Strike 1: Two Game 7’s on the same day. At the same time.
Would fans in the Mile High have been satisfied with a split going in? Are they okay with the split now that it did happen?
Is it possible it would have been better if the results had been reversed?
Yes. The fact is – even after the Nuggets amazing last second Game 1 win in Oklahoma City to start the second round of the Western Conference playoffs – it still probably would have been better had both games gone the other way.
Going into the postseason, the Colorado Avalanche had a better chance to host a parade than the Denver Nuggets did. Hard as it is to admit, now it’s unlikely that Denver will see any parade at all.
The Nuggets were heroic in stealing the first game in OKC. There’s still a lot of fight in this limited roster, like an experienced former champion battling to regain his title. But it will still be a huge uphill climb to take out the team that was 18 games better than the rest of the Western Conference during the regular season.
The moment this season does end, the Nuggets brass will have to embark on their search for a new general manager – hopefully that will be someone from outside the organization who can help hire a new head coach (certainly David Adelman would be a leading candidate) and bring in a fresh and unbiased evaluation of the current roster, including the very necessary trading of Michael Porter Jr.
If we’re being honest, the Nuggets roster still needs a mini makeover if they want to reach the pinnacle of pro hoops again before Nikola Jokic retires. The sooner the process starts, the better. Not to mention the important health benefits that a longer offseason will provide players like Joker, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon who’ve all been playing hurt for the past few months.
While the Nuggets players clearly aren’t ready to hit the links just yet, only a full offseason can heal them up.
Meanwhile, their counterparts from Ball Arena, the Colorado Avalanche, will be breaking out the golf clubs much sooner than expected and sooner than they should be.
In its Game 7, it was the local hockey team that blew a late lead in a contest they should have won.
After a series of in-season moves that had been lauded for having revitalized a stale roster, it turned out that the key move – trading away one of their best players due to salary cap considerations – proved to be a disaster. That player, Mikko Rantanen, got the last laugh, scoring three third period goals for his third team of the season – the Dallas Stars – that sent his former team packing.
Unlike the Nuggets, the Avs as currently constructed could have and perhaps should have won another championship this season. A pair of hall of fame bound players in their prime surrounded by a more than capable supporting cast, including their team captain who completed a medical miracle three-year comeback. They had everything they needed, except, perhaps, Rantanen.
Is it fair to second guess the trade that sent Rantanen to Carolina several weeks before the trade deadline? The timing allowed the Hurricanes to turn around and trade him to Dallas – which was obviously the last place anyone in burgundy and blue wanted to see the future hall of famer end up. Oops.
Bottom line? The Nuggets have plenty of legit reasons if (when) they fall short of a title.
The Avalanche have none.
So the wrong team won Game 7.
Strike 1: The wrong Ball Arena team won its Game 7 on Saturday Mile High Sports.
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