The Nuggets were knocked out of the tournament by the Toronto Raptors, but will get to play one more game in which the benchwarmers will receive a lot of minutes. In the fifth game, Jordan Hamilton scored a game high 23 points on 10-21 shooting, 4-10 from three, and grabbed 3 rebounds 2 steals and a blocked shot. He continued his hot shooting from the fourth game, which is a good sign. He has proven that he can hit shots from all over the court in Summer League, but he needs to do it when it counts, during the NBA season. Quincy Miller had trouble down low when he had to help with Valanciunis on defense and when he was trying to score inside. Miller should put on some more weight in order to be more effective down low. He scored 10 points, shooting 4-11, 2-3 from three, and grabbed 7 rebounds, while blocking 1 shot. It was nice to see him rebound well, while shooting well from deep, but he really needs to work on his inside game on offense and defense.
Evan Fournier had another lackluster performance scoring only 5 points on 2-7 shooting, 0-4 from three, while grabbing zero boards and dishing zero assists. I would not put too much stock into Fournier's Summer League woes because he has played much better in actual NBA games. Erick Green also struggled. Green scored 6 points on 3-12 shooting, 0-4 from three, but he had 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Green struggled to shoot and get to the rim. When he actually got to the rim, he often missed. Green should get a chance to avenge himself in the next game, with a healthy diet of minutes.
CJ again got the start, but did not receive a lot of minutes. He scored 5 points, on 2-4 shooting, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. Hopefully, he will receive more minutes in the sixth game and play well enough to earn and invitation to training camp. Luke Harangody, another training camp hopeful, played decently. He scored 10 points on 3-7 shooting, 1-2 from three, to go along with 5 rebounds and one steal. He had trouble with defense down low, which he will need to improve on to make the team.
The Nuggets will have a sixth game tomorrow against a team that has yet to be named. Fournier, Miller and Hamilton are unlikely to receive minutes in this game.
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