Playoffs Game 4 WCSF: Denver Nuggets (2) @ Portland Trail Blazers (3) - 7:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Sun May 5, 2019 11:54 am

PDXKnight · Post #2 » by **PDXKnight** » Sun May 5, 2019 3:14 pm

Blazer fan coming in peace!

Game 3 was hard fought both ways and this series is far from over. May the best team win tonight! :wink:

psimanic1 · Post #3 » by **psimanic1** » Sun May 5, 2019 4:54 pm

Welcome in peace but...May the Nuggets win! I want this to go Game 7 and then we can talk about best team winning. As I'm not interested in watching other series so before SL, those 4 games left would be nice(if DEN is not in the WCF after..)

Manolito · Post #4 » by **Manolito** » Sun May 5, 2019 5:30 pm

I would start today Malik Beasley as SF. He has fresh legs and should be able to guard McCollum decently as he played 60 minutes 40hours ago.

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Post #5 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sun May 5, 2019 6:06 pm

Oden2 wrote:Blazer fan coming in peace!

Game 3 was hard fought both ways and this series is far from over. May the best team win tonight!

I'd be surprised if Denver lost this game - it's not impossible but let's not forget, Denver was down 2-1 against San Antonio too. :wink:

I'm loving this series and it's basically what would have been expected: Denver's inside vs Portland's outside. Portland has learned how to play in the playoffs and Denver is learning. May the best team win! :wink:

psimanic1 · Post #6 » by **psimanic1** » Sun May 5, 2019 6:26 pm

I would also try with Barton, Harris, Craig/Beasley, when hood is in, as Barton is better to guard hood than Murray and he can play some PG if Jokic is in

psimanic1 · Post #7 » by **psimanic1** » Sun May 5, 2019 7:15 pm

4 of the 5 Denver #Nuggets players who have played the most minutes in the playoffs are 24 years old or younger.

Jamal Murray is 22.

Important to keep in mind when assessing what this team has accomplished this season.

Post #8 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sun May 5, 2019 7:45 pm

Creative rotations from our regulars and I like them but there's a big problem with all of them; our coach isn't very flexible regarding his rotations. :-?

Post #9 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun May 5, 2019 11:38 pm

We lost 2nd quarter with bad defense as usual (we won 1st only twice in 11 playoff games), and Jokic does not look like Supermen after 65 minutes two days ago, just like I expected. But nice to see Murray in all-star mode. Bench impact will be very important today.

skywalker33 · Post #10 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 6, 2019 12:04 am

Gary Harris not showing up today, hopefully his defense is why ..well he is a Malone favorite

Post #11 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 6, 2019 12:22 am

We lost 1st half playing bad defense... how many time it is happening in 2019?

-6 on halftime make our chances today even worse, but it is not over yet. I can't see Jokic playing another MVP-level monster game today with expected fatigue problem, but he will be an all-star and best player of the game. Murray playing like all-star today, but we need someone else today to step-up, we need someone to be our unexpected x-factor today, like Hood was in last game for Blazers, and in 1st half Seth Curry scored 3x3pt in just 2 minutes (16pts on halftime), while Aminu joins Seth Curry (Lillard and McCollum as usual) with double digits on halftime (13 points), but for Nuggets you can see only three players scored over 5 points!?

But it is not over, we are a better team for sure.

Post #12 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 6, 2019 12:55 am

We have so many disappointing 1st quarters this playoff, but in 3rd we are mostly big, and luckily exactly that is happening today once again! Same three guys running our offense like in 1st half, no x-factor guy as I hoped for, but our 3rd quarter defense was fantastic, especially big credit to Harris (I don't like to see he has 4 fouls). Bench at the beginning of 4th must finally be good in this series, to protect our lead.

PDXKnight · Post #13 » by **PDXKnight** » Mon May 6, 2019 1:39 am

Congrats guys on a hard fought win. You guys just won the series more than likely with an incredible bounce back win. Be proud

Post #14 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon May 6, 2019 1:40 am

Another tightly-contested game. What a series! Congrats on the win. So many Nuggets stepped up in key moments, from Jokic's pass to Harris to Murray hitting FTs to Barton going crazy to all the offensive boards.

Post #15 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 6, 2019 2:07 am

skywalker33 · Post #16 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 6, 2019 2:29 am

Regardless who wins this series, the Nuggets really have gained a lot out of these two series. Toughness, resilience, grit and mainly HEART. !!! Proud of this team, written off so many times yet still competing hard !!!

Post #17 » by **NuggetsWY** » Mon May 6, 2019 3:40 am

skywalker33 wrote:Regardless who wins this series, the Nuggets really have gained a lot out of these two series. Toughness, resilience, grit and mainly HEART. !!! Proud of this team, written off so many times yet still competing hard !!!

I think that's an outstanding take and deserves a +100.

Our bench shot 9-29 w/4-10 from 3pt and 1-3 FTs - not real impressive. They had 12 rebounds. Which helped. Barton hit a couple of key shots but his shooting wasn't great. But he was basically the bench.

Millsap had a nice double-double and against Portland, I sorta' expected that or close to it for every game.
Jokic had his 21-12-11 triple-double and
Murray had a very nice 34 points based on good but not great shooting and perfect FT shooting. He also added 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Those three kept us in the game! But I think the Nuggets ownership, management, coaches (maybe), and players are learning what it takes to win in the NBA nightmare called The Playoffs.

blazersfan52 · Post #18 » by **blazersfan52** » Mon May 6, 2019 6:13 am

Man I haven't really been able to watch this series too much. But stats just show that Denver won this game. Forced more TOs and got way more offensive rebounds. Don't need to shoot a higher percentage when you get more shots and hit your free throws. Oh well it's been a great series so far and I would,love to see it go the distance. Jokic has been playing out of mind,Denver fans you're so lucky to have such great center there. The little bit I've been able to catch wow has he impressed me. Those passes are so nice, still pretty sure they win the series. But hopefully I'm wrong haha. Either way it's a fun series, much love for your team. Love the style of play!

manchambo · Post #19 » by **manchambo** » Mon May 6, 2019 6:26 am

skywalker33 wrote:Regardless who wins this series, the Nuggets really have gained a lot out of these two series. Toughness, resilience, grit and mainly HEART. !!! Proud of this team, written off so many times yet still competing hard !!!

I agree. I don’t expect them to win a championship this year. Every game is gravy for them to get experience to develop into a team that will compete for a championship ring he next few years.

And, of course, there’s still an outside chance they will make the nba finals, at least, this year.

Post #20 » by **NuggetsWY** » Mon May 6, 2019 7:28 am

blazersfan52 wrote:Man I haven't really been able to watch this series too much. But stats just show that Denver won this game. Forced more TOs and got way more offensive rebounds. Don't need to shoot a higher percentage when you get more shots and hit your free throws. Oh well it's been a great series so far and I would,love to see it go the distance. Jokic has been playing out of mind,Denver fans you're so lucky to have such great center there. The little bit I've been able to catch wow has he impressed me. Those passes are so nice, still pretty sure they win the series. But hopefully I'm wrong haha. Either way it's a fun series, much love for your team. Love the style of play!

"Go the distance" :upset:

Hey, we went the distance against the Spurs :lol:

But it would certainly be good for Denver's development. :nod:

We like Jokic and luck had a lot to do with getting him in the 2nd round. But Portland is also lucky to have such a great back court. As a pair, only GSW seems better in my opinion.

As others have said, the winner of this series is my team for the WCF and hopefully beyond. :cowboy: