NBA Gametime | Durant owning Jokic – Shaq SHOCKED Suns beat Nuggets 104-97 to take West’s No. 7 seed

NBA Gametime | Durant owning Jokic – Shaq SHOCKED Suns beat Nuggets 104-97 to take West’s No. 7 seed

Hanging on to win 10497 coming off that loss to San Antonio which Frank vogle said was unacceptable and in this game Kevin Durant Leading The Way with 30 points 13 rebounds what you see from him boo oh just so much I mean k is such a leader

So it’s so versatile you see right here they clear out the entire side so we know what’s coming one of the best ISO players two quick dribbles of the bucket quick layup easy with the n one right there you see him in the corner he not

Going to stay in the Corner Smitty he going to come up right here Aaron Gordon great defender gets to the basket Fall Away jump shot for a seven-footer you can’t block that shot with Kevin Durant you see right here not only is he giving it to you offensively SMY but he’s

Playing defense great block shot right there protects the basket for his team and then obviously comes up in transition you see Denver getting back does a good job loading up on him but he just makes an impossible move right here with the quick turnaround nobody’s defending that so I just think he came

Out on a mission one the lead by example he’s one of the best one-on-one players one of the most elite scorers that we’ve ever seen brought it tonight and they have a tough schedule he going to have to do this almost every night against these playoff teams to get get his team

Possibly to the six spot they’re really fighting for right now when you look at the standings and again you look at that schedule like Boo mentioned I mean these are all playoff teams yeah these are teams that still fighting for position as you can see and um it’s going to be

One of those hey they got to come bring it boo said it best Kevin Durant’s going to have to play like this but I think for the key for them you know not only in this stretch run but obviously to go deeper in the playoffs some kind of way

They got to find a way to incorporate Bradley Bill he just seems like the odd man out and it’s not all about scoring it just seems like he’s you know a afterthought for them and I still put it on and I love Deon Booker one of my

Favorite two guards but two guards they got him playing point guard booze and I think that takes away from him Yousef nurkic did not play in this game dealing with the right ankle injury and you might not think of him as being a huge piece but he has become a huge piece of

This te no he’s so integral because he can rebound the basketball he’s a very good passer he understands the way they want to play the game they play quick they play fast they do dribble handoffs he can play in that role and he also he’s probably one of the only guys on

The team that really will do the dirty work for this team so they need him come postseason like Smitty talked about yeah when you look at the standings coming into this game they were eighth in the west right they’re fighting with Sacramento and Dallas for that sixth spot potentially the Pelicans I mean

They’re two games back of the Pelicans coming into the night but so important right to get into that top six avoid the plane which is going to be an absolute disaster for any of those teams that were in there yeah and I mean you never

Want to be in a March Madness type of atmosphere one lose a game and you’re out especially possibly playing the Lakers of Golden State right you lose a game and you drop down and play the ninth ninth and 10th game winner you want to get in that six spots if you can

And obviously D Dallas doesn’t give it up so you can get that buy it’s unfor it’s unfortunate that we were talking about some of our biggest names trying to get get a bu and also you get a chance to get a little bit more rest while those other teams are in the play

And get your guys healthy have you seen enough from that big three to to to be convinced that they can do some damage in the playoffs my biggest thing with them is defensively we know they can score the basketball but can they stop people because you know once you get to those

Clippers or the Denver Nuggets or some of these teams that we have in the what Sacramento they’re going to have to get some stops to advance in the playoffs anything from the Denver side of things today uh no Jamal Murray I mean um just creeped up in there in first place um

You never want to drop a gang they they trying to stay in first but without Jamal just just tough and they have they playing against a desperate Phoenix Suns team but I’m okay with the defending champs I think they’ll be all right yeah it’s interesting because with Denver you

Got Minnesota OKC the Clippers have fallen out of that race right we thought it was just a top four and everybody else but it’s those three teams the Denver Nuggets now Dro into 15 and three since the All-Star break ever since JIS texted the boys and said hey let’s go

That’s exactly what they’ve been doing though I mean they have I mean uh boo we were talking about it they were just floating around four five and all stand you look at the standings Denver is back in first I mean they are a champion team you can see um they’re missing you know

