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DENVER —First, Andre Iguodala threw a bad pass. Torrey Smith Black Jersey . Then, he took too
many steps. Two costly turnovers late in a close game. In his Denver home debut,
no less. Miffed by his miscues, Iguodala went to work, scoring six of his 17
points over the final three minutes to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the
Detroit Pistons 109-97 on Tuesday night. “When I make a mistake, I really want
to make it up,” Iguodala said. And make it up he certainly did as he played a
big role in the Nuggets snapping a three-game skid. Even before tipoff, Iguodala
got the capacity crowd riled up by grabbing the microphone and giving an
impassioned speech to the fans: “This is a big year for us! We need your
support!” Then, he came through at crunch time. Not just with his offensive
exploits, either, but his defensive intensity as well. He also added 10
rebounds. “He was a presence everywhere, on every part of the court,”
Danilo Gallinari said. “Hes great for us when he plays like that.” The Nuggets
broke out their new canary yellow uniforms for their home opener and played
pretty snazzy, especially late in the third quarter when they began opening up a
17-point lead. The Pistons rallied in the final quarter, before Iguodala closed
the door with two baskets and a pair of free throws. Greg Monroe scored 27
points and 10 rebounds for the Pistons, who dropped their fourth straight.
Detroit and Washington (0-2) are the only winless teams left in the NBA this
season. “We showed a lot of fight,” Monroe said. “We have to push through. At
that point, three minutes left, seven-point game, thats definitely a winnable
game. We have to find a way to win tight games like that.” Early in the fourth,
Iguodala and Corey Brewer hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Nuggets a
96-80 lead. Moments later, JaVale McGee brought the crowd to its feet with a
thunderous dunk off a lob from Andre Miller. The Nuggets appeared to be cruising
to the win with 7:41 remaining, but the Pistons made things interesting when
Jonas Jerebko stole the ball from Iguodala and went in for the dunk. Iguodala
turned the ball over again when he couldnt find anyone to pass the ball to and
travelled. Then, he began his scoring spree, leading coach George Karl to quip
after the game that he would be all right with Iguodala doing that all the time,
earlier in the game even. But Karl understands why Iguodala is slowly
integrating his way into the offence. Its just his style. “Hes not going to
shake the boat,” Karl said. “Hes going to figure out how we like to play, and
figure out whats a good shot and whats not a good shot.” McGee finished with 16
points while Ty Lawson and Kenneth Faried each added 15. The Pistons played
their third of a winding six-game road swing. They return to California on
Wednesday night to play Sacramento, before going to Oklahoma City and finishing
up in Houston. Rodney Stuckey came into the game in a shooting funk, hitting
just 1 of his last 23 jumpers. But he found his range against the Nuggets as he
finished with 17 points. “He will always be a big part of our success,” Monroe
said. “We need him to play like he did tonight, attacking the goal, getting to
the free throw line. It was good to see that.” Like Stuckey, Gallinari was
struggling with his form. He spent nearly 90 minutes after Mondays practice
going through shooting drills designed to restore his confidence. He had it
going early, but fell off as the young Italian forward had eight points on 3 of
11 shooting. The Nuggets led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but
could never pull away from the pesky Pistons. Kenneth Faried scored 12 points in
the first half to send Denver into the locker room with a 58-51 lead at
intermission. Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said hes trying to get his team to
buy into the concept of being more unselfish. “All the best teams are,” Frank
said. “Look, whos the most coachable player on the Spurs? Tim Duncan. Whos the
most coachable player on the Celtics? Kevin Garnett. Whos the most coachable
player in Oklahoma City? Kevin Durant. Whos most coachable player of the Miami
Heat? LeBron James. This is not calculus. This is not trying to figure out the
next Pythagorean theorem. “This is easy: Your players have to unite and inspire
by how they play. Its that simple.” Notes: Pistons F Corey Maggette sat out a
fourth straight game with a strained left calf. ... The Pistons were 6 of 12
from behind the 3-point line. ... Former Nuggets F LaPhonso Ellis brought out
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and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he
said, he first gave Roger Clemens a “booty shot” of steroids. The governments
star witness in the Clemens perjury retrial took the stand Monday and told the
jury that he injected one of baseballs most successful pitchers with steroids
about eight to 10 times when they were with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. “I
knew what I was doing was illegal,” McNamee said. “I wish to God I could take it
back.” Clemens is charged with lying to Congress when he testified in 2008 that
he had never used steroids or human growth hormone. The first attempt to try him
last July ended in a mistrial when prosecutors showed the jury a snippet of
videotaped evidence that had been ruled inadmissible. The retrial took until its
fifth week to get to the heart of the governments case: McNamee is the only
person who will claim firsthand knowledge of Clemens using performance-enhancing
drugs. In his thick New York accent, McNamee covered a lot of ground in about
four hours on the stand—and he still has much more to tell when he returns
Tuesday. He recalled how he met Clemens when McNamee was the strength and
conditioning coach of the Blue Jays during the 1998 season. He said Clemens gave
him a $1,000 tip at the end of spring training, that Clemens approached him one
day in the clubhouse and asked him to get rid of a bag of some 20 to 30 bottles
of steroids. Then came the fateful day in June when he was asked by Clemens to
come to Clemens apartment in the Blue Jays SkyDome stadium after a game. McNamee
said he found alcohol, needle and gauze and the anabolic steroid Winstrol laid
out in the bathroom. He said he felt “a little uncomfortable” while preparing
the shot because hed never done anything like it before. He said he then walked
into Clemens bedroom. “Roger pulled down his pants, exposing his right buttocks
cheek to me,” McNamee said. A few seconds later, Clemens said he was ready.
