FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic is Rudy Gobert’s father – Stephen A. Smith on Nuggets def. T-Wolves 112-97

FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic is Rudy Gobert’s father – Stephen A. Smith on Nuggets def. T-Wolves 112-97

so put that on your pip you are hotu all right uh Nicola yic scores 40 as the Nuggets take a 32 series lead over the Wolves yic who received his third MVP trophy before game five also had 13 assists and seven rebounds with no turnovers in the 11297 win over the Wolves hopefully one more one more than him you know like I said the the no I think it’s not just Rudy it’s it’s it’s all the guys who guard me there really physical they they know what they’re doing and I’m trying just to have one more Condor than them I’m just trying to to read what’s going to happen you know if I see someone’s coming to me I’m going to pass if I don’t see I’m just going to try to score so basically I’m trying to read in a moment the MVP he best player in the NBA um and he showed it the last three games three games in a row and um yeah tonight he was special tonight I I got to give him his flowers it was I mean I don’t know I don’t know what we supposed to yeah he was he that guy tonight all right so the Nuggets won three in a row after dropping the first two in the series in perk I appreciate always when you’re here because you enforce the rules of the show I asked the question and we want a definitive answer so with that tell me this did Denver take the series or do you feel like Minnesota blew it what you mean take the series or they blew it this series going seven games it’s neither this series is going seven games Minnesota is going to win win game six and then it’s going to be a game seven and Minnesota is going to pull it off listen I have who going to pull it off Minnesota is going to pull it off I had before the series started I had Minnesota winning this in seven games and damn it they’re going to get it done game six Anthony Edwards will be better car Anthony towns would do his things we know role players will play better at home and at some point Rudy Gober got to get tired of people calling them out like myself he cannot be a defensive liability I understanding you’re going against the best player in the world in the colic but at some point self-pride has to kick in I believe he will have a good game in game six they’re going to walk in the game seven and it’s a dangerous thing when you’re playing against a team that don’t know no better in the Minnesota Timberwolves this is going seven games I sit before you gentlemen ladies an extremely humbled man your suit says otherwise I know it does look pretty fly I say so myself really really does I mean but I can’t help how good I look these days here’s the point that I’m trying to make I sit before y’all a very humbled individual you know throughout the years big perk I’ve made my shared predictions I’ve been wrong sometimes I’ve been right a hell of a lot more than I’ve been wrong but I’ve been wrong in very conspicuous and flagrantly embarrassing fashion right now the Minnesota Timberwolves have me looking like I have made the worst prediction in the history of my career and I’ve never been more embarrassed by a prediction that I have made than what I did when I was in South Beach last week saying this about the Minnesota Timberwolves I think that the Denver Nuggets are on the verge of getting swept I I never thought of my wildest dreams that I’d be able to say that I think the Denver Nuggets are on the verge of getting swept and I believe that the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to win the World Championship I sit here today um I not only owed an apology to the organization that is the Denver Nuggets the Champions that they are led by the great Mike Malone their coach led by that brother Jamal muray we got I was mad at him last week because he never had a blemish on his career until that nonsense last week the way he acted with throwing the stuff on the court and joic yes SGA Shay gilis Alexander made me out he has not made me out to be a lie that brother’s doing his thing in the playoffs but joic is something to behold he is embarrassing Rudy Gober I mean to the point where you know my man Draymond Green on TNT last night was talking about you know using French he can we we we no no you you you me me me that’s what he need to be saying Rudy go is getting his ass kicked thoroughly he is getting embarrassed joic accepting his third League MVP goes out there last night and drops 40 doesn’t commit a single turnover and just did what he wanted and I don’t want to hear anybody calling out Carl Anthony towns that brother was hurt last night that that he was hurt I was scre screaming at the television get him out the game get him out the game he was hobbled and the people talk about he looked normal as the game progress no he didn’t no he did not but still in all he was relatively quiet yet again himself and Anthony Edwards wasn’t what he was obviously in game four he’s going to have to be that in game six in order for them to force a game seven but I’m looking at Minnesota right now and I have to concede they do