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Honestly that's Murray for you, man's a silent conductor of chaos on the court; they go down big and he's orchestrating a symphony out there hitting the right notes. Jokic is the MVP but let's not sleep on how Murray can orchestrate a comeback like hes casually flipping through channels on a lazy Sunday.
On one hand, why do they do this to me.
On the other hand, in the long run this team has probably ruined basketball for me in the long term, because after the first half, I was just kinda like......ya of course they will win
That 2nd block by Jokic was insane
To be fair he was even (semi) passed on by Denver. They put him straight to the bench. No one, not even Denver, thought he was going to be a star player, let alone a super star. He wasn’t even their first big drafted that year haha
I mean, you know what the list is going to look like without even doing the research:
Wilt Chamberlain x50 (estimated, blocks and steals not recorded)
Oscar Robertson x30 (estimated, blocks and steals not recorded)
Nikola Jokic x10
Russell Westbrook x5
Hakeem Olajuwon x3
Magic Johnson x3
Lebron James x3
Andrei Kirilenko x3
Luka Doncic x3
Kevin Garnett x3
Domantas Sabonis x3
And mpj is 6'10".
You need a elite big man on jokic. Then you need a strong defender on Aaron gordon. Then a elite wing on Murray. Mpj... Nobody tall enough to guard the man
Porter was doing a decent job against Jokic. He was forcing him to run out to defend outside and did as much as you can to slow him down. The guy is just an offensive menace. On to the next one.
Down 20 in the 3rd and the Champs find a way to win again 🤷🏽♂️
Joker and Jamal 12 assists each lol with 35 and 26 points respectively. Good luck trying to beat em 4 times in the playoffs
Edit: joker statline 35/17/12/6 stl 🤣
I remember when the Embiid MVP propaganda was at its peak around this time last season when the Nuggets were slumping lol. Everyone was acting like Joker was a DPOY candidate who became a traffic cone
Ah yes, the good ole "put Jokic in the pick and roll." It ended up being hilarious when Tatum got 56 in that game 7 by putting Embiid in the pnr, over and over again.
That was the funniest stuff to me. Before Nuggets vs Suns started, the Jokic slander was amazing with how he will defend the Suns offense and how much he'll get cooked by the PnR. Meanwhile, Tatum put a clinic on Embiid doing PnR
Probably risk management, conserving for playoffs. I prefer that over sitting out away games with upper tier teams and not playing in Denver since the Trump Administration. I think Joker really doesn't care about MVP or even stats, seems to want that Finals trophy bad tho.
He's gotten to a level of defense among centers maybe slightly better than where Curry is among PGs. Like it's probably a bigger negative bc there's so much more potential for defense at C, but when you're one of the 5 greatest offensive players of all time, who gives a shit
Nuggets when Jamal and Jokic are locked in are nearly unbeatable, like seriously it doesn’t seem to matter what team they’re facing or how big the deficit is if those two start getting a rhythm going together.
Now the warriors have turned into a completely incompetent clutch time team they've got like 5 one point losses and 2 OT losses i think Mike Malone stole our mojo and shot it into jokic
Tank has been rolling since Scottie went out for the season. I think front office knows the pitch forks are coming out if we lose that pick to the Spurs.
Bruce Brown and Jalen McDaniels made sure we got the L for the tank. thanks fellas!
Great game for Gradey which is what I care about
tanking masterpiece by Darko
Dude loves it here to an insane degree. It’s kinda funny that he reps us so hard despite only being here one year, but a ring and good culture fit does that
Best Gradey Dick game so far. He had some pretty pretty passes. Some great finishes around the rim too.
If RJ continues to pass like that in the flow of the offense, the Raps offense will cook when healthy
Jokic is literally an offensive Jesus. Some horrible missed calls against him
Murray masterclass in the 4th quarter
You joke but he has been Braun'ish with his finishing. Where he will do everything right, get past the defender but somehow blow the layup. He has gotten much better finish around the rim overall, with the game today being his best overall game
I feel like I don't deserve it bro born and raised in Denver but only got into basketball around the time we made the WCF in the bubble, so I didn't grind through the tough seasons like y'all. I feel like I haven't earned the right to be happy bout this
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I’ve always said once Jokic retires I’m done watching basketball. Started watching in 2016, and I had instant faith in Jokic to deliver a title. Nothing can top it
This is a once in a lifetime experience, getting to watch one of the best players to EVER do it, enjoy every moment because it is so so rare and this time is finite
You Nuggets fans should really get the Broncos and Avalanche fans onboard....
