Nuggets-Wolves Reaction: Nikola Jokic & Jamal Murray take control vs. Anthony Edwards after 1st half
Jason reacts to Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference playoff series between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves. He breaks down Nikola Jokic having an unaggressive first half before turning it on in the second half, Jamal Murray carrying the team all night, Anthony Edwards not being at the top of his game, and adjustments each team can make going forward.
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Officiating was ugly and very bias with that being said- wolves beat them selves.
Randle and Finch need to leave or be dealt with. Give the young guys some run and cut down the unnecessary turnovers and moody fouls.
Jokic in 5. The first three games will go to Jokic, with the split in the last two games.
Julius Randle cost the Wolves the game. He was awful.
Anthony Edwards is playing on borrowed time. His knee will not get better unless you give him two months rest.
Nuggets in 5. Ant ain’t 100%
WOLVES IN 6 SUCKA
Twolves are so immature, they are not going to win by pushing jokic on the back in front of the refs or by walking with that silly smirk when loosing… hey guys you are not better by simply repeting that thousand times, you need to back it up in the court with numbers not with childish bullies gestures. Just play basketball and blame noone. Grow up. A reminder: L.
Is the wolves effort and discipline problem cultural and what % blame would you put on finch
If Denver wins tomorrow, they sweep.
More like the refs controlled the game. Jamal shot 16 free throws 8 more than he should have.
Wolves played badly and threw away a chance to beat the Nuggets,who didn't play near their best ball.Yet you seem to glide by the fact that the refs kept Denver in the game in the first half. That is not in dispute,just rewatch the game. That game was not fairly reffed for whatever reason. Finch mentioned it in the after game presser. The wolves ended up blowing it anyways,so on to game two,where I hope the crew does a much better job.
Tbh I blame finch for rotations
But when the players got low IQ lol😅 bruhhhhhh can’t blame finch
Would like to see tsj, hyland in more for fast paced minutes and hussle plays but
Randle and naz be turning the ball over lol
Mn not a championship team and im a wolves fan. Lol
Ppl didn’t give af that Murray was playing injured in the last series. I’m not gonna give af that ant is playing injured now. Nugs in 5
Lol, the light whistle Murray got all game was a joke.
Wolves played like butt on offense after the first qtr, and they need to grow up and quit letting everyone and everything get to them.
You can bodyslam Jokic but you can’t breathe on sga and luka
Nuggets 🧹🧹🧹🧹
As somebody that watches all the Nuggets' games, one factor in the way the Nuggets played–a pretty mid performance–was the early start time. One of the perennial truths about the Nuggets is that you can expect them to struggle a little during matinee performances. I wasn't surprised at all with the slow start. In fact I was expecting it. This is a team that loves the night. Jokic more than any of them.
Jokic about to set another all time record that no one is talking about. With the triple double yesterday he moved within one triple double of tying Westbrook for the most career triple doubles regular season and playoffs combined. 2 more and he's the all time leader. And he will have accomplished that feat in about half the time it took the other guys at the top of that list. Making that even more impressive is that the Nuggets win 80% of their games when he gets a triple double. Numbers that create wins. Incredible. This guy is so wildly taken for granted. Again, no one is even talking about this.
Denver absolutely will shoot better the rest of series especially since they have their rhythm bsck and because the games will all be eve not early from here out Denver should blow them out in game 2 and denver will mostly win one in Minnesota
Let’s go wolves comeback time I’m happy nobody believes in us keep that same energy that’s when they are at their best ❤
If Ant's knee doesn't get better its going to be a quick series.
Free throws were literally the difference in the game 🤷♂️
As a Timberwolves fan, 24-year-old ANT needs this humbling to decide if he is going to put in the effort to pass SGA, or if he will be forgotten like Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler (I love both players).
They also won't improve until Julius Randle is gone, which should be the first order of business in the off season.
I didn't want to see them blow up the team–especially Jaden and Naz–but now I'm open to anything. This team is regressing. Major change is needed (including coaching).
vc ficou bem mais bonito com esse corte de cabelo
I know it’s only game 1 and Spurs haven’t even played yet but a Nuggets Spurs 2nd round series would be an all-timer.
U picked the wrong team bro! Not sure what planet you live on but the Nuggets are just a better team. Nuggets in 6. Take that L on your way out Jason!
The only way guys can stop Jokic is to get under his skin, piss him off and try to force some emotional errors. For once WE did this to another team (completely unintentional haha but still). We need to do this more often
Mal smoked the Pups in 23! He was injured injured in 24…Dont know what JT is talkin about…Nuggets in 5!
That hairstyle is a crime against humanity.
This wolves team mannn… I know there better than this. They have too much talent and athletic ability. They should’ve won 60 games call me crazy.
Too confident too cocky no hunger anymore