2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #3 Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN WINS 4-3)

[thinktank]

I didn't see 80% of the 4th quarter due to being on a call with fiancee during a tornado warning, but just caught the last 5 minutes on Youtube.

Did Jaden McDaniels really try to do a bounce off the floor oop to himself with the game out of reach? He's lucky KCP didn't undercut him for that and it would have been justifiable.

Did Anthony Edwards really wave at the classy Denver fans as though he was "the" reason they won? They've got ridiculous talent in both the starting lineup and rotation and they certainly weren't some underdogs.

I can tell both these dudes are not classy and definitely didn't have father figures in their life if that's how they behave. Yikes.

I think its due to simply them just being young and stupid. I definitely don't vibe with this new generation, don't get why they need to finger-point to opposing players that get dunked on. Very immature, and something you'd maybe expect from kindergartners.

The finger pointing is at our own player when they do well. “He’s him” thing.

[Wingy]

4:10-3:27 remaining, I think Naz Reid showed any doubters his 6MOY was completely justified.

Hits 2 FTs, stuffs Joker, next play a follow slam.

How often does Joker get blocked after a back to the basket move? I don’t remember the last time.

[thinktank]

4:10-3:27 remaining, I think Naz Reid showed any doubters his 6MOY was completely justified.

Hits 2 FTs, stuffs Joker, next play a follow slam.

How often does Joker get blocked after a back to the basket move? I don’t remember the last time.

Naz blocked him like that multiple times this series.

[Crunch 99]

Just sayin....

"Jokic is now 0-5 in playoff series against teams with 50+ wins"

Actually, they did beat a 50-win team: the Clippers... If you look at the percentages.

Recall the 2019-20 season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic so we didn't get a full 82-game season. Some teams played an average 71 games while those teams who were in the lottery only got to play at the most 65 games. This is why many people disputed the 2020 NBA Bubble Resumption when it regards competitiveness: no evenness in games, neutral court, zero fans. To make the playoffs work, they basically opted to adopt their percentages as seeding determinant. Here's the western conference record featuring the Bubble Record and an 82-game conversion:

1. Los Angeles Lakers: 52-19 (.732) = 60-22
2. Los Angeles Clippers: 49-23 (.681) = 56-26
3. Denver Nuggets: 46-27 (.630) = 52-30
4. Houston Rockets: 44-28 (.611) = 50-32
5. Oklahoma City Thunder: 44-28 (.611) = 50-32
6. Utah Jazz: 44-28 (.611) = 50-32
7. Dallas Mavericks: 43-32 (.573) = 46-36
8. Portland Trail Blazers: 35-39 (.473) = 39-43

Magical things always happens...

But yeah, it's just one of those things where you have to look at things in a different way.

Yes, in addition to defeating the converted 56 win Clippers in 19-20 playoffs, the Nuggets defeated the converted 50 win Jazz in the 19-20 playoffs. The effort by some posters to discredit Jokic and the Nuggets is a bit ridiculous imo.

[Bergmaniac]

I am really happy for the Wolves, and for Gobert in particular, the guy has gotten so much idiiotic and undeserved criticism over the years, including from supposed "experts" on TV.

The Wolves defence in this series was otherwordly. KAT did a fantastic job on Jokic most of the time, Gobert is the best help defender in the league by some margin, MCDaniels is an incredible wing defender and Ant is so athletic and relentless plus his decision making on D is quite impressive for a 22 old who has to carry a huge offensive load.

[Pharmcat]

4:10-3:27 remaining, I think Naz Reid showed any doubters his 6MOY was completely justified.

Hits 2 FTs, stuffs Joker, next play a follow slam.

How often does Joker get blocked after a back to the basket move? I don’t remember the last time.

Naz blocked him like that multiple times this series.

how can you be the best player in league when Naz Reid clowns you?

[Infinite Llamas]

4:10-3:27 remaining, I think Naz Reid showed any doubters his 6MOY was completely justified.

Hits 2 FTs, stuffs Joker, next play a follow slam.

How often does Joker get blocked after a back to the basket move? I don’t remember the last time.

Naz blocked him like that multiple times this series.

how can you be the best player in league when Naz Reid clowns you?

Easily.

[TinmanZBoy]

4:10-3:27 remaining, I think Naz Reid showed any doubters his 6MOY was completely justified.

Hits 2 FTs, stuffs Joker, next play a follow slam.

How often does Joker get blocked after a back to the basket move? I don’t remember the last time.

