kendrick9:
He showed you something cause you haven't been watching but following narratives.
SGA has been doing this all season, last night was no different.

Reducing him to just a FT merchant is lazy.

There's a reason this guy would be making his second consecutive All NBA first team and was voted 2nd in MVP voting.

You Bebeto niggas are always so funny.

Someone averaging over 10 FTs per game is not a FT merchant?

Nothing consign me with all this All NBA, MVP nonsense. Harden has done more than this in the regular season only to go ghost in the playoffs.

SGA till this season was an unproven playoff performer. So my sentiment is 100% justified. At the moment his playoff resume is too thin for all this noise you're making if we're gonna keep it a buck.

kendrick9:
Lol. Making your Free throws are very important.
The Mavs lost just because they made only 50% of their FTs.

Shai showed why he's an MVP player in this league

I judge players not by their ability to score free throws but how many buckets can you get on nights you don't get them calls.

That's what separates Jordan, Kobe, Bron from a James Harden or Embiid

SGA showed me something. Like I always say not spamming 3pts get you a lot of credit with me

Kyrie and Luka ought to be ashamed of their performances today

Nice game by SGA. Took just 1 3.

He bringing the mid range back and wasn't a free throw merchant today. Had to work for his buckets as a star player should, I can respect that

It makes no sense for a player as skilled as Luka to be barely above average at free throws

Kyrie and Luka. Gba twins

Who gave Lu Dort the green light to spam this many 3s??

This nigga wan use Brick spoil rim. If OKC want to mount a comeback it can't be by Dort taking as many shots as SGA and Williams

He's reminding me so much of Dillon Brooks with his play. Just out there trying to get Luka hurt

Donovan Mitchell out

larride:


Even KAT cant guard Jokic. They need to double Jokic with KAT and Naz Reid and hope MPJ and Murray shoot poorly.

Your aim is to limit his efficiency. Banking on Murray and MPJ to both shoot poorly is a dangerous game.

What you want is for Jokic to be in hero ball mode taking 25 or more shots and then reduce his efficiency like they did in Game 1. Not the over aggressive doubling they do with both guys jumping on him at the same time subsequently from Games 2-4.

He will just shoot over your heads or find the open man.

They're making that same over aggresive doubling mistake with Murray and now Denver have adjusted letting Gordon or Jokic bring up the ball. Expending energy and it's showing with all their jumpers falling flat.

chic2pimp:


The same Thibodeau that left D.Rose out in a game He really should have pulled Him off moments before He had His career altering injury that Tom?

He's a crazy man. Coaches that are tactically rigid always get on my nerves.

Watch your player's minutes especially your starters. Now they have the unique misfortune of their reserves getting hurt but because he has overrun his starters now they have to play anyway even though they're running on fumes. I saw Josh Hart finally holding his waist. This is someone that was playing 48 minutes doing 14-17-7 now even his Ethiopian cardio needs breaks

chic2pimp:

No one in the league can guard Jokic so there really no point doubling Him. Let Him get His and let the rest work hard for their buckets. Roaming will make sense if they are constantly attacking the paint but there are drawing Rudy out to the perimeter where He is all but useless. Jokic is even taking plays off on defense because He is guarding the offensively inept Gobert.

MPJ had 4 points yesterday, that's not happening again this series. KAT has been efficient this playoffs apart from yesterday so I'd give Him that. Let's say He returns to His old self and yesterday was just a bloody, who do trust more Murray,Gordon and MPJ or KAT,Mcdaniels and Conley. Heck KCP would have 3 explosive 30point games before Rudy gets one.

The doubling is really to make him inefficient not necessarily to stop him. You can't stop a Jokic unless he doesn't feel like scoring that night. So if you let their most efficient player unfettered scoring access, you're demoralizing their defense.

Gobert doesn't have good hands or a soft touch so he will always be a liability on offense, the effort required to stop him is minimal. What you want is a body on KAT. Allow Antman to keep playing hero ball, when KAT starts feeling himself is when you run into having problems. He's an overly emotional player that tries to over correct his reputation as a softie so put AG on him to knock him off rhythm

I definitely don't expect MPJ to play as bad, he just didn't have it yesterday but I've not seen him have back to back games this season

I just believe that overall the Nuggets obituary was written too early. Their big advantage is that they usually just understand the assignment in late close games. I get a lot of San Antonio Spurs vibes from them.

