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Ibime:
Make una free Tuchel. Choupo Moting is faster than Kane and a good hold-up/counterattacking striker to see out the last few minutes of a game. He followed a typical managers playbook.

Gnabry already out, then you take out Sane, Musiala and Kane with 6 minutes left at the Bernabeu?

Absolute insanity. What are you seeing out with minimum of 15 minutes left factoring added time. And worse if they equalize we're talking another 30+ minutes of a game you have been on the back foot throughout.

It was pathetic by Tuchel. No top club worth their onions will consider him worthy of hiring.

KingAzubuike:
Yall blaming tuchel. If the subs had worked out and bayern won, everybody would have been hailing him as a master tactician.

How the subs wan take work? Humor me pls

airmark:
For this you are losing this match.

Lool. Who cares?

I don comot mind after Tuchel make him useless subs and Kane wasted chance to end the tie.

No Champions League for Hummels is guaranteed. That one satisfy me

Roland if you hype Sane where I dey again we go fight gidigbo

Absolute shyte performance for a winger that should be in his prime

Daviesssss

Meanwhile Hazard don condemn at 29

raumdeuter:
Anyway na way cos Madrid sef, you cant tell with them

When they are dominating play they are dangerous, when they are not dominating possession they are still dangerous

If the game goes beyond 90mins we might struggle cos Madrid have more ammunition on their bench, we only have Goretzka, Muller and Tell for midfield and attack

Gnabry don run collect injury. I'm sick of these boys man

Davies in

raumdeuter:
Its game time.

Lets go boys. Lets leave it all on the field.

I am sure we will need a lot of luck cos Madrid does not need to dominate play before they score and win

Mia san Mia

I have a sneaky suspicion Tuchel will hand Madrid the ball and try to win via counter

De Ligt is back. No Upamenonsense or Oppa Gagnam style for defense.

Be like hope dey after all.

Interesting leaving Goretzka on the bench for Pavlovic. Goretzka is a big game player so we shall see if this gamble pays off

Hoping for an Izzy type performance in Miami from the squad (MMA niggas know what I mean)

raumdeuter:
He is also carrying Liverpool midfield for the past 4yrs

Carrying Liverpool midfield while completing his MBBS. What a guy

kendrick9:
After Carrying Bayern midfield on his back for over a decade, you guys sold us a broken down Thiago.
Even at that, when he was fit he has been a joy to watch

How do you carry a midfield for a decade as a permacrock? Your definition of carry must have another meaning.

So he has also carried your midfield using your okrika logic.

kendrick9:
Ramdeuter and A.40 collecting Ls everywhere.
Hummels at 35 dragging Dortmund to CL finals while Boathand is settling court cases and rejected by small clubs

Drag-on ni. Someone that has goal post and his teammates to thank. Drag una. Even his goal was not needed 1-0 was enough to advance

Congrats to Hummels. Boateng at 32 was 2x CL champion. Hummels at 35 is only just getting to another final. What was he doing these past 11 years? Didn't he play at Bayern? Why didn't he win but the very season he left we won?

I just dey sorry for am because whoever wins today's match likely condemns him to another loss

kendrick9:
That's the advantage you get when you're a Superstar 😎
Superstars gets the whistles.
Luka for example had just as much FT.
And SGA actually made 11/13 FT.
And he also drives to the line constantly.
That's why he's so good, everything is so smooth, efficient and consistently murder teams.
Let OKC reach conference finals make I see the banter you will use again.
OKC looks set to rule the west for a decade.
Young team, Superstar SGA plus All NBA talents like Chet, JDub and tons of first rounds picks

No the fuq he didn't. Luka had 10, SGA had 13

Just go on Twitter and type SGA whistle. Everyone knows he's a free throw merchant. This is open secret. I don't know what he had on these refs but if Jamal Murray had that whistle he would be MVP contender

Mind you he shot 42% from the field but had more Free throws than made baskets. Efficient my black a$$

Conference Finals Murray had gotten to at 23 na him you wan use dey brag? You do realize SGA is older than Luka and Luka at 23 had also been to conference Finals

As for OKC set to rule. We shall see. They said same about so many teams in the past and it came to nowt

If these people die na 3pt kill them

larride:
The ref in yesterday game were blind.

