Game 8 : Oklahoma City Thunder (7-0) @ Denver Nuggets (4-3)

Post #1 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 12:56 am

Without Murray and Gordon OKC is the favorite to win for sure, but after so many losses lately on home court against Oklahoma we should be a much more motivated team tonight.

skywalker33 · Post #2 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 2:59 am

With 2/5 of the starting lineup out, MPJ needs to buckle down. Hitting just 1/6 as the #2 option. He needs to be a more focused, especially against a top team within the conference. And PWatt may be having offensive issues, we knew that. But he needs to play some NBA defense on Jalen Williams at the least.

Post #3 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 3:18 am

Good 1st half from Jokić, Westbrook, and Braun, but 3 players are not enough against red-hot OKC. We miss Murray and AG today

Post #4 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 3:59 am

Right from nowhere we just played our best quarter of the season scoring 40 points vs. league best defense, so game is now tied after the OKC +11 lead on halftime.

Jokic already has a monster triple-double, Westbrook has the best game so far and MPJ with 15 pts in 3rd (only 3 in 1st half) joins the party.

skywalker33 · Post #5 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 4:11 am

Strawther having a HORRIBLE shooting night, the talent is there just need to be CONSISTENT

Post #6 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 4:34 am

Didn't see this coming after -11 at halftime or -16 at one point in 3rd, but we have our best game and win this season. Really great win.

skywalker33 · Post #7 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 4:34 am

Sealed another win, giving OKC their FIRST loss of the season. MPJ had a comeback 2nd half, nice to see some resilience there. Braun continues to step up, looking like a Most Improved Player candidate and WB brought it tonight. Joker another triple-double, seems like he's already in the MVP lead again.

Nice Win for the Good Guys, GO NUGGETS !

skywalker33 · Post #8 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 5:32 am

All the younger players settled down in the 2nd half, PWatt came up HUGE with that block (3 for the game) on SGA to seal the win. MPJ added 5 3pt shots in the 2nd half, 15pts in the 3rd, even the bench trio of Strawther, Hunter and Nnaji added something to this win.

For being without 2/5 of our starting lineup, this was a BIG win, let's enjoy it and continue moving up the WC standings.

famicommander · Post #9 » by **famicommander** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 6:05 am

Hunter Tyson is just not an NBA rotation quality player. We need Cancar back. Tyson is terrified of the ball on offense and making far too many mental mistakes for a guy who played so much ball in college. He's older than Nnaji and Braun, it's not like he's Trey Alexander out there.

skywalker33 · Post #10 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 4:55 pm

famicommander wrote:Hunter Tyson is just not an NBA rotation quality player. We need Cancar back. Tyson is terrified of the ball on offense and making far too many mental mistakes for a guy who played so much ball in college. He's older than Nnaji and Braun, it's not like he's Trey Alexander out there.

Terrified may not be the right word, it seems more hesitant or insecure, which does lead to those mental lapses. And remember, while he did have a lot of college experience against COLLEGE players, these are now PROFESSIONALs, the best of the best of those college players.

davoarid · Post #11 » by **davoarid** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 5:33 pm

famicommander wrote:Hunter Tyson is just not an NBA rotation quality player. We need Cancar back. Tyson is terrified of the ball on offense and making far too many mental mistakes for a guy who played so much ball in college. He's older than Nnaji and Braun, it's not like he's Trey Alexander out there.

This all seems a it harsh. I mean, he's our tenth best player, forced into some minutes due to injuries. He's at least holding his own and not embarrassing himself--he's not Dario Saric, in other words.

famicommander · Post #12 » by **famicommander** » Thu Nov 7, 2024 5:52 pm

davoarid wrote:
famicommander wrote:Hunter Tyson is just not an NBA rotation quality player. We need Cancar back. Tyson is terrified of the ball on offense and making far too many mental mistakes for a guy who played so much ball in college. He's older than Nnaji and Braun, it's not like he's Trey Alexander out there.

This all seems a it harsh. I mean, he's our tenth best player, forced into some minutes due to injuries. He's at least holding his own and not embarrassing himself--he's not Dario Saric, in other words.

He's not our tenth best player, though. He's more like 13th. Tyson is a minus on both ends of the court, all he's really done well is play hard when others were slacking.

skywalker33 · Post #13 » by **skywalker33** » Sat Nov 9, 2024 10:22 pm

famicommander wrote:
davoarid wrote:
famicommander wrote:Hunter Tyson is just not an NBA rotation quality player. We need Cancar back. Tyson is terrified of the ball on offense and making far too many mental mistakes for a guy who played so much ball in college. He's older than Nnaji and Braun, it's not like he's Trey Alexander out there.

