Denver sends New Orleans fishin'

Denver took care of business at home closing out their series with the New Orleans Hornets in yet another dominating victory, 107-86. Carmelo Anthony led all scorers with 34 points as he look focused at the chase of advancing to the second round for the first time in his 6 year career. Chauncey Billups exuded that same focus as it seemed to rub off on the entire Nugget team. Billups added 13 points and 12 assists. The Nuggets shot 51% from the field. J.R Smith continued is offensive exploits with 20 points of the bench against the team that once drafted him. David West was a lone bright spot for the Hornets, finishing with 24 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul continually saw different bodies with length all over him. Denver switched a lot of pick and role screens were athletic and long forwards like Kenyon Martin and Chris "Birdman" Anderson. Denver meets Dallas in the second round Sunday May 3 3:30 ET on ABC

Denver demolishes New Orleans

The Denver Nuggets tied a record for the largest margin of victory in a playoff game destroying the New Orleans Hornets 121-63. Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Anthony along with six other players scored in double figures. 11 out of 12 players on the active roster scored for Denver. David West led the Hornets in scoring with 14 points. Chris Paul only managed to score 4 points and 6 assists along with 6 turnovers. The Hornets will look to bounce back while facing elimination Wednesday April 29 Wednesday.

Hornets get one at home

The New Orleans Hornets held on to beat the Denver Nuggets 95-93. New Orleans sloppy play down the stretch nearly cost them the contest. Chris Paul led the Hornets with 32 points and 12 assists. Rasual Butler was effective as well scoring 17 points on just 8 shots. The game was very physical as it has been for the entire series. There were 58 personal foul calls, 29 a piece for each team. Three flagrant fouls were called and one technical as well. Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups somewhat came down to earth finishing with 16 points on 3-10 shooting. You can count on more physical play in Game 4 of the series Monday April 27 on NBATV

N.O. still has NO answer for Billups and Denver

Chauncey Billups continued where he left off in game 1, finishing game 2 with 31 points as the Nuggets blew out the New Orleans Hornets once again 108-93. Carmelo Anthony chipped in 22 points in the Denver win. David West of the Hornets started off much more aggressive scoring 21 points on 9-20 shooting along with 10 rebounds. Chris Paul added 14 points and 13 assists but was no where near enough for the Hornets to get over the hump. The Hornets will regroup and try to use their home crowd to get back into the series as games 3 and 4 shift to New Orleans.