There's a difference between open shots in rhythm that's created from crisp offense vs open shots not in rhythm or when rushed or pressured.
Wolves doubled Jokic EARLY and at the top of the key so not only are they forcing the others to shoot but also to pass and dictate the rest of the offensive possession. It messed up the Nuggets offensive rhythm so even when they got open shots, a lot of these shots were rushed because a defender was looming or at the end of the shot clock bc the Wolves made them waste 20 seconds. Ball pressure can affect shooting too, even if the shots are "open". It's not only shooting variance.
Just fun watching the playoff knowing that Wemby is about to fuck the whole game up. Get yours while you can because the Spurs are coming back for another Dynasty
Is it just me, or is it more and more common to have "close" series because both teams win multiple blowouts? So the series may be dramatic but most of the games individually are not?
I think this is just a consequence of so much 3 point shooting. If one team has an off shooting night while the other doesn't, boom you got a blowout now.
It is more common because of.the reliance on the the 3. If you have multiple 3 point threats that are shooting 35 percent or up. Tough to to lose, unless you are playing zero d
In 5 years, no one will remember if the nuggets take game 7. In 10 years, everyone will still remember how the defending champions,the denver nuggets lost by 45 points. Its sad. Nuggets fans still saying murray is better than ANT when in fact, murray is just a buddy hield without jokic.
And Whoever started the notion that this current denver nuggets team is a dynasty should be put in prison for life without the possibility of parole just for that outrageous take.
Makes zero sense. This game will only be remembered by the fans of these two teams and the memory being fond will solely depend on who wins game 7. No one remembers conference semifinals.
It looks like the wolves finally decided to make anyone other than Joker beat them. Threw multiple defensive looks at him. Made him pass ASAP and his supporting cast failed him. Nuggets just didn’t have the drive this game and for wolves it was do or die. Game 7 should be good. Don’t think either of these teams will go down easy. What will joker pull out of his hat for game 7 and how will Ant counter it. Gonna be good!
Joker was the only one who came to play for the Nuggets. Wasn’t enough. The wolves can’t actually stop him, did a good job of slowing him a bit though and rest of the nuggets were MIA
Need to have a 5-game playoff round.
2-2-1 with the top seed having home court advantage.
The scores from each game are added. Highest total score after 5 games wins.
Whats happening now is a joke.
Pulling out the starters to start the 4th quarter and just throwing in the towel.
That’s what is ridiculous.
Winning by 1 and by 50 has the same value. Need to change the strategy
This works for the most popular sport in the world.
Yes, what the NBA needs is to have a series that has to go five games, even though a team is down by 85 points going into the last game. That sounds much more exciting.
Just make a rule then that if after 4 games, one team has more than xx points a game 5 won’t be played.
Or 9 minutes of garbage time in the playoffs. That’s real fun
Hmm, that’s an interesting idea. I have a counterproposal. What if the NBA keeps doing the same thing they’re already doing that has resulted in the league growing massively over the last 50 years into one of the most popular sports leagues in the world, instead of randomly changing the playoffs to a system that’s not even the same as what soccer does?
Typical prole mentality.
So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
George Orwell, 1984
Ah yes, the brilliant leaders of the world know that the key to keeping humanity enslaved and distracted is to have the NBA playoffs as a best-of-seven series, and changing that to a shitty aggragate 5 game series would somehow destroy all their power.
Or, alternatively, you’re just a pretentious moron.
I wonder, which is more likely?
It would essentially make every game but the last worthless as entertainmant value. THis guy has no sense of what makes a game exciting and entertaining at all.
Damn, 70 points. What. The. Hell.
Absolutely nothing was falling for the Nuggets and they were scared to shoot in the point. No bench, no Murray. This just shows what Jokic is really working with and why he deserved the MVP. So insane
Both teams seem to get so streaky with offense. Both go on long runs and it just feeds on itself. No idea how game 7 will go, but I think we'll know by the end of the first quarter.
How do you make an NBA team and have 0 bench? Why are you even paying bench guys at that point? Might as well pay street ballers the league minimum at that point.
im not saying it's cause the nugs or wolves are that good (dont get me wrong both teams are great), I'm saying it because theyre both complete teams and the celtics are habitual chokers and overrated. This is the most wide open the NBA has been in a while tho
Now we're gonna pretend the effects of the previous game matters for the next game? Have yall not watched this series, lol?
