Playoffs 2021, Game 1: Portland Trail Blazers (0) @ Denver Nuggets (0) - 10:30PM

[psimanic1]

Malone has to stop using Jokic for full 3rd Q, instead do it in 4th, i hate that, every time game is breaking Jokic is on the bench

Well, we do have 3rd quarter problems and letting him rest a little at the start of the 4th makes him more ready for the end --- but I totally get it. Malone often rests him too long at the beginning of the 4th, in my opinion.

We do have problems, but resting him late in the third for 2 3 mins of game could give him ~10 minutes of rest with timeouts and usually both teams having 4+ fouls and free throws shooting, resting him at the start of 4th, when pace is usually higher, will give him maybe 1 more min of rest than he would actually rest.. So you have 12 mpg of rested Jokic to get back what you lost in the end of 3rd

[manchambo]

Malone has to stop using Jokic for full 3rd Q, instead do it in 4th, i hate that, every time game is breaking Jokic is on the bench

But, with this many people out, isn’t any period Jokic is removed from the game going to be a game breaking period?

[psimanic1]

Malone has to stop using Jokic for full 3rd Q, instead do it in 4th, i hate that, every time game is breaking Jokic is on the bench

But, with this many people out, isn’t any period Jokic is removed from the game going to be a game breaking period?

It will, so, either play him both quarters or have more time in 4th, most stars usually sit last few minutes of 3rd, or get out at like 5min mark and get back around 2-1:30 left, so lets hope those few minutes wonr break us as those few in 4th would, when starters are back

[NuggetsWY]

Malone has to stop using Jokic for full 3rd Q, instead do it in 4th, i hate that, every time game is breaking Jokic is on the bench

But, with this many people out, isn’t any period Jokic is removed from the game going to be a game breaking period?

It will, so, either play him both quarters or have more time in 4th, most stars usually sit last few minutes of 3rd, or get out at like 5min mark and get back around 2-1:30 left, so lets hope those few minutes wonr break us as those few in 4th would, when starters are back

Also, I know he's human and gets tired, but remember his 65 minutes against Portland two years ago. He hustles just fine but his game is not predicated upon quickness or speed. In that 65 minute game, he maintained basically the same pace at the end of the game as he played at the beginning of the game. It was remarkable.

I remember watching Wilt Chamberlain play 40+ minutes per game for a season and I wonder if Jokic couldn't do that too. He just seems to have an ability to push himself beyond what most people can do.