"The offense we're playing right now, I think we can be (a great) team," Anthony said. "With the defense, we can't."

Anthony was handed a stat sheet after the game and studied it, shaking his head in admiration. The stats weren't from Denver's game, but Allen Iverson's 46-point outburst against Chicago.

"Not a bad game," Anthony said, looking at Iverson's numbers.

Anthony still leads the league in scoring ¡ª barely. He's averaging 30.9 and Iverson now has a 30.4-point average. That wasn't on his mind after the game, though.

"We almost had 150 points, that's impressive," he said. "I've never done that before. You can't get mad at the win."

The Warriors were without Baron Davis, who didn't make the trip because of a strained muscle in his ribs. Matt Barnes scored 21 points for the Warriors and Richardson added 18.

Golden State coach Don Nelson was disturbed by his team's 26 turnovers.

"The turnovers let us down," he said. "Most of them were self-inflicted. You don't want to shoot yourself in the foot or you'll have a game like that against somebody that is looking to run the ball."

The up-and-down game wasn't surprising, since Denver entered the contest leading the league in points per game (108.3) and Golden State was fourth (105.8).

Earl Boykins had 10 assists and 17 points for the Nuggets. He'd missed the last two games with a stomach virus.

"My energy level is a lot better," he said.

Ask him again in the morning after playing in a basketball game that turned into a track meet.

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