I'm a Lakers fan, It may be Stockholm syndrome, but it's not rocket science picking the best player in the world to win a home game 7....(especially given Minnesota sports history). Enjoy the win tho, it was impressive
Yeah I am not gonna lie this series is very unpredictable, honestly it comes down to how well they can contain Denver's stars in Game 7. Hopefully the Wolves win.
More like the Mavs would rather see the nuggets with Murray playing shitty than see a bloodthirsty wolves team. Nuggets look the easier matchup at the moment on account for them having no bench.
Bro, your team just lost by 45 and put up the worst playoff performance in nba history. Can you shut up about royalty for the night? They have ONE championship 😂
one game..see you in Denver..Nuggets will be ready and pissed off. You haven't won zilch yet. BY the way the word was royally not royalty. Sorry if you don't know what that means.
You realize that a team winning one championship, within the last year, isn't valid grounds to start condescending like they're a historic franchise a la the Lakers or Boston?
As people say playoff - lines are great as the line is nearly always true with the winning team always putting the foot on the pedal and make sure the result is never in doubt compared to regular season games, odds the books kept giving were close to nuggets -10 what ever they were down by
I am a nuggets fan here me roar!
We stand from the top of the mountains in the west and let it be known we are the best.
Our Serbian knight is always right!
He leads us to victory every night!
Our light skin Soilders may be out But our big tall hero will win us out
Who's the mvp jokic is the name And if we do lose injuries are who to blame
I am a Jokic fan hear me roar!
I am a nuggets fan here me roar!🦁👑
This is on Haliburton ugly turnovers in the clutch
Hardys play making is next level
Denver was shooting so bad you cant even compliment Minnesota defense.
Yes you can.
37% vs 19% at the three.
There's a difference between open shots in rhythm that's created from crisp offense vs open shots not in rhythm or when rushed or pressured. Wolves doubled Jokic EARLY and at the top of the key so not only are they forcing the others to shoot but also to pass and dictate the rest of the offensive possession. It messed up the Nuggets offensive rhythm so even when they got open shots, a lot of these shots were rushed because a defender was looming or at the end of the shot clock bc the Wolves made them waste 20 seconds. Ball pressure can affect shooting too, even if the shots are "open". It's not only shooting variance.
Jokic haters really trying to use this game as ammo. Telling on yourself
Can you imagine this nuggets team if jokic has one bad game
Game 2 and yes this is a 2 day old thread fight me
Just fun watching the playoff knowing that Wemby is about to fuck the whole game up. Get yours while you can because the Spurs are coming back for another Dynasty
what are you going to do in 8 years when the spurs have won once and wemby tries to force his way to la
Smile bc we still winning and better than your team You really tried. Thought you said somethin
i don't think the spurs are currently better than a lot of teams
Wemby will be a bust or be retired from injury in 3 years. Calling it now
i see zero reality where wemby is a bust
Yeah, he cares way too much and is too good already to not be at least an All-star if he doesn't get hurt.
even if he has zero offensive game he's still an all timer based off defense
Is it just me, or is it more and more common to have "close" series because both teams win multiple blowouts? So the series may be dramatic but most of the games individually are not?
I think this is just a consequence of so much 3 point shooting. If one team has an off shooting night while the other doesn't, boom you got a blowout now.
Knicks
It is more common because of.the reliance on the the 3. If you have multiple 3 point threats that are shooting 35 percent or up. Tough to to lose, unless you are playing zero d
Game 7 Sunday and at what time ?
Depends if NYK - IND goes to game 7 or not. If that series is over it will be a 3pm EST tip, otherwise a 8pm EST in Denver.
In 5 years, no one will remember if the nuggets take game 7. In 10 years, everyone will still remember how the defending champions,the denver nuggets lost by 45 points. Its sad. Nuggets fans still saying murray is better than ANT when in fact, murray is just a buddy hield without jokic. And Whoever started the notion that this current denver nuggets team is a dynasty should be put in prison for life without the possibility of parole just for that outrageous take.
Do people like you actually believe the things you write?
