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

[AleksandarN]

When the best defensive team in the NBA isn't allowed to play defense lol.

The refs took the T-wolves out of the game right from the get go.

When the champs aren’t allowed to play offense game 2 happens. That game the refs let everything go. I mean no other series or game this playoffs were reffed that loosely in any series. The refs took the Nuggets out of the game from the get go in game 2. But the refs didn’t cause either to loose this badly in the last two games. It was not the refs that lost either game. It was the players period.

[Tor_Raps]

Mike Malone is talking about some altercation with a Minny fan... anyone have any video of this?

[multo]

I'm taking Denver in six, they woke up.

I think Minny could win game 4 or 6. Nuggz in 7.

Yeah, I mean all it takes is a good shooting night. I think Game 4 is a toss up and a much closer game than Games 2 and 3.

[SFour]

My feeling is that I don't want playoff series, and potentially championships, to be decided by suspensions. Perhaps he deserved it, but if so, at least let him serve it at the beginning of next regular season.

ya I don't know why people want a suspension....it would ruin the series....do we not want to watch competitive basketball?

I mean he threw sh#% on the court twice.. while aiming at the ref. If Draymond did this people would be furious

NBA bases their suspensions partly on the players' history...so yes it would make more sense if Draymond got suspended. Murray doesn't have that history....but he does now so next time if he throws something on the court he's likely getting that suspension instead of a fine.

[Dubnation]

I don't dislike Mark Jones but I have Mark Jones weariness. "Lacerates the lane" is just so contrived.

Decimating. Eviscerating. Disemboweling.

I like it. I’m sure most here are too young to remember Howard Cosell. I appreciated the vocabulary then as well.


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[GeorgeSears]

This was the most complete game the Nuggets played all playoffs from start to finish. Once they built that lead heading into half, there was no turning back. They were also in desperation mode.

Game 4 will be a lot different. It'll be much closer and the TWolves are going too be looking for revenge.

[B-easy]

Hopefully g4 is close. Blowouts are boring even if your team wins.

[SweaterBae]

Decimating. Eviscerating. Disemboweling.

I like it. I’m sure most here are too young to remember Howard Cosell. I appreciated the vocabulary then as well.


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It was part of Howard's normal way. These guys are doing it with an agenda to be known for something, like they've got a thesaurus at their fingertips all game long. It's not organic, it's a schtik. Spouting off tautologies doesn't make someone smart, it makes them inefficient and redundant and palaverous and digressive and bombastic.

[HotRocks34]

Legler post-game.

* Tonight was about Denver

* Minny lost some swag

Watch on YouTube

[TheFire]

The entire media already proclaiming the Wolves as the champs and Ant as the next MJ surely didn’t jinx them.

[Wolfgang630]

Amazing when the refs don’t let you play a whole game where you’re allowed to foul the nuggets all game

[garrick]

When the best defensive team in the NBA isn't allowed to play defense lol.

The refs took the T-wolves out of the game right from the get go.

When the champs aren’t allowed to play offense game 2 happens. That game the refs let everything go. I mean no other series or game this playoffs were reffed that loosely in any series. The refs took the Nuggets out of the game from the get go in game 2. But the refs didn’t cause either to loose this badly in the last two games. It was not the refs that lost either game. It was the players period.

Round 1 the refs let the Wolves play games 1-3 in the first round versus the Suns.

Also Conley and McDaniels really stepped up on offense so even with Ant not shooting particularly well the Wolves offense was clicking on all cylinders.

[G R E Y]

It's not a series until a team wins a home game.

[BigGargamel]

Hopefully g4 is close. Blowouts are boring even if your team wins.

I absolutely disagree. My heart needed a game like this.

[HotRocks34]

2 minutes into this post-game appearance Malone says he made a super cut video of all the national talking heads counting out Denver down 0-2 and he showed it to the team.

https://www.youtube.com/live/bwbfRCnEMb8?si=4Uy9zht1uEdvhpp4

[AleksandarN]

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[ArksNetsSince99]

Mile High Might

Impressive win by Denver

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

2 minutes into this post-game appearance Malone says he made a super cut video of all the national talking heads counting out Denver down 0-2 and he showed it to the team.

https://www.youtube.com/live/bwbfRCnEMb8?si=4Uy9zht1uEdvhpp4

Malone probably reads realgm post out loud during timeouts gets them going

Say what you want about Malone, he loves finding anything to light a fire under their asses. I sometimes think these post game conferences is what doc rivers tries to accomplish but it comes off really horribly for him.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Hopefully g4 is close. Blowouts are boring even if your team wins.

I absolutely disagree. My heart needed a game like this.

Maybe even two games like this

[KingFox]

I'm hoping game 4 will be a down to the wire, OT classic of some kind.