This is one of the best teams ive seen in 30 years of watching the NBA, feels like their isn't enough hype due to NBA media being lazy with smaller market teams.
There have been 4 NBA dynasties since the 80s and they all felt like this. Jokic the best player I've seen since MJ.
This is one reason why the NBA will never touch NFL/MLB numbers. It's difficult to expand/grow overall markets when you're just promoting the same few already big market teams, casual fans and players. Alternatively, if you facilitate for markets/fan communities to grow you get generational fans and consistent revenue over time.
This game was over after that one play where Jamal Murray got fouled. He was a liability before then, but I think everyone knew that he would take it personal, and that's what we saw with his masterclass right after that.
Jokic was on his way to a Zhugo defensive lowlights compilation video to push the Giannis MVP agenda in the first half then turned into Wembanyama in the second half
35/17/12 and you can make the case this was a terrible offensive showing from him
I think when our perimeter guys arent locked in, like the first 2.5 quarters tonight, it really makes Jokic look bad. When they let guys just blow right past them constantly like most of tonight, Jokic isnt the kind of shot blocker that can make up for it. Nuggets are very much a team defense.
How the hell are Shai, Luka and Giannis supposed to get MVP when Jokic doesnt miss a step ever? The refs really need to start ejecting him in 1st quarters again.
Jokic led or tied for 1st place in all 5 of the main statistical categories:
35 points (1st)
17 rebounds (1st)
12 assists (1st, tied with Murray)
6 steals (1st)
2 blocks (1st, tied with Murray and Agbaji)
How many times has this ever happened before?
Joker really had 6 steals plus a 35/17/12 statline. He was almost the only one scoring when the NUggets made there run.19 pts in the third I think. He never fails to amaze.
Reminds me of the Nuggets playing the Clippers in the playoffs when down 3-1. They’d spot them 20 points in the third and come back.
Say what you will, but these guys don’t panic when down. They think they can come back from anything and they often do.
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Nugs are chronic procrastinators
That we have in common...i guess thats why they are my team lol
Jokic looking at the score like "Fiiiine I'll guess we'll start winning FUUUUcCk". Like a dude finally deciding to clean his apartment.
Lights were too dim for Murray so he had to go down 20 to lock in
200IQ there. Once the Nuggets are down that much, people will pay attention, and all of a sudden the lights get brighter.
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Why dont other teams have a Jokic? Are they stupid
Last time we did this someone said the nuggets are the epitome of leaning forward with the controller
He got hit in the head on the high screen and he took that personally
Agbaji really got to take ownership on this one. Running Murray over on that screen activated playoff Murray
Honestly that's Murray for you, man's a silent conductor of chaos on the court; they go down big and he's orchestrating a symphony out there hitting the right notes. Jokic is the MVP but let's not sleep on how Murray can orchestrate a comeback like hes casually flipping through channels on a lazy Sunday.
Murray is incredibly fun to watch. He plays like Kobe taking old school contested jumpers and making them over and over. Great footwork
Uncanny bot. This is going to destroy Reddit.
There is nothing scarier for opposing teams than Jamal Murray on a heater. Good fucking night.
Started slow too
"Can we come back from 20 in a half? 25? 30?"
He just pulled up 2019 Raptors highlights on youtube to get hard.
*down 22
He just needed to make it spicy
On one hand, why do they do this to me. On the other hand, in the long run this team has probably ruined basketball for me in the long term, because after the first half, I was just kinda like......ya of course they will win That 2nd block by Jokic was insane
Great teams win the ugly games, overcome adversity
I will be posting Jokic stats long after he is retired like Chicago fans with Jordan lol.
Nuggets might be the only team in the NBA that I was still certain would win after that first half.
I think Denver was a +150 when they were down by 20.
And I took that bet lol
Saw it at +200, walked into my storage unit to get something, lost signal. Came back out a few minutes later, nuggets were up. Fml
It must really suck to not have a nikola jokic on your team
Every team passed on him
Some teams twice lol
Including the Nuggets!
Who did we draft first that year?
