Thanks to the NCAA Tournament, Tiger Woods and the Houston Rocket's incredible run - the Nuggets recent obscene scoring outputs have been swept under the rug.  137 against Toronto Friday night, the Raptors being one of the better defensive teams in the league allowing only 97 a game before Denver nearly tacked on another full point to that total in one game. 

Then comes last night.  Granted it was the Sonics and granted it was in Denver, but 168 points?  In REGULATION?! 84 in each half!  The Heat scored 73 points total last night!  The Sonics are still an NBA team and this is still a ridiculous feat.  Various news outlets are downplaying the accomplishment with headlines all reading similarly to "Nuggets score NBA season-high 168".  Season high? No team has scored that many points in 18 years.

I'm not angered with the lack of publicity.  The Nuggets need to prove they're not a gimmick.  They're playing like the Globetrotters and while it's plenty entertaining for the fans it's not exactly the type of basketball that's going to get it done in the playoffs.  However, with Chucky Atkins healthy and very much back in the fold along with continued solid contributions from Linas Kleiza and JR Smith I'm started to back away from the ledge and take solace in the fact that it's the toughest Western Conference ever.  Not that I won't be extremely disappointed if they miss the playoffs, no team with Melo and AI should, but there's not much you can do when you're 14 games over .500 and on pace for the best record in 20 years.

Oh yeah, Marcus Camby had a triple double (13, 15 and 10 assists) in 27 minutes.  That IS an NBA record.