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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIN**|**28**|**33**|**21**|**24**|**106**|[](/MIN)|
**DEN**|**20**|**15**|**25**|**20**|**80**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/MIN)**MIN**|**42-83 (50.6)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**9-14 (64.3)**|**10**|**42**|**28**|**13**|**11**|**12**|**20**|**106**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**29-83 (34.9)**|**9-30 (30.0)**|**13-18 (72.2)**|**18**|**50**|**16**|**16**|**6**|**5**|**14**|**80**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|39:24|4-12 (33.3)|1-7 (14.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|2|4|1|1|0|9|-21|
A. Gordon^^PF|33:04|8-14 (57.1)|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|3|4|2|1|1|0|2|20|-33|
N. Jokic^^C|38:36|5-13 (38.5)|0-1 (0.0)|6-6 (100.0)|6|16|8|4|0|1|2|16|-16|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|27:40|2-6 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|3|0|1|1|0|4|4|-12|
J. Murray^^PG|35:55|3-18 (16.7)|0-4 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|13|2|4|2|1|3|8|-16|
R. Jackson|10:11|1-6 (16.7)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|1|1|0|0|1|3|-13|
C. Braun|10:30|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|1|1|0|2|+2|
J. Holiday|21:32|4-6 (66.7)|4-5 (80.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|1|1|0|0|2|13|-3|
P. Watson|9:12|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|-10|
J. Strawther|3:29|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-2|
H. Tyson|3:29|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
Z. Nnaji|3:29|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|-2|
J. Pickett|3:29|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-2|
**Totals**||**29-83 (34.9)**|**9-30 (30.0)**|**13-18 (72.2)**|**18**|**50**|**16**|**16**|**6**|**5**|**14**|**80**||
**DNP:** ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***
**[](/MIN)MIN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
J. McDaniels^^SF|26:26|2-7 (28.6)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|3|1|2|1|5|5|+26|
K. Anderson^^PF|26:16|3-8 (37.5)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|7|9|8|2|2|1|1|6|+13|
K. Towns^^C|35:47|10-15 (66.7)|3-5 (60.0)|4-4 (100.0)|2|12|1|2|1|2|4|27|+21|
A. Edwards^^SG|37:19|11-17 (64.7)|1-4 (25.0)|4-7 (57.1)|0|2|7|4|2|0|2|27|+18|
M. Conley^^PG|31:38|2-5 (40.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|3|6|0|2|1|3|4|+20|
N. Alexander-Walker|29:44|5-9 (55.6)|4-7 (57.1)|0-0 (0.0)|0|6|1|1|0|3|1|14|+11|
N. Reid|29:03|5-14 (35.7)|4-8 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|0|2|1|4|1|14|+9|
M. Morris|7:32|1-4 (25.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|2|-3|
J. McLaughlin|3:15|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|+3|
W. Moore Jr.|3:15|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|2|+3|
J. Minott|3:15|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|+3|
L. Miller|3:15|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|+3|
L. Garza|3:15|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|2|+3|
**Totals**||**42-83 (50.6)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**9-14 (64.3)**|**10**|**42**|**28**|**13**|**11**|**12**|**20**|**106**||
**DNP:** ***T.J. Warren***
**Inactive:** ***Rudy Gobert***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIN**|52|14|18|32|37|13|19|[](/MIN)|
**DEN**|34|8|10|2|23|19|2|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 1** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:20** | **Attendance: 19942**
*Officials: Marc Davis, Pat Fraher, David Guthrie, Dedric Taylor*
by BigHoneyBot
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. Yup, letting doomers get to my head now. Lol
If this postseason shitshow isn’t enough to completely enrage you, those chants from twolves fans at the end of the game SHOULD. That performance followed up by that makes me want to vomit .
Be one thing if the team was putting in the work and still losing hard fought contests, but the reality is that we have not had any of that excluding a few quarters against a more mediocre opponent in LA. This team has no heart nor the mental fortitude. It’s pathetic.
We’re canceled, I’m afraid. Not forever. But for this year.
https://youtu.be/xoCZ07hwoZ4
Well that wasn’t fun, godspeed mods for keeping this place somewhat bearable over the next few days. Hope Jokic figures something out and looks like his normal self, because the Nuggets sure as hell are gonna need it.
