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A40:
Funny how Mavericks are doing to the Timberwolves what the Timberwolves did to the Nuggets and the Nuggets did to the Lakers

Basketball will always be about the matchups. I hope game 3 is as good as the last 2.

afrodoc2:
Rudy Gobert dancing galala. Luca is a wicked person.

He did the best he could .
Luka is cold blooded, nothing else I can say

Naz Reid is a big game player. Some people just have IT

A40:
He heard us

Yesss ohhh

Kyrie has finally arrived

A40:
Will Kyrie get his thumbs out his butt or what? This game is ripe for stealing. But Luka cannot do it all by himself you gotta help

Kyrie is laying a big ass egg so far this game

They got the all-nba right this year. The only people who had a shot at complaining didn't meet the 65 games requirement

This Mavericks vs Timberwolves series will be fun to watch. Just hope no injuries to spoil the fun

It seems some people expected Antman to be able to guard Luka and Kyrie 1v1. That is going to be one hell of an assignment

Nba finalizing new media deal.

Tatum is acting scattered brain in the 4th quarter. Did I miss a concussion situation or what?

larride:
Coach is high in dung weed.

Assin you have to eliminate the possibility of them tying the game.

Why is the coach not calling for the foul in that situation?

Tatum has still not sorted this is decision making issues.
That is where Luka, SGA are just way better than him

Just saw the all nba defense team. I think I like this no position format, because the list of 10 IMHO are arguably the best 10 defenders in the nba give or take 2 other names

A40:
Nobody said Magic and Bird were dragging or carrying teams. It was called the Showtime Lakers remember?? It was not Showtime Magic

With MJ and the Bulls it was same thing. Pippen got credit maybe even too much credit.

You keep conflating issues. Star player is different from flat out saying someone carried a team like other players on the team were just bums

Again Bronsexuals are largely responsible for pushing that narrative of carrying. They do it with the NBA Finals streak, they did it with the narrative that KD joined the Warriors just to stop Lebron as if another player on the Cavs didn't outscore the Warriors best player in that series

Kyrie getting a pass is a myth. Don't use this isolated season to push that false narrative cos Kyrie has been persona non grata since Boston. You're the one rehashing history here

Kyrie has been dragged about things outside the court. As for me that is none of my business and I don't care.
As far as basketball is concerned, In the last 6 seasons, he got injured before the playoffs in his first season with the Celtics and that team made it to the conference finals. The next season he was the top dog and that same team got swept in the first round. 3 seasons with the Nets where he did nothing in the postseason one season he played 9 games and in the next he got swept in the 1st round and only played well in one game.
Let's not talk about how underwhelming he was in the OKC series.
So yes, he has been getting a pass on his underperformance for more than half a decade.

birdman:
Did he really show up better in playoffs than the regular season, or did the charmin soft lakers "defense" make MPJ look like 6th man of the year?

Yes the Lakers perimeter defense is worse than that of the wolves, but for someone whose main contribution is floor spacing sometimes shots don't just fall

A40:
Lol. You've started capping again. The whole lingo of carrying a team went mainstream in NBA lingo with Bron.

Used to be a goofy thing to say in the past cos we all knew you needed a team to win.

It's Bronsexuals we frequently heard saying Bron carried Bron carried. The only other player I can say was also given that credit which I can somewhat understand is A.I

What are we even talking about. Is it not Bronsexuals that claim Warriors recruited KD to stop one guy. Like Kyrie's 27 ppg didn't help the Cavs win

Laughable you would mention Wilt. How can that be when he had Jerry West and Elgin Baylor on his team. He also lost to the Knicks with those two all time greats. Bad example

So the 80s was not Magic vs Bird or it was not MJ and the Bulls. It was not can Kobe win without Shaq? You have a funny way of rehashing history, you want people to believe that it was up until Lebron that people started saying it was about Lebron and others.
As for Kyrie, the dude got a pass for half a decade just because of that performance in the 2016 playoffs series.

birdman:
Man, I circled back to the game at some point and I swore I saw a double digit lead for the Nuggets. And went back to sleep, so Im shook this morning. Had to be an epic choke job, lol. I did warn you about MPJ, the guy man has not lived up to his potential in some years now and stays injured a lot

Now you see why I was so pissed with dem Lakers and Lebron, they slept through their series mehn, I know it!!! They mailed that series in, including Lebron. That should at least have been a game 6 or 7

In the Lakers series MPJ showed up big, this allowed denver to stay within reach before Jokic and Murray two man game closed things out.
This is why role players stepping up matters.

