2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (DEN leads 1-0)

[NotaHypeJob]

Zubac playing Jokic even, probably slightly outplaying him so far thh

[Mamba Mentality]

Clippers getting whatever the hell they want on offense. There are no defensive adjustments the Nuggets can make to stop this offense, they just don’t have the personnel.

[azcatz11]

MPJ is legitimately useless out there. The fact that he's getting paid $40M/year is insane. Easily one of the worst contracts in the league.

And people still defend him because he’s 6’10. It’s embarrassing at this point.

[picc]

Jokic is in such confusingly great shape. He looks like the Michelin Man running up and down court. And the pace always makes it look like he should be collapsing and going into cardiac arrest. But he never does.

[Marvin Martian]

Murray is absolutely terrible on defense

[Wolfgang630]

If Giannis and Jokic don’t pull a LeBron and leave their teams for better pasture then they’re both dumb. Their organizations have forever ruined their careers in terms of winning more championships

[ArksNetsSince99]

According to Belgrade Tribune in Jokic stable there is 4 Newborn ponies, no wonder he is in rush home and want to be done in the first round quick

[Dennis Reynolds]

Jeez the Nuggets are stinking it up. Even Jokic has been a negative since checking back in besides that 1 bucket over Dunn.

[eyriq]

It looks hopeless for Denver. -18 in the paint, -6 from three

[Tomhomes33]

Nuggets look bad..but cant write them off with Jokic on the floor..no matter what this guy can turn the tables himself..but not looking good so far

[Wolfgang630]

MPJ is legitimately useless out there. The fact that he's getting paid $40M/year is insane. Easily one of the worst contracts in the league.

And people still defend him because he’s 6’10. It’s embarrassing at this point.

They should’ve traded him at the deadline, but because he had one of his good weeks during that time they didn’t do anything. Well they probably wouldn’t have traded him anyways since Calvin Booth sucks

[bluejerseyjinx]

Not sure if its been like this all season, but the guard play by Denver is horrendous. Can't see them going far and their interior defense is not looking so good either.

It has been like this all season. The only chance they have is AG going super nova or Murray obviously but AG has had some fire bombs also. Their role players just suck

They sure don't look like the same team that came into the Boston Garden 3 years ago. Someone posted earlier that Denver should have been a play in team. I believe I agree with him based on what I an seeing.

[Patches Perry]

Clippers look good man. They're going to be a tough out.

[Alatan]

Clippers had harder practices than this...

[Jedi32]

"its not possible for Kawhi to outplay Jokic"

One of the biggest jokes ever told on realgm

[DrModesty]

Heliocentric players need backup heliocentric players.

You ideally want a system to play offense that doesn't change too drastically when a single player sits.

Maybe Nuggets should try get Jaylin Williams as a backup to Jokic. Not as good clearly but still capable of running some similar actions.

I think that used to be the idea with Mason Plumlee.
Not easy to find a backup center with that skillset though. I assume you're suggesting Jaylin Williams based off that ridiculous thread last week? He doesn't actually play like a hub for OKC.

He does play that way in the garbage time minutes he gets as well as those games where all the starters got rested. They don't have him doing it in live minute because so many guys on the team need reps as ball handlers.

[Pistol_Pete]

Zubac playing Jokic even, probably slightly outplaying him so far thh

That’s because literally no one is defending Zubac. All the focus is literally on everyone else, and half the time Jokic has is drawn out to one of the guys on the perimeter. Lets not act like he’s performing a miracle out there. Jokic gas to work for his buckets.

Much better game plan so far by LAC. Lets see if the Nugz can adapt.

[picc]

I want the Nuggets to win because I like them a lot more, but I want to see OKC/LAC more than I want to see OKC/Denver. This is kind of a win win.

[CelticSooner]

Clippers look good man. They're going to be a tough out.

Just going to enjoy Kawhi while I can.

[Lala870]

Jokic is in such confusingly great shape. He looks like the Michelin Man running up and down court. And the pace always makes it look like he should be collapsing and going into cardiac arrest. But he never does.

Much like Luka