Game 61: Denver Nuggets (41-19) vs. Golden State Warriors (13-48) - 9:00 PM ET

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[NuggetsWY]

Here's what I believe: the Nuggets have an advantage at every position, especially the bench. I believe the Nuggets should win all four quarters and that this would be a great game for them to practice a motion offense. If Golden State does nothing else right, they do a great job of switching on defense.

[Manolito]

Here is what I believe. I have already watched this movie when Hawks and Cavs were visiting Pepsi Center.

I just want a WIN, I don´t care how that happens. There is nothing to win in a game like this but a lot to lose

[skywalker33]

This is a game we should win, right now we're easily the better team and have more reason to win. LAC playing the Thunder, having hope we can get some distance there from Clips, regardless we need to stay focused and win the ones we need to win.

[THE J0KER]

The next three games vs GSW-CHA-CLE underdogs are must-win, especially because between March 9th and March 25th Nuggets are going to have one of the hardest 9-games 16-days schedule ever in the franchise history (both TOP2 WC teams and 3 out of TOP4 EC teams, and 7 out of these 9 games are on the road)!

MIL @DAL @SAS @LAL LAC @OKC @TOR @CHI @MIA

[Quazza]

dont worry guys, we're as shocked right now as you are

[manchambo]

Officially time to be concerned. This team needs to get its **** together.

[THE J0KER]

With dumb loses we risking not only #2 seed and SF HCA, but TOP3 status too.

Constantly mobbing MPJ with scandalous playing time finally pays off, so our player with best TS% produces 1-6 today.

Our two best 3p% shooters shoot today 6-10 for 3pt, rest of rhe team just 3-20, but price for trading for nothing two best 3p shooters is days like this, so we shoot just 15% for 3p while Beasley and Juancho helped Minnesota to win.

Losing 2nd half 42-67 at home in a must-win game vs league worst team is just speechless.

[ClutchUp]

What has happened to Gary Harris this season?

[Maf]

Well we lost to last years finalist. No shame about that.

[Maf]

What has happened to Gary Harris this season?

Hard to tell. It might be all of his injuries just adding up. He might have "troubles at home", missed couple of games for unpublished personal reasons.

[Manolito]

What has happened to Gary Harris this season?

Hard to tell. It might be all of his injuries just adding up. He might have "troubles at home", missed couple of games for unpublished personal reasons.

Unpublished personal reasons were that he became a baby.

This game was so easy to predict. The team is completely broken, has no soul and no more assets to improve in Summer. Beasley is an excellent player who was given away for a 25 pick. Barton and Malone have dynamited what was the most promising young project in the entire league.

[NuggetsWY]

Poor start and not much defense except for the 2nd quarter. It didn't help that our starters shot 1-16 from three.

[skywalker33]

Place this loss on the ENTIRE team, who just think they're too good to play every night and Malone, who just doesn't seem to be able to motivate this team. Murray seems to be the lackadaisical leader, his play and shooting always rises against superior competition yet seems uninspired when it comes to the inferior. Starting to question whether he's mature enough to be our 2nd option of this team, certainly questioning his leadership or lack thereof

[Mickey8]

For Denver to be successful Jokic has to be aggressive all the time , he needs to score in different ways like hes capable to do, hes refusing to take open threes right now , I don't know why , hes percentages have improved in the last couple of months, he cant just going through the motions, part of the blame is on him and part of is on Malone and his teammates who often wont pass, they are taking bad shots instead of passing to him , when he's posting up teams are doubling him and his teammates are missing , he has to be involved in pick and roll and pop, shooting threes , driving to the basket etc. he can do all that and more. Also Denver made dumbest trade ever, they traded Beasley who could have helped this team in the play offs while getting nothing in the return , even Juancho could have had role , ok Denver couldn't resign them , but keep them this season while you have decent chance to win the Western Conference , Denver front office is settling for the mediocrity , they need to get another star to pair with Jokic.

[NuggetsWY]

I would say the problem remains as one of the entire team. We do not have any passion, desire, emotion toward's winning. The team just seems to go with the flow. That comes from the leadership. Until this team has a leader that can inspire others to achieve, it seems unlikely the team is going to be very successful.

Jokic he is our leader, and easily our best player. But he is very laid back. In my opinion what we need is, somebody with some strong leadership and intensity.

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[Mickey8]

Its seems to me whenever Millsap is back from the injury , Jokic keeps deferring to him, he's less aggressive , less vocal etc. I dont know if its because of Millsap's seniority in the league,veteran status ,respect to him etc. We know Jokic can raise his play level and probably will again in the play off's but he should be always aggressive , he's clearly the best player on the team , its coach job to fix that. They need aggressive Jokic from the get go, there is no excuse for him scoring 17 points agaist this warrior team, he should have dropped 37 at least. Like Richard Jefferson said last year, Denver is at their best when Jokic is aggressive , when hes looking to score and doing other things at the same time. This loss is on him and Malone.

