Top Performances Of April - #9 Kosta Koufos Ties (Pro) Career High vs Warriors 4.11.2011

(Screen-cap - Pregame - Kosta Koufos is introduced with a young Nuggets fan - 4.11.2011 - Denver, Colorado)

4.11.2011 - Denver Nuggets 134 vs Golden State 111 (NBA Regular Season)
- Kosta Koufos: 18 points, 9 rebounds!

Koufos ends season on high note: Canton native Kosta Koufos left a good impression on the Denver Nuggets in the latter part of his third NBA season. Starter rest and injuries allowed Koufos to get some extended playing time in the last week of regular season action, and the former Buckeye responded with three straight double figure scoring games. His best outing was a 18 point/9 rebound effort vs the Golden State Warriors on April 11.

No Nene, No Problem: Kosta started the 3rd quarter for Denver with Nene out due to injury. Koufos immediately went to work against a bit of an undersized GSW front-court, scoring all of his season high 18 points in the 2nd half.

BuckeyeBallersTV: #9 Koufos vs GSW 4.11.2011

(Clips of note)

• Koufos shows good mobility with a nice face up move on Ekpe Udoh
• Left handed hook shot over Vladimir Radmanovic
  
• Two three-point plays, one on Udoh & the other on Lou Amundsun
• Big slam over UConn's Jeff Adrien!

(Notes)

• He's a Gamer: As you will see and hear in the video, the Denver announcers lauded Kosta with compliment after compliment in this game. These comments are similar to other announcers from the league who have gotten a chance to see Koufos play. In our opinion he really opened up some eyes this season with his pro approach & improved game.
• NBA Bloopers: Kosta seems to be prone to blooper type incidents. (30 secs into the clip!) Following the hook shot over Radmanovic, Koufos accidentally bows Kenyon Martin in the nose during a high-five! LOL..young Kosta was obviously (and rightly) concerned about the inadvertent shot to his veteran teammate, but it looked like Martin had a good laugh about it haha!
• Career Mark: Koufos' 18 point scoring game vs GSW is his highest total in an NBA game. He also scored 18 points vs Dallas in his rookie season (2008/2009). Hey NBA..Koufos is ready for rotation minutes now.