In the words of ESPN's Kevin Blackistone: "It's over."
Adrian Dantley has been thrown in to the deep end of the coaching pool and has proven he's not up to task. Denver's talented, but it takes a special type to corall the talents and personalities into a winning unit, and AD can't do it. AD's just as likely to grumble about flopping or ref-bias as JR Smith. Armchair quarterbacks everywhere ask why the ball isn't dumped into Nene in the low post every time he has Kyrylo Fesenko guarding him.
Carmelo Anthony looks like a guy who wishes he was going to be a part of the free-agent party of 2010. On one hand, it's hard to believe this is the same unit that pushed the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals last year. On the other hand, it shows just how valuable George Karl is.
Meanwhile the big reason the Jazz are winning this series was pointed out by Chris Webber. In Game 4, Utah had 34 assists, Denver had 13. The Jazz are playing team basketball. The Nuggets are standing around hoping Melo can shoot them into a victory.
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