NBA Today | Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves are the biggest threat to Nuggets in the West – Windhorst

NBA Today | Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves are the biggest threat to Nuggets in the West – Windhorst

S right now welcome to NBA Today presented by Levis she is chanaa gum he is our senior writer Brian wior we have Austin Rivers Kendrick Perkins I’m Malika Andrews we have a jam-packed show to get to after Anthony Edwards dunk submission for dunk of the year right against the Jazz we

Thought how much could he still have left in store for Nicola yic in the Nuggets I couldn’t wait to see how this one would go down but remember the Timberwolves were down several players here no Carl Anthony towns no Rudy bear no Nas Reed so Anthony Edwards who is

All of 6’4 is taking this jump ball over height against Nichol yic and they showed a whole lot of heart Kendrick Perkins in this game particularly aunt and look when yesterday when you ask is he going to play or he was questionable we was like Wendy was like oh he’s

Playing because that’s what he brings to the table night in and night out but team wack by yic look at what he did last night he stood on business he had it on his mind he wasn’t looking to facilitate he did what he was supposed to do and that was dominate offensively

At all aspects being aggressive especially without Rudy Gober and call Anthony towns in the middle to stop 22 points 10 rebounds in the first half no assists though that was a little bit of a rarity for ni for who for going ahead to the third quarter here though questionable coming in didn’t look

Questionable here Chen you know the movie The Greatest showman right now in the NBA this is thank you of course you do that if it’s a musical it’s going to be Andrew favorite show but this right here is the greatest showman right now the second half of the NBA season his

Ability to play through the dislocated finger I mean read defenses that’s joic with the pump fake all the way to the step through he makes you believe no matter who is missing I’m still going to bring my team every night to compete I love that energy too he had 14 points in

The third the Nuggets had 17 points total but Brian wior you decided that sometime in the fourth quarter when the Nuggets were cruising eventually getting up to an eight-point lead you decided that it was okay to turn off off the final seconds of this game I did I

Didn’t regret it because the Nuggets won go well it came down to the wire a little more than we thought it would Nicola yic the sbour sling in shot form this time final seconds though here huge three-pointer here from Jaden McDaniels to really give the Timberwolves a chance here down the

Stretch the final seconds here the Nuggets going to foul are they going to foul no Anthony Edward gets a shot off oh wouldn’t quite wouldn’t quite get it to go now the Minnesota Timberwolves they’re one game behind the nuggets for the second seed in the Western

Conference oh man just just a front rim off with a win percentage though just shy of 700 the nuggets are on Pace to win four more games than they did last regular season which is pretty incredible because of course they went on to win it all that year they also

Have slightly better both offensive and defensive numbers than last year which is a little bit scary we haven’t seen repeat champions in The Last 5 Years but I really think that Denver is looking like the team that maybe could put all of that to rest but perk are this year’s

Nuggets are they better than last year’s championship team they are they are and and it’s because of the starting five and it’s the pieces around Jamal Murray and joic and it’s Michael Porter Jr over the last five games he’s averaging a dub and last night was a prime example of

Four quarter minutes right and he had those timely three point shots this this dunk at The Rim snatching the screws out the basket he finally looks healthy we have to remember when this kid was coming out of high school and when he was in college he was the number one

Player in the country it was just injuries that slowed him down but now we’re seeing him more comfortable Michael Malone has more faith in him like he’s taking these these shots in the in the crucial moments of the game and it’s like soon as I thought Minnesota was going to run away with

This game once they got the league I’m like no here come y and he’ll come a little sprinkle of Michael pora J right but it’s still pretty incredible to think that that the the Minnesota Timberwolves on the second night of a back to back we’re putting in

That type of work against the defending champs because despite the losses we mentioned the wolves are still just a game out of first two more matchups to go against the Denver Nuggets left on the schedule you can look here Minnesota was short-handed of course last night

The second night of a back toback still they were one shot away from sending this to overtime against the defending Champion so CH of any of the teams in the the Western Conference do you think that Minnesota is the biggest threat to the Nuggets absolutely because they were

Built when healthy by Design to rival the nuggets and they have the ability I mean we’re talking about a night where they’re missing a number of their stars but they still had heart and that heart came from Anthony Edwards and so to me this Timberwolves team I know the

Clippers maybe if it was a month ago would say oh it’s absolutely the Los Angeles Clippers based off of their defensive prow based off of the next steps that we have been witnessing with that guy right there the greatest showman currently in the NBA this is the

Team that I would be most worried about when fully healthy because their offense may not be perfect I believe car Anthony towns fully unlocks it especially as a stretch big but they’re long and they can compete with the best of the best we just saw that yesterday now the nuggets

Have always been the favorites for me I know they’ve been a little bit slow starting the season but we all knew that if they were able to continue what they had they would still be favorites but they’ve actually gotten better that’s the truth of the matter I mean Jamal

Murray was coming off last season in injury season now he’s just completely comfortable and you nailed it perk Michael Porter Jr when I watched the Nuggets play in person he was the one that blew me off the floor 610 able to shoot I mean it just feels like they

Have refined their weapons and they go with what they know and what they know is that they’re a team that can compete when they turn the lights on after All-Star break yeah I mean I I definitely think Denver is still the favorite in the west I think they are

The best team in the NBA even with Boston’s record and what they put in the regular season I’ve seen Denver uh reach a different level when they get to the playoffs especially when they have adversity they have the the best player in the NBA plays on their team um that’s

