"We just lost tonight. We just lot by a lot."

You know, I think Sonics forward Kris Wilcox summed up last night's loss to Denver rather accurately and succintly.

As hard as it is to fathom, the Sonics scored 116 points--and lost.

Did we mention they lost by 52 points?

The Nuggets 168 points were the most they have ever scored in a regulation contest. The francise record for points was 184 in a 1983 triple OT defeat to Detroit.

In their previous meeting, Denver scored 138 points in a victory in Seattle. By relative comparsion, that output seemed like a drought compared to the output on Sunday night.

A quick look at the numbers:

The Nuggets had scored an NBA season-high 48 points at the end of the first quarter.

The Nuggets had 84 points at the half.

They scored another 84 in the second half and their lowest scoring quarter was the second, in which they only scored 36 points. They scored at least 41 or more points in each of the other three quarters.

They shot 60.4 percent from the field for the entire game.

They hit 16 3-point shots.

The team had eight players score in double figures.

They had a total of 44 assists.

They led by as many as 55 points.

About as solid as it gets. There is one other statistic that is worth mentioning, though. Despite a win that all NBA fans will be discussing today, they are still 1.5 games behind Golden State for the eighth and final Playoff spot in the West.

I hope you have as good a Monday as the Nuggets did their Sunday.

-"z"