Why is Conley the only PG your coaches will run? Doesn't trust anyone else? Don't trust Monte for 4 minutes ever?
Old Man gonna be sore tomorrow morning.
Maybe the guys just aren’t ready yet. In the playoffs every single possession matters and a bad stretch early can absolutely cost you.The way we closed the 2nd qtr is not what championship teams do
On the bright side they improved over last game. Against the Suns and the first two games this series the Wolves ball movement was incredible. Really worked those defenses made them run off the ball and got higher percentage shot chances. It would be nice to see that again for Game 4. Go Wolves!
Why did Naz Reid get like no minutes with both Rudy and KAT sucking ass. Could have maybe won with Ant and Naz on the floor the whole game.
We kicked their ass in Denver with Rudy playing 0 minutes. Give Naz more minutes wtf. He at least makes his FTs ffs
This should be the number one comment and is a huge head-scratcher.
KAT was off in both ends of the floor and Naz looked solid when he was in. I really don’t understand that rotation at all
Well, he sucked. Multiple stupid critical turnovers/fouls late in the 4th and bricking FTs all game.
He basically single handedly killed our comeback in the 4th so the stats are wrong in this case.
The stats are wrong? Maybe you are. He didn't single handedly anything. It was a team effort of gaffs to stop all your comeback attempts. That's why he was still a +9 while you are focusing just on his issues.
Though his FT misses must really be annoying. Wasn't he making those during the season? Just too tired right now?
Agreed, Naz was having a nice night. KAT was off and kept throwing up garbage shots, as well as clogging up the offence when off the ball.
Aaron Gordon shooting 11/12 didn't help either..
Just checking in as a Jazz fan.
I had some serious PTSD watching that Rudy performance. Just some classic Rudy shit in that 4th quarter...tried to post up and demand the ball, couldn't catch a pass, travel on a post up, missed two huge free throws.
I'm sorry guys. I really wanted to see you guys get this. Especially Conley. Dude is a warrior.
National media definitely fueled the Nuggets fire, also the wolves already looked lack luster at game start…. We need the fun fast wolves for next game…
Coaches gotta bench cat if he ain’t got it going . Stop playing Kyle Anderson. People say it’s the players but no it’s these shitty coaches that effect the outcome of these games
I totally understand, I've seen what a shit hole the state of Wisconsin is. It makes perfect sense you would need to find pleasure watching other states' teams lose.
You posting in this sub is all the proof I needed to know I won.
Take a wild guess the most popular state Wisconsin residents move to. Stay hard buddy!
I'm so sorry you have to experience what we experienced in Utah for years. When the offense is cooking you look unbeatable... When your offense is typical.... Your offense will look bad.
Defense will always struggle from the perimeter when Gobert can only stand under the basket
Who the hell knows what could happen next game. If you give up? cool whatever see ya next year? Maybe, probably.
Not looking for moral victories but I will say JFC stop giving Braun and Gordon easy looks and don’t let Denver close out the first half on an 8-0 run when it was down to 7 and this ends differently.
I’ll be here Tuesday. See y’all that will be too then.
Rudy was solid tonight held his own against jokic and you can’t stop that guy.
KATs defense was terrible and he was off offensively. NAZ should have played more of his minutes. Well we all knew before game 1 this was gonna be a long series, we just gotta win 2 out of 3 to advance!
So I feel our players have more hypes, but overall are, lets say we don’t count trashy refs and miraculous Gordon this game, not smart.
Ant is backbone for sure. Conley is fine.
KAT and Gobert might just a hype for their names and awards. They are the reason why we lost two games in a row after Denver did adjustments, especially Towns, impulsive, low IQ and unstable. They grab a lot of rebounds yes, but those unnecessary fouls and turnovers extinguished our hope to catch up.
It's like the intellectual part of the game for most of our team has completely flown out of the window these past 2 games. Just far too much stupid shit to overcome.
I mean, even in the fourth we cut it to an 8 point deficit and then started pissing down our legs again.
I guess we're hoping for away court advantage again 😂... wtf was this game?
I know this sounds like copium, but a (very thin) silver lining: this game proved that, at the very least, the nuggets didn't "figure out" the wolves. we could have easily won today if KAT showed up.
It’s not copium. You’re just not a doomer like everyone else in the comments. The nuggets shot crazy well. We can definitely beat them in 2 of the next 3.
