Playoffs Game 7 WCSF: Denver Nuggets (2) @ Portland Trail Blazers (3) - 7:00 PM ET

[skywalker33]

I'm totally down for a good trolling from time to time. But yeah, that post was bullcrap. I wasn't a big fan of all the ref complaints either, its the NBA, ball calls happen.

And tbf, just wanting to pay respects to a team that really played great and played with class. The Nuggets remind me of the Blazers a lot, just a good group of guys with a really solid coach that play together and don't have egos, that deserves respect imo.

Lets be clear, I wasn't making this kind of post on the Thunder board after R1 lol. I was just as happy to see them lose as I was to see the Blazers beat them. Westbrook is an ass.

And let's be clear, no love loss here between the Blazer and the Nuggets, this rivalry just got even more real. Nurk is still an ASS, even Kanter is piss-worthy too IMO. And Sinobas and others brought the douchey side of your fanbase to the fore front IMO . Never thought I'd root for GSW (especially with the Mole) but I will this series, just can't stomach all the ref-whining I'm betting to hear.

You and Moonbeam are about all I can tolerate here, so I hope you two enjoy the WCFs.

Its funny how differently some people view a series. I thought it was pretty clean and came away with no ill-feelings or even consider Blazers v Denver a "rivalry" really because I never got the sense there was any real bad blood between the franchises. Blazers and Denver have some clear bad blood, so I consider that more of a rivalry than Blazers/Nugs, but to each their own.

You may need to rethink/clarify that one DB....too much celebrating on your side

[The Rebel]

Yeah I'm not sure how Denver gets better next season. Playoff experience doesn't suddenly make you a good 3pt or FT shooting team

A young GS won in the POs pretty much straight away.

A young LeBron team won in the POs pretty much straight away.

We're not even losing to the best and that's what hurts

That young GS team was older than this Nuggets team and they lost in the 2nd round and then in the 1st round the following year.

Lebron and the Cavs lost in the 2nd round his 1st trip to the playoffs and made the finals the following year playing 1 team with a winning record.

The Durant, Westbrook, Harden Thunder team was a 1st round exit their 1st year.



Young teams have to learn how to win the playoffs, They have to learn to win in the regular season. They have to learn to cut out the mistakes and when to conserve energy and when to spend that energy. This was a 1st step, and even with minimal change over I expect this team to get better next season.

[DusterBuster]

And let's be clear, no love loss here between the Blazer and the Nuggets, this rivalry just got even more real. Nurk is still an ASS, even Kanter is piss-worthy too IMO. And Sinobas and others brought the douchey side of your fanbase to the fore front IMO . Never thought I'd root for GSW (especially with the Mole) but I will this series, just can't stomach all the ref-whining I'm betting to hear.

You and Moonbeam are about all I can tolerate here, so I hope you two enjoy the WCFs.

Its funny how differently some people view a series. I thought it was pretty clean and came away with no ill-feelings or even consider Blazers v Denver a "rivalry" really because I never got the sense there was any real bad blood between the franchises. Blazers and Denver have some clear bad blood, so I consider that more of a rivalry than Blazers/Nugs, but to each their own.

You may need to rethink/clarify that one DB....too much celebrating on your side

My bad, meant Thunder there, not Denver.

[skywalker33]

Can't wait for the W's to sweep, so much douche in the NW

[Sinobas]

Hey, Jokic tried to aggrevate Kanter's injury and I'm the bad guy for not liking that. That's pretty twisted reasoning there. I had no problem with Denver or Jokic till I saw him do that.

I can live with bad calls if they are few and balance out, but it's not acceptable for the officials to tilt the game many points in favor of one team or another. Their mistakes don't always balance out.

Anyway, I re-watched the game, and evaluated every questionable call, and tallied up every one where I could see that it was clearly wrong based on slow motion replay. For example, the one where Mason charges into Plumlee, they call a blocking foul, the ball bounces on the floor a couple of times, Plumlee picks it up and scores and the count the bucket. One of the most insane calls I've ever seen in an NBA game.