That was prison ball. Nuggets should have put in one bench guy to touch someone up. Whining to the refs was where I knew they lost it

Anyone watching this game and denying SGA as a free throw merchant is insane

This joker kicked someone in the nuts and was rewarded with free throws

What was Nuggets GM doing when Mavericks were getting a Gafford? Can you imagine this guy backing Jokic instead of the remains of DeAndre Jordan

Kyrie has been shocking in the first half of these games.

If na these refs blow for Murray yesterday e for good. This is absurd

SGA whistle is crazy bruhhh. This isn't basketball. Damn I thought it was the playoffs

Looking at this game interesting that both teams can get 9 guys to play.

This series go hot.

No gree for anybody Inc.

Chopping 7 bar over 2 legs. I never see this kin thing

Bayern are you watching??

Dortmund have showed up down for the rematch at Wembley.

What are you going to do? Where's that Michael Irvin speech when you need it

Roland17:
Yup it was at the start of the season.

From the start of the season and after the trades, I knew they were in trouble come playoffs. They did not do a good job of putting their roster together, especially their bench. Braun hasn't carried on or even improved from last season, if anything he has declined. Jackson, like I predicted at the start of the season is too streaky to depend on. They also don't have that rebounding presence which makes the Timberwolves a bad matchup for them.

You were right but more importantly they made some very confusing moves. If you want to go all in on youth then why did so many of your young players get so little playing time besides Braun and Watson

Jackson has never been good enough to make significant contributions on a title winning team. He did absolutely nothing vs the Lakers or Heat. Was basically a mascot and yet you extended him instead of allowing your young guards fail in a controlled environment in the regular season or make some type of move before the trade deadline. Kept DeAndre then extended Nnaji but gave him no playing time

Braun and Watson are two guys that have seriously underwhelmed these playoffs. There's nothing these two guys do particularly well they don't defend, don't rebound. Can't score 2 buckets in a row. It's crazy

I won't put all the blame on just the GM since he's not on the court but seeing him say that he basically punted on the season boldly assuming that a team with 2 of it's 3 best players are injury prone and have suffered multiple severe injuries that have knocked them out seasons is a fireable offense. Who told your dumbass that you're allowed to punt a season so you can go for multiple championships later

Roland17:
If they can steal game 3, which seems herculean at this time but not impossible, they can stretch this series longer than the Timberwolves want. They have to absolutely rebound well because the Timberwolves are punishing them under the rim. On defense, the Timberwolves have excellent perimeter defenders in Jaden and Alexander Walker and they have kept the Nugget's shooting percentages down.

That's a huge ask. I see a team that has let go of the rope. At least based on Game 2.

I don't know that they believe they can beat the Timberwolves. I saw a lot of complaining to the refs yesterday and I don't like that. If you're explaining you're losing

When a team is bullying you like that you bring in an enforcer and you punch them in the mouth, not literally but figuratively take someone's head off. Even if they get ejected you've sent a message and everyone will play fair moving forward

kendrick9:
The team is playing bad because players like Murray haven't shown up.
If Lakers weren't mentally weak against Denver they would have knocked them out.
People praising Murray about being clutch but if he had did his job efficiently the Nuggets wouldn't be needing buzzer beaters heroics.
It's just not sustainable and Wolves are showing them out.

Murray has been sub par these last few games but so has the rest of the team. It's not like the other players have been great and Murray has been the only one stinking up the joint. That is patently false

They needed buzzer beating heroics because the Lakers are a formidable opponent parading two All NBA level talent. How many teams can you beat your chest will gentleman sweep the Lakers.

The way y'all talk like the opponent is also not trying to win.

There's a clear match up problem. Jokic is turning the ball over, Murray is getting doubled from 90 ft.

Something is clearly amiss in and with this team because everyone knows they are capable of better

kendrick9:
Murray is not made, he has one ring and the jury is still out if he's suitable to be the second option.
No way should Murray be taking the most shots, he's inconsistent and playoff Murray is overrated because there's not enough data to see if he's just being streaky.
Trade him and get someone who's consistent every night

This is pure opata yarns you dey yarn. There's no jury out with Murray. Go and ask PG, CP3, Harden, Russell Westbrook, Booker, DeRozan, Butler, Bam, Brown, Tatum and co how difficult it is to win a championship. Jamal is a Made Man. No basketball pundit worth their salt thinks otherwise

60 playoff games 24-6-5 tells me he's not overrated or inconsistent in the playoffs. He's a certified playoff riser

He's been the best player in multiple playoff series the Nuggets have won

Go and tell this to Nuggets fans in Denver and see if they won't stone you with tomato cans. Jamal Murray is as good as it gets as your second best player. If you're a GM you couldn't come up with a replacement for Murray, you're just talking to talk

Let me now burst una head. I don't believe even the Lakers lose both games at home and look this bad against the Timberwolves

joshboo:
Altitude kor 😁😁😁😁😁, na Lakers and LeCapitulate wey no serious give Denver mouth this season. Blowing up big leads easily...

