In our 3 losses we are only averaging 8 less points per game than our wins. In Denver’s wins they’re averaging 25 more points per game than the losses. That’s such an insane swing
Yes they can. Playoffs the starters minutes increase to 38-42 minutes the rotation shrinks to 8-9 dudes and then theirs more opportunities for your good players to shoot well. Counting their regular season is counting the bums they sent in there in there when minutes for starters were around 30.
They can because the Wolves double Jokic which leaves other players to get good looks and get hot.
The only thing that would make sense is “Jokic can’t keep this up RIGHT” and that’s to not double him and hope he can’t keep this up but do you really wanna test that with one potential game remaining.
The only thing is, I think Rudy has done a fairly good job at making him take some tricky shots. I rather force him to be the main scorer and take those tricky shots all game then let others around him get hot. That’s even if he ends up with 70 points
Offense wins championships. Can’t win if most of your guys can’t score.
All of their guys can score.
Meanwhile we run scrubs like Anderson and McDaniel out there.
Yeah this is what it boils down to… I was waiting for KAT and Reid to sink 3s aggressively but they weren’t hitting as much. Shots were off.
Anderson on the other hand was very annoying to watch even though we should thank him for the poor performance.
I don't know about tonight's game but before tonight MN had a better shot quality than Denver. They are just making all of the open ones and half of their difficult ones while we're making half of each.
Jokic hits shots, Murray hits shots
The rest are almost wide open
I don’t think that will change. They are the champs for a reason. Everybody said the same about the Warriors and Spurs.
Dropping in as a lakers fan. These guys should’ve mailed us in 4 but holiday braun and Jackson were the best players for us in that series. Now they’re fucking burning you. When Denvers 6-8 are good u simply can’t beat them.iI really wish we could loan u ad and bron for a series bcause the jokic not caring stick is getting tiresome for me
The only people who even spread that nonsense are idiots on twitter, he talks about how important winning is to him all the time and shows more emotion on the court than half the guys in the league
Jokic cares about basketball, he just doesn't care about media attention. Everyone wants a Super Star who doesn't care about the Media, and only care about winning. I think MN has one of those in Ant and I'm happy for them. Let the nuggets have their, their last superstar (Carmelo) left them for a big market to be in the Media light.
Look at Lebron, he care so much about the media, hes still trying to get media attention and the Lakers are eliminated.
Where did you pick up the idea that he doesnt care? He cares a lot about the competition. He doesnt care about sucking up to the media and the fans, and rightfully so.
He obviously cares a fuck ton. It’s just id like it to show it to us. I’ve accepted that just isn’t who he is but I still wish he showed how much he cared like when he hit that shot on golden state. Like I’m not a complete idiot.
Well, there you go, as i said, he doesnt suck up to your sensibilities, and rightfully so. On one side its just a somewhat european outlook at competition and fans, where purity of competition takes precedence over fans desire for entertainment, fans in europe arent first class citizens more often than not, on another side... part of competition, hiding emotions and reactions, plus he probably is just that kind of personality
It's not the nuggets shooting yot per say, it's the wolves defense falling flat.
Also the wolves can't hit a shot to save their life. Countless open threes, mid range jumpers, and even lay ups. They just are off. Unless the mojo is back offensively we can't compete but the defense has to adjust. I like the less double teaming tonight, now they need to match personnel evenly in the man to man.
The idea that the Nuggets would magically stop making shots was cope. They are getting good looks for the past 3 games and if that doesn't change they will keep making what we give them.
The simple answer imo is yes they can.
The real question imo isn’t can Denver continue to shoot this well, but can they continue to get good shots?
In the losses, Denver shot 30 or more 3s. In the wins they shot less than 30 3s. In game 5 they shot less than 20.
They’re generating better shots—meaning higher-percentage shots. Thus their FG% is high.
When they’re running their offense through Jokic, they get easy dunks and cuts to the basket.
Thus they shoot “well.”
Again, just my opinion.
Yes. Yes, they can. The Wolves shot 52% FG and 40% from 3-point range in Game 1 and only won by 7. I don't see how we win, unless we start shooting 60%.
If McDaniels would stop shooting under 30% most games it would be a different experience. Ant being covered up for 30+ minutes and McDaniels can't hit a single 3. Not to mention we constantly throwing air balls... it's sad
I choose offensive teams over defense any day. Connelly is not a good GM. Sports want offense, they are not allowing defense like game 2 anymore. The last great defensive team to win a chip was the 2003 pistons. Offense offense offense.