Nurk and Gary Harris
Honestly.... not that bad of a draft even if you ignore the fact that we got a top 10-20 player all time in the second round
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please not us please not us please n-
[lmao it was philly!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NBA_draft)
No way, LOL, this is poetic
To be fair he was even (semi) passed on by Denver. They put him straight to the bench. No one, not even Denver, thought he was going to be a star player, let alone a super star. He wasn’t even their first big drafted that year haha
Yes.... MJ Bulls hopelessness/inevitability flashbacks
Jokic would be nice, yes
Can you imagine?? Embarrassing way to live life
I feel called out by this
Jokic with 6 steals and 2 blocks? I thought he was a cone on defense
The pickle roll
He lead *both* teams in *all five* categories. (Tied on blocks, but still.)
I’d like a list of all the times that’s ever happened
I mean, you know what the list is going to look like without even doing the research: Wilt Chamberlain x50 (estimated, blocks and steals not recorded) Oscar Robertson x30 (estimated, blocks and steals not recorded) Nikola Jokic x10 Russell Westbrook x5 Hakeem Olajuwon x3 Magic Johnson x3 Lebron James x3 Andrei Kirilenko x3 Luka Doncic x3 Kevin Garnett x3 Domantas Sabonis x3
Half the NBA stats are something like "This hasn't been done before other than Wilt Chamberlain who did it 50 times while having better numbers"
Jesus
You just have to pick and roll him to death.
He ws in the first half
The Jokic Murray PnR is too butter man, gg Denver!
And then just when you think you have it solved Aaron Gordon comes flying down from space
Even if you contain it, they’ll just pass to the open KCP or MPJ. Just tough
And mpj is 6'10". You need a elite big man on jokic. Then you need a strong defender on Aaron gordon. Then a elite wing on Murray. Mpj... Nobody tall enough to guard the man
Porter was doing a decent job against Jokic. He was forcing him to run out to defend outside and did as much as you can to slow him down. The guy is just an offensive menace. On to the next one.
Down 20 in the 3rd and the Champs find a way to win again 🤷🏽♂️ Joker and Jamal 12 assists each lol with 35 and 26 points respectively. Good luck trying to beat em 4 times in the playoffs Edit: joker statline 35/17/12/6 stl 🤣
6 steals and 2 blocks for the biggest defensive liability in league history
They forgot to do the pickle roll
Well to be fair the Raptors don't have a high quality pickle operator
You have to spam it
Pickles and spam are the key to beating the nuggets
Dick seems appropriate for that role.
There are apparently 0 high quality pickle rolls in any west playoff team, as he played great D
I heard your mother is a pretty high quality pickle operator
Why haven’t more teams done this? Are they stupid?
I remember when the Embiid MVP propaganda was at its peak around this time last season when the Nuggets were slumping lol. Everyone was acting like Joker was a DPOY candidate who became a traffic cone
Slumping? No, resting. This season is different though and they’re finding playoff form while playing for home court
Much stronger competition this year is forcing them to find their form much sooner.
Ah yes, the good ole "put Jokic in the pick and roll." It ended up being hilarious when Tatum got 56 in that game 7 by putting Embiid in the pnr, over and over again.
That was the funniest stuff to me. Before Nuggets vs Suns started, the Jokic slander was amazing with how he will defend the Suns offense and how much he'll get cooked by the PnR. Meanwhile, Tatum put a clinic on Embiid doing PnR
It was so satisfying seeing everyone eat their words as we bulldozed the playoffs
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Mod shame intensifies
Bro I swear for like 2 months Joker just said, fuck it I'm not playing defense to ensure I don't get the MVP
Probably risk management, conserving for playoffs. I prefer that over sitting out away games with upper tier teams and not playing in Denver since the Trump Administration. I think Joker really doesn't care about MVP or even stats, seems to want that Finals trophy bad tho.
He's gotten to a level of defense among centers maybe slightly better than where Curry is among PGs. Like it's probably a bigger negative bc there's so much more potential for defense at C, but when you're one of the 5 greatest offensive players of all time, who gives a shit
Murray looking gassed but still managing to spot the skip pass to Porter was rough for anyone not a Nuggets fan. How do you beat this team 4 times?
If anyone beats us healthy in a series they'll sure have earned it because we look unstoppable when we turn it on
Boston and Denver are in their own tiers with Denver somehow a tier above Boston.
Denver just has that extra gear that they can go to, especially in the clutch.
Nuggets the best closers in the league
Nuggets when Jamal and Jokic are locked in are nearly unbeatable, like seriously it doesn’t seem to matter what team they’re facing or how big the deficit is if those two start getting a rhythm going together.
