NJNJ Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 http://www.blogcdn.com/nba.fanhouse.com/media/2009/12/chauncey-billups-1209-200.jpg DENVER -- Northwest Division rivals Portland and Utah have had injury problems. Now it's the Denver Nuggets' turn to at least be a little bit worried. Star guard Chauncey Billups was lost early in the third quarter of Wednesday's 111-101 win over Houston at the Pepsi Center due to a left groin strain. While it's not believed to be a serious injury, he could miss some game time. "He was going to get an MRI (Wednesday night), but the feeling I got was a couple of games (Billups would miss),'' said Nuggets coach George Karl. "Probably know a little more (Thursday) ... I got the feeling it wasn't going to be that long.'' Team officials called it a "precautionary MRI,'' and that results will be known Thursday morning. Unlike the Trail Blazers and the Jazz, the Nuggets have been relatively healthy this season. Of the five players who have been starting regularly, forward Kenyon Martin is the only one who has missed any game action, having sat out three times. Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony, though, isn't too concerned about Billups. He hopes he won't miss any games. "(Billups) told me in the second quarter he did tweak it a little bit,'' Anthony said of Billups, who left for good with 9:06 left in the third quarter. "He was going to see the first minute (of the second half) and try to run on it in the third quarter and see how it feels. But I knew he was going to sit out the second half. I'm pretty sure it's OK. They say he walked out fine. He didn't want to take no chances with it, though.'' CONTINUE READING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 17, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Doesn't really matter. Billups has been struggling, and Lawson is more than capable of starting. Denver will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrail Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Not to say I'm happy that Billups is injured, but i'm interested to see Lawson start at the point. Dude's a beast, he could very well be replacing Billups soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 19, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 As I said in the game topic, Paul dropping his 30/9/19 probably wasn't due to Billups being out, since he just blew past anyone trying to defend him to begin with (and Billups would've suffered as well). But, we'll see how this pans out. If Conley and a few others torch Denver in their next 3-4 games, maybe this hurts the Nuggets more than imagined, and maybe Lawson isn't ready yet. After all, Carter started at the point, not Lawson, in that game versus the Hornets. I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Lawson is good, but he still needs a season or two under hit belt before he can start, no Billups for the Nuggets last night and we saw the result of that. No complaints though, take your time Chauncey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Well I'd expect the Nuggets to decline while his injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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