2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #3 Minnesota Timberwolves (Series tied 3-3)

[Sealab2024]

The postgame interviews from the Nuggets were almost as sad as their performance on the court last night. From Malone to Jokic and down the line they all seemed depressed and lacking confidence or any sense of how to turn things around. Crazy to see from a defending champion. They have a few days off to find their spirit but it didn't look good at all.

it's the exact reaction from the Suns after g2 of the first round, if that indicates what will happen to the Nuggets soon.

They've come to the same point. They have no answers for what's happening and they realize this is what the series is gonna be. I expect more of a push back from Denver than we got from Phoenix but unlike round 1 we're heading home and if people who hadn't seen it thought that defense was stifling before.... Wait till the Timberwolves have the crowd going absolutely insane for every second of it.

[socal74]

Something that no one is really talking about here. If Denver winds up losing this series, it looks like one of their biggest failings was letting GM Tim Conelley leave. I know they couldn't do much to stop his incredible offer but damn, that may have come back to really ruin them here. He went to a division rival and might have put together the team that stops them from winning another title.

It's hard to get the same level of motivation after winning a title. You're seeing Jokic in several ads now and he pretty much partied the whole summer. I remember after 2011 the Mavs were talking about how the Lamar Odom signing was going to help them because he knew what it took to repeat (we all know how that went). Dirk showed up out of shape for the first time in his career after the title (that was also a lockout season). Murray not being 100% certainly isn't helping but Jokic isn't above blame here. The good news for them is they have until Friday to regroup, but they've still screwed the pooch so much they now need to win 2 games in Minnesota, game 3 will determine if this is even a series at all

The Odom trade would have been a success except LO really took being traded to heart. He's an emotional person with a lot of demons. He was devastated after the trade and was never the same. He was the glue that held those Laker championship teams together. I knew once he got traded that was it.

[MrGoat]

Something that no one is really talking about here. If Denver winds up losing this series, it looks like one of their biggest failings was letting GM Tim Conelley leave. I know they couldn't do much to stop his incredible offer but damn, that may have come back to really ruin them here. He went to a division rival and might have put together the team that stops them from winning another title.

It's hard to get the same level of motivation after winning a title. You're seeing Jokic in several ads now and he pretty much partied the whole summer. I remember after 2011 the Mavs were talking about how the Lamar Odom signing was going to help them because he knew what it took to repeat (we all know how that went). Dirk showed up out of shape for the first time in his career after the title (that was also a lockout season). Murray not being 100% certainly isn't helping but Jokic isn't above blame here. The good news for them is they have until Friday to regroup, but they've still screwed the pooch so much they now need to win 2 games in Minnesota, game 3 will determine if this is even a series at all

The Odom trade would have been a success except LO really took being traded to heart. He's an emotional person with a lot of demons. He was devastated after the trade and was never the same. He was the glue that held those Laker championship teams together. I knew once he got traded that was it.

Well, that and Odom being a crackhead, I'm not ever going to believe the Lakers didn't know what they just dumped on us

[BlacJacMac]

Something that no one is really talking about here. If Denver winds up losing this series, it looks like one of their biggest failings was letting GM Tim Conelley leave. I know they couldn't do much to stop his incredible offer but damn, that may have come back to really ruin them here. He went to a division rival and might have put together the team that stops them from winning another title.

And they could've easily outbid Minnesota to keep him.

Glen Taylor is loaded, but Stan Kroenke is operating on a whole different level.

[LaLover11]

Remember Nugget Fans.... It's just Basketball

[Chuck Everett]

The postgame interviews from the Nuggets were almost as sad as their performance on the court last night. From Malone to Jokic and down the line they all seemed depressed and lacking confidence or any sense of how to turn things around. Crazy to see from a defending champion. They have a few days off to find their spirit but it didn't look good at all.

Three days aren't going to fix the personnel. 12 minutes from backup big men in the playoffs through 7 games for the Nuggets and 3 of those minutes came during garbage time last night. Series was lost in the offseason and at the trade deadline.

[eyeatoma]

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[MrGoat]

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Would suspending him have been bad news for Denver or Minnesota at this point, though?

Denver's pretty screwed without the playoff Murray of previous seasons anyway

[Sealab2024]

Lol. They sentenced him to the Wolves Den.

[Michael Jackson]

Lol rigged league.

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Would suspending him have been bad news for Denver or Minnesota at this point, though?

Denver's pretty screwed without the playoff Murray of previous seasons anyway

He should be suspended for that though.... Maybe helps Denver if he is but literally that was highly dangerous.

[Movics]

No tech for shooting KAT with finger guns. Malone doesn’t get a tech or ejected for walking across the court to get in the ref’s face, no tech or suspension for throwing a towel on the court during live play, no tech or suspension for throwing a heat pack on the court during live play. Rigged

[eyeatoma]

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[MrGoat]

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Pathetic

Not really equivalent, either. I'd be mega pissed to be fined 160 when making 50k because the budget is still tight when you're making 50k. I wouldn't give a crap with the scale up

[ChipotleWest]

So you can throw stuff on the court if you just pay the league 100k.

I called it they weren't going to suspend him.

[eyeatoma]

wrong thread

[shrink]

Something that no one is really talking about here. If Denver winds up losing this series, it looks like one of their biggest failings was letting GM Tim Conelley leave. I know they couldn't do much to stop his incredible offer but damn, that may have come back to really ruin them here. He went to a division rival and might have put together the team that stops them from winning another title.

I would give Connelly some of the credit for the current Wolves, but Kat, Ant, Reid, McDaniels were already there. Maybe you could argue that Gobert and Conley put them over the top.

Right. And hiring Chris Finch was critical, which was tough when national media was calling him a racist for doing it.

Rosas also deserves credit for drafting Ant over Wiseman or LaMelo, which clearly set the franchise on the right course. But before we give him too much credit, note that he was trying to trade the #1 pick right up to the draft.

[shrink]

No tech for shooting KAT with finger guns. Malone doesn’t get a tech or ejected for walking across the court to get in the ref’s face, no tech or suspension for throwing a towel on the court during live play, no tech or suspension for throwing a heat pack on the court during live play. Rigged

Gobert makes money sign at ref and gets fined $100,000

Murray makes money sign at ref and gets fined $100,000, and throws a towel and heat pad on the court for ..free?

[AleksandarN]

Lol rigged league.

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Coming from an Embiid fan and what he did to the Knick players lol.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

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Would suspending him have been bad news for Denver or Minnesota at this point, though?

Denver's pretty screwed without the playoff Murray of previous seasons anyway

It's funny to make these comments but Jackson and Braun each basically have to play 30mpg if Murray is out. No way they are a better without him

[AleksandarN]

No tech for shooting KAT with finger guns. Malone doesn’t get a tech or ejected for walking across the court to get in the ref’s face, no tech or suspension for throwing a towel on the court during live play, no tech or suspension for throwing a heat pack on the court during live play. Rigged

Gobert makes money sign at ref and gets fined $100,000

Murray makes money sign at ref and gets fined $100,000, and throws a towel and heat pad on the court for ..free?

He got the all in one package fine.