A40:
That would be silly to say. Basketball is a team sport. It's Bronsexuals that began this narrative of a player carrying a team but anyone with a working brain knows this is humanly impossible in a 5 man sport

Years from now Anthony Edwards would be given credit for 'carrying' this team. Nobody would mention a Jaden McDaniels averaging 22pts a game in the 2 wins

The GM essentially punted on this season after more or less stating this team was not designed with a back to back in view. If you watch Mike Malone and Jokic in previous interviews they stylishly brought up personnel and how their starters had been run into the ground. The first priority should be going back to get Bruce Brown and then get rid of all the flotsam on their bench young and old

Really the narrative of one man winning in the nba started with Lebron. Come on, it is okay if you don't like the guy or his fans, but to claim that the one guy carried a team started with Lebron is a big fat lie. The one guy carrying the team has existed as far back as when Wilt played with people claiming he was a loser because his team lost once again to Bill's Celtics, even though Bill had like 5-6 other HOF on his team.

Kilishihunter:
Yeah Murray and Porter Jr were ass for most of the series making the jokic carry job (though he later became ass too in the game) a failure this time around but the wolves defence also played a big part in making that happen, the way they restricted Denver to under 50% shooting in game 6 and the last quarter of game 7 is a huge defensive feat
Bro don't sleep on this Minnesota team they've had crazy comebacks all year even before this game and to think they even won when most of the calls were going in favor of Denver, Naz Reid coming off the bench to cause destruction is another factor, I just can't see dallas overpowering this wolves defence time and time again

Trust me, I am not underestimating them. The Wolves won this game as a team, of the 7 guys that got minutes in this game. 6 of them scored double digits points while playing great individual and team defense. So even though Antman had a so-so game they still won because their others came through while those of the Nuggets disappeared. Also it is not just this game, yes Antman is their best player, but they won 2 games in this series where he didn't play well.

Kilishihunter:
End of the road for Dallas, Minnesota double teaming on doncic like they did with jovic and it's lights out, their tight defense should see them through
Wolves in 5 or 6

If Kyrie plays like he did in the Thunder series then it will be a short series. But if he plays up to his capabilities, whenever the wolves double Luka, and he passes out of it, all the Mavericks especially Kyrie needs to do is to take advantage of the open shot in the 4v3 matchups.
Let's not be quick to forget that the only reason doubling Jokic worked is because Murray was ass for the first 6 games of the series. He only played well in game 7, and the others decided to shit the bed on that same day

A40:
It was 20pts with 10 and a half minutes in the 3rd.

They're just an unserious team. They think everyone is the Lakers. They go on these nasty ass extreme slumps that I don't even understand.

Who blows a 20pt lead at home?

You see why I hate 3pt spamming so much. Because when you start missing you look like you don't belong on the court.

A guy like MPJ has now become a spot up shooter. All these guys now do is shoot. 6'10 no handles, no post game. Just a spot up shooter, once your 3 doesn't fall you're useless cos you're not a 3 level scorer. Which is a travesty for a player of his potential especially on that contract

His back issues has removed the possibility of him ever getting handles or a post game. That's why he should never have been signed to anything near a max extension.

A40:
Porter, KCP and Gordon combined for 16pts. At home

This is exactly how you judge if a loss is on the number 1 option or not. Jokic and Murray in this game held up their end of the bargain. They both scored 69pts of the 90 total. That is how bad the role players were tonight. But come morning some idiot with a platform will say that Jokic choked or something along that line.

PS: The Nuggets bench scored just 5pts in this game. They seriously need to upgrade that bench come what may this offseason

donlittle25:
Say what

OKC is way ahead of schedule. Presti and co are building something legit. I just hope management doesn't Penny pinch again this time.

The young goons from OKC will learn and improve from this experience. SGA is one of them dudes certified.

A40:
Props to SGA. This is how you play when you're trying to stay alive

Masterclass performance

Kyrie has been a disgrace this series

Thank you for pointing out the Kyrie issh

I have a question: Why does Kyrie get a pass? The dude has been ass through out this series, and no one seems to call him out. Gorbert, Jokic, Luka has one bad game and people scream as if it is the end of the world.

Siakam was due to have a good game

larride:
Looks like a sold game tbh. They have shot 18 3s in the first half alone when they shot 19 in the whole of last game.

That's their undoing right there.

Even Jokic is spamming 3s.

If Jokic who is one of the highest IQ players ever is taking the 3 ball, that in itself should tell you something. As far as i can see, the Wolves are shrinking and giving up the 3 ball today

Jokic has played like the best player in the world for the last 3 games

End of 1st quarter 28-26 denver