Just the bottom line he’s the best player he’s the most efficient player and he’s a guy that dominates the game not just through scoring but using the assets around him I do love the emergence of Michael Porter Jr with that being said do I think they’re better

Than last year I don’t I don’t think they’re I think the loss of Bruce Brown Y and Jeff Green is vastly underrated I love P watt he’s a young talented player I think he’s going to be big for them in the future but I think Bruce Brown and Jeff Green they’re playing experience

Playoff experience guys who have played on playoff teams when it comes to playoffs it’s going to it’s going to hurt this is a team that got 13 bench points last night they don’t they don’t get a lot from the bench scoring Bruce Brown used to have 18 himself in playoff

Games Jeff Green would come in and have a huge impact I I love Michael Porter Jr’s health I love how he’s playing I love how he’s shooting the ball I’m happy that’s one of my best friends but I don’t believe in terms of overall team I think there’s a little bit more

Vulnerability vulnerability to this team especially when we see last night case in point first off they just lost to Dallas and then we just lost we just saw them lost to a Minnesota Team without their two bigs uh min has been built to compete against this team by the same

Guy who built Denver by the way Cony Tim connley so I think all in all I love Denver as a favor but they’re definitely more vulnerable this year and I think teams can compete Clippers included I know they’re a mess right now but this this game actually showed their vulnerability

A little bit because I actually think Minnesota probably walked away from this game not feeling so bad about itself no um they got trusted on the boards but because they were missing all their bigs sure this was a game all the way down to last second on the second night of back

Toback and they found some some schemes defensively that gave Denver a little bit of problem you know yoka had two assists in this game now they obviously stole shutle over 50% they still won the game good job but de but Denver has some some vulnerabilities another thing is

Just their they’re rebounding Off the Bench they don’t have great size why you look so confused Kendrick because they’re V look they’re vulnerable on the road but they’re not vulnerable at home and right now the Denver Nuggets especially with their record they’re looking like they’re going to have homecourt advantage throughout the

Postseason so if we’re talking about their lack of experience or lack of death for as their youth on the bench I’m not worried about that those guys are going to play better at the crib and I said this at the beginning of the season I said it it would be wise if the

Western Conference if teams in the Western Conference would keep Denver nug the Denver Nuggets from having that number one seed that is going to matter they are an exceptional team at the creb sorry m home playoff advantage through the west but the NBA Finals through Boston

Season swept him they swept him okay the the road through the West the road to the championship it still goes through Denver but the fact of the matter is Anthony Edwards was over for four in the fourth quarter he hits one or two of those shots we could be having an

Entirely they were double and triple teaming him entirely different conversation all right I want to go from one Bright Young star in Minnesota to two in Texas Victor wanyama they squared off last night in San Antonio we’re going to pick this one up early in the first

Quarter how do you feel about those the Spurs uniforms warmups Brian I mean I didn’t think the Spurs with this color I didn’t it’s the month of March so it’s the rodeo in Texas you got to you know what I’m saying they got we’re going to

Pull up to that but watch look at this 66 ft more than 66t to DK Jones Jr and it’s a chest pass Malika Aly pass don’t just making it look easy but then uh what about what about this one oh my goodness which is better oh I might go with the chess pass

Because those are hard to actually execute I don’t like how disrespectful it’s just too easy for him he there just just toying with you got to make that shot and he did he had 18 points 10 rebound 16 to six his 18th triple double

Of the seasons the oh he got that up in this one yeah I know Victor you got to watch out for him but Kyrie Irving remembered it here you go Kellin Johnson hitting the three Victor had 12 points 11 rebounds six blocks but Kyrie Irving he really did take over down the stretch

Of this game off I mean it’s about Madness Malika and what he’s doing for the league with both hands is straight Badness you can’t block them all you can’t block them all it’s tough to block this guy come here oh my God come on he

Just is a wizard Dallas gets the win 113 107 so Luca he did shoot just 22% in last night’s triple double the lowest shooting percentage in triple double history in the NBA among players to take at least 25 shots Luca he poked fun at his lackluster shooting performance

Though this morning on Instagram he posted a couple of these videos he does this for most pream kicking kicking the ball in from the three-point line and then he said I should have used my feet in the game sure that’s how it works uh however impressive that pregame trick

Shot was though it’s still all about the full court alley you passed for me so let’s see where that ranks on the all-time list of long here well we’ll see we’re going to start with Nick Van XEL here this is a Shack in 1997 dime oh the extension and then Jason

Williams this is from Beyond half court this is an 1999 Austin I was seven thank you well how about one that we have for you that’s a little bit more modern we have Steph to derell Wright this is in 2011 there we go yeah how old

Are you in this one I’m not good A M it was it was the landing come on backwards reverse we see you and then we have earlier this season we have go my God to Aaron Gordon off the inbound pass that was Aaron Rogers leg right there it’s

The swiftness of the pass that’s what I’m saying that look like a pocket throw crazy is that okay with being high on your list Broncos hey Broncos just one more from last night for real magic hey Bronco did we miss any uh Lebron D Dwayne Wade all right we’re going to

Have to pull that one up still to come on NBA Today CH tells us why the Bucks chances at a title this season they may lie in the hands of one Lillard it’ll be Dame time coming up here and the Warriors the Grizzlies they play tonight

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NBA Today | Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves are the biggest threat to Nuggets in the West – Brian Windhorst