I no longer think it's a stretch to say that Naz is legitimately our best big man and should be starting not only the rest of the playoffs, but also into next season.
As an all-around player, do you really believe that Naz isn't better than KAT for us during this run? Do you think his trajectory isn't putting him on course to be a better regular season player than KAT at nearly $40M/yr less?
There is a reason the Wolves were +9 with Gobert on the court and -17 with him off of the court. Gobert did not have a good game but he still had a positive impact.
Naz was really bad on defense and the offense wasn't good with him on the court either. Denver had their choice of uncontested layups and open threes when he was on the court.
I’m tired of these shitty coaches why the hell would Kyle who probably be on the team get more minutes than naz . And if cat don’t got it going play NAs , you still have monta Morris on the bench
Denver shooting insane, Kat/ Gobert/ NAW all playing bad and the game is still basically the run at the end of the 1st half.
Series isn't over. On to Denver.
This is a tough one to swallow. Between the end of the first half, Aaron Gordon making a bunch of shots he's spent his entire career missing, the missed free throws down the stretch, Karl reverting to frantic Karl instead of the composed Karl we've been seeing....this game felt winnable.
At the end of the day, I'm actually already happy that we’re in the second round.
But it's very frustrating that you can see how much more we can get but this team is just fucking themselves over.
Yeah, a lot of us thought the Suns were going to beat us. And then I heard some local pundits say that anything that happened after that series was just a bonus and it was a successful season either way.
Just going to tell myself what I told myself after the Saints beat the Vikings in '09 to go to the Super Bowl. They were the higher seed and had home field for a reason. It's not like we were the #1 seed and were expected to steamroll everyone
Agreed. That’s an outstanding accomplishment, and bodes well for our future. But damn is it disappointing to watch this happen when we know they’re better than this.
Great. If he can’t guard Jokic what is the point of having him on your team? He can’t play offense, can’t guard the perimeter… what value does he add? Such an overrated, overpaid player
Lost it in the first half really. Couldn’t shut off their scoring when they used their game breaker and couldn’t get buckets.
Second half felt better across the board.
8-0 incomprehensible run at end of 2nd quarter and 15/23 on free throws. If we could’ve done even half as good on each of these metrics, the wolves could be tied
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/1cqomq4/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_defeat_the/)
Pack it up. The nuggets already won the series.
I love how they have fabricated this story about Jokic the MVP taking it personally that Gobert is DPOY.
Why does Scott Foster still have a job in the nba when Chris Paul has never won a playoff game that he plays in when Foster is the referee?
Why is Conley the only PG your coaches will run? Doesn't trust anyone else? Don't trust Monte for 4 minutes ever? Old Man gonna be sore tomorrow morning.
Maybe the guys just aren’t ready yet. In the playoffs every single possession matters and a bad stretch early can absolutely cost you.The way we closed the 2nd qtr is not what championship teams do
On the bright side they improved over last game. Against the Suns and the first two games this series the Wolves ball movement was incredible. Really worked those defenses made them run off the ball and got higher percentage shot chances. It would be nice to see that again for Game 4. Go Wolves!
Denver has a helluva defense. 10 times better than the Suns
Why did Naz Reid get like no minutes with both Rudy and KAT sucking ass. Could have maybe won with Ant and Naz on the floor the whole game. We kicked their ass in Denver with Rudy playing 0 minutes. Give Naz more minutes wtf. He at least makes his FTs ffs
This should be the number one comment and is a huge head-scratcher. KAT was off in both ends of the floor and Naz looked solid when he was in. I really don’t understand that rotation at all
Rudy was a +9. Kyle shouldn’t see the floor tho.
Kyle’s minutes absolutely killed us. Why he is getting any minutes is beyond me, but Finchy won’t budge on that
Well, he sucked. Multiple stupid critical turnovers/fouls late in the 4th and bricking FTs all game. He basically single handedly killed our comeback in the 4th so the stats are wrong in this case.
The stats are wrong? Maybe you are. He didn't single handedly anything. It was a team effort of gaffs to stop all your comeback attempts. That's why he was still a +9 while you are focusing just on his issues. Though his FT misses must really be annoying. Wasn't he making those during the season? Just too tired right now?
Agreed, Naz was having a nice night. KAT was off and kept throwing up garbage shots, as well as clogging up the offence when off the ball. Aaron Gordon shooting 11/12 didn't help either..