Jokic is Duncan
Murray is Parker

And anyone can be Ginobili on any night

Still a pivotal Game 5. Whoever wins this wins the series IMO

Thibodeau learning another brutal lesson on running his players to the ground and working them like a slave owner. He probably hasn't though. He will still repeat the same mistake next year

Brunson can barely jump. Even Josh Hart with him Kenenisa Bekele cardio don dey tire.

chic2pimp:
Told you the series was over. The next couple of games will be blow outs. Denver has them figured out now. Paying the Supermax to KAT and Rudy(Gobert especially as He gives you Zero on offense)has got to sting though. Ouch!.

You're cooking. Let's be observing

What is clear though is that Rudy cannot guard Jokic. So do they send a double and make Jokic pass and gamble that his teammates keep missing or do they move KAT to Jokic and let Rudy just roam around. They can do that anyway since someone like KCP won't hit water if you threw him off a boat

I don't know if these games would end in blowouts though. I don't know that KAT will keep shooting that poorly. Which means MPJ and Murray need to cook for a blowout to be possible

larride:


They have figured out Wolves defense if the last 2 games is anything to go by and Wolves offense cant keep up with Nugget offense.

I saw a stat somewhere ESPN I think. Nuggets are now the 7th team to tie a series after losing their first two games at home.

5 of the 6 previous teams went on to win the series. Make of that what you will

If you win this game Nuggets you have to realize Game 5 is your Game 7. You don't wanna go back to Minny down 3-2.

You have the chance to pull off a Joseph Stalin Operation Barbarossa type comeback. Don't blow it

The way this team executes late in games is so beautiful. Pure art

See how Jokic sent Conley and Gobert to go and buy cigar on one of those drives

And who will tell McDaniels this him yeye full court press don cast

I need to slander this Denver bench more often.

Roland17:
Why did Gordon give that up? He was under the rim

The last person I expected to pass up that dunk. He's been dumping on their heads all night

Trade Jamal Murray una.

Jokic in foul trouble

MPJ playing scared. What's up with that??

Three straight 3s for Minny

larride:


Make A40 just hear any trade Jamal Murray here again and fight fit happen.

Jamal is really like that. I'm tired of telling these niggas.

6 assists. And the importance of that dagger 3. Minny had cut the deficit down to 7 now it's 15. In 20 seconds

larride:


Nuggets are in control of this series now.

KAT ghosting when he's needed most.

They've figured something out. It helps that Minny has been shooting hellafied bricks too.

The offense is just much smoother and mixing up who brings the ball up has helped a lot.

This is the Nuggets I recognize from last season not whoever I've been watching their first 7 games

Murray with the buzzer beater 3.

Back to 15 pt lead

Nuggets have been extremely sloppy. They should be out of sight by now

greypencils:
Cade is overrated. Number 1 for nothing.

1000%. Not sold on him at all

Gobert is food

26-4 run is crazy

Roland17:


He has picked up since the last game. E be like say e read your post about him. lol..

Tough love is necessary sometimes

Holiday. Again

And suddenly the Timberwolves are bricking everything. Boy oh boy. Basketball is one funny game

15 pt lead

Holiday been spamming some very nice 3s. Who knew?

Khanben:


MPJ is very important for them, but of their 4 mainstays he is the one IMHO that can be replaced at a cheaper price. As for Aaron Gordon he his already underpaid, so there is no way in hell he his taking a paycut.

You're right. MPJ is the most easily replaceable of them all.

Aaron Gordon is just a swiss army knife. The way he's toggling from KAT to Ant man is phenomenal

Twolves been missing a lot of buckets

Very useful minutes from Reggie Jackson

KAT 0/7

Hmmm. Seems Denver has figured out something.

Khanben:

I agree with you that the Nuggets need a playable backup for Jokic and a Bruce brown type wing. The thing is because of their salary cap issue, the GM clearly stated that they are using this season to see if their draft picks can step up to these roles. I personally think the guy they should move is MPJ, he is way overpaid for a shooter/rebounder, with him off their books that can easily afford his replacement, plus a backup for Jokic, and someone else who can create shots for themselves like Bruce brown could, especially in that system they run.

Exactly. Imagine they had a Daniel Gafford. Just 15 minutes off the bench to give Jokic breathers. And energize the rest of the team. Not having a playable backup big while they extended Nnaji who clearly can't play and DeAndre who's too old to play consistently is definitely malpractice

Mind you they extended Reggie Jackson who was a non factor in last season's title run. He was just there for vibes

They clearly paid too early for MPJ but he's definitely been crucial to them this year. He hasn't expanded his game though but we can't downplay his improved availability and consistency

2025 will be the judgement year for the Nuggets. Murray, Aaron Gordon someone will need to take a paycut. KCP will have a player option, I think they can let him walk