Post#274 » by younggunsmn » Sun May 5, 2024 2:42 am
Aroooo what a win!
The Brand Managers were pretty biased towards Denver, but this game was pretty mild considering what we are used to seeing from Scott Foster and Tony Brothers. Had they reffed Jokic and Murray would have shot 20 free throws each.
And those games are coming. League aint letting this one only go 4 or 5 games, it will cost them a LOT of money.
Great to see Reggie Miller calling out the BS multiple times on the broadcast.
Ant man is just so damn special, he is totally locked in right now. Playoff Ant has LEVELED UP!
I have no words. Amazing Performance, on both ends of the floor.
Our star rises and falls with him.
Great 2nd half from Mike and Naz Reid, and KAT kept us in the game in the 3rd quarter when we were trading haymakers.
As bad as Naz was in the 1st half, he was that good in the 4th quarter.
Gobert did not pop on the stat sheet, but played great defense and was great in crunch time with 2 huge baskets.
I knew we were destined to win when he hit that bank shot to put us up 9 with 2 minutes left.
Jaden had zero points, but 8 rebounds to go along with great defense and only one foul defending Murray and Porter the whole game.
Got to get that 2nd unit stuff cleaned up, we can't afford to hemorrhage points with NAW as primary ball handler and Anderson out there wrecking our offense.
I like Morris better for the non-Mike minutes, and I like Jaden playing 40 minutes if he can stay out of foul trouble like he's been doing a much better job of in the playoffs.
Give NAW all the backup wing minutes. It's great to have him out there to check Murray when he is normally feasting on the other teams 2nd units and backup guards while Jokic sits.
I really love the game plan of throwing multiple defenders at both Jokic and Murray.
Keeps our guys from getting worn down and makes sure there is a fresh guy with energy to check both at all times instead of one guy getting run through multiple screens possession after possession.
Love the not double teaming Jokic most of the time. Takes away his greatest strength which is his home run passing.
Tonight is the best any team can reasonably expect to defend Jokic. He got 32 and 9 assists, but had 6 turnovers and was 11/25 from the field. Any time you can keep him under both 10FTA and 10 Assists you have a good chance to win the game.
This is gonna be an amazing series, just like the one we played against the Kings 20 years ago.
The depth we didn't have last year really shined through tonight.
40 minutes of great D from Jaden and 14 4th quarter points from Naz, two things we didn't have in last year's matchup.
Denver hit some crazy shots in this one, at least 2 each from Porter and Murray, and scored 8 points in like 20 seconds late in the 4th. They have the DNA of a champion and we are just going to have to be that much better to win this series.
We can't just rely on Ant having the game of his life each time out, we are going to have to keep leveling up to win going forward.