Nuggets-Clippers Reaction: Jokic leads Denver to beat Los Angeles in OT | Colin Cowherd NBA
Colin gives his instant reaction to the Nuggets coming from behind to beat the Clippers in overtime. He weighs in on why playoff basketball is officiated differently and far more physical than the regular season. He details why this game was a perfect example of the full “Russell Westbrook” experience filled with ups and downs, but why Russ was a big reason the Nuggets were able to get the win. He explains why the Nuggets ability to get second chances and offensive rebounds was key to the Nuggets win, and why Kawhi Leonard is an incredible player…but not a leader, and why Westbrook was the story of the game.
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Do a reaction to the lakers stinking up the joint! A small team, bad on defense , JJ a rookie coach. Wolves in 4
Clips lost the game , nuggs didn't win it – clips had low IQ turnovers & missed layups – kwahi losing the ball being lazy w/ 30+ secs left was pathetic AF for a finals mvp
Prime shaq or jokic?
Why don’t they put Russ on Harden?
I was there. Sorry you missed Mark Lindsey being a clown from your couch.
"Harden's been in the league 10 years" as he finishes year 16.
JOKIC MVP I SEEN ENOUGH
Loved hearing Colin say something nice about Russel 😭
Nuggets win… Avalanche win…Lakers lose… awesome sports day!
Why bring up the Dubs in a video about the nuggets vs the clippers?
It's been a great season for the Clippers.
10 minutes in and you’ve not mentioned Jokić. The media disgust me.
colin jokic is so much more skilled than kareem its crazy, the passing, the touch, the IQ, the jump shooting, idk how you could say kareem is more skilled. also talking about this game, murray was inefficient, mpj played his worst game in a long time. id hope that those two get better over the course of the series and if they do its over for the clippers. if they dont then denver might get ran out of the gym cause they cant rely on russ to make big time clutch 3s or consistently play well in the clutch throughout the series. mpj especially needs to pick his shit up.
Elite scorer MPJ made the difference with his points and the Nuggets beat LAC. Nikola Jokić was not aggressive, Jamal M. at the level of an All Star player. This is how former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone would evaluate the Denver Nuggets' victory against LAC. That's why Michael Malone was chased away from Denver. Michael Malone sided with the false prophets MPJ – Jamal M. Tonight against LAC it was seen what kind of players MPJ and Jamal M are,… that reserve player of the Canadian national team… realistically 0
Nuggets in 6, ty lue is an epic disaster
You cant be a contender in the west if your not in Cali period!!! Blah blah blah
Clippers lost because of lack of execution plain and simple FACTS 🤔
Respectfully disagree with you and Shannon Ocho and Iso Joe on their podcast ,,
when the Clippers just lost due to Sloppy play and the 18 missed SHOTS betwixt James Harden and Norman Powell those missed SHOTS are passes that should be getting more touches for Zubac & Kawhi Leonard because they're better percentage shooters 🤔
and Norman Powell is a liability at this point because his efficiency is down in a big way for the last 2/3 weeks 🤔
the Twenty TURNOVERS and giving up second chance buckets because of a lack of physically and blocking out and keeping rebounding advantage and denying other teams offensive rebounds 🤔
the Clippers played 53 minutes of sloppy basketball and were outsourced in almost every quarter except for the first and only because the two three pointers made by James Harden who is committing less turnovers however his overall decision making is terrible 🤔
because he's taking shots with 17 16 15 14 13 seconds left on the shot clock instead of running more sets through Kawhi Leonard and Bogdan Bogdanovic and Dunn and utilizing the 24 second clock much better and getting Ivica Zubac more touches 🤔
it's painful to see Zubac battling for defensive and Offensive Rebounds and NOT getting rewarded with the passes he's entitled to because of the HERO BALL which DOESN'T GET WINS or Win Championships by James Harden and Norman Powell ,, In what parallel universe is HARDEN putting up more shots than Kawhi Leonard and Ivica Zubac when the post points by Zubac is why they were up at times ,, make it make sense 🤔
Clippers coaching staff were awful with their challenges!
Kawhi wasn’t gettin that foul call on the out of bounds even if his was in his bedroom 😂😂
Denver won on guts, but they are not to be confused with the ‘23 version.
Harden and Jokic are all time greats. Those two dukes it out… the clippers have way more upside. Kawhi and Norman Powell can improve. Not sure how much more nuggets can improve
Nice analysis
Deep…
Not just scratching the surface
Gave Westbrook his flowers, I'm subscribing
Clippers are not winning this series lol. Clippers always choke.
You going to eat those words about okc
The Refs were tough on the Clippers
Westbrook is the Charlie Hustle of the NBA
If clippers couldnt beat that version of nuggets i dont know if they will pull through bc nuggets shooting was awful this game. At one point murray was 4-14 and mpj was on 1-5
Kareem was not more skilled than Jokic.
FIXED, FIXED, FIXED, Russell Westbrook had the ball and deliberately threw it at the player guarding him to go into overtime. That's not the first time I've seen players struggling on what to do about OVERTIME, when the league wants it.
Clippers blew a huge opportunity to take one on the road. Jokic had a bad game by his standards and Denver still won. that's a bad game to let slip by LA.
I like the playoff whistle
JOKIC JOKIC JOKIC
It's okay if the referees allow more contact, but it's not good when it's not equal for both teams (every time Bogdanović was close to a Denver player with the ball, a foul was called).
Officiating? The problem was not the contact that they allowed – the problem was the balls that were given to LAC when was obvious that LAC players touched the ball last.
Jamal Murray took 20 shots and missed 75% of them. He is not by any stretch of the imagination the second option. Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and Westbrook are better.
I don't get why refs don't call ALL games like the playoffs. 1) more action, less stops 2) discourage foul hunters etc etc. Game needs to be more physical, not less. ps. Why did Denver win? Simple. They have the MVP.
Colin is picking Houston? Guess that mean GS is winning that series.
Clippers in 5….(and I’m a Nuggets fan). And the referee behavior is to blame in this New NBA and podcasters will cover….
Nuggets in 4
you mean they go back to actually playing basketball in the playoffs…… the regularseason is so boring and a joke if the nab wants rating to go back up have them play like this ALL YEAR
Defense is work – offense is skill.
Westbrook is like a Kinder Surprise. You never know what you're gonna get
Man the Clippers threw this game away but better to learn from that mistake now than later😊
Any one else think to themselves when Colin says ‘’ why I don’t like watching games with fans’’ Mate you are a fan you do nothing but talk the same as a fan, I’ve played more ball than you 🤣 Clown you are a fan
They be there lamenting about other teams to lose and now its the opposite in game 1
I am not a fan of NBA regular season games, but the playoffs never fail to impress me. NBA playoffs are like 90s basketball again. I love it!
mpj is trash trade him