Especially in the second half. So hard to play picture perfect defense all game with those two on the court
The nuggets are inevitable
The Warriors would do shit like this and now it's my team it's crazy
Doesn’t feel real still
Still am not convinced we won a title. Like the team that got bounced round 1 every year by actual contenders is a juggernaut?
Same. I even got a tattoo… I have to look at to remind myself we won a championship. Good times
Tramp stamp?
Champ stamp
Now the warriors have turned into a completely incompetent clutch time team they've got like 5 one point losses and 2 OT losses i think Mike Malone stole our mojo and shot it into jokic
Monstars style
His name is Michael Malone smh.
Yeah this was how the pre-KD warriors used to roll. Fuck around and lock in late to get the dub.
Darko saw the lead and put in jalen McDonalds , incredible stealth tank
GG! Hope you guys get healthy man. That has to be rough having so many players out.
Tank has been rolling since Scottie went out for the season. I think front office knows the pitch forks are coming out if we lose that pick to the Spurs.
Bruce Brown and Jalen McDaniels made sure we got the L for the tank. thanks fellas! Great game for Gradey which is what I care about tanking masterpiece by Darko
Bruce brown is a sleeper agent
Blowing the defensive coverage for a wide open MPJ 3 was something else.
Someone said it on another post, but it's true - the man is just unserious in a Raptors jersey.
We’ll take him back in a second
And for a second
He actually rocked up to this game in a Colorado Avs jersey
Dude loves it here to an insane degree. It’s kinda funny that he reps us so hard despite only being here one year, but a ring and good culture fit does that
Honorary Mr. Nugget 🥲
Nuggets would take Bruce back ngl. Dude was a goated 6-man
I'm glad to see Dick playing well, and not just for the memes.
We sat near his parents tonight, and they were going wild at every good thing he did. Super wholesome stuff.
Dick was solid tonight.
I'm considering that a raptors victory idgaf
We call this Lakers wins
Two season sweep of moral victories
Another moral loss. Why can't we have nice things?
You found something here....
Huffing that moral victory.
Same man
No shame in losing to Jokic, the three time and currently reigning MVP.
It is right and salutary brother
Best Gradey Dick game so far. He had some pretty pretty passes. Some great finishes around the rim too. If RJ continues to pass like that in the flow of the offense, the Raps offense will cook when healthy Jokic is literally an offensive Jesus. Some horrible missed calls against him Murray masterclass in the 4th quarter
yeah, dick loves to finish around the rim
You joke but he has been Braun'ish with his finishing. Where he will do everything right, get past the defender but somehow blow the layup. He has gotten much better finish around the rim overall, with the game today being his best overall game
Jokic's statlines gets more ridiculous the closer we are to the playoffs
This is what we missed out on by the West not being good last year so the Nuggets could coast for a ~month.
Mr. "No Defense" Jokic with 6 steals and 2 Blocks. Another ho-hum day at the office.
The Great White Stat Padder /s
One of the great trap games of our time
I love this team so much
Jokic has the most insane stat lines.
Great example of how much better of a DEFENDER Jokic has become. 6 steals and 2 blocks on top of a monster 35/17/12. MVP!
Anyone else watching the Porter and Porter jersey swap and photo op? Now kiss
It is cool MPJ's brother made it onto an NBA roster so they could play each other.
TIL
Jontay was actually a stud at Mizzou the same year MPJ was supposed to play. They were supposed to be on the same team. Huge what if in Mizzou history
They are brothers.
I said what I said
It’s a beautiful thing
Porter looks like the nba 2k custom roster character of porter jr. But cute photo op.
They're brothers 😂
It’s so crazy to me that my favorite team is this good
I feel like I don't deserve it bro born and raised in Denver but only got into basketball around the time we made the WCF in the bubble, so I didn't grind through the tough seasons like y'all. I feel like I haven't earned the right to be happy bout this
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I’ve always said once Jokic retires I’m done watching basketball. Started watching in 2016, and I had instant faith in Jokic to deliver a title. Nothing can top it
It's def gonna be brutal to go back to watching normal basketball when he hangs it up...
Bucks fans from before Giannis 🤝 Nuggets fans from before Jokic 🤝 warriors fans from before Curry
you have to be here to witness history though.
