2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #3 Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN WINS 4-3)

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Who wins GAME 7 and goes to the WCFs?

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Post#4761 » by Wallace_Wallace » Sat May 11, 2024 4:04 am

Did someone said NAW punched a chair? As long as you don’t punch a wall…….

Everything is nice and dandy when it’s going your way, we will see how the Wolves next game after adversity hits
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Post#4762 » by AleksandarN » Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 am

Jokic looking at the bench after every whistle. Just pull him Malone. I swear if he gets injuried Malone needs to be fired
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Post#4763 » by Patches Perry » Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 am

jokeboy86 wrote:
SweaterBae wrote:Why are all the starters still in?


I notice a lot of modern teams do that and it would annoy me as a fan cause I grew up watching Phil Jackson pull starters when the game was well in hand. One of the reasons Jordan was able to play so many games


I think the modern game is so susceptible to big three point runs that a 25 point lead is basically the new 15 point lead.
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Post#4764 » by puny » Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 am

About time someone took Alexander-Walker out of the game. Man's gonna get hurt.
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Post#4765 » by ChipotleWest » Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 am

Ok I'm Jamal Murray, I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.
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Post#4766 » by Manimal » Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 am

At least they're only punching random **** still and not punching teammates yet.
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Post#4767 » by SweaterBae » Sat May 11, 2024 4:06 am

Patches Perry wrote:
jokeboy86 wrote:
SweaterBae wrote:Why are all the starters still in?


I notice a lot of modern teams do that and it would annoy me as a fan cause I grew up watching Phil Jackson pull starters when the game was well in hand. One of the reasons Jordan was able to play so many games


I think the modern game is so susceptible to big three point runs that a 25 point lead is basically the new 15 point lead.


It's a 34 point lead!
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Post#4768 » by BigGargamel » Sat May 11, 2024 4:06 am

ChipotleWest wrote:Ok I'm Jamal Murray: I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.


Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez. :lol:
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Post#4769 » by ChipotleWest » Sat May 11, 2024 4:07 am

BigGargamel wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:Ok I'm Jamal Murray: I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.


Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez. :lol:


You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.
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Post#4770 » by Jaqua92 » Sat May 11, 2024 4:07 am

When you're right you're right. I picked a Nuggets win tonight, and a loss in game 4, but winning like THIS?

I've been saying all damn thread that the Wolves haven't played against a competent defense yet, and that against a good defensive team, their offense will struggle. Denver brought the defensive intensity, and surprise, Wolves struggled to score.

Denver played their first complete game all post season, and Murray looked more agile than he has all series.

Series isnt over yet. But if Denver wins game 4, it absolutely is. If Denver wins game 4, Wolves won't win another game all series.
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Post#4771 » by Patches Perry » Sat May 11, 2024 4:07 am

SweaterBae wrote:
Patches Perry wrote:
jokeboy86 wrote:
I notice a lot of modern teams do that and it would annoy me as a fan cause I grew up watching Phil Jackson pull starters when the game was well in hand. One of the reasons Jordan was able to play so many games


I think the modern game is so susceptible to big three point runs that a 25 point lead is basically the new 15 point lead.


It's a 34 point lead!


Well ya everybody's been out for a minutes though. It was 27 or so when they starting pulling guys. I'm not saying I agree with it but I think that's the rationale.
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Post#4772 » by Manimal » Sat May 11, 2024 4:07 am

ChipotleWest wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:Ok I'm Jamal Murray: I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.


Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez. :lol:


You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.


You're softer than KAT.
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Post#4773 » by TimberKat » Sat May 11, 2024 4:08 am

Ritzo wrote:This will be like the Suns vs Bucks Finals. Bucks won 4 straight after everyone wrote them off with 2-0 Suns lead.

Or it's like 2020 Finials. Lakers up 2-0. Heat win game 3. Just when a bunch of people think Heat is going to come back, Lakers won game 4 and the series 6-2.
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Post#4774 » by Chuck Everett » Sat May 11, 2024 4:08 am

So Monte Morris wasn't hurt? Interesting.
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Post#4775 » by BigGargamel » Sat May 11, 2024 4:09 am

Chuck Everett wrote:So Monte Morris wasn't hurt? Interesting.


Yet another player that completely fell off the face of the earth once he stopped playing with Jokic.
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Post#4776 » by ChipotleWest » Sat May 11, 2024 4:09 am

Manimal wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:
Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez. :lol:


You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.


You're softer than KAT.


Because there's such a precedent for throwing things on the court because you're butthurt.
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Post#4777 » by Mamba Mentality » Sat May 11, 2024 4:10 am

I always find it off putting when the best players on the losing team are laughing on the bench following a loss. Idk maybe I’m just old school.
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Post#4778 » by VicG » Sat May 11, 2024 4:10 am

This was a champion-level performance. Sunday will be lit. Minny will surely come out with a bit more intensity. I think Jokic will bring his A game
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Post#4779 » by BigGargamel » Sat May 11, 2024 4:10 am

ChipotleWest wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:Ok I'm Jamal Murray: I should

A: Not throw things on the court, because I'm very important to the Nuggets and they can't afford for me to get suspended
B: Throw things on the court, because it's the playoffs and the league won't suspend me anyway

B was the correct answer, because they didn't suspend him.


Wow, we heard you the first 30 times. Get over it already. Jeez. :lol:


You don't like the fact that it's logical that he should have been suspended, that's all.


He made a stupid decision and got a fine. He learned his lesson and won't do it again. It wasn't a Draymond Green like incident, and it wasn't a fight. Only a softie wants players suspended left and right for things like that, but NBA fans are super soft these days.
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Post#4780 » by Manimal » Sat May 11, 2024 4:10 am

Imagine being a fan who paid hundreds of dollars to watch their team lose every game of this series in person.

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