You're 17 point lead was mostly a farce. At that point in time, you'd only have been up 6, and you'd have been down by halftime. The officials tilted the differential +15 in your favor, so this really should have been a blow out win for the Blazers if that makes you guys feel any better.

[Sinobas]

Can't wait for the W's to sweep, so much douche in the NW

Hey, don't be mad at the Blazers for beating your team. It's their job. No credit for winning without Nurkic, and overcoming all the favors the refs were doing for you? They never mocked your team or tried to injure any of your players.

You're going to root for a super-team over the underdog because you're bitter?

[THE J0KER]

Hey, Jokic tried to aggrevate Kanter's injury and I'm the bad guy for not liking that. That's pretty twisted reasoning there. I had no problem with Denver or Jokic till I saw him do that.

Stop trolling in a game#7 thread about a subject which has nothing with game#7, and which is fake story anyway. Even drama queen Kanter after playing 57 minutes in a single game stopped to talk about his phantom dislocated shoulder injury which when is real requests 6+ weeks pause. Kanter has that injury, but back in 2013.

[skywalker33]

Can't wait for the W's to sweep, so much douche in the NW

Hey, don't be mad at the Blazers for beating your team. It's their job. No credit for winning without Nurkic, and overcoming all the favors the refs were doing for you? They never mocked your team or tried to injure any of your players.

You're going to root for a super-team over the underdog because you're bitter?

When I said douche, I meant the FANS like you !! And you bet I'll laugh, hoot and holler at all four Blazer losses

[Moonbeam]

Sinobas, please just stop. You have to know that it's a tough time to be a Nuggets fan, so to come here and insist that Portland got screwed by the refs in Game 7 and double down on a wish for Denver's franchise player to be injured is beyond the pale. How would you feel if Portland had lost (which was certainly possible) and some Denver fans came to the Portland fan wishing injury upon Lillard or insisting that it should have been a blowout win instead if not for the refs? Come on, man.

This was a hotly contested series between two evenly-matched teams, and for the most part, both teams held themselves to a professional tenor with a healthy respect. Nuggets fans, I can imagine it would be very frustrating/disappointing right now (I know those feelings were growing in me when Denver built that big lead), but reading through the thread, I can ABSOLUTELY say that this postseason will do wonders for your team going forward. Portland only developed the fight to do what they have done after years and years of disappointment. For Denver to make so much noise in its first playoff appearance and show that much moxie was incredible. You've got a wunderkind in Jokic and some great pieces in Murray, Harris, Millsap, Jokic, Craig, and Beasley going forward. Millsap and Harris are easily two of my favorite non-Blazers in the NBA, so I'll be hoping you guys do well going forward.

[Moonbeam]

Can't wait for the W's to sweep, so much douche in the NW

Hey, don't be mad at the Blazers for beating your team. It's their job. No credit for winning without Nurkic, and overcoming all the favors the refs were doing for you? They never mocked your team or tried to injure any of your players.

You're going to root for a super-team over the underdog because you're bitter?

When I said douche, I meant the FANS like you !! And you bet I'll laugh, hoot and holler at all four Blazer losses

If history is anything to go by, those losses will happen within the first 5 games of the series. Obviously as a Blazer fan I'll hope for a miracle, but it seems pretty likely you'll get your wish!

[eathb_au]

Sinobas, please just stop. You have to know that it's a tough time to be a Nuggets fan, so to come here and insist that Portland got screwed by the refs in Game 7 and double down on a wish for Denver's franchise player to be injured is beyond the pale. How would you feel if Portland had lost (which was certainly possible) and some Denver fans came to the Portland fan wishing injury upon Lillard or insisting that it should have been a blowout win instead if not for the refs? Come on, man.

