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Post by jimijam28 on May 10, 2024 21:50:46 GMT -5
german guy with dog is half time show ....
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Post by somborshuffle on May 10, 2024 21:50:54 GMT -5
CBs defense on Edwards has been awesome.
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Post by passtheballquick on May 10, 2024 21:52:30 GMT -5
This was embarrassing half by Jokic in the most important game of the entire season. Just unacceptable. If he had some credit for the first 6 games, the last two games his credit went to zero
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Post by freakns on May 10, 2024 21:52:51 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. his shot isn't going in, but he has played excellent half dude. his defense was superb in first half, he is facilitating and he is taking shots, he just isn't making them. its hard to bully Reid when there is KAT or Gobert waiting behind
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Post by TNF on May 10, 2024 21:53:16 GMT -5
Elston Turner is their defensive guru? Elston Turner? Ever heard of him youngsters? He was a Nugget for several years, teaming up with TR Dunn as defensive stoppers.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 21:53:29 GMT -5
This was embarrassing half by Jokic in the most important game of the entire season. Just unacceptable. If he had some credit for the first 6 games, the last two games his credit went to zero Just can't understand why he's backing away from KAT/Reid. Nobody can stop Jokic when he has fire. He just doesn't have any fire this postseason run. It's crazy. However... You steal this game and then get the legendary Jokic game in game 4 and we can forgive him.
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Post by GBG on May 10, 2024 21:53:44 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. C’mon now, Jokic isn’t shooting well, but he’s on pace for 18 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and, importantly, just 2 turnovers. You’re kind of a glass half empty guy when it comes to Joker. He had a fine floor game, just needs to shoot better.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 21:54:57 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. his shot isn't going in, but he has played excellent half dude. his defense was superb in first half, he is facilitating and he is taking shots, he just isn't making them. its hard to bully Reid when there is KAT or Gobert waiting behind Ehhhh in the 1Q I felt like the Wolves were defending him with the backside defender but the 2Q he could have attacked many times and instead decided to take the J. It's another half/game where Jokic isn't the best player on the floor which is typically very rare for the best player in the world during any time period.
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Post by raf9900 on May 10, 2024 21:55:49 GMT -5
jokic doing well, others getting involved.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 21:56:04 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. C’mon now, Jokic isn’t shooting well, but he’s on pace for 18 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and, importantly, just 2 turnovers. You’re kind of a glass half empty guy when it comes to Joker. He had a fine floor game, just needs to shoot better. Because I know that this isn't a sustainable way to win. The Nuggets need Jokic to be special to beat the Wolves in this series. You're not going to get elite Murray/MPJ games let alone halves every night. Bench was fantastic too. Jokic has to be the best player on the floor in this series. We're 10 quarters in and he's not close to that. That being said the key to this game is turnovers. The Wolves half court offense isn't great. Nuggets rarely turned it over and held the Wolves to 41. That has to be a major emphasis going forward.
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Post by wizardofcozz on May 10, 2024 21:56:08 GMT -5
jokic defense has been worst You joking right. He's been great hedging screens all night. He's contained Edwards coming off the screens multiple times. The only bad possession was when Edwards blew by a bad closeout and attacked Jokic flat footed in the lane. Which Jok isn't good at defending.
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Post by wizardofcozz on May 10, 2024 21:57:34 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. his shot isn't going in, but he has played excellent half dude. his defense was superb in first half, he is facilitating and he is taking shots, he just isn't making them. its hard to bully Reid when there is KAT or Gobert waiting behind 100% agree. He needs to make his shots because he's not going to just get to the rim. They have two 7-0 waiting there.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 21:57:40 GMT -5
jokic defense has been worst You joking right. He's been great hiding screens all night. He's contained Edwards coming off the screens multiple times. The only bad possession was when Edwards blew by a bad closeout and attacked Jokic flat footed in the lane. Which Jok isn't good at defending. He started off pretty badly but his defense greatly improved in the 2Q. Had very good levels, solid on the glass, didn't guard Kyle Anderson which is the right move, etc.
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Post by somborshuffle on May 10, 2024 21:59:33 GMT -5
Joker's missed a few jumpers but otherwise he's been excellent.
That being said I agree he needs to play to last year's playoffs standard for Denver to make this a series.
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Post by passtheballquick on May 10, 2024 22:03:38 GMT -5
Welp, we all would have signed up for a 15 point lead at half. Murray carried the f***ing team. Super disappointed in Jokic. Just bailing out the T Wolves defense every time he shoots. Terrified to be physical. C’mon now, Jokic isn’t shooting well, but he’s on pace for 18 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and, importantly, just 2 turnovers. You’re kind of a glass half empty guy when it comes to Joker. He had a fine floor game, just needs to shoot better. He needs to be better. If we shot 40% from 3 (elite) instead of 50 this would have been 5-6 points game where they're shooting 39% fg and 30% from 3. They're not going to shoot this poorly. He's also responsible for that 7 point swing when he missed the 3 and then turned the ball over
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Post by Miura on May 10, 2024 22:05:17 GMT -5
This is Nuggets we know, just need to keep pressure and keep playing smart.
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Post by somborshuffle on May 10, 2024 22:05:37 GMT -5
I think I'd rather save the timeout than use that challenge right now tbh.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 22:05:51 GMT -5
Gotta love ESPN. Nuggets challenge a call and we don't even get to see a replay before they go to commercial.
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Post by Ring on May 10, 2024 22:06:11 GMT -5
I think I'd rather save the timeout than use that challenge right now tbh. You get the timeout back if you win the challenge.
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Post by jimijam28 on May 10, 2024 22:06:31 GMT -5
WHO BALL_ NUG
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