McNamee said he then “plunged the fluid in into his buttocks.” After it was
done, they “exchanged pleasantries,” according to McNamee. “That,” McNamee
concluded softly, “was the first time I injected Roger Clemens.” McNamee said he
didnt feel good about the moment, but he got the sense that Clemens “wasnt good
at doing the booty shot.” “I did it,” McNamee said, “because I wanted to help
and I wanted to keep my player safe. ... I wasnt under the assumption that was
the first time he did that.” McNamee recited details of another injection later
in the season, one he said he gave Clemens in a hurry in a small supply room in
the Tampa Bay clubhouse on the getaway day of a road trip. McNamee was so
concerned about being discovered that he pressed his foot against the closed
door while giving the shot. McNamee said the injections stopped after Clemens
developed an abscess on his buttocks later in the season. He said Clemens walked
by and “threw a whole bag (of steroids) at my locker and said, Im done with it.
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scenes meticulously; other times he was more vague. He occasionally fidgeted
with his white shirt or tan jacket and sometimes took long pauses before
answering questions. It took him a few seconds to recall his wedding date—
perhaps understandable, given hes going through a divorce—and he initially
said three months, instead of three years, when asked how long he worked for the
New York Police Department before becoming a bullpen catcher and batting
practice pitcher for the New York Yankees in the mid-1990s. McNamee was barely
audible the first time he uttered the word “Roger.” He and Clemens were once
good friends; he worked with Clemens for the better part of a decade, in an
official capacity with the Blue Jays and later with the Yankees, and also as a
personal trainer who would run Clemens through demanding workouts, often at
Clemens home in Texas. Clemens watched intently from the defence table,
occasionally taking notes or reading materials. When McNamee returns to the
stand Tuesday, hes expected to testify that he injected Clemens with
performance-enhancing drugs in 2000 and 2001. The prosecution is also expected
to head off, as best it can, an upcoming cross-examination that is expected to
attack McNamees integrity. The defence wants to paint McNamee as a serial liar
out for personal gain. The two sides spent the morning arguing over which parts
of McNamees personal life can be revealed in front of the jury. U.S. District
Judge Reggie Walton quashed a Clemens subpoena for McNamees divorce records,
saying it was a “fishing expedition” to look for information to disparage
McNamee. The judge did rule that Clemens team could bring up evidence of
McNamees alleged alcohol problems, including two convictions for driving under
the influence. Walton also said that if the defence had evidence that McNamee
had obtained prescription drugs online without a prescription, that too could be
mentioned. But the judge said again that defence lawyers may not mention that
McNamee was investigated for an alleged sexual assault over a 2001 incident at a
St. Petersburg, Fla., hotel involving a woman who was found to have a date rape
drug in her system. Walton said the defence could refer to it only as a “serious
criminal investigation.” The defence will be able to say that McNamee lied to
investigators during that investigation. Charges were never filed in the case.
The day began with the government winning a significant battle about the
testimony of former Clemens teammate Andy Pettitte. Pettitte testified about a
conversation 12 years ago in which Clemens supposedly admitted to using HGH —
but then acknowledged under cross-examination there was a “50-50” chance he
might have misunderstood Clemens remark. The defence wanted the judge to strike
Pettittes testimony about the conversation, but Walton ruled that it will be up
to the jury to decide how much weight to give it. ’ ’ ’