FRUSTRATING: Nuggets Take Bad Loss To Bulls
Matt Moore and Ryan Blackburn discuss the Nuggets’ loss to the Bulls, the defensive breakdowns, the miscues, the bench woes, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
05:56 Nuggets Defense Falls Short
08:28 Missed Calls
09:41 Jokic’s Defensive Struggles
13:58 Playing Young Guys
19:30 How can you screw up these calls refs?
23:55 Nuggets Losses Analyzed Two Ways
26:08 Nuggets’ Third Quarter…Struggles?
29:49 Cam Johnson
31:00 Bulls earned it
38:48 Nuggets Point Guard Trade Rumor
42:45 Conclusion
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40 Comments
Good on you two guys! You have exactly the correct mind set re: young JGid. He is a quality young man. Shit happens with young people without intent. Going to be an All-Star this year and many more to come. You 2 have my respect. Subscribed.
As a bulls fan AND a nuggets fan. I’m not sure how to react to this game 😂
Nuggets fans told me that defense doesn’t matter because you have the greatest offensive engine of all time. All those triple doubles won’t matter if you can’t defend and are conceding 40 points in a quarter. Who would’ve thought defense wins championships 🤷♂️
The lost is on Jokic. I said this before. When you’re a super superstar. The nights your team is struggling is when you need your superstar to just crash out and be loud about it. In know way is Jokic soft but this when that polar bear to come out. F getting your team involved.
Coaching, bench, and bad defense
Pretty simple… gave Chicago many second/third/fourth cracks at the bucket… didn’t box out and rebound… deserved the loss😊
Why would they not take this game seriously? They’re playing at home? Not the last game of a back to back to back road marathon or anything????
Now that Giannis and Wemby are injured, we should be thankful that Jokić is still healthy with a wrist issue. Maybe they should rest Jokić against Pelicans.
These are the games that make me doubt this team's championship integrity.
Winning streaks are stupid and bad? That’s cope.
I couldn't see the game, but that is a very bad result at home against the team on the second night of a b2b (with OT!) coming from Utah.
At least 40 of the 53 3's wide open looks. what he is saying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqVMDmVstjc Come on coaches you have to do better. Yea bad loss. Lack of effort for sure.
Yall get access. Ask the tough questions. Why no defense? Team decided not to play defense and lost. This is 3 years now where the Nuggets think they can just play elite offense and win. That doesn't work as they have been eliminated the past two seasons in the playoffs, because there are too many defensive breakdowns. Ask them if that's OK!!! Ask them if they are going to fully commit on the defensive end. Like the Thunder do.
Less than 100 likes. Probably won't hit 10k views. Absolutely zero reason for you two to not interact with the comments either. I never see you guys in here… Drive the engagement.
A tale as old as time, the Nuggets always play down to the competition. They play like they can turn it on at the end and it will all be okay, and it wasn't. The bench needs to bring the energy every night. They're rested and that is their job. So frustrating. It's still early, but ugh.
Jokic looked really tired. The rest of team looked hung over.
Ryan is right matt. The offense went ro much iso and didnt move the ball.
Sad loss, but it is funny Cam finally hits shots and we lose. Turns out Cam doing nothing but being a glue guy is more conducive to winning and a majority of Nuggets fans who complained about Cam should probably not comment anymore.
Watson needs to practice layups
This one slipped by us. CAM starting to break out. LET"S GO NUGGS!!!
DA needs to figure out some things about the bench and the non-jok mins. Its too much of iso jamal and less playmaking with him, it looks like there isnt offensive schemas without jokic
Gamed by the Giddler🤷🏽♂️
Yes, Jokić didn't have 30+ on 80% field goal shooting tonight. There's one thing I've been saying since the beginning of the season, Denver's bench is better than before but it's still negative. Jokić beat the Bulls but the bench lost and we're back where we were last season. The bench can't keep the score in the plus when the starters come out. Second, I don't think Adelman is up to the elite level. Everything still revolves around Jokić and if he doesn't do something, there's a problem. But what more can Jokić do? How many open threes were missed again? Denver had 3p percentages like this with MPJ last season. I don't think Adelman knows how to win a game if it's a tie.
It’s a great loss. Good film to look back on. Denver gets caught ball watching a lot. If they can box out for rebounds, a practice splitting their focus b/t the ball and their man, definitely would’ve won. Josh Giddey had 15 rebounds alone. A lot of teams really aren’t better than Denver, they just react quicker.
THJ has one bad game and people think we need Russ back. No thank u.
The Bulls are not a bad team. If they are hitting shots, they are nasty. A bad loss it's losing to the Pacers or the Pels not the Bulls.
I'm sorry nuggets hosts, you've lost 3 games. I watch most episodes.
There is zero reason to bitching about the officiating lmao. The amount of flops, hacks, and that lock move my jokic (where he clamps the defenders arm and whips them around), that this team gets away with really justifies any other little rare poor call.
Your team is officiated favorably…. the only unforgivable call I've seen on your team this year is the bear hug on jokic early on. I think it was at the blazers.
Give credit where it’s due. The Bulls shot the lights out and Huerter and Vuc hit clutch threes at the end of regulation.
We’re onto New Orleans…
The Nuggets periodically need these “humbling” games it seems. I think it’s impossible to play “pedal to the medal” for 82 games and then the playoffs, but i still think there’s a seriousness that each game should be treated with and i do need the reserves to be ready to play like it’s the Finals for 12-ish minutes of all 82+ games. I think the team needs to STAY hungry and not lull into all the Nuggets hype and belief. And the front office and the bench need to do more and FAST! That is what i’m taking away from our losses so far this season.
Glad to see Adelman finally unleash on the refs some and use his challenge, even if the refs clearly had money on Chicago. Our boys can NEVER leave room for those crooked refs to determine the outcomes and expect a fair whistle lol
I was so happy for Cam last night! And it was so great to hear to 65% of the fans (who weren’t Chicago fans smh) go wild for him! Waaaaaaay too much red in the stands but i can’t blame Chicagoans for migrating to Colorado.😊
Can someone at Locked In please help Matt with him microphone/sound please? The tin can sound and lower clarity is so grating, especially when he’s in convo/contrast with co-hosts. Thanks!
I was literally typing “remind me why we didn’t keep Gillespie again?” when Matt brought his name up lol. Was it his size? Something else? Or just another bad Booth move? Can’t help but be happy for him playing well in Phoenix!
Seems like they'll never get a 10 game winning streak. Smdh
We looked like the team that just played a back to back smh
15:23 matt don’t lie to yourself. Jamal and Jok both made terrible decisions late. If you don’t involve a guy in your offense for 24 game minutes, you can expect a poorly weighted dice roll when you need him to make a shot.
Moore, back off that edge just a couple short steps. You come across super disrespectful of your entire consumer base and/or Ryan when you communicate that way.
Jalen Pickett is Tyus Jones. He will add nothing to the team.
Do you think if we had CB things would've been different?
I know it's very early in the season. But they do this every single season since their championship. They will not win a championship this year because of this exact reason. They just don't give a crap sometimes and it showed against the bulls in every way possible. If they don't care no matter how early in the season it is why should the fans?
Bulls lost 5 in a row bc of injuries/ bad coaching down the stretch .. they’re no pacers, nets, or pels.. this not a bad lost.. bulls are actually a good team. Denver not winning in the playoffs with 9 points from the bench