Game 7, WC-SF : Minnesota Timberwolves #3 @ Denver Nuggets #2 (3-3)

Post #1 » by **THE J0KER** » Fri May 17, 2024 3:02 am

Do or die!

Post #2 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun May 19, 2024 3:13 am

The Mavs beat OKC, so if we beat the Wolves, we will have home home-court advantage in WCF!

psimanic1 · Post #3 » by **psimanic1** » Sun May 19, 2024 5:53 am

THE J0KER wrote:The Mavs beat OKC, so if we beat the Wolves, we will have home home-court advantage in WCF!

once again we get HC when we shouldnt have it(at the start of PO), we just need to be smart and beat MIN, maybe even BOS can lose and we get HC once more in finals xd

skywalker33 · Post #4 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 1:08 am

Looks like ANT is getting crushed and Murray has FINALLY shown up. Up by 15pts going into the half, need to keep the hammer on their throat

Post #5 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 20, 2024 1:17 am

+15 on halftime should be enough. The defense works perfectly and Edwards is stopped, Murray has a perfect 24p half, Jokic has a monstrous 15 rebounds already and Malone solved the bench problem by giving gigantic playing time to our starters (Joker paused only about one minute, Murray and AG about 2-3).

skywalker33 · Post #6 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 1:45 am

3rd qtr jitters, need to heat back up, play some solid ball

skywalker33 · Post #7 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 2:17 am

MINN starting F's outscoring ours 41-11, 50-17 with the bench...PATHETIC !!

skywalker33 · Post #8 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 2:19 am

Just getting out-hustled....Wolves wanting this more

skywalker33 · Post #9 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 2:35 am

SIXTEEN points by our F's just can't expect to win. MPJ MIA, AG50 non-existent and WHAT'S a BENCH ??? Oh well, on to the off-season

psimanic1 · Post #10 » by **psimanic1** » Mon May 20, 2024 2:46 am

skywalker33 wrote:SIXTEEN points by our F's just can't expect to win. MPJ MIA, AG50 non-existent and WHAT'S a BENCH ??? Oh well, on to the off-season

all off that is on Malone and his team IMO, if they dont make moves to make team better, then I really hope we are in play in next year and get **** by HOU for example...you have best years of best player in nba, and what do you do, try to waste them....
I really hope DAL/BOS can beat these mfs because I'm not sure I can stand seeing short videos of Gobert winning it... :banghead:

Post #11 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 20, 2024 2:49 am

This should have been a routine win after +15 at halftime (biggest game-7 comeback in NBA history), but Malone is the worst coach to win the ring ever, he even wasted +15 Vs Spurs when we needed a win to get an easier half of the draw. But no excuses for FO too for ignoring the bench problem. They have one job, to find one useful veteran but not even tried. We wasted a golden opportunity this playoff to defend the title, who can guarantee that all starters will be healthy again (look what happened to the Clippers and Bucks this playoff)?

skywalker33 · Post #12 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 3:06 am

THE J0KER wrote:This should have been a routine win after +15 at halftime (biggest game-7 comeback in NBA history), but Malone is the worst coach to win the ring ever, he even wasted +15 Vs Spurs when we needed a win to get an easier half of the draw. But no excuses for FO too for ignoring the bench problem. They have one job, to find one useful veteran but not even tried. We wasted a golden opportunity this playoff to defend the title, who can guarantee that all starters will be healthy again (look what happened to the Clippers and Bucks this playoff)?

To blame Malone for this loss is just not right, MINN outplayed us in the 2nd half, no one could make a shot, our entire F squad was outscored ny 30+pts. MINN wanted it more and took it. Malone NEVER miss a 3-pter tonight.

psimanic1 · Post #13 » by **psimanic1** » Mon May 20, 2024 3:08 am

THE J0KER wrote:This should to be routine win after +15 at halftime (biggest game-7 comeback in NBA history), but Malone is worst coach to win the ring ever, he even wasted +15 Vs Spurs when we need win to get easier half of the draw. But no excuses for FO too for ignoring bench problem. They have one job, to find one useful veteran but not even tried. We wasted golden opportunity this playoff to defend the title, who can guarantee that all starters will be healthy again (look what happened to Clippers and Bucks this playoff).

actually it should be easy fix.. beg Massai if he is still in TOR to give us Brown in a trade for MPJ, give starter minutes to Watson and play Brown of the bench, give Malone Udemy tutorials from some Indian guy on how to coach the team without it being so dependant on Jokic and Murray 2 man game, send Calvin to pray for someone to take Nnaji and give us C that is not retirement ready, and next playoffs Kroenke should fly out like 500-1000 balkan fans and you go 16-0..seeing fans be so happy that camera caught them after losing 20pt lead is so crazy to me tbh, and "defense, defense" is not how you chear for your team...

skywalker33 · Post #14 » by **skywalker33** » Mon May 20, 2024 3:32 am

Always been an MPJ fan, but him disappearing in playoff seasons while making $35MM is inexcusable, we need to be able to rely on him confidently or he needs to find a new home.

Maf · Post #15 » by **Maf** » Mon May 20, 2024 7:39 am

When up by 20 I started thinking about series with Dallas. Guess players were too...

Post #16 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon May 20, 2024 8:28 pm

skywalker33 wrote:Always been an MPJ fan, but him disappearing in playoff seasons while making $35MM is inexcusable, we need to be able to rely on him confidently or he needs to find a new home.

MPJ is very visible this playoff. He is our best player (after Jokic of course) in the series vs the Lakers and has two 20+ games in the first three games vs the Wolves before *disappearing* in the last four, which was already way better his PO performance than back in 2023.

I would not give up on a player with such potential, and due to his size, he is also one of the best rebounders in the league for the SF spot. In the past I several times accused Malone of killing Porter's self-confidence, but I need more facts about the current case and how MPJ's TS% from sky-high 67% in the first 8 PO games imploded to team-damaging TS%35% in the final 4 games!?