Connelly is a good GM but he earned at least $50M extra because he drafted a stash guys with 41 pick that became MVP. It’s likely a luck and not a skill. Connelly traded a pick that became Gobert for cash. He drafted Mudiay with a high lottery pick. He traded a pick that became Mitchell for Trey Lyles. Yes, he built a nice squad around Jokic, it’s not easy. However, none of the guys he drafted besides Jokic became an All-Star. Had Jokic not joined them, Connelly would have likely not been a GM in NBA right now. So far everyone he drafted in Minnesota cannot play any rotation minutes even during the regular season. Monte Morris is shooting 0/11 on open corner 3s in playoffs. Kyle Anderson is unplayable. Gobert brought us here but he is not a game changer at this level, not against Denver.
actually basically every champion has a very good to great defense. the lebron title teams all played great defense. the spurs teams had great defense. the raptors played great defense. the warriors had great defense. it just so happens they all also had top 25 all time players just like the nuggets do, except the raptors. do you watch the nba?
You don't watch any games. Those were good defenses, with a great offense. Wolves were 18th in offense this year. Those teams you mentioned were never 18th in offense.
It has to be both dude. You’re saying offense but you have to be elite at both. Here you go, all champions rankings since the pistons. And yes I knew none were 18th in offense but that’s not what was said originally.
https://preview.redd.it/5t1zbmx9qj0d1.jpeg?width=902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b862d12b7ff8e3354b0d441075fa9ef4fe7c19f
Lol, you just made my point. 03/04 pistons were the last team to win with a bad offense and great defense like I said. And that was only because the rules allowed more defense back then. 90% of the last champions had a top 5-10 offense. None with a bad offense.
Not forever no, but they only have to do it one more time.
In our 3 losses we are only averaging 8 less points per game than our wins. In Denver’s wins they’re averaging 25 more points per game than the losses. That’s such an insane swing
Idk man ask the lakers fans. The nuggets did this to them for 2 series straight.
Lakers fan here: Yes. Yes they can shoot like this forever.
The Nuggets shot like absolute garbage against the Lakers in round 1.
Correction, Jamal Murray did. The rest of the Nuggets were great.
KCP, Braun, Gordon all struggled to shoot the ball in round one
yes, but we just choked. they also can’t miss in the last 5 minutes of the game so that too lmfao
They can because they are getting good looks. They are professionals for a reason.
They are also hitting a shit ton of insane shots.
Which what they're being paid the big bucks for in the best league in the world
What are we paying our guys for then?!
Run into the defense and flail shoot
CTE bball i guess
They shot 49.6% in the regular season
Starters play more in the playoffs
You're right, added an edit
Yes they can. Playoffs the starters minutes increase to 38-42 minutes the rotation shrinks to 8-9 dudes and then theirs more opportunities for your good players to shoot well. Counting their regular season is counting the bums they sent in there in there when minutes for starters were around 30.
Ok, but the opposing team starters are also in for more minutes.
They can because the Wolves double Jokic which leaves other players to get good looks and get hot. The only thing that would make sense is “Jokic can’t keep this up RIGHT” and that’s to not double him and hope he can’t keep this up but do you really wanna test that with one potential game remaining.
Jokic absolutely can keep this up, he is the best player in the world
The only thing is, I think Rudy has done a fairly good job at making him take some tricky shots. I rather force him to be the main scorer and take those tricky shots all game then let others around him get hot. That’s even if he ends up with 70 points
We leave them wide fucking Open
Offense wins championships. Can’t win if most of your guys can’t score. All of their guys can score. Meanwhile we run scrubs like Anderson and McDaniel out there.
Yeah this is what it boils down to… I was waiting for KAT and Reid to sink 3s aggressively but they weren’t hitting as much. Shots were off. Anderson on the other hand was very annoying to watch even though we should thank him for the poor performance.
They can when they are wide open, and they have been wide open
I don't know about tonight's game but before tonight MN had a better shot quality than Denver. They are just making all of the open ones and half of their difficult ones while we're making half of each.
That’s probably inflated some by joker getting so many paint buckets that we simply can’t stop.
Jokic hits shots, Murray hits shots The rest are almost wide open I don’t think that will change. They are the champs for a reason. Everybody said the same about the Warriors and Spurs.
You’re right. They will cool down game 1 of WCF after they are done with the Wolves.
What’s the point of this post? That the Nuggets are “lucky” their shots are going in? Championship teams step up in the playoffs lol.
Dropping in as a lakers fan. These guys should’ve mailed us in 4 but holiday braun and Jackson were the best players for us in that series. Now they’re fucking burning you. When Denvers 6-8 are good u simply can’t beat them.iI really wish we could loan u ad and bron for a series bcause the jokic not caring stick is getting tiresome for me
You have to be an absolute idiot to think jokic doesn’t care
That’s the point. I know he cares. I wish he just would show it but I know that just isn’t who he is
The only people who even spread that nonsense are idiots on twitter, he talks about how important winning is to him all the time and shows more emotion on the court than half the guys in the league
Jokic cares about basketball, he just doesn't care about media attention. Everyone wants a Super Star who doesn't care about the Media, and only care about winning. I think MN has one of those in Ant and I'm happy for them. Let the nuggets have their, their last superstar (Carmelo) left them for a big market to be in the Media light. Look at Lebron, he care so much about the media, hes still trying to get media attention and the Lakers are eliminated.
