have had about 5 seconds to prevent overtime.

Barry and Camby continue to bring me great scoring punch off the bench, Andersen could develop into something great as well.

As attractive as that box score is, its time consuming, so I will be looking into other ways to do with. I recall hearing about one website that automated it, but it doesn't work for the NBA yet.

EDIT - Forgot the team stats! I'm surprised at how close these are...
Code:



Nuggets     Pacers

POINTS

107         104

FGM-A/%

48-97/.495  43-94/.457

3PM-A/%

3-16/.187   2-16/.133

FTM-A/%

8-13/.615   16-21/.762

ASSISTS/TO

22/19       31/23

REBOUNDS O/D/T

23/29/52    21/27/48

STEALS/BLOCKS/FOULS

10/9/13     10/5/8

Points in the Paint/Bench Points/Second Chance Points/Fast Break Points

68/55/27/26 58/29/28/16

**Goomiferous** · 11-05-2003, 06:32 AM

Game 4, Nuggets @ Pacers

As mentioned, I'm going to start off with game 4 as I simulated the first 3 games so that it was caught up with my previous franchise. I'll start off the with game story, followed by the box score.

For the first 2 quarters, things stayed pretty close. We were matched for offensive boards, fast breaks, and even incredible plays (A spectacular alley-oop to O'Neal, and an insane dunk from the baseline by Anthony... I don't know how far it was, but I saved the replay.)

Then the third quarter came along. I forgot to mention that while looking at the starting lineups, O'Neal and Reggie Miller were On Fire, while Nene was Ice Cold. This quarter was indeed Miller Time as he seemed to come of pick after pick and drain shots on me. 2s, 3s, I wasn't safe anywhere. Thinking back I should have put Ryan Bowen on him, a relatively quick SF with good blocking skill.

Toward the end of the third, I decided to check out my stats and shot chart, and see what my strengths were. To no surprise, seeing the score, I saw that Williams, Welsch, and Nene were all performing poorly. This saw me start the 4th quarter lineup that ultimately won me the game. Barry, Anthony, Andersen, Camby, Sabonis.

With Anthony on Miller, I was able to give him a little to worry about being guarded by a taller player who could also muscle him in the post on offense. Camby was guarding O'Neal, save Shaq or Yao Ming, I'll trust Camby to guard PF/C in the league.

That brang us to 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter, I had kept up with them, but they still had a 6 pt lead. I called a timeout during their free throws, and was prepared to take this game the best way I know how. Get the ball to Sabonis, post up, and pass it to Barry for the eventual 3, or pass it to a cutter when they come to double team.

It worked, I cut the lead 2 with :49 to go. Barry brings the ball up to the top of the 3pt line, I bring Sabonis out for the pick and roll to try and take the 3. They had none of it, they moved over to guard Barry but at the same time left Sabonis open on the wing. I'm not about to take a 3 with Sabonis, so I stepped inside the line and drained it.

With a full court press on, tinsley was trapped in his half by Barry and Camby, he tried to lob it over the top of them but Anthony jumped out and stole the pass intended for Reggie.He charged full-on toward the net, getting ready for the dunk, but Jermaine O'Neal was waiting... He had fouled Anthony hard earlier in the game, so at the right time Anthony kicked it out to Sabonis, who moved into the high post, and again kicked it out to Barry for 3!

I knew I had Reggie Miller on my hands, if that three wasn't blocked, it was going in. I called a 2-3 zone, and moved Camby and Andersen to the front with Barry and Anthony on the outside. I let them pass the ball to Reggie and sure enough he ran around a pick and let fly the three ball... Unfortunately Camby had a hand in his face, and the ball clanged off the rim. Sabonis grabbed his board and ran up the floor, this is when I made the mistake that could have cost me the game...

Sabonis had the ball at halfcourt with 10 seconds to go, they didn't have any timeouts left, and ran over to foul. To my surprise tinsley grabbed the ball from Sabonis as if Sabonis was asleep! Luckily Andersen was back to contest the upcoming shot, and it clanged off the rim as well!

Your player of the game, Arvydas Sabonis! 22 pts, 20 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals!

Your score, 107-104 Nuggets! We start the season 4-0.

Code:



                                    REBOUNDS             

PLAYER       MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST PF ST TO BS PTS 

WILLIAMS     23  3-7   0-0   0-0   0   0   0   2   1  1  4  1  6

WELSCH       18  2-7   0-2   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  0  2  3  4

ANTHONY      27  11-22 0-2   1-3   2   10  12  4   1  1  2  0  23

NENE         16  3-7   0-0   1-2   3   5   8   0   1  0  3  1  7

SABONIS      25  10-18 0-0   2-3   11  9   20  6   2  2  3  1  22

Boykins      6   0-2   0-1   0-0   0   0   0   0   2  0  4  0  0

Barry        15  9-17  3-9   3-3   0   1   1   2   0  1  0  1  24

Tskitishvili 6   0-2   0-2   1-2   0   0   0   0   0  1  0  1  1

Andersen     12  2-4   0-0   0-0   0   2   2   2   1  2  0  1  4

Camby        18  8-11  0-0   0-0   7   3   10  4   4  2  1  0  16

Pacers
Miller - 33 pts, 3 steals
Bender - 20 pts, 12 boards, 4 blks
Artest - 18 pts, 6 boards
O'Neal - 15 pts, 11 boards
Tinsley - 18 assists, 5 pts, 4 TO

It was a great game, went right down to the last shot. Reggie's clutch could have come through and taken it to overtime. I would have had about 5 seconds to prevent overtime.

Barry and Camby continue to bring me great scoring punch off the bench, Andersen could develop into something great as well.

As attractive as that box score is, its time consuming, so I will be looking into other ways to do with. I recall hearing about one website that automated it, but it doesn't work for the NBA yet.

EDIT - Forgot the team stats! I'm surprised at how close these are...
Code:



Nuggets     Pacers

POINTS

107         104

FGM-A/%

48-97/.495  43-94/.457

3PM-A/%

3-16/.187   2-16/.133

FTM-A/%

8-13/.615   16-21/.762

ASSISTS/TO

22/19       31/23

REBOUNDS O/D/T

23/29/52    21/27/48

STEALS/BLOCKS/FOULS

10/9/13     10/5/8

Points in the Paint/Bench Points/Second Chance Points/Fast Break Points

68/55/27/26 58/29/28/16

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