Obviously um Uncle Jeff and Bruce Bruce brown but I I I still think when you have the best player on the floor 90% of the time you have a chance to win yeah Nicole yic 22 points uh nine rebounds 10 assists in this game but the Nuggets

Losing uh and dropping to Now 51 and 22 he’s starting to he’s starting St to get it he’s starting to get it 14 to 24 shooting amen Thompson another great game for him been inserted in the starting lineup after Al shenon was out and the Houston Rockets have now won 10

Straight games which takes us to the west standings and they’re putting that pressure on Golden State right now if you look at that 10th playing position Houston was not a factor couple weeks ago 10 straight wins and now they’re right there yeah they’re climbing I mean what you guys said earlier gayen green

Has been on a tear lately putting up big points what I love is he also had nine nine point nine rebounds and seven assists like he’s also dishing the ball doing other things but they’re coming they want to get in that play in again all right so the Warriors though picking

Up that big win despite Draymond Green getting ejected early on here’s what Steph had to say about the situation what you think of the dray Jackson um no say we we need him he knows that we all know that um so whatever it takes to keep him on the floor um it’ll be

Available that’s what’s got to happen um especially at this point in the year so took way to start the game but I am extremely proud of every single person that uh stepped foot on the floor tonight and responded the way that they did cuz back to back you know team as

Physical as they are we got contributions from everybody and it was a beautiful team effort to respond the way that we did and get this win there was also video that’s been circulating around uh you know social media of Steph’s reaction after it had happened and he’s covering his face and

You can see he’s emotional you could tell he was still kind of emotional In that clip right this is the reaction right here that everybody is talking about this is after Draymond Green got ejected early in the game I mean what is that saying to you no I just I just

Think he’s he knows he needs his teammate like he’s fed up with all this because they’re like like SMY said earlier we’re not used to seeing the warriors fighting for playing situation we us to seeing you know contenders that are at at Championship level basketball

And it’s hard to do it 99 out by yourself when you need your troops especially this team this team is is lacking some other piece that they usually have so he’s literally been carrying these guys so to go into battle early in a game that you know you need

Without one of your warriors it’s it’s frustrating for Stephan and he’s not going to speak on it negatively obviously he’s a does a great job of protecting his teammates but we can all see it it’s frustrating for him to have that they can’t they everybody I mean um coaching

Staff um management I mean everybody and I think the one thing for them is you still look at them as like you know I’ll be scared to play them as they get in I mean you look at the Miami Heat they was in the playing got all the way to the

Finals yeah um The Warriors is one of those teams don’t think they can be Denver don’t think they can be some teams because they’ve lacking some but clay and Steph get hot with a Draymond defending and other guys defending Wiggins playing Chris Paul contributing getting guys shot just just never know

You never know and I I just on this game alone it was good to see Tracy Jackson Davis 14 big rebounds Wiggins 23 points like Wiggins is that guy that could really be the X Factor from them come playoff time well we talk about come playoff time there might not be a play

Or a playoff because the Houston Rockets have won 10 straight games I let me tell you this is unbelievable where you might have a Durant Bill and Booker LeBron James 0 the Warriors big three all in the play and some going home early yeah yeah quickly what have you seen from the

Rockets that have have put them in this position right now because remember alprin shenon their best player arguably their best player I think that’s fair to say is not playing right now e udoka and the Vets red van vet and Jeff Green have shown these young guys the way you need

Veterans you need guys to come out there now Jabari Smith and uh all the young guys and Jaylen green they are super talented but you need that vet you got to have a boozer on your team that’s been through it been through it and then

They can go lean on it if you don’t have a vet you just coming in the locker room and you don’t know how to figure it out but he made Oka brought in vets and also his style has really helped him Jaylen green is doing this you know before it

Was a little splitter Jabari they didn’t know they roles now they have Divine roles let me throw this number out at you okay Jaylen green during this streak uh coming into this game averaging 29 Points shooting 50 50% from the field again this is a guy at the deadline we

Know there reports out there they were trying to ship him over to get Mel Bridges and Brooklyn said no mhm I mean well they might have wish they said he playing now he’s cooking man we all knew this kid was super talented when we saw him early in his career now you’re

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NBA Gametime | Durant owning Jokic – Shaq SHOCKED Suns beat Nuggets 104-97 to take West’s No. 7 seed