Game 45 : Denver Nuggets (28-16) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (23-21)

[THE J0KER]

Sweet revenge time?

[THE J0KER]

No defense in 1st half (for example Jokic+MPJ= 2rebs!?) so Minnesota scored a season-high 71p on halftime.

[OmniDEN]

I was so excited for this early afternoon game (EST coast, and instead it ruined my Saturday lol.
The Wolves have been very underwhelming post-KAT trade, and with Denver on a streak I was hoping this would be a blowout. Unfortunately, it was but we were on the wrong side of it. Really struggled to stop Minnesota at all.

[NuggetsWY]

T-wolves outscored us in every quarter --- effort was lacking on both ends IMO
Three point shooting was not good -- three point defense was worse
54% FT??? At my best, I was not a good shooter, but I could do better than that -- and I was a football player

Bad:
Porter - 11 points -- 0 rebounds and not much defense
Jokic -- 3 rebounds and his defense seemed "casual"

Fair:
Braun -- 10 points + 5 rebounds
Gordon -- 13 & 3 but his defense when he matched up with Edwards showed just how good he is on defense

Good:
Murray -- 25 points with 4 assists and defending Edwards quite a bit (that means less offense for most players)
Westbrook -- 13, 6, 4 and his typical hard-nosed, all-out effort on both ends
Jordan -- 6 rebounds in 6 minutes

[JM00n69]

I missed this one. Can anyone comment on if starting AG would've made a difference? Seems a bad matchup going small and the rebounding was atrocious looking at the box score.