look that can they win sure perk but we’re going Aesthetics we’re going to Optics they do look defeated they really really do they look humbled not Anthony Edwards himself we know that he’s got it and him to come back I don’t believe in the rest of them no more I don’t believe anymore I don’t believe what I’m based off of what I’m seeing I don’t believe they believe they can beat Denver at this point the way they play the cohesion with which they execute what they know how to do how they know how to feed off of one another Minnesota just looks to feed the if they get it back props to them doggy I just I’m looking at them right now and I’m like damn this was I think this is the worst prediction of my career you’ve met a lot of them I had Denver I had the Giants losing a Giants losing a buffalo 4913 and Super Bowl 25 and the bills that’s the Norwood Miss field goal that was a bad one too but this one’s worse because I did on little radio stations he’s doing it in front of the you brought it all the way back to Super Bowl 25 thank you for that you know I would you know I’m braver than you I’m braver than you can we get can we get back to the lack of belief though because Draymond like you said was talking about that at halftime as well and uh Stephen A echoing the same sen believe I love Anthony Edwards too let’s stop now with the Jordan comparisons please he’s won six playoff games and Jordan won a championship before it look the how he looks he looks like he has that potential all anybody never again I don’t want to hear it never again there’s Jordan and there’s everybody else let’s be fair that’s number one perk Jordan looked a certain way before he won titles he scored 63 against the playoff game he had nobody and he lost that can we stay at the task at double overtime go ahead we know he’s the greatest may I continue yeah we’re I’m focused on this series look me now why little life I mean you the one how is Minnesota going to come back and win game seven yet the Pacers are out of it what Denver is not better than the Knicks yet the Pacers can’t win a game seven and the tber wolves going to go out there and beat the Nuggets in game seven that’s not fair Burk it is fair how is that fair it is fair let me explain why the timberwoods are going to make adjustments okay last night if you were watching the game or it was past your bedtime I know it was late what I saw the Denver Nuggets came out and they trapped Anthony Edwards they trapped him it was something new for him the one thing we know about Anthony Edwards he have shown time and time again that he’s a student of the game he’s going to watch film I believe in coach fch is going to put him in position to be successful offensively look at the end of the day we’re looking at Jamal Murray he’s been good okay in this series he hasn’t been great he has need to be great iar Gordon’s been great I understand that I understand that but at the end of the day going back to Minnesota the the the atmosphere is going to be electrifying Anthony Edwards is going to rise to the occasion I believe Rudy he hears the criticism and look the other day I was one of them he looks like the defensive player of the year in the regular season and he looks like a defensive liability in the postseason but I strongly believe especially if they get Mike Conley back because they was missing him last night if they get Mike connley back Mike connley is going to make sure he have his troops ready and they’re going to get game six I think Denver face the abyss two to defending champ they blew him out in game three they got their sea legs under him that’s a steam they’re go they’re a freight train going downhill it’s gonna be hard for Minesota to win that game six I’m GNA say this to you because I don’t do this because I I’m too busy I got time and I don’t like being in crowds I’m not that guy you understand contrary to what you believe even though I’m a man of the people you saying I don’t like I I just don’t like to be out there like that I’m very disciplined but I got to tell you something Denver win this series Denver end up going to the finals not only is my man stink markare who used to be here does radio out there in Denver that’s my brother right there I not not only am I going to go on his show I might personally go on a damn apology to it throughout the city of Denver that’s how embarrassed I am by what I have seen Minnesota do over these last three games it’s been bad perk it it it’s been bad it’s been it’s been bad but I will say this whoever we’re watching the NBA Finals right now whoever wins this series is winning the NBA Championship I will say that you’re out on your Celtics I haven’t been high on the Celtics no I was I had to obviously I had the Celtics going to the finals I thought they’d win it too but I’m looking at Denver they overcome this I I mean I got to be I got to be like a politician in Denver I’m sorry I’m sorry please forgive me you know that’s what I gotta do city of Denver that’s what I’m going 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FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic is Rudy Gobert’s father – Stephen A. Smith on Nuggets def. T-Wolves 112-97