This all seems a it harsh. I mean, he's our tenth best player, forced into some minutes due to injuries. He's at least holding his own and not embarrassing himself--he's not Dario Saric, in other words.

He's not our tenth best player, though. He's more like 13th. Tyson is a minus on both ends of the court, all he's really done well is play hard when others were slacking.

Well, your punching bag came up with a pretty decent game last night, 7pts and 2 rebs in 9mins is a nice start. If he can improve on that (exponentially), he MIGHT be a nice piece off the bench

famicommander · Post #14 » by **famicommander** » Sat Nov 9, 2024 10:45 pm

skywalker33 wrote:
famicommander wrote:
davoarid wrote:This all seems a it harsh. I mean, he's our tenth best player, forced into some minutes due to injuries. He's at least holding his own and not embarrassing himself--he's not Dario Saric, in other words.

He's not our tenth best player, though. He's more like 13th. Tyson is a minus on both ends of the court, all he's really done well is play hard when others were slacking.

Well, your punching bag came up with a pretty decent game last night, 7pts and 2 rebs in 9mins is a nice start. If he can improve on that (exponentially), he MIGHT be a nice piece off the bench

Did you watch the game? That was, without question, the worst defensive performance by any Nugget in any game this entire year. He made the wrong decision EVERY SINGLE TIME he faced a screen in the entire game. He had bad fouls. He got beat off the dribble, he made slow rotations (or no rotations at all). He hurt us WAY more than he helped us last night.

skywalker33 · Post #15 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 4:14 pm

The HATE is still strong in this one

TunaFish · Post #16 » by **TunaFish** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 4:43 pm

Having been sequestered in the forest regions of Africa and missed the entire Nuggets season until now, on review this game will forever stand out because of Watson's block. Once you see the tell of the tape, his reach is phenomenal.

famicommander · Post #17 » by **famicommander** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 6:13 pm

skywalker33 wrote:The HATE is still strong in this one

The eyes, you mean. I have eyes and I saw a guy play the worst defense you could possibly play, and you came in here to give him props for hitting a wide open 3 and two layups.

Did you watch the game or did you just check the box score? You can't tell me with a straight face that Tyson's defense in that game was anything other than catastrophic.

skywalker33 · Post #18 » by **skywalker33** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 3:29 am

famicommander wrote:
skywalker33 wrote:The HATE is still strong in this one

The eyes, you mean. I have eyes and I saw a guy play the worst defense you could possibly play, and you came in here to give him props for hitting a wide open 3 and two layups.

Did you watch the game or did you just check the box score? You can't tell me with a straight face that Tyson's defense in that game was anything other than catastrophic.

Trust me, I watched it, get to see most all the games. I evaluate without scrutinizing based on bias, as it appears you do. I saw that as a team win where Tyson's play, while those two fouls didn't impede a win. You make it easy to believe you're just a TROLL because I only see you complain, so I find your posts worthless.

famicommander · Post #19 » by **famicommander** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 3:30 am

skywalker33 wrote:The HATE is still strong in this one

Am I still a hater or did Malone watch the game film and bench Tyson after this game?

famicommander · Post #20 » by **famicommander** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 8:45 pm

skywalker33 wrote:
famicommander wrote:
skywalker33 wrote:The HATE is still strong in this one

The eyes, you mean. I have eyes and I saw a guy play the worst defense you could possibly play, and you came in here to give him props for hitting a wide open 3 and two layups.

Did you watch the game or did you just check the box score? You can't tell me with a straight face that Tyson's defense in that game was anything other than catastrophic.

Trust me, I watched it, get to see most all the games. I evaluate without scrutinizing based on bias, as it appears you do. I saw that as a team win where Tyson's play, while those two fouls didn't impede a win. You make it easy to believe you're just a TROLL because I only see you complain, so I find your posts worthless.

Why didn't Tyson play last night if his defense was acceptable in the Heat game?

Surely everyone was thrilled about his 3/3 performance on offense. So why, exactly, would they give him zero minutes in the next game after his best career offensive performance?

Could it be because someone who understands basketball watched his defensive game film and it said exactly what I said it would? Slow rotations (if he bothered to rotate at all), bad fouls, horrible navigation of screens, beat off the dribble. He got beat every single time he was involved in a play on defense.

I guess my "worthless" posts have some worth after all, huh?