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

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:15 pm

Nuggets in 4
5
2%
Nuggets in 5
11
4%
Nuggets in 6
56
20%
Nuggets in 7
55
20%
Clippers in 4
2
1%
Clippers in 5
10
4%
Clippers in 6
107
39%
Clippers in 7
31
11%
 
Total votes: 277

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#821 » by Wolfgang630 » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

You can’t fking miss high school layups man. This is what will cost you the game.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#822 » by Ugly0598 » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

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So you wanted him to pick up one before he got his three? people commenting don't know anything about the game ffs. Jok contests as much as he can without fouling, it's been the team defensive plan for years. It's on the POA defender and rotations after that. That's THE defensive game plan for Denver and for a good reason, which is keeