After the game, the baby-faced Sweet Melon grinned and hugged his idol: "Damn, I've experienced the feeling of Pat Riley being forced to swallow defeat."
In the second game, Anthony continued to be restricted. Although his shooting percentage was higher than the last game, reaching 45%, he still only scored 15 points.
Roger didn't shoot much either, only taking 17 shots, making 11, and scoring 31 points with a 64% shooting percentage.
He also dished out 10 assists and grabbed 11 rebounds.
A playoff triple-double is nothing unusual for Roger, so not even a few reporters hyped up the event.
Game 3 was a spirited fight by the Nuggets, as Anthony scored more than 20 for the first time in the playoffs, and Andre Miller, with his hefty backside, scored 19 points over Allan Houston.
But the combined 56 points from Roger and Stoudemire rendered the efforts of Anthony and Miller useless. The Nuggets only lost by single digits this time, but a loss is still a loss.
