Biggest Kawhi takeaway, Jokic struggles & are Knicks in danger? | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Jokic was GASED out in the final minutes
nick wright is the 2nd Kawhi hater next to Stephen A….both are under LeDiddys payroll
Clippers bench is weak!!!
Shocked Nick is downplaying Kawhis game
Nick hates Jokic so much as soon as he lost one game
All of a sudden he is sayin if he losed the round giannis is better
Nick's and Chris' MVP SGA just shot 4-13 and 10-29 (14-42) & his team wins by an astonishing and historic 51 pts & 19 pts against the #8 seed who finished just 2 points behind the #3 and #4 seed in the strong West, thus proving without a shadow of doubt what many of us have been saying for a long time and what everyone should've know,n long before this, that being that OKC are stacked from top to bottom, and not a peep about it from them? And this is after SGA was nicely rested going into the playoffs
But they can't wait to stick the boot into Jokic who dropped 29-12-9 and 26-10-12 on FG 50% x 2 against the 3rd best defence in the league, the player who guards him better than anyone else, and #5 seed whilst being double, triple and even quadruple teamed in the paint all night and battling fatigue and having to play from the 2nd half with no break in both games including an OT one in game 1.
Yes, he made some uncharacteristic rare mistakes but it's to be expected when you are being guarded like that and your team has no depth or bench and cannot afford to have you off the court. And his teammates all made costly mistakes too. Like missing numerous layups, dunks, turnovers.
Jokic makes mistakes less than anyone in the league whilst being the most efficient player ever, the 2nd most available in the last decade, and the most consistent player in the league and often being double, triple, or even quadruple teamed and being hacked and mauled like crazy.
Nick said Kawhi couldn’t shoot coming in? He’s been shooting 37% from 3 since year one and has always had a cream mid range
Rebounding is clippers' flaw. It's the only reason why Denver is in this series.
I personally dont believe you can be considered the best player in nba if you cant defend
This version of Kawhi should've reminded most people that, when healthy, he is far and away the best 2-way player in the entire league
I will take a healthy Embiid over Jokic all day.
Impressed with the upload speed here. Keep it up YT team
My coach In highschool would sub you out if u shot a mid range
20 turnovers is absolutely WILD! Uuugh.
Spurs fan, we know how good Kawhi defeted Monter GSW with flash bro….that Kawhi is his previous version.
I’m sorry joker has no defense bout to get knocked out the playoffs again how is the best player in the world is sent fishing while watching others players compete for a championship the best player in the world is on the best team in the world that wins the championship
Simmons had a strong layup 😂
Murray will go down as the man who robbed Jokic of at least 3 rings.
Oh don't you love this game to game takes? Next game they already forgot all the trash they talked the last game.
Joker forcing to much
Look, if the rest of the Superstars had the time off and rest that Kawhi had, they would all be stronger and ready for the playoffs. Everybody else is worn down and Kawhi is fresh. Kawhi is good and I like him but the reality is he is cheating the rest of the NBA.
I was cheering for the nuggets and when AG missed that wide open dunk at 2:30 I was like “yep that’s the kinda night they’re having”. A 1 possession game with the amount of unforced mistakes they made has me feeling confident in the series
This dude Nick bruh
Saying a 6’10 guy had a strong layup is not a “Ben Simmons Compliment ”😂😂😂
ZUBAC is the MVP of those series…
HE is slowing JOKIC down..
K.LEONARD can have a great game but he can also have a game that he doesnt show up..
Strong lay-up 😂
Im a Spurs fan but cant help rooting for Kawhi whenever the Spurs are not involved. His game is just so pretty.
Kawhi having a good game is like having a co-worker who calls in 2-3 times a week and they show up one day and are productive. Sure they CAN be productive and work but that is when they even decide to show up. Good job Kawhi for having a good game- for the first time this decade
Kat is just soft…its that simple
Kawhi is not going to have another game like that this series and jokic won’t be that bad again yet it was still just a 3 point game nuggets take the series in 6 I think the clips get 1 more game on the back of kawhi but that’s about it
The Terminator is Back!
young kawhi could shoot…. his role didn't allow him to he was on a team with parker duncan and ginobili!!!!
Best player in the world, 1 title in 11 years 😅😅😅😅
What about Jayson Tatum? He could be considered the best player in the world if they win another championship…but why can’t it still be Bron
This is Jokic struggling the first 2 games in the Clippers series:
28/10/11, 3 stl, 1 blk, 50% from the field, 42% from behind the arc, on 59% true shooting. If we combine points and assists, he is generating 56 ppg while grabbing 10 boards and 3 steals.
That is him struggling.
basketball is just better when kawhi is healthy
The difference in this series will be the coaching. Lue/Van Gundy vs Adelman/Jokic … not even close. LA in 6.
I’m surprised Nick didn’t blame Westbrook
It’s always been a matter of health with Kawhi – unbelievable player…
His name is Ivica Zubac, pronounced IviTSa ZubaTS (as in PiZZa), same letter C, always pronounced TS.
Dončić is DonCHiCH (as in CHair), because it's not a pure C as in Zubac, but has something above it, č, ć… exactly, to represent ANOTHER sound…
I like how this series could be Denver 2-0 but they lost by 3 points and they keep acting like Denver can’t play with the clippers or if not as good or better then la. And for them to say Jokic had a bad game while getting a triple double is crazy. If Denver was in la or NY it be different. Denver in 5, go nuggets
Fire Tibs
Clippers would be 2-0 if wasnt for mistake force overtime,the jokic struggle is because clippers tough defense is worn jokic down plus,we havent clippers supporting cast playing regular games like norman powell average 20 points per game D.J and bogdanovich normal ly score 12 points and makes big threes those thing are missing from clippers supporting cast if those players get back to normal clippers win in 5
Shay is trash. Hes harden when he was mvp but choked in the playoffs. If shai had to play in the warriors rockets game which was physical with out as many calls he wouldn’t do well