This was a hotly contested series between two evenly-matched teams, and for the most part, both teams held themselves to a professional tenor with a healthy respect. Nuggets fans, I can imagine it would be very frustrating/disappointing right now (I know those feelings were growing in me when Denver built that big lead), but reading through the thread, I can ABSOLUTELY say that this postseason will do wonders for your team going forward. Portland only developed the fight to do what they have done after years and years of disappointment. For Denver to make so much noise in its first playoff appearance and show that much moxie was incredible. You've got a wunderkind in Jokic and some great pieces in Murray, Harris, Millsap, Jokic, Craig, and Beasley going forward. Millsap and Harris are easily two of my favorite non-Blazers in the NBA, so I'll be hoping you guys do well going forward.

There's legitimately no NBA case of a young team getting better after losing like this. Young GS, young OKC, young LeBron teams legitimately won in the playoffs straight away and if they did lose they only lost to teams that went to the finals or won the ring itself.

Like if we pushed GS and Houston, then yeah I would have been proud. We were incredibly underwhelming against both San Antonio and Portland.

I honestly don't believe you can develop a tough playoff mentality.

I'm worried for the future of the Nuggets right now. Relying on MPJ not being injured is not a reason to be excited.

[psimanic1]

Come on man, this is first year for this team to get to the PO's, you want to say you expected from them to get to the Finals this year? I know I didn't, I know most of us would be happy if we just got to the PO's as 7th or 8th seed this year...And after the year like this you are saying that there is no room for improvement...We can improve just by giving Beasley Barton's minutes, there is one way..Other way is fin that backup PF so you don't have to play 2 undersized SGs and 2 undersized SFs instead.(Vanderbilt can be that guy, or Juancho maybe?), 3rd way is MPJ gets healthy and you put Craig as 6th man, you know how many teams would pay to have him coming from the bench? And one more way is to get C that can defend and score from mid range...I just gave you 4 ways of improvement and those are just some basic stuff we need to do from inside of our team, not even mentioning FA or trades...

[eathb_au]

If you can find me an example of a young team having major playoff success after losing as the higher seed to the non-best team in the conference then I'll be optimistic about our future.

We were underwhelming against both San Antonio and Portland. I don't like how our roster is constructed right now.

I've seen comments in the general board comparing us to Portland last season getting beaten by NO. I mean if that's our path, then I want to blow it up.

[psimanic1]

If you can find me an example of a young team having major playoff success after losing as the higher seed to the non-best team in the conference then I'll be optimistic about our future.

We were underwhelming against both San Antonio and Portland. I don't like how our roster is constructed right now.

I've seen comments in the general board comparing us to Portland last season getting beaten by NO. I mean if that's our path, then I want to blow it up.

Can you fins one where younget team that god into the playoffs after long time not getting there got almost to WCF and won one game 7?

[Moonbeam]

Sinobas, please just stop. You have to know that it's a tough time to be a Nuggets fan, so to come here and insist that Portland got screwed by the refs in Game 7 and double down on a wish for Denver's franchise player to be injured is beyond the pale. How would you feel if Portland had lost (which was certainly possible) and some Denver fans came to the Portland fan wishing injury upon Lillard or insisting that it should have been a blowout win instead if not for the refs? Come on, man.

This was a hotly contested series between two evenly-matched teams, and for the most part, both teams held themselves to a professional tenor with a healthy respect. Nuggets fans, I can imagine it would be very frustrating/disappointing right now (I know those feelings were growing in me when Denver built that big lead), but reading through the thread, I can ABSOLUTELY say that this postseason will do wonders for your team going forward. Portland only developed the fight to do what they have done after years and years of disappointment. For Denver to make so much noise in its first playoff appearance and show that much moxie was incredible. You've got a wunderkind in Jokic and some great pieces in Murray, Harris, Millsap, Jokic, Craig, and Beasley going forward. Millsap and Harris are easily two of my favorite non-Blazers in the NBA, so I'll be hoping you guys do well going forward.

There's legitimately no NBA case of a young team getting better after losing like this. Young GS, young OKC, young LeBron teams legitimately won in the playoffs straight away and if they did lose they only lost to teams that went to the finals or won the ring itself.

Like if we pushed GS and Houston, then yeah I would have been proud. We were incredibly underwhelming against both San Antonio and Portland.

I honestly don't believe you can develop a tough playoff mentality.

