ForeverTFC wrote:docholliday99 wrote:CIN-C-STAR wrote:The Nuggets still have no one that can guard ANT.
The Wolves didn't have anyone that could guard Jokic tonight, either, but ANT has been unstoppable all series. It's really been incredible.
Was the same as last year's playoffs too, unstoppable. Looking like the same issue showing up again, ANT's getting his cause you can't stop him, so just work on taking the rest out - and he doesn't have his Pippen yet.
I much preferred the Wolves in game 2, though I'm not sure it was just an aberration.
Originally had the Nuggets in 6, this series certainly hasn't been a let down.
At the expense of a mob coming for my throat, I do wonder how much of game 2 was driven by the Nuggets being caught off guard by the Gobert absence. Not saying the Wolves are better without Gobert on defense, that's obviously not true. But you have to wonder if the Nuggets came to play one way, were met with a different personnel and game plan, and got knocked out early.
Certainly better with Gobert on defense though they might be better on offence without Gobert when they go 5 out. As for game 2, I'm leaning towards your last point and Denver may have just been caught with their pants down. Certainly impressed with how they got kicked in the teeth and and then came together as a team to win the next 2 - that game 2 might have been what they needed to shake the cobwebs out of their heads, Braun and Holiday have really stepped up in the roles/contributions that Brown/Green were last season.
On Minny's part, they really stepped up in game 4 - enough to win imho - but Jokic's passing...wow, sometimes I'm not sure how he was able to even see some of those passes, let alone make them. How can anyone question that he's not the MVP? He's just impressive.