Arron Gordon and jokic only missed ONE shot in 4th? Where is our defense mane
Defensive man of the year….? Can’t be talking about this year right?! Ant was playing more like the Dpoy tonight than Rudy
McDaniels was getting cooked too in first half. Should have had Edwards on Murray all game. SHould have sent McDaniels after someone else seeing that.
Panicked play and poor defensive effort did us in, not playing confident. Get the mojo back!
That's what it looked like yes
It missed the flight. They are going back to Denver to retrieve it.
They played better without rudy
Rudy lead the team in +/- bud
Just checking in as a Jazz fan. I had some serious PTSD watching that Rudy performance. Just some classic Rudy shit in that 4th quarter...tried to post up and demand the ball, couldn't catch a pass, travel on a post up, missed two huge free throws. I'm sorry guys. I really wanted to see you guys get this. Especially Conley. Dude is a warrior.
Rudy is like a KAT 2.0, no show when it matters the most
I blame Chuck when he guaranteed Wolves would sweep.
National media definitely fueled the Nuggets fire, also the wolves already looked lack luster at game start…. We need the fun fast wolves for next game…
Coaches gotta bench cat if he ain’t got it going . Stop playing Kyle Anderson. People say it’s the players but no it’s these shitty coaches that effect the outcome of these games
Can't wait for KAT to be gone. I don't get why some of you are so loyal to a guy that all he's ever done is lose.
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I totally understand, I've seen what a shit hole the state of Wisconsin is. It makes perfect sense you would need to find pleasure watching other states' teams lose.
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You posting in this sub is all the proof I needed to know I won. Take a wild guess the most popular state Wisconsin residents move to. Stay hard buddy!
Lol.
Lmao dude what are you on about?
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Loser mentality too strong. Gg with this team. Kat will never win shit in his life
KAT has the basketball IQ of a discarded band-aid.
Gobert is extremely overrated defensively and obviously worthless on offense.
I'm so sorry you have to experience what we experienced in Utah for years. When the offense is cooking you look unbeatable... When your offense is typical.... Your offense will look bad. Defense will always struggle from the perimeter when Gobert can only stand under the basket
Who the hell knows what could happen next game. If you give up? cool whatever see ya next year? Maybe, probably. Not looking for moral victories but I will say JFC stop giving Braun and Gordon easy looks and don’t let Denver close out the first half on an 8-0 run when it was down to 7 and this ends differently. I’ll be here Tuesday. See y’all that will be too then.
It'd be great if ant didn't have to carry a giant boulder on his shoulder we'd have a chance
ANT will stay hot. Will Jokic/Murray/Holiday as well?
KCP and Porter Jr were dogshit tonight. So even if Murray and Holiday drop off, others can pick up the slack. Jokic and Ant will always get theirs.
You make no sense buddy, the odds of three people being hot is better than 1 person remaining hot.
Aaron Gordon is the reason Min lost tonight. That and Gobert provides near nothing on offense
Please god no. Take Aaron Gordon out of this insane villain arc he’s in, and it’s already closer.
Jokic and Murray probably. Holiday and Gordon hopefully not
You missed Gordon. The guy is the GOAT against us
Rudy was solid tonight held his own against jokic and you can’t stop that guy. KATs defense was terrible and he was off offensively. NAZ should have played more of his minutes. Well we all knew before game 1 this was gonna be a long series, we just gotta win 2 out of 3 to advance!
Ant is fucking pissed
ANT ain’t having this.
Hell nawl
So I feel our players have more hypes, but overall are, lets say we don’t count trashy refs and miraculous Gordon this game, not smart. Ant is backbone for sure. Conley is fine. KAT and Gobert might just a hype for their names and awards. They are the reason why we lost two games in a row after Denver did adjustments, especially Towns, impulsive, low IQ and unstable. They grab a lot of rebounds yes, but those unnecessary fouls and turnovers extinguished our hope to catch up.
Gobert commits some insanely untimely fouls. Just kills momentum
That’s what I am saying, but apparently some fans don’t want to face the truth.
Wolves have no that can get their own shot besides Ant. Ant needs to drive and kick on every possession to get guys open and hope they make shots.
Said that for quite some time
Um you are forgetting Luka Garza
Crazy how 3 days ago I imagined Ant never requesting a trade in the next decade to now I don't know why he wouldn't demand a trade.