I'm worried for the future of the Nuggets right now. Relying on MPJ not being injured is not a reason to be excited.

Young GSW lost to the Clippers in 2013 or 2014. The Pistons got swept by the Nets in 2003 and won the title the next year. Yes, the Nets went to the Finals but they were a very weak Finals team. In any case, Denver can make their own mould.

[NuggetsWY]

Stupid how the ref-whing little POR beothches now have to come over and try to prove they are "good sports". Really would have been smarter to just listen to their mods and just stay away, sorry Jokic didn't get injured like you wanted....

I did want Jokic to get injured after he intentionally elbowed Kanter in his injured shoulder. I only want people to get injured that deserve it. He also got away with so many fouls it was ridiculous. Be happy, you have a player that, for whatever reason, the NBA wants to protect like Michael Jordan.

If we had Nurkic, and if the refs had officiated fairly, Portland would have swept Denver easily.

Classless post and not something welcome here. You are encouraged to stay away from here.

[NuggetsWY]

Nuggets fans, please take a moment to think about this season.
No one was expecting us to be second in the west this year, including us.
Even Nuggets fans were worried about facing the Spurs in the playoffs (and frankly, other teams as well).
This was Portland's first game 7 win in a long time. They've learned how to get there.
We have a solid foundation for the future and while I am in favor of some changes, the future looks good!

[PDXKnight]

Sinobas, please just stop. You have to know that it's a tough time to be a Nuggets fan, so to come here and insist that Portland got screwed by the refs in Game 7 and double down on a wish for Denver's franchise player to be injured is beyond the pale. How would you feel if Portland had lost (which was certainly possible) and some Denver fans came to the Portland fan wishing injury upon Lillard or insisting that it should have been a blowout win instead if not for the refs? Come on, man.

This was a hotly contested series between two evenly-matched teams, and for the most part, both teams held themselves to a professional tenor with a healthy respect. Nuggets fans, I can imagine it would be very frustrating/disappointing right now (I know those feelings were growing in me when Denver built that big lead), but reading through the thread, I can ABSOLUTELY say that this postseason will do wonders for your team going forward. Portland only developed the fight to do what they have done after years and years of disappointment. For Denver to make so much noise in its first playoff appearance and show that much moxie was incredible. You've got a wunderkind in Jokic and some great pieces in Murray, Harris, Millsap, Jokic, Craig, and Beasley going forward. Millsap and Harris are easily two of my favorite non-Blazers in the NBA, so I'll be hoping you guys do well going forward.

There's legitimately no NBA case of a young team getting better after losing like this. Young GS, young OKC, young LeBron teams legitimately won in the playoffs straight away and if they did lose they only lost to teams that went to the finals or won the ring itself.

Like if we pushed GS and Houston, then yeah I would have been proud. We were incredibly underwhelming against both San Antonio and Portland.

I honestly don't believe you can develop a tough playoff mentality.

I'm worried for the future of the Nuggets right now. Relying on MPJ not being injured is not a reason to be excited.

Young GSW lost to the Clippers in 2013 or 2014. The Pistons got swept by the Nets in 2003 and won the title the next year. Yes, the Nets went to the Finals but they were a very weak Finals team. In any case, Denver can make their own mould.

The young Bulls lost to the pistons as well before the 6 titles

[NuggetsWY]

Millsap seems off his game, bad for our vet. And for Crimeny sakes, why aren't they going after Collins, he's got 5 fouls ???

Malone has never done that - I don't understand it. My best guess is based on a statement he made early in his time here; that he doesn't make lineup adjustments based on the other team's rotation. I'm guessing he believes we should just play our game and ignore their foul trouble. I think you can play your game and still target a player in foul trouble. Teams do it all the time because players in foul trouble have to play softer (duh).

[skywalker33]

To say I was underwhelmed by Millsaps play in this game is an understatement, he was taken out by a 2nd yr player. He missed several put backs 12" from the rim. I thought he was the veteran presence we just paid $29M to help us win those games, I just didn't see it.

I would be shocked to see the Nuggets pick up his option but then the FO is full of surprises.