In case people fading the Nuggets didn't have enough evidence from the Lakers series, this team is good, they don't get rattled and a double digit deficit is easy to overcome. Sell them at your peril.
(2) Denver Nuggets vs (3) Minnesota Timberwolves - 2024 WC Second Round
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I'm not saying they didn't deserve their title (and they finished 1st in the west last year) or that they don't have that killer instinct (they absolutely do), just that they aren't inevitable. Instead of being viewed as a strong defending champ, it feels like most in the media are treating them as a dynasty in progress. I disagree with that viewpoint, based in part on the fact that they haven't been seriously challenged in a playoff series.
If Naz Reid is going to play like a 2 way contract player and not the 6th man of the year, Minnesota's biggest strength in this matchup, their depth, will quickly equalize.
Suns were pretty good last year. Not great, sure but they did punch Denver in the nose and Denver took a step back and then knocked the Suns the fuck out. But yeah, Wolves, Thunder, Celtics would be a gauntlet.
Denver getting a pretty good whistle right now, IMO. They're getting away with a lot physically on defense.
If KAT had half the basketball IQ as he has talent, he'd be a top 5 player in the league. Dude has a 2 cent head.
Not disagreeing.
Just saying that a key question is whether Denver can maintain intensity. If so, they might deserve consideration as THE "strong defending champ,".
It is asking a lot of a team that is thinner than last year.
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That has to be one of the worst missed calls I've ever seen. Double arm full hack in the lane with no obstruction of view. A truly baffling miss
The ball popped straight up in the air, a pretty obvious sign of a foul in real time. Baffling.
I mean, he's scored 25 of Minnesota's 40 points. The rest of the team is 6-27, which seems impossible.
He's not giving them much on D. Must be the altitude effect no? But what he's doing isn't sustainable in multiple levels for sure.
Man…Edwards really propelling himself into top 5 convo. Guy is an assassin.
If they do make it to the finals they will be very tough C’s matchup, maybe tougher than the Nuggets
If they do make it to the finals they will be very tough C’s matchup, maybe tougher than the Nuggets
I feel like you've made this exact same post at other times.. and I wasn't sure what you meant then and I'm not sure what you mean now.
Basically a requirement when your 2nd best player is Karl-Anthony Towns. Cannot be trusted in the playoffs.
That seems like a plan. But for this game, flip a coin?
BTW: I wondered the same thing as lars10 --- how is this game a different sport that when the Celts play? Fewer 3s?
I’m going with home team. I just want this thing going seven with these two teams spending 28 quarters looking like a 5’10” max effort reliever throwing 100+ mph fastballs and snapping off ridiculous breaking balls with two men on in a one run game on a humid night in July. Come out of this series like Santa Anna after the Alamo.