[NippySudz]

I would say the problem remains as one of the entire team. We do not have any passion, desire, emotion toward's winning. The team just seems to go with the flow. That comes from the leadership. Until this team has a leader that can inspire others to achieve, it seems unlikely the team is going to be very successful.

Jokic he is our leader, and easily our best player. But he is very laid back. In my opinion what we need is, somebody with some strong leadership and intensity.

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I agree with you. I'm not a nuggets fan, but I do like watching them play, but what i've noticed is that when the game needs someone to take over, Jokic gets passive. I wouldn't really call it passive, but he plays the same way in the 3rd as he does the 4th. He subscribes to basketball being a team sport to a T and that should be a good thing, but in the nba you have superstars. Superstars can win teams games. As a superstar, I believe he should take over when he senses the momentum is in favor of the opposing team. I believe he has the capabilities of taking over a stretch. He's done it in the past, he just should do it more often and against better elite teams.

Here's hoping MPJ develops into that killer guy who can take over in games.

I also get the sense that Jokic doesn't put in enough work in the off season judging by his conditioning. For the past two years as I can remember, he comes in out of shape and uses the first month or so getting back into shape a la shaq. The tone has to be set from training camp. He lost 25lbs just by playing basketball this season. That suggests to me he wasn't working out. Maybe a nugget fan can inform me if I'm ignorant on the topic, but that's how it comes across.

[skywalker33]

I would say the problem remains as one of the entire team. We do not have any passion, desire, emotion toward's winning. The team just seems to go with the flow. That comes from the leadership. Until this team has a leader that can inspire others to achieve, it seems unlikely the team is going to be very successful.

Jokic he is our leader, and easily our best player. But he is very laid back. In my opinion what we need is, somebody with some strong leadership and intensity.

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I agree with you. I'm not a nuggets fan, but I do like watching them play, but what i've noticed is that when the game needs someone to take over, Jokic gets passive. I wouldn't really call it passive, but he plays the same way in the 3rd as he does the 4th. He subscribes to basketball being a team sport to a T and that should be a good thing, but in the nba you have superstars. Superstars can win teams games. As a superstar, I believe he should take over when he senses the momentum is in favor of the opposing team. I believe he has the capabilities of taking over a stretch. He's done it in the past, he just should do it more often and against better elite teams.

Here's hoping MPJ develops into that killer guy who can take over in games.

I also get the sense that Jokic doesn't put in enough work in the off season judging by his conditioning. For the past two years as I can remember, he comes in out of shape and uses the first month or so getting back into shape a la shaq. The tone has to be set from training camp. He lost 25lbs just by playing basketball this season. That suggests to me he wasn't working out. Maybe a nugget fan can inform me if I'm ignorant on the topic, but that's how it comes across.

Jokic conditioning has always been questioned yet he he always produces, what more can you want. Nobody questions why Curry takes more time to heal, yet Jokic plays EVERY game, what more do you want ??

[NuggetsWY]

I would say the problem remains as one of the entire team. We do not have any passion, desire, emotion toward's winning. The team just seems to go with the flow. That comes from the leadership. Until this team has a leader that can inspire others to achieve, it seems unlikely the team is going to be very successful.

Jokic he is our leader, and easily our best player. But he is very laid back. In my opinion what we need is, somebody with some strong leadership and intensity.

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I agree with you. I'm not a nuggets fan, but I do like watching them play, but what i've noticed is that when the game needs someone to take over, Jokic gets passive. I wouldn't really call it passive, but he plays the same way in the 3rd as he does the 4th. He subscribes to basketball being a team sport to a T and that should be a good thing, but in the nba you have superstars. Superstars can win teams games. As a superstar, I believe he should take over when he senses the momentum is in favor of the opposing team. I believe he has the capabilities of taking over a stretch. He's done it in the past, he just should do it more often and against better elite teams.

Here's hoping MPJ develops into that killer guy who can take over in games.

I also get the sense that Jokic doesn't put in enough work in the off season judging by his conditioning. For the past two years as I can remember, he comes in out of shape and uses the first month or so getting back into shape a la shaq. The tone has to be set from training camp. He lost 25lbs just by playing basketball this season. That suggests to me he wasn't working out. Maybe a nugget fan can inform me if I'm ignorant on the topic, but that's how it comes across.

Jokic conditioning has always been questioned yet he he always produces, what more can you want. Nobody questions why Curry takes more time to heal, yet Jokic plays EVERY game, what more do you want ??

This report brought to everyone by someone who has actually watched the Nuggets more than one or two games. As Skywalker said, we hear this "out of shape" all the time. Perhaps he could work out harder during the off season but some of those that work out harder during the off season end up missing a bunch of games during the year (often due to time managment). I'll stick with my view that Jokic is the #1 center in the league right now and I'll tolerate his "out of shape at the start of the season" - because 82 games later is when it all matters.