One monkey gone - Nuggets have two wins in a playoff series for first time since 1994... more to come!

The last time the Nuggets opened a playoff kseries, the year was 1988 and Alex English and Fat Lever were in uniform. The Nuggets had not won a game at home since 2006 against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Chauncey Billups showed his home team and the basketball world that he can still lead a squad to victory in a playoff game. When Carmelo Anthony and JR Smith's offense sputtered early on, Chauncey scored and directed his team by connecting on 8 out of 9 three-pointers and handing out 8 assists.

On to Player Ratings for the game: (ratings on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest)

	31 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2nd consecutive game with 0 turnovers. Simply amazing. Oh yeah, and completely outplaying one of the very best at his position in Chris Paul.	Player rating: 5.0
	JR shot another high percentage and also got the three-ball going - hitting 3 of 5. Only 1 turnover in game 2 after 5 in Game 1 was another nice improvement.	Player rating: 4.0
		Player rating: 3.5
		Player rating: 4.0
		Player rating: 4.5

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Game Summary written by: aswitzer