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

[picc]

Yeah first game Harden may be the best player in nba history.

Its the rest of the time that's the problem.

[CodeBreaker]

Houston Harden showing up. Wait til you see Toronto Kawhi in the 2nd quarter.

[ProcessDoctor]

Man I love watching Harden. Hope he gets the recognition he deserves and makes an All-NBA teams this year.

[The High Cyde]

Harden really turned back the clock the last couple of months

It’s all about the ramp up for the playoffs for the older players

[CelticSooner]

This might be the most I’ve liked watching Harden play. I think Denver’s inability to guard anyone on the perimeter has a lot to do with it though. He will be plenty comfortable in this series.

[_NoMas]

Nothing like one quarter of playoff basketball for the hot takes to start!

[tsherkin]

Westbrook, *sigh, facepalm*

[kazyv]

there's a reason Jokic was drafted during a taco bell commercial, his lateral movement is not NBA level even though his mind is all time great.

He makes Gobert look like Draymond in terms of defensive rotation speed.

I mean you've just seen how denver's defensive lineup just did when he sat. Not a whole lot better. It's clear that this Denver team has no outstanding defenders

[SpurNani]

Harden should honestly average like 27 in this series, its tailor made for him.

[Pistol_Pete]

Denver’s bench is such trash. Pickett and Watson would not make the rotation on any team except Denver.

[Lala870]

https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/DEN.html

Just a friendly reminder of how much MPJ/Murray make

[JM00n69]

lol Denver is cooked

Might as well cancel the rest of the series and call it after the first half of this one.

[LeBronSpaghetti]

Nothing like one quarter of playoff basketball for the hot takes to start!

Lol the playoffs are most definitely back! My favorite hot take was when it was 17-13 and someone here said Denver is done

[kingr]

Realgm told me James harden never plays well in the playoffs.

[mrvioletowl]

Get WB out and go big with Nnaji and Strawther. Denver's priority this season is finding a decent PG. Someone like Brogdon would be good.

[Pharmcat]

Clippers going all the way

[JM00n69]

Denver’s bench is such trash. Pickett and Watson would not make the rotation on any team except Denver.

You clearly don't know how good of a defender Watson is. You'll find out soon enough casual.

[Wolfgang630]

CK WESTBROLK. Jesus Christ he’s horrible. He killed everything

[canada_dry]

Yeah first game Harden may be the best player in nba history.

Its the rest of the time that's the problem.

True. But maybe having kawhi to pick up the slack might be the difference this time... rather than westbrook, Chris paul, or embiid, 3 of the biggest chokers of this generation alongside Harden, who is one himself.

Kawhi is the opposite.

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[Chuck Everett]

So Ty Lue just said it. We're just going to keep attacking Jokic on the pick and roll until he shows.