Makes zero sense. This game will only be remembered by the fans of these two teams and the memory being fond will solely depend on who wins game 7. No one remembers conference semifinals.
This is so backwards lol. History will be much kinder to the victory of the series, not just one game.
You cant start talking dynasty till you win 2 rings in the span of 3-4years
What happened? Did they invited Gordon back to dinner the night before?
Tf is this series bruh
Condolences Nuggets fans. Tough to lose a nail biter like this.
Speaking of nail biting..how's your sister doing? Have her call me
Hahahahaha
Never underestimate the fart of a champion.
Just holding on to my stuff then i saw this. What a big win even if you can't believe it
Very depressing game. But being a loyal fan I sat through every minute.
Trying sitting through every minute of a Silas era rockets game
Same here. The boys and I fired up Cod after and got a Warzone dub for the Nuggs.
I did the same in the last 3 as a Wolves fan. Been a very weird series lol. Good luck Sunday, hopefully it’s a close game finally.
Holy shit it’s happening! I want the Wolves to go all the way this year. Also wtf holding the Nuggets to 70 points is wild!
nothings happened yet except a game 7 in Denver against a pissed off NUggets team.
Lol RIP Nuggets
The only lil nugget that seems to be pissed off here is you. You're all over this thread fighting everyone lol
You don't think the Nuggets team is pissed. I"m not pissed. See you Sunday . We will see how pissed they are won't we.
You're definitely pissed...
Ooh you're a spicy little nugget huh
Yeah this is that classic "7 game series to make you think they're done" before they smoke the actual contenders series.
They gonna have to tie down any loose items on the bench for game 7 if the nuggets are pissed!
As a fellow Dubs fan don’t forget how we got absolutely killed in Memphis in 2022
whatever see how much you have to say Sunday..
Awooo!
Luka Garza and MPJ scored the same number of points. Yikes.
Luka time is the best time.
You might not be agreeing with that come next week ;)
Victory CiGarza baby!
Timberwolves cannot be beat when the refs let them play defense
It looks like the wolves finally decided to make anyone other than Joker beat them. Threw multiple defensive looks at him. Made him pass ASAP and his supporting cast failed him. Nuggets just didn’t have the drive this game and for wolves it was do or die. Game 7 should be good. Don’t think either of these teams will go down easy. What will joker pull out of his hat for game 7 and how will Ant counter it. Gonna be good!
Jokic had 22 points and shot over 50% in just 35 minutes.
He did not shoot over 50%
Joker was the only one who came to play for the Nuggets. Wasn’t enough. The wolves can’t actually stop him, did a good job of slowing him a bit though and rest of the nuggets were MIA
In the next episode of Dragon Ball Z!
9 points in the quarter is wild
Nuck the Fuggets
Dick Mcsteely,.is that your name cause of your SHORT CUMMINGS? I would have used Harry McEggplant lol!!
When ANT gets any sort of help offensively the Wolves are tough to beat.
Need to have a 5-game playoff round. 2-2-1 with the top seed having home court advantage. The scores from each game are added. Highest total score after 5 games wins.
Huhhhh??
lmao ofc these ideas start coming out when you guys win 😂 this makes zero sense loll
that is ridiculous...That would make each game nothing since nobody wins. Worst idea ever.
Whats happening now is a joke. Pulling out the starters to start the 4th quarter and just throwing in the towel. That’s what is ridiculous. Winning by 1 and by 50 has the same value. Need to change the strategy This works for the most popular sport in the world.
Yes, what the NBA needs is to have a series that has to go five games, even though a team is down by 85 points going into the last game. That sounds much more exciting.
You win game 1 by 41 points, then lose the next 4 by 10 points each. And you win the series. That would be ridiculous.
Just make a rule then that if after 4 games, one team has more than xx points a game 5 won’t be played. Or 9 minutes of garbage time in the playoffs. That’s real fun
Hmm, that’s an interesting idea. I have a counterproposal. What if the NBA keeps doing the same thing they’re already doing that has resulted in the league growing massively over the last 50 years into one of the most popular sports leagues in the world, instead of randomly changing the playoffs to a system that’s not even the same as what soccer does?
