Breaking Out in Hive

It's a shame how these MCs are wannabees
front on these and get hung up like dungarees...

The Nuggets grabbed a 3-1 series lead with a beatdown of epic proportions last night, winning 121-63 in New Orleans:

-Anytime a team scores 63 points, it doesn't take Pete Newell to see that three was some terrific defense played. The Nugs started with a stellar defensive performance from the tip off, with Dahntay Jones' suffocating and annoying play on Chris Paul and K-Mart doing his requisite front of David West. On the defensive glass, the Nuggets didn't give up many second chances, outrebounding the home team and simply outworking them for many boards.

-Dahntay Jones is showing more and more as the series moves on. Not only his defensive work on Paul, or his emotion, but now his offense is coming into play. He had 12 points on five for nine shooting and drew defenders to the corners as a three point threat.

-I've seen alot of bad basketball in my years (University of Colorado Hoops; the Paul Westhead "Era") but I don't know if I've ever seen a team look so uninterested as the Hornets reserves in the 4th quarter. Renaldo Balkman, Jason Hart and the Nuggets bench warmers made them look like a rec center team.

-Anyone else notice the fron row guy in the blue blazer who would flap his arms at Chris Anderson each time a Hornet would make a shot in the paint? Even though his team was down by 20? Anyone else notice his big money seat empty the 2nd half (along with most of the arena)?

-Speaking of in the crowd, Nugs' owner Stanley Kroenke was there. Nice outfit, Stan, are you on leave from the Greek Navy?

-The Nuggets seemed determined not to let the Hornets' "energy" guys Sean Marks and James Posey leave their imprint on the game. Posey was harrassed and goaded into four fouls and one technical, and Marks was a non-factor, who had a couple of his attempts blocked and was out muscled under the boards.

RELATED: Cypress Hill - "Phuncky Feel One" - "With the greater lyric, if you can spare it, just an ass kickin, is what you inherit..."