I saw Timberwolves beating them in 5 sha that's the truth. honest truth... The physicality of the wolves was perfectly suited for the post season... Towns and Gobert figuring things out was the catalyst.. Naz Reid come dey again, How Denver go dey rely on only Jokic to Play the 5, it was obvious Minnesota will wear him out with the big bodies they have

The bad starts in all 5 games were loud warning signs that this team had holes. This version of Nuggets probably lose to last season's version of Lakers

I expected Nuggets shooting to improve not be historically bad. I can't even give Timberwolves credit for this because I refuse to believe their defense is that good to make you shoot 32% from the field as a team at home.

I'm puzzled at the Nuggets GM who kept Jordan and extended an unplayable Nnaji for 4 years. You saw what happened to Jokic in the bubble and you knew you would run into the Timberwolves again with 3 big guys and it didn't occur to you to get players to counter that. Just cause you got away with it last season and Murray elevated his game

kendrick9:
Exactly. A40 was critical of Embid who dropped 50 on one leg and facial paralysis.
Injuries is not an excuse as long as you have stepped on that court

Well warranted. Embiid is a tried and tested playoff no show. What else do you call an MVP with zero conference Finals appearance in 8 seasons or since he was drafted in 2014

birdman:
You have thrown multiple names here, everybody has some blame, except Lebron . Of course you know this means guy man is not goat material right? Excuses up and dan

Look, I watched rockets when steve franchise and cuttino mobley used to costus games while looking like they were playing hard. I am familiar with pretenders. And I know what I saw in that Laker-Nuggets series. Your guys were trying to get big leads, then coast to the end. In other words, play with the minimal effort to win. That laziness cost them what could have been another ring this year.

Good luck to Lebron with the podcasts and movies. Zero leadership shown this year. Just whining up and dan. And good luck to AD, he goes back to being a max contrac t guy with zero responsibilities, just like he likes it . Na LA fans I pity pass. After being blessed by Kobe's work ethic for so many years, you have to put up with this refuse dump of a team.

Refreshing brand of honesty on display here. Wow

A40:
I think Michael Malone does not trust his bench enough which begs the question why didn't you get guys in the offseason. You have to give your bench a longer leash, if you don't do it now then when? you allowed Jeff Green and Bruce Brown (unavoidable loss I get it) walk

Guys like Watson, Strawther, Nnaji. Give them more time to play and make mistakes.

Any lack of depth they face is self inflicted. They don't have backup for Jokic (2023 DeAndre Jordan doesn't count) and Cleveland with Mobley and Allen did a really good job on Jokic. I've not seen a team slow him down that well in quite sometime

I think it was in the beginning of the season that Roland was pointing out the Nuggets lack of depth to me. They were also losing some mumu games that gave me cause for pause.

But after seeing some of their GMs comments I see a guy that has rested on his oars and might as well be a fraud cos Tim Connelly who is actually Minnesota's GM now did the heavy lifting of the Nuggets present roster.

This joker is trying to punt this season for supposed long term winning. Well obviously your dumbass cannot scout or evaluate talent so good luck pulling that off cos how do you in this era happen to draft two young dudes that cannot phuckin shoot or generate their own offense (Braun, Watson)

kendrick9:
A40 come outside
Your boy made 3/18 FGA
In a crucial game he scored only 8 points😮😮
This is the guy you said you will take over Embid, SGA and numerous others.


You can see why this guy never made an All NBA team because of his lack of consistency.
One day he's scoring 30 points and the next games he's shooting bricks.
Denver needs to trade him and get a reliable 2nd option if they are serious but will they?

What are you waffling about? Murray is a made man. All these other jokers you're mentioning have not made even Conference Finals and you're chatting to an NBA champion

The entire team is playing historically badly anyway not just Murray.

Who is the more reliable 2nd option? Paul George? Name the person and amuse me

If them born them well let them trade Murray and completely shut down their title window. You want to trade the reason they didn't bow out in the first round?