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

KGDirkTD_Fan · Post #4781 » by **KGDirkTD_Fan** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:11 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:I always find it off putting when the best players on the losing team are laughing on the bench following a loss. Idk maybe I’m just old school.

Reminds me too much of Dwight Howard

AleksandarN · Post #4782 » by **AleksandarN** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:I always find it off putting when the best players on the losing team are laughing on the bench following a loss. Idk maybe I’m just old school.

Jordan or Kobe wouldn’t

LeBronSpaghetti · Post #4783 » by **LeBronSpaghetti** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

I wish Hunter Tyson had been given a chance this season

zeebneeb · Post #4784 » by **zeebneeb** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

BigGargamel wrote:
Chuck Everett wrote:So Monte Morris wasn't hurt? Interesting.

Yet another player that completely fell off the face of the earth once he stopped playing with Jokic.

Correct. He landed in Detroit.

Handlez · Post #4785 » by **Handlez** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

ChipotleWest wrote:Ok I'm Jamal Murray, I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.

Imagine wanting refs to decide a series and not the actual players.

Oof.

AleksandarN · Post #4786 » by **AleksandarN** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

LeBronSpaghetti wrote:I wish Hunter Tyson had been given a chance this season

Not going by the last shot lol

ChipotleWest · Post #4787 » by **ChipotleWest** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:12 am

BigGargamel wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:
Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez.

You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.

He made a stupid decision and got a fine. He learned his lesson and won't do it again. It wasn't a Draymond Green like incident, and it wasn't a fight. Only a softie wants players suspended left and right for things like that, but NBA fans are super soft these days.

One of us is bias towards a team in this series, the other person me is not. I just think if you're going to be a professional you should be smarter and if you can't handle that, then too bad you get suspended. I don't have a dog in this fight I don't care who wins the series, you do.

LeBronSpaghetti · Post #4788 » by **LeBronSpaghetti** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:13 am

AleksandarN wrote:
LeBronSpaghetti wrote:I wish Hunter Tyson had been given a chance this season

Not going by last shot lol

I mean all these guys just come in and chuck when they get a chance. But he has some real talent.

iggymcfrack · Post #4789 » by **iggymcfrack** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:14 am

Manimal wrote:The Wolves should honestly just bench Gobert for the rest of the series. They're much better without him.

Wolves were -10 with Gobert on the floor and -24 without him. He had the best plus/minus of any of their 8 rotation guys.

NotaHypeJob · Post #4790 » by **NotaHypeJob** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:15 am

This felt like a fake game. Like the refs decided before the game to call the game the complete opposite of games 1+2 to help the trailing team. I hope game 4 is just a straight up good game between the two

Manimal · Post #4791 » by **Manimal** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:15 am

ChipotleWest wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:
You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.

He made a stupid decision and got a fine. He learned his lesson and won't do it again. It wasn't a Draymond Green like incident, and it wasn't a fight. Only a softie wants players suspended left and right for things like that, but NBA fans are super soft these days.

One of us is bias towards a team in this series, the other person me is not. I just think if you're going to be a professional you should be smarter and if you can't handle that, then too bad you get suspended. I don't have a dog in this fight I don't care who wins the series, you do.

You're soft.

But even without Murray's 24 pts in this game the Nuggets still win this game, so who cares.

SweetTouch · Post #4792 » by **SweetTouch** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:16 am

Will Murray talk post game now

Manimal · Post #4793 » by **Manimal** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:16 am

iggymcfrack wrote:
Manimal wrote:The Wolves should honestly just bench Gobert for the rest of the series. They're much better without him.

Wolves were -10 with Gobert on the floor and -24 without him. He had the best plus/minus of any of their 8 rotation guys.

Agreed. Keep Gobert on Jokic and it's a guaranteed series win.

HotRocks34 · Post #4794 » by **HotRocks34** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:17 am

Tonight was a good demonstration of how Denver plays best this year with teams selling out to stop Jokic.

* Jokic defers early and doesn't try to fight the double teams

* The Others find a groove

* Defense forced to loosen up on Jokic

* Jokic takes over

Denver has played this style effectively a number of times this year.

Post #4795 » by **zimpy27** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:17 am

Dominant win. Game 4 is a big one

ChipotleWest · Post #4796 » by **ChipotleWest** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:18 am

SweetTouch wrote:Will Murray talk post game now

He was definitely soft in game 2!

BigGargamel · Post #4797 » by **BigGargamel** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:18 am

NotaHypeJob wrote:This felt like a fake game. Like the refs decided before the game to call the game the complete opposite of games 1+2 to help the trailing team. I hope game 4 is just a straight up good game between the two

The game was called ticky tack on both ends when the game was still close. Denver adjusted, Minnesota didn't. That's all it boils down to.

bballcool34 · Post #4798 » by **bballcool34** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:19 am

HotRocks34 wrote:Tonight was a good demonstration of how Denver plays best this year with teams selling out to stop Jokic.

* Jokic defers early and doesn't try to fight the double teams

* The Others find a groove

* Defense forced to loosen up on Jokic

* Jokic takes over

Denver has played this style effectively a number of times this year.

Didn’t watch the game but why are they doubling Jokic early?

TimberKat · Post #4799 » by **TimberKat** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:20 am

Manimal wrote:Imagine being a fan who paid hundreds of dollars to watch their team lose every game of this series in person.

Yes, I feel sorry for DEN fans and PHX fans.

Jaqua92 · Post #4800 » by **Jaqua92** » Sat May 11, 2024 4:22 am

TimberKat wrote:
Ritzo wrote:This will be like the Suns vs Bucks Finals. Bucks won 4 straight after everyone wrote them off with 2-0 Suns lead.

Or it's like 2020 Finials. Lakers up 2-0. Heat win game 3. Just when a bunch of people think Heat is going to come back, Lakers won game 4 and the series 6-2.

Miami weren't defending champions with the best player in the world lol

Who wins GAME 7 and goes to the WCFs?