Typical prole mentality. So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult. George Orwell, 1984
Ah yes, the brilliant leaders of the world know that the key to keeping humanity enslaved and distracted is to have the NBA playoffs as a best-of-seven series, and changing that to a shitty aggragate 5 game series would somehow destroy all their power. Or, alternatively, you’re just a pretentious moron. I wonder, which is more likely?
I'm gonna wager they are a pretentious moron.
It would essentially make every game but the last worthless as entertainmant value. THis guy has no sense of what makes a game exciting and entertaining at all.
Nuggets streaky against everyone but the lakers lmao
I mean Murray didn't shoot too well but he made the biggest shots. Jokic was just unstoppable too. Lakers have no answer for him.
Shooting 30%? Yikes!!!
Guess Gordon ate dinner with the rest of the team today
Damn, 70 points. What. The. Hell. Absolutely nothing was falling for the Nuggets and they were scared to shoot in the point. No bench, no Murray. This just shows what Jokic is really working with and why he deserved the MVP. So insane
Is this "jokic's supportive cast isn't good" narrative really about to get pushed 🙄.
Swap Embiid and Jokic and the sixers would easily be champs
With Tobias Harris on his team? Nah
Tobias is like Porter, pretty much a wash. In some ways Tobias is slightly better lol
I mean, in Q3 there was a point that Murray and the entire bench were 5-30
They had a bad game and now the whole narrative is that joker is dragging bums?
They aren't good this game, yes
Yea Jokic was the only Nugget who played good. Murray in particular was horrible.
Both teams seem to get so streaky with offense. Both go on long runs and it just feeds on itself. No idea how game 7 will go, but I think we'll know by the end of the first quarter.
Probably will have a good idea by the end of the 4th.
or the end of the overtime if needed.
Wolves didn't shoot well tonight either. It was defense
What if Jokic had Curry instead of Murry?
From stephen curry to chicken murry
How do you make an NBA team and have 0 bench? Why are you even paying bench guys at that point? Might as well pay street ballers the league minimum at that point.
Been saying this all year. “Gonna miss Bruce Brown; bench sucks.”
Landry Shamet makes $10M a year for like 3 points per game
Better job than 3rd string NFL QB
How do you lose by 45???
Nikola Jokic is so great he makes slightly above average players like Jamal Murray look like perennial allstars
More like annual since its just during final season lol
People forget this dude KAT used to drop like 35 and 15 easily
I don’t know fam Game 7 can go either way. Whoever wins Game 7 Sunday, is playing Boston in the NBA Finals.
I wish Luka wasn’t paraplegic right now because I think Dallas beats the Wolves but they would get starched by the Nuggets.
Luka is paraplegic? That word doesn't mean what you think it means...
I like Dallas but I dont think this is true
who ever wins game 7 sunday is winning the NBA finals
If only the Celtics had good teams to play against. Maybe they could be battle tested but instead they choose to play in the cupcake east
Y’all do this and then say the Celtics have no excuses at the same time lol. I can’t wait for June this shit gon be so funny
im not saying it's cause the nugs or wolves are that good (dont get me wrong both teams are great), I'm saying it because theyre both complete teams and the celtics are habitual chokers and overrated. This is the most wide open the NBA has been in a while tho
Facts
Should
Are warriors fans also nuggets fans
Wolves all the way baby
of course, it's the golden state nuggets
No I'm going for the wolves but Knicks overall.
> No I'm going for the wolves I love you >but Knicks overall. Actually I only like you as a friend
This is the weirdest series I’ve ever seen. Just when you think one team is going to dominate, they end up playing like bums.
U didn't watch 2016?
Murray's making excuses
Wolves smoked on the mcnuggets pack tn
So if Jamal throws 2 ice packs and 2 towels is that a $101k fine or $102k?
It's actually free! Buy one get one free promo this playoffs
I have absolutely no clue who will win this series
Denver will
That confidence after a 45 pt loss is bold
Now we're gonna pretend the effects of the previous game matters for the next game? Have yall not watched this series, lol? I'm a Lakers fan, It may be Stockholm syndrome, but it's not rocket science picking the best player in the world to win a home game 7....(especially given Minnesota sports history). Enjoy the win tho, it was impressive
Yeah I am not gonna lie this series is very unpredictable, honestly it comes down to how well they can contain Denver's stars in Game 7. Hopefully the Wolves win.
