NBA Countdown reacts to Celtics’ loss vs. Nuggets: Sign me up for 7 games of that in the Finals 👀

NBA Countdown reacts to Celtics’ loss vs. Nuggets: Sign me up for 7 games of that in the Finals 👀

The Denver Nuggets they go on the road they get the win over the Celtics 102 to 100 69 of their 102 points Jamal Murray and Nicola yic combined to score really I mean it feels like we need to just see the last couple of possessions of this

Game it came down to it but that’s it when you can do that you don’t need to go two for 17 from three if you’re Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown don’t settle for the perimeter you should be shooting shots like this even though that was a

Very bad Miss A very bad Miss but that’s a shot that you want but here Jason Tatum going one on three with 20 seconds to go you got to make better decisions than that and I’m not going to be critical of him he had a very he had a

Solid game but one on Three in that moment and credit the Nuggets defense they deflected it that’s why he was off his game towards the end with the layup so after a timeout and then a second timeout Jason Tatum Fade Away jumper that’s the shot you get can’t quite get

It to go there over Casp the Denver Nuggets escape with the win I don’t know about you Richard but sign me up for seven games of this in the NBA Finals immediately 100% and that’s what we were talking about this was kind of that heavyweight match that you were talking

About Dallas or excuse me uh Denver did not play great in the first half right guys did not shoot the ball well Michael Porter Jr didn’t Casey P didn’t different guys didn’t show up but in the second half they picked it up second half they picked it up and look they

Answered that call yeah normally you know when we watch games we have a cute room in the back where we go there there’s food and stuff sometimes when our bosses are nice thank you so much but we were glued to our seats we were really glued to our seats and I love

This game I love this matchup and most importantly what I learned is that the Denver Nuggets are able to up their game when it matters most we talk a lot about the Boston Celtics and their defense they have the number two defense in the NBA but down the stretch it was the

Denver Nuggets that made the defensive plays whether it is deflections whether it is niika yic moving them feet what do you call them perk moving them puppies to get like switching out on three-point three-point Shooters and on the three-point line like look at this right here he’s hustling porzingis has the

Ball now he’s switching he’s G Drew holiday which normally is like what on an island instead he’s able to force them to call a timeout that’s how they won the game not the offense and defense down the stretch so Kendrick Perkins before this game you were questioning something that became very important and

Key in this one I just want to show everybody what that was oh here we go I like Michael Malone in this matchup tonight he’s going to have these guys prepared I also love joic it’s not one player on that team that’s going to be able to stop him and no disrespect to

Kristof porzingis and Big Al Horford but tonight after going against mbid last game and mbid kind of giving him that work joic is going to go out there and remind the world who he is and why he was the finals MVP and Denver is going

To get that win tonight in the garden 34 points 12 rebounds nine assists for Nicola yish well we know we knew what yish was going to do you know what I’m saying he was going to hand his business now Joe moula on the other hand but look

Take a couple Clips at at at at yage real quick just straight tomato chest do y’all want to play me 101 I got turnarounds over both shoulders I’mma give you this work they giving up look look RJ that’s nine dribbles look come but whatever though is it’s it’s

Beautiful basketball for me but here’s the thing Joe Missoula this is why I pick Michael Malone Joe they have two Joe mouas they have the one that got the philosophy of we’re going to get up more threes than you and you know when they do and they hit him

He looks great and then you have the other Joe Missoula who just stands over there and you wonder like if you take his brain out and you put it in the bird the bird is going to start flying backwards okay you got that Joe maulu you know why I say that because he

Doesn’t get these guys easy looks okay time and time again we kept saying attack the paint like you have so many guys that are great at cutting like they cannot continue to play aou style basketball all the time you got to have sets the Denver Nuggets have sets we

Know at times yes the two-man game is going to happen with yic and Murr but it might lead to a back cut for Aaron Gord not the corner like you got to have those things and when I say the coaching matchup and this is when you get into

The postseason that matters but at some point in time you have to look at it you’re two for 17 from three if you’re Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown these dudes are 6’9 6’8 40in verts all of the length all of the size you know how many free

Throw attempts they had five you had five free throw attempts and you were two for 17 from three I’m sorry at some point in time when you saw that with one minute to go he drives by Aaron Gordon who is a physical specimen I’m gonna drive by him go get a two-hand dunk

