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Northwest preview: Blazers, Nuggets to battle again

Published Oct. 1, 2009 6:22 p.m. ET

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The Northwest is a neatly balanced division. Two teams won't be satisfied unless they reach the conference finals. One mid-level team is trying to recapture the rapture of seasons past. And two ball clubs are desperately fighting to gain a modicum of respectability.

Denver Nuggets

Strengths: Chauncey Billups' maturity, leadership and reliability in the clutch.

Carmelo Anthony has the tools to score in every possible attack mode — fast breaks, early offense and half-court offensive sets. Anthony also demonstrated incredible defensive fire in the playoff series versus the Lakers.

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