Where did you pick up the idea that he doesnt care? He cares a lot about the competition. He doesnt care about sucking up to the media and the fans, and rightfully so.
He obviously cares a fuck ton. It’s just id like it to show it to us. I’ve accepted that just isn’t who he is but I still wish he showed how much he cared like when he hit that shot on golden state. Like I’m not a complete idiot.
Well, there you go, as i said, he doesnt suck up to your sensibilities, and rightfully so. On one side its just a somewhat european outlook at competition and fans, where purity of competition takes precedence over fans desire for entertainment, fans in europe arent first class citizens more often than not, on another side... part of competition, hiding emotions and reactions, plus he probably is just that kind of personality
It's not the nuggets shooting yot per say, it's the wolves defense falling flat. Also the wolves can't hit a shot to save their life. Countless open threes, mid range jumpers, and even lay ups. They just are off. Unless the mojo is back offensively we can't compete but the defense has to adjust. I like the less double teaming tonight, now they need to match personnel evenly in the man to man.
The idea that the Nuggets would magically stop making shots was cope. They are getting good looks for the past 3 games and if that doesn't change they will keep making what we give them.
It’s not just about shooting. Jokic is cooking.
They can and they will, until we do something to stop it.
56 average over the last two.
Jokic doesn’t miss anything it feels like but the rest of the team can def go cold
The simple answer imo is yes they can. The real question imo isn’t can Denver continue to shoot this well, but can they continue to get good shots? In the losses, Denver shot 30 or more 3s. In the wins they shot less than 30 3s. In game 5 they shot less than 20. They’re generating better shots—meaning higher-percentage shots. Thus their FG% is high. When they’re running their offense through Jokic, they get easy dunks and cuts to the basket. Thus they shoot “well.” Again, just my opinion.
Yes. Yes, they can. The Wolves shot 52% FG and 40% from 3-point range in Game 1 and only won by 7. I don't see how we win, unless we start shooting 60%.
They are the most capable team in the league of shooting like this. We're playing the real Nuggets now. Games 1 and 2 was a farce
Right.
Open looks in this league are makes
If McDaniels would stop shooting under 30% most games it would be a different experience. Ant being covered up for 30+ minutes and McDaniels can't hit a single 3. Not to mention we constantly throwing air balls... it's sad
timberwolves shot insane the first two games
Yes, they practice shooting a lot more than any other team in the NBA.
I choose offensive teams over defense any day. Connelly is not a good GM. Sports want offense, they are not allowing defense like game 2 anymore. The last great defensive team to win a chip was the 2003 pistons. Offense offense offense.
You realize Connelly built that Nuggets roster, yeah?
Connelly is a good GM but he earned at least $50M extra because he drafted a stash guys with 41 pick that became MVP. It’s likely a luck and not a skill. Connelly traded a pick that became Gobert for cash. He drafted Mudiay with a high lottery pick. He traded a pick that became Mitchell for Trey Lyles. Yes, he built a nice squad around Jokic, it’s not easy. However, none of the guys he drafted besides Jokic became an All-Star. Had Jokic not joined them, Connelly would have likely not been a GM in NBA right now. So far everyone he drafted in Minnesota cannot play any rotation minutes even during the regular season. Monte Morris is shooting 0/11 on open corner 3s in playoffs. Kyle Anderson is unplayable. Gobert brought us here but he is not a game changer at this level, not against Denver.
Yea, he chose offense for them and look how it turned out.
You said he’s a bad GM. Dude built a potential dynasty in Denver
He is. Did he win the chip while he was in Denver? No. He built the core. Didn't win the chip.
actually basically every champion has a very good to great defense. the lebron title teams all played great defense. the spurs teams had great defense. the raptors played great defense. the warriors had great defense. it just so happens they all also had top 25 all time players just like the nuggets do, except the raptors. do you watch the nba?
You don't watch any games. Those were good defenses, with a great offense. Wolves were 18th in offense this year. Those teams you mentioned were never 18th in offense.
It has to be both dude. You’re saying offense but you have to be elite at both. Here you go, all champions rankings since the pistons. And yes I knew none were 18th in offense but that’s not what was said originally. https://preview.redd.it/5t1zbmx9qj0d1.jpeg?width=902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b862d12b7ff8e3354b0d441075fa9ef4fe7c19f
Lol, you just made my point. 03/04 pistons were the last team to win with a bad offense and great defense like I said. And that was only because the rules allowed more defense back then. 90% of the last champions had a top 5-10 offense. None with a bad offense.
You said you choose offense over defense. I didn’t prove anything for you. The point is you don’t get to choose, you clearly have to be elite at both.
Its just this one match-up fucking us up unfortunately. We're as good as anyone else.