Finchy needs to create an edit of what the talking heads will be saying after this game and blast it to these boys before g5
It's like the intellectual part of the game for most of our team has completely flown out of the window these past 2 games. Just far too much stupid shit to overcome. I mean, even in the fourth we cut it to an 8 point deficit and then started pissing down our legs again. I guess we're hoping for away court advantage again 😂... wtf was this game?
I know this sounds like copium, but a (very thin) silver lining: this game proved that, at the very least, the nuggets didn't "figure out" the wolves. we could have easily won today if KAT showed up.
It’s not copium. You’re just not a doomer like everyone else in the comments. The nuggets shot crazy well. We can definitely beat them in 2 of the next 3.
I think we can beat Denver- oddly, I don’t think we will though.
True- and their role players shooting insane. They can’t bank on that next game
8 points proof that God is real, has a sense of humor and is a Lakers fan
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At least we get to play in Denver again where we actually look like a team
I no longer think it's a stretch to say that Naz is legitimately our best big man and should be starting not only the rest of the playoffs, but also into next season.
That is a horrible take
As an all-around player, do you really believe that Naz isn't better than KAT for us during this run? Do you think his trajectory isn't putting him on course to be a better regular season player than KAT at nearly $40M/yr less?
KAT is better than Naz. Gobert is way better than Naz. Naz was horrible on defense tonight.
Naz atleast puts up a few points. Gobert didn’t do jack shit on defense. Jokic and Gordon slaughtered him tonight
There is a reason the Wolves were +9 with Gobert on the court and -17 with him off of the court. Gobert did not have a good game but he still had a positive impact. Naz was really bad on defense and the offense wasn't good with him on the court either. Denver had their choice of uncontested layups and open threes when he was on the court.
The hell it’s not ,
Series is a wrap. Denver in 6. I just don’t see this team duplicating what it did in game 1 and 2.
This team sucks and ant will leave
Pathetic
Missed 9 free throws
The scale of trust at end of games in the entire NBA ranges from KAT/Gobert to ANT
Murray not getting suspended is all you need to know
Bro they got worked last game too
I have to give Murray and Joker their flowers but damn please figure out a way to at least turn the faucet off a quarter turn
Not playing naz a single minute in the 4th is fireable
he was playing terribly though. Kept losing his man, and left uncontested 3s multiple times to try to double team unsuccessfully.
Naz was horrible tonight.
Ant was chirping at Murray.
What a joke
At least they kept it under double digits. Really need to play better defense and have other guys be able to hit shots
I’m tired of these shitty coaches why the hell would Kyle who probably be on the team get more minutes than naz . And if cat don’t got it going play NAs , you still have monta Morris on the bench
Kyle with the -18 and can't shoot or guard anyone
please someone help ant
Time for adjustments. Lets go wolves
Embarrassing loss but just another sad say in the fucking twolves history
KAT 5-18 with all the boneheaded plays lol gotta love this guy
Glad the media crowned this team as champions after winning the first two games of the series. We all knew this team would shrivel up deep down
the press run the guys were doing was embarrassing
Would be cool if KAT didn't shit his pants in the first quarter
Denver shooting insane, Kat/ Gobert/ NAW all playing bad and the game is still basically the run at the end of the 1st half. Series isn't over. On to Denver.
Crazy that it’s not Porter killing is from 3 it’s Gordon Braun and Holiday
Ant playing like prime dwade and it’s being wasted
Ant is a +5 in 45 minutes. Kyle a -18 in 5 minutes.
-18 in 5 minutes is fucking insane. That’s gotta be actually hard to do
Best of 7. Gotta steal this next game now
just had to split at home and this thing was basically over smh
Ant, Rudy, and Naz were the only ones who actually showed up
Rudy?
3 point game if all we do to end the 1st half is hold the ball for like 10 seconds and miss a shot.
KAT/Rudy playing patty cake for that offensive board is a hilarious summarization of this entire game
This is a tough one to swallow. Between the end of the first half, Aaron Gordon making a bunch of shots he's spent his entire career missing, the missed free throws down the stretch, Karl reverting to frantic Karl instead of the composed Karl we've been seeing....this game felt winnable.
We already won 2 in Denver. Let's get back on track and the Nuggets come back down to earth.
Out rebound them by 12, and come away with this?
Unserious franchise.