Don’t tell me you could have done that three four more times gotten two more buckets two more free throws maybe a collapse and a wide open shot for your teammate but two for 17 from three you have to have a better feel for the game

Got have a better feel I know but Malik and chanet isn’t that on the coach to sometimes call a timeout and put the ownership and put your players in position a player I I think it’s a philosophy this is It’s a philosophy perk and you’re right this is something

We’ve seen from the Celtics over the course of the entire year now yes they make the most threes I believe in the NBA but they also take around the most threes in the NBA and sometimes you fall too in love with that three with the analytics with the idea that hey if we

Shoot this many we’re going to win like it’s a make or Miss league and unfortunately the teams the margin for error with other teams is so much smaller because other teams are getting better offensively you think about the Pacers in the East and how they’ve improved like everyone’s upping their

Game and so if you just take this three-point shot and say like if we shoot more than this you’re actually doing a disservice to your players because Jason Tatum and Jay Brown as you mentioned Richard they’re great physical guys that can score in the mid-range even though the analytics won’t tell you

That works that is actually their strength getting downhill we talked about it last year how Jason Tatum improved getting to the rim when you remove that you remove the aggression and now they’re sort of playing in crunch time on their heels yeah I I when I look at this they are they were

Undefeated at home they just lost the defending Champions I’m not going to sit up here and raise any alarms I’m not going to be hypercritical to their team or their players but if I sit back and I’m in the locker room as a player and I

Look at I’m like man I probably we only got five free throws me we could have probably driven a couple more times because you know what Denver doesn’t have a shot blocker they don’t have a pringus they don’t have a guy in there that’s blocking shots so you’re looking

At this as we can’t attack their paint and sometimes those threes come from the second side where I’m going to drive I’m going to get a kick now I’m in that paint and now you get a good open look for your teammates so I’m not going to

Jump up here and be like all critical on the Celtics but in this particular game they shot too many threes and didn’t attack the paint against the Denver Nuggets that are vulnerable and it’s not just you Richard we were sitting here on NBA Countdown earlier tonight and Adrien

Wowski was mentioning that the general managers of these two teams know what this game is even though it’s one game in the regular season it’s one that they are watching to see what adjustments they need to make potentially to their rosters to their mentality to the skills that they’re putting out because there

Is a very good chance that they are are on a crash course to a collision in the finals and that’s and Malika that’s a great point but guess who else is watching the other general managers around the league and guess who else is watching the other head coaches around

The league okay so you don’t think that you know Philly has scouts in the game that say oh let’s watch the Celtics against yage and Murray let’s see how we could utilize embiid and Maxi like you got to realize these things are happening around the game and that’s

What I said when you got to make adjustments and I don’t want to overreact but damn it the Champs came to the crier you know what I’m saying you undefeated at the house this is your measuring stick and this is why you know yes I still got the Celtics as a

Favorite to represent the Eastern Conference but that’s why I be telling people it’s not night and day like it’s not that much separation between them and the rest of these conference we’re going to head to break in just a second but before we do Chan coming into this

Game it felt like the Denver Nuggets there were still some things we were wondering we used the term Championship hangover I don’t want to overreact to one game either but are you feeling better or worse about the Gap in Talent after watching this oh I’m feeling better about the Denver Nuggets and I

Credit you perk because perk you were talking about how they need to make sure that they show up and get a signature win well they did exactly that tonight and one thing I like is this is a team that doesn’t really exert themselves too much they play with in the flow of

Basketball but the little things the intangibles that I like Michael Porter Jr going in there and getting an offensive rebound Aaron gor going in there and get an offensive rebound they’re not settling for offense just because you’ve got the all World lead passing of Nika yic and Jamaal Murray

They’re doing the little things that are Championship s so you look at the duo right there combining for what 69 points that’s Stanford education right there uh oh go no I’m saying nice to your Stanford education what that’s what you said nice say is is that the other

Players their numbers may not scream but they made those key plays that amounted in a win those numbers scream but but I’m over you but listen really we we credit joic and rightfully so but how great of a player is Jamal Murray he’s put in the allar game he’s going against

A back court in Drew holiday and Drew holiday Eric White Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown all great Wing Defenders and he stomped them out he didn’t C abouty [Applause] sty

NBA Countdown’s Malika Andrews, Richard Jefferson, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins react to the Denver Nuggets’ 102-100 win over the Celtics to snap Boston’s 20-game home win streak to begin the season.

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