Ice Man wrote:I wondered if Denver struggled against the Lakers because the Lakers were that good, or because Denver with an ailing Murray is in trouble. Clearly, last night showed it is the latter. MPJ and Gordon are very good players but pure system guys. They are useless if you try to get them to create rather than just finish. So, what's left but Jokic, Jokic, Jokic, and Jokic? (Plus a bit of Reggie Jackson off the bench.)
It's very difficult to win that way, no matter who the star is.
It was just a game 1… but Wolves are built better than anybody to stop Jokic and the Nugs. They do shoot a lower 3P volume and run all that PnR into the paint. Hard to be as effective against the tallest/biggest PF/C rotation in the league. Conley/McDaniels/Edwards are no slouches on the perimeter.
But even if injured, I’d expect atleast a big game or two out of Jamal.