The Phoenix Suns defeated the Golden State Warriors 122-116 Monday night, which means that the Denver Nuggets secure a playoff berth in the West. It takes the pressure off of Denver, who are still mathematically alive for a seventh seed. They say that when you are playing well, things go your way, and the Nuggets are starting to click at the exact right time. And perhaps no one in the NBA is playing as well as Allen Iverson.
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Allen Iverson and the Denver Nuggets need to win all the games they can in order to make the NBA playoffs. They’re in a battle with the Golden State Warriors for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western conference, and time is running out. Heading into their game against the Seattle SuperSonics last night, they had beaten the Sonics in all three meetings, the last of which being the 168-116 blowout less than a month ago. This time, however, Jeff Green didn’t want to go down without a fight.
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• The Georgetown Hoyas played in the Big East Tournament this past weekend, beating Villanova and West Virginia, but falling to the Pittsburgh Panthers in the Championship game. It was the first loss Georgetown has ever suffered in the tournament after earning a #1 seed.
• Despite the loss, Georgetown earned itself a #2 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament and will face #15-seed UMBC on Friday in Raleigh, NC.
• Three other local schools - George Mason, American, and Mount Saint Mary’s - also made the tournament and are preparing for their opening round matches this week.
• As in the first game of the season, Jeff Green and the Seattle Supersonics traveled to Denver to take on Allen Iverson’s Nuggets yesterday. The Nuggets destroyed the Sonics, 168-116, setting a franchise record for points in regulation. Iverson had 24 points on 8-12 shooting from the field and 8-8 from the stripe. Jeff Green earned himself 8 points and 4 assists, but it wasn’t enough to stop the hot Nuggets who had eight players in double figures.

• The Big East won three out of four games in the inaugural Pizza Hut Big East/SEC Invitational. Georgetown, West Virginia, and Villanova defeated Alabama, Auburn, and LSU, respectively. South Carolina helped the SEC avoid the sweep by defeating Providence.
• #14 Louisville lost to Dayton 70-65. The Flyers were led by Brian Roberts, who scored a game-high 28 points, including the game clinching free throw to give the Cardinals their second loss of the season.
• #11 Pittsburgh barely eked out Washington to remain perfect on the season. The Huskies appeared to make a game-winning shot as time expired, but after official review, the shot was ruled to be after the buzzer, and the Panthers escaped with a 75-74 victory.
• Also, last week NBA.com put out a story about the best Big East players in the League. Not surprisingly, four out of the five Hoyas got mentioned, and the Denver Nuggets were touted for having two famous Big East Alums. For more on Big East players in the NBA, be sure to revisit our story from a few weeks back about Big East tandems.

There’s only one thing that Georgetown and Syracuse have in common: their dislike for each other. But now, the NBA faces of these rival universities are working together much better than any Big East fan could have expected.

This past Friday night, the Denver Nuggets led by Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony came into the Verizon Center and put together a dominating second half to beat the Washington Wizards by 26 points. Hoya Hoops was there in the locker room afterwards to find out how a Hoya and an Orangeman could work so effectively together.
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