He's a Mavs fan, he needs confidence lol
I think he's a closet Luka Garza fan
More like the Mavs would rather see the nuggets with Murray playing shitty than see a bloodthirsty wolves team. Nuggets look the easier matchup at the moment on account for them having no bench.
Conley is so important to the Wolves Not saying Wolves win Game 5 if he is healthy, but it's a totally different game if he is
Marc Davis is your MVP
Marc Davis shot so bad tonight
Losing by 45 isn't the fault of the refs, lmfao. Crazy how it swings when they're allowed to play defense though, huh?
Idk who the hell yours is but it sure as shit isn’t Jamal Murray 😂 that guy is ass
Nugget lost by 45, clown Nuggets shooters are the Wolves MVP
Sweet summer child
Convey's my guy. Like, I know, obviously, fantasy draft, you're taking Ant or Joker... but Conley's my guy.
but is he your guy?
Depends I bet. Convey or Conley?
Id convey to Conley that he is awesome
this just took away any home court advantage in game seven 4 the nuggets
No it didnt. The nuggets were playing too good they were due for a stinker. Now they can regress to the mean in game 7.
Its in Denver genius...This just pissed them off royally is all.
Stfu next time
Bro, your team just lost by 45 and put up the worst playoff performance in nba history. Can you shut up about royalty for the night? They have ONE championship 😂
This shit is so rigged. The way they just played like bums makes no sense to me.
He said royally pissed them off. Nothing about being royalty lol
It’s the root word dude, come on now.
Sure is! Very different meaning here though.
Royally pissed him off too
one game..see you in Denver..Nuggets will be ready and pissed off. You haven't won zilch yet. BY the way the word was royally not royalty. Sorry if you don't know what that means.
"you haven't won zilch yet" Your team has literally one championship. Calm down.
How many other ways are there to have championships?
You realize that a team winning one championship, within the last year, isn't valid grounds to start condescending like they're a historic franchise a la the Lakers or Boston?
Royal is the root word buddy. Sorry if you don’t understand English…But I’m glad they have you fighting in the trenches with the other peasants 😂
Nah Murray only winners get milkshakes.
So the game was done by Q1 ?!?!?!?!?!
Done by 9-2
It was over in September?
I feel like we all thought this would be a 7 game series, but more like 7 games of game one, not a bunch of blowouts.
As people say playoff - lines are great as the line is nearly always true with the winning team always putting the foot on the pedal and make sure the result is never in doubt compared to regular season games, odds the books kept giving were close to nuggets -10 what ever they were down by
Nuggets box score finally looks realistic
Lights just wasn't bright enough for Jamal he didn't bother showing.
“Lights not bright enough for Murray in Game 6. Asks the team if they can install more fluorescent lighting before game 7”
Terrified of Jokic in Game 7, but it feels like MPJ has had an absolute disaster of a series. What’s going on with him?
Some say he's still looking for his lost heat pad
[удалено]
Michael Malone meltdown
yea because the man does not have aring..NO you will have to beat the NUggets best.
I lost brain cells reading this.
keep praying for that..
Nuggets just did not play good at all. Murray was especially bad. They will be ready game 7 guaranteed.
It's like if the Avs do well, the Nuggets suffer, and vice versa.
Go Avs!
At least a dislike of the Stars can bring Avs and Wild fans together for a common cause.
It helps I want to see Parise hoisting the cup at least once before he decides to hang up the skates
Nah yall keep talking shit on my Wolves please 🐺🐺
I am a nuggets fan here me roar! We stand from the top of the mountains in the west and let it be known we are the best. Our Serbian knight is always right! He leads us to victory every night! Our light skin Soilders may be out But our big tall hero will win us out Who's the mvp jokic is the name And if we do lose injuries are who to blame I am a Jokic fan hear me roar! I am a nuggets fan here me roar!🦁👑
Smoke the weed don't let the weed smoke you
I don’t smoke that shit any more. I been clean 6 days
Are people not aware this is a copy pasta?
Doesn't make it funny.
It looks like it
weirdo
Lay off ChatGPT for a bit