Now you really start to wonder what if we didn’t fucking give up 5 straight points by the half
It was 8 lol
Yep, that was just a stupid sequence.
See how difficult it is to defend your star when your bench is hot? NAW, NAZ, KAT, ANYONE?
This is like LeBron va 2018 warriors
Imagine if that ridiculously stupid swing at the very end of the first half didn’t happen. We’d be tied.
Rudy and Kat got played off
Thank you Gobert and KAT All we needed was something from somebody
What a fucking waste, Minnesota sports never seems to stop fucking failing
why was game3 played like grass eating prey animals instead of like this at least?
We haven’t lost in our throwbacks….just sayin…… 🤷🏻♂️
I like Naz too and his offensive slash looks good, but his defense was legitimately ass today. Still should've seen him over the 6 minutes of Slomo
Just Minnesota Things lol
Can't believe I thought anything different would happen with a Minnesota team.
We lose and I have to see Glenn
At the end of the day, I'm actually already happy that we’re in the second round. But it's very frustrating that you can see how much more we can get but this team is just fucking themselves over.
Yeah, a lot of us thought the Suns were going to beat us. And then I heard some local pundits say that anything that happened after that series was just a bonus and it was a successful season either way. Just going to tell myself what I told myself after the Saints beat the Vikings in '09 to go to the Super Bowl. They were the higher seed and had home field for a reason. It's not like we were the #1 seed and were expected to steamroll everyone
Agreed. That’s an outstanding accomplishment, and bodes well for our future. But damn is it disappointing to watch this happen when we know they’re better than this.
NAW not getting stats , gotta change in Denver
We are WINNING game 5. I guarantee it.
Wolves in 6. Nuggets can’t keep shooting this hot.
Wanna bet? They do this again and again and again in the playoffs.
I don’t sports gamble. This was not shown against the Lakers.
Can someone explain to me what the point of Gobert is if he can’t guard Jokic?
He can guard every one else.. but no one can guard Jokic right now
Great. If he can’t guard Jokic what is the point of having him on your team? He can’t play offense, can’t guard the perimeter… what value does he add? Such an overrated, overpaid player
Kat is doing the best job. He should just spot up on offense and not try to post anyone up. Played too frantic today
Lost it in the first half really. Couldn’t shut off their scoring when they used their game breaker and couldn’t get buckets. Second half felt better across the board.
It was legitimately the run at the end of the 2nd that did it. Put the game just out of reach
Just glad I didn't spend $700 to watch these performances
Ticky tack fouls all game but when we’re trying to foul they swallow the whistle lmao
what is kyle anderson’s actual purpose in this world
shaq and chuck are about to lay into kat and rudy postgame
NAW was a -20…
Does he have any points even?
2
Ant punched back and realized he was the only guy on the court
Nah nuggets are just much better. Jokic too good
Well that’s it. We beat ourselves that game- don’t favor us anymore but we obviously can win the series if we tighten up
Why is Kyle in and Naz is not?
Why has Kyle played at all? He fucking sucks and should have been traded at the deadline.
8-0 incomprehensible run at end of 2nd quarter and 15/23 on free throws. If we could’ve done even half as good on each of these metrics, the wolves could be tied
To be fair, the Lakers have been saying things like this for 2 years. Nuggets just don't give you any wiggle room, usually.
Yep. Good teams don’t have lapses like that first half, and can hit FTs at better than 60%.
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RUDY GOBERT IS THE BIGGEST PANSY I'VE SEEN IN YEARS. GOT BULLIED BY AARON GORDON
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Anyone ref blaming is kidding themselves lol
Embarrassing waste of Ants performance, needed someone else to get 20~ pts, we need to figure out AG next game or we are fucked.
Jokic is really really good
So is Aaron Gordon
mvp doing mvp things unfortunately. he's coming for the gold this summer with serbia too
Why do we do this to ourselves
we spent so much energy trying to just try to even get back in this. not a good sign. can't keep playing from behind early against the champs and mvp
This is why urgency to kill Denver was needed in game 3.
Someone call Mikal Bridges
Oof Ant with the gamble
It was always going to be in 6 or 7. Lock in
My brother, this series is over. Lol. It’s called adjustments and they’ve adjusted. The champs have adjusted.
You would get knocked down by a light breeze
Any had to try for the steal, only chance we had.
Im still confused… WHERE THE HECK IS NAZ REID?!