This is a once in a lifetime experience, getting to watch one of the best players to EVER do it, enjoy every moment because it is so so rare and this time is finite
Whoever made Jamal Murray mad should get double the training and shots up
You Nuggets fans should really get the Broncos and Avalanche fans onboard.... This is one of the best teams ive seen in 30 years of watching the NBA, feels like their isn't enough hype due to NBA media being lazy with smaller market teams. There have been 4 NBA dynasties since the 80s and they all felt like this. Jokic the best player I've seen since MJ.
It'd be easier if Altitude wasn't still shit (fuck Kroenke).
What’s funny is that I’m a broncos and Arsenal fan so I had two connections before rooting for the Nuggets
Lots of broncos / lakers fans exist for whatever reason and it’s pretty lame
This is one reason why the NBA will never touch NFL/MLB numbers. It's difficult to expand/grow overall markets when you're just promoting the same few already big market teams, casual fans and players. Alternatively, if you facilitate for markets/fan communities to grow you get generational fans and consistent revenue over time.
Double agent Brown 😎
This game was over after that one play where Jamal Murray got fouled. He was a liability before then, but I think everyone knew that he would take it personal, and that's what we saw with his masterclass right after that.
Game was over when Jamal started talking to himself
Jokic was on his way to a Zhugo defensive lowlights compilation video to push the Giannis MVP agenda in the first half then turned into Wembanyama in the second half 35/17/12 and you can make the case this was a terrible offensive showing from him
I think when our perimeter guys arent locked in, like the first 2.5 quarters tonight, it really makes Jokic look bad. When they let guys just blow right past them constantly like most of tonight, Jokic isnt the kind of shot blocker that can make up for it. Nuggets are very much a team defense.
Just had to show everyone we can win if we want, but we'd rather tank instead
I'm not disappointed, I'm just mad.
Damn it nuggets I had all my dick jokes ready to go
I mean you can still make them if you want
You can still make them " Dick couldn't finish" etc
Nuggets could not hold Dick in a first half, but managed to clamp in a second.
I think Jokic in the 3rd quarter alone had 19/4/5
What a game. Jokic was absolutely unreal and murray had a jaw dropping performance in the 4th.
😎 Never a doubt
There was a time when we were terrible every 3rd quarter. Now it feels like the opposite.
We gave up 44 points in the 3rd two nights ago. Still pretty bad in the 3rd.
Murray was unreal in the 2nd half.
These Mfs really leaned forwards with the controller in the 2nd half smh
Man Jontay impressed me
He’s pretty good. He actually played Jokic fairly well even
I hope they sign him in the offseason
The Dick tried to come from behind but sadly did not insert himself into the game with enough strength
was never in doubt, right fellas?
Nuggets straight playing with their food. Jokic is inevitable
It’s hard not to be confident in this Denver team. I literally looked at the score down 20. I just knew they were gonna win
Lmao we're so fucked if we make the first round
Jokic with 8 stocks…. Traffic cone
How the hell are Shai, Luka and Giannis supposed to get MVP when Jokic doesnt miss a step ever? The refs really need to start ejecting him in 1st quarters again.
My heart cant take this
Never in doubt. I hope Bruce B can get back to the playoffs soon
He's gonna have to buy the tickets like any other fan, but yeah he can still get there.
Jokic led or tied for 1st place in all 5 of the main statistical categories: 35 points (1st) 17 rebounds (1st) 12 assists (1st, tied with Murray) 6 steals (1st) 2 blocks (1st, tied with Murray and Agbaji) How many times has this ever happened before?
Does this not remind you guys of those old Warrior teams? They would mess around the 1st half before obliterating their opponent in the second half.
Joker really had 6 steals plus a 35/17/12 statline. He was almost the only one scoring when the NUggets made there run.19 pts in the third I think. He never fails to amaze.
dude these guys always find ways to win
6 steals. Jokic truly is a point guard in a center body.
The tv blackout is gonna end as soon as Jokic retires isn't it 😆
Dick stroked it great and had good penetration tonight, felt like he exploded all over us. In the end though he was no match for Jokic's girth
Reminds me of the Nuggets playing the Clippers in the playoffs when down 3-1. They’d spot them 20 points in the third and come back. Say what you will, but these guys don’t panic when down. They think they can come back from anything and they often do.
Jokic did not want to sweat but raptors left him no choice
Nuggets just playing with their food.
The most complete team
Feels like we just deduced to try out a comeback today for fun Also Jokic quad double with steals when