"It was basketball at its purest," he says. It was an attitude thing with him."Įnglish describes ball under Moe in more reverent terms. "But I don't think Doug knew anything about pace numbers or anything like that. "We always felt we could use the altitude to our advantage," Vandeweghe says. In that same span, five of the top six field-goal-attempt averages (the sixth belonged to the '85 Pistons) and five out of the top six points-per-game averages (the sixth belonged to the '84 Spurs) also belong to Nuggets teams. Since 1982, the top six (and seven out of the top 10) pace factors in the NBA have been recorded by Denver squads. Though it often made for some ugly numbers for what Moe likes to describe, with a mocking sneer in his voice, as "so-called" defense (the '84 Nuggets gave up 112.6 points per 100 possessions), the combination of the thin Denver air and a fast-on-the-floor pace was a Nuggets tradition once upon a time. "Get more chances with the ball, play at a different pace than most of the other teams." "You have to let go," he told me recently. Whereas the Larry Browns and Rick Carlisles of the world treat each possession like a Faberge egg, Moe thought of them more like Skittles they're great, and you can never have enough of them, but they aren't precious or anything. Moe, the one-time undisputed king of golf-shirt chic, wanted things loose. We knew we had to play a certain way with them." "They didn't run a lot of plays, they just kept running. "At that time, if you go to Denver you know you're going to be in for a scoring match," says Tripucka. The 1984 Nuggets led the league with a pace factor (i.e., possessions per 48 minutes for a team and its opponent) of 110.5, and Detroit posted a pace factor of 103.8 that year (today's Suns, by comparison, crank it up to 95.1). The teams were playing just the way Nuggets head coach Doug Moe liked it: fast. The game film is a blur Detroit's Vinnie Johnson doing a goofy pirouette jumper at one end, English flashing his signature baseline fadeaway at the other, and Isiah and Denver's Mike Evans pushing it from circle to circle in between. There were 113 rebounds, though, remarkably, only English and Bill Laimbeer managed double-digit boards, with 12 apiece. There were a record 93 assists in the game Isiah had 17 of them. The Pistons shot 60 free throws, the Nuggets 57. The teams took a combined 251 shots and hit on 142 of them (56.6 percent). The game, played at the high altitude of Denver's McNichols Sports Arena, lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes. In all, an NBA-record four players scored over 40 points and 12 players (six Pistons, six Nuggets) had double figures, including Isiah Thomas (47), John Long (41), Kelly Tripucka (35) and Dan Issel (28). And Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe tells me he was there. The New York Times has commemorated the game in its "This Day in Sports" series. The league has a photo of the official scorebook at NBA.com. The Portland Trail Blazers bring up the rear at 85.9.īut it happened. The 2005-06 Phoenix Suns, everybody's high-octane darlings, lead the league right now, averaging 103 points per game. They're not just out of the past, they're altogether alien. You can find the other chapters of Sports Heads game on, by making a search with search box on site.Before they were the Bad Boys, Isiah and the Pistons were a high-scoring machine. If you are playing as twosome, please use these controls: If you are playing as single, please use these controls: You can start to game by pressing " SPACE-BAR". If you want to play as twosome, click " 2 PLAYER" button on main menu. You can start to play by pressing " SPACE-BAR". Click " CONTINUE" button to start to match. You can upgrade your game character's features in " UPGRADES" screen. On " Results" screen, you will see " UPGRADES" button located on bottom of the game screen. Choose your player and specify the game difficulty, then click " START" button. If you want to play as single, click " NEW GAME" button. You can play Sports Heads Basketball Championship game in two different game mode as twosome and single player. When the game is loaded, click " CONTINUE" button located on lower-right corner of the game screen, to proceed main menu. Choose your big head basketball player, take part in this championship. Now, it is time to join championship of this awesome basketball game. You have prepared for this championship by playing the previous chapters of Sports Heads on.
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