Naz blocked him like that multiple times this series.

to be fair, both times Joker was swarmed by multiple defenders under the basket... you can dodge one or two, not three...
the Nuggets did a poor job to box out people in the second half

[GrandTheftRondo]

Have some respect, McDaniels. You won nothing.

This coming from a Celtics fan. Your roster other than Holiday who has 1 ring has won nothing.

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

[thinktank]

JADEN MCDANIELS
Game 6 & 7 Stats
15/20 FG (75%), 6/9 3pt (66.7%), 8/9 FT (88.9 %), 44 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 3 blk, 0 TO, 5 PF, +35 +/-, 189.5 ORtg, 92.5 DRtg

[thinktank]

Have some respect, McDaniels. You won nothing.

This coming from a Celtics fan. Your roster other than Holiday who has 1 ring has won nothing.

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

[GrandTheftRondo]

This coming from a Celtics fan. Your roster other than Holiday who has 1 ring has won nothing.

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

And in yours too

[ChipotleWest]

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

And in yours too

Who was the one doing the talking first? A Celtic fan. I just put them in their place where they belonged because this is their 6th ECF in 8 years and they got 1 Finals appearance to show for it, 0 rings. Talk is cheap, win the title then talk.

Too much flexing going on when your teams ain't won nothing. I don't sit here and go "Dallas is gonna beat Minnesota then beat Boston" I don't do that.

[thinktank]

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

And in yours too

Well, yeah. Celtics are my second favorite team.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

And in yours too

Who was the one doing the talking first? A Celtic fan. I just put them in their place where they belonged because this is their 6th ECF in 8 years and they got 1 Finals appearance to show for it, 0 rings. Talk is cheap, win the title then talk.

Dude didn’t even mention the Celtics and you couldn’t help but bring them up.

And then you even had the gall to call someone else a hater.

Hilarious coming from you with all the BS hater **** you post

[ChipotleWest]

And in yours too

Who was the one doing the talking first? A Celtic fan. I just put them in their place where they belonged because this is their 6th ECF in 8 years and they got 1 Finals appearance to show for it, 0 rings. Talk is cheap, win the title then talk.

Dude didn’t even mention the Celtics and you couldn’t help but bring them up.

And then you even had the gall to call someone else a hater.

Hilarious coming from you with all the BS hater **** you post

Triggered

[Romeiro Celtic]

This coming from a Celtics fan. Your roster other than Holiday who has 1 ring has won nothing.

Celtics live rent free in your head

Obsessed

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

Why you guys are so obsessed with the Celtics? I don't remember ever mentioning my team, what my team did, does or is doing. What the **** are you guys talking about? All it seems is that some of you have personal agendas to force through whenever someone from a certain team appears and you have to come up with "What are you talking? You're a X fan, you have nothing to say". And this applies to everyone who does this with whatever team there is.

No one here is talking about team A, B or C. What is being talked about on my post is McDaniels attitude. Did I say anything about the Wolves? No. What I said was about Jaden McDaniels. If you have anything to say about the Cleltics winning or not winning this or that, open your own thread and go there discuss it. Feel free to do it. But don't come up with more idiotic responses on my posts that have nothing to do with what I said before.

[Romeiro Celtic]

Deserved. Celts have won nothing.

And in yours too

Who was the one doing the talking first? A Celtic fan. I just put them in their place where they belonged because this is their 6th ECF in 8 years and they got 1 Finals appearance to show for it, 0 rings. Talk is cheap, win the title then talk.

Too much flexing going on when your teams ain't won nothing. I don't sit here and go "Dallas is gonna beat Minnesota then beat Boston" I don't do that.

You put me in my place?

What the **** are you talking about? Are you mental? It certainly looks like. I never mentioned the Wolves, the Mavericks, Nuggets or any team. I'm talking about Jaden McDaniels' attitude. If you have a personal agenda against the Celtics and Celtics' fans, thats your problem and you should make an appointment with your shrink to treat this obsession.

[thinktank]

We’ll get that McDaniels apology to the Nuggets asap.

Ok.

[Romeiro Celtic]

Who was the one doing the talking first? A Celtic fan. I just put them in their place where they belonged because this is their 6th ECF in 8 years and they got 1 Finals appearance to show for it, 0 rings. Talk is cheap, win the title then talk.

Dude didn’t even mention the Celtics and you couldn’t help but bring them up.

And then you even had the gall to call someone else a hater.

Hilarious coming from you with all the BS hater **** you post

Triggered

You're so self righteous like you're the owner of the discussion and you have to put people in their places and say stuff that isn't even talked about. Who do you think you are? You're just somebody with a bunch of free time and nothing to do pushing your agenda against everything you hate, because you have nothing better to do. Do you even work?