Go Avs.
The DNVR guys are really killing Jokic in their post game show.
Do some of you get off on punching the team when they’re down? Like what do you want everyone to do? Slander the team 24/7? Your criticism won’t reach Malone if that’s what you’re expecting.
Could you imagine if we just allowed the “rEaLiSTs” to run rampant on this sub? It’d be a cesspool of negativity.
Please go outside, get some hobbies, talk to your families. You all need help.
Utah Game 3….bubble Murray isn’t coming to save us this time tho. Has no athleticism rn
Member when we won the chip, good times
I should’ve just studied instead of watching this
I might rewatch last year’s playoff run and cheer myself up.
its joeover
Front office did awful job this year. And Malone is little to blame as well. Locking 10m a year in Zeke and Reggie. Trading picks to draft Pickett, Hunter and Strawther who can’t get a single minute even in regular season.
Also, Malone never figured out the bench this year. There should have been alarms during trade deadline.
If y’all thought Nugglyfe disappeared just because we won a ring, I don’t know what else to tell you other than watch more Nuggets basketball
Poking my cat like Malone pokes refs right now. Only cope I have left.
Nuggets playing like they can sleep walk to another chip. Repeating is much, much harder than that.
Didn’t the Milwaukee bucks lose by 50 to the Brooklyn nets in game 2 couple years ago? And they went down 0-2. And they ended up winning the title. Have faith nuggets fans
Hate to say it but the Doomers were right. They up 2-0
All in all, I’m still glad I followed this team. I wish Murray didn’t throw that heatpack tho, the hell was that about
Legacy wise, Jokic gotta bring it. He has to stop the bleeding if he is what we thought we was.
I had him on peak LeBron level. Its time.
I literally said it in the last PGT: Wolves defense is simply insane. They have the best interior defense against Jokic and Jamal is obvious hurt. Denver really has no adjustment left. Denver’s playstyle is just our starting 5 > everyone but against Wolves AG has no defensive usage against Edwards and Towns/Reid and KCP can’t guard Edwards at all. Unless Malone tweak the lineup, It is a sweep. Nuggets need to ditch their usual if things go sour, let’s put in our starting 5 rotation cuz they win anyway mindset (And that’s literally impossible because Nuggets truly has the worst supporting casts after losing Bruce Brown). I can see us winning the East (Celtics/Knicks) but no hope against the wolves. And if Wolves makes finals, I do think Celtics has the stylistic upper hand because they have a stretch 5 + Jrue/Jaylen defense against Edwards. Counter-matchups exist guys.
no matter what happens in the next few games we’ll always have that banner in our house
Not sure what is worse. Watching that car crash or having to read Jake the snakes hot takes over the next few days.
Turns out the whole “beat the lakers but were losing for 80% of game time” talking point actually turned out to be a legit warning sign. Despite subpar play, I mostly thought it was a weird anomaly.
Well its going to be do or Die in Game 3 you have 4 days to get ur heads right and ask if you really want to be here. You win you could have a chance to make this a series you lose and its likely over.
Watching that game, it was evident that the Wolves were allowed to play aggressive defense that would probably get called for fouls in the regular season. Instead of matching up to that intensity, the Nuggets were caught complaining about fouls on one end and not committing to beating up the Wolves on defense.
Like the Wolves offense ain’t even that good. You guys have the personnel to give them fits too and yet they were just waiting around.
I still believe in your team to turn this around because you guys still have a more consistent half court offense, but Nuggets HAVE to play better defense.
Assrape
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Lakers fans being cucks for the Wolves is actually pretty funny
This shit was horrible to watch. Get your heads straight and show them why you’re the champs.
Is instagram just overrun by lakers fans or did the world turn on the boys over the course of a weekend?!
That was rough to watch, but not surprising given how off this team has looked all playoffs. They just don’t have it this year. Will be interesting to start the post mortem on this team tomorrow.
In retrospect, the game was over 5 minutes into the first quarter. Embarrassing.
THE NUGGETS DADDY
2023 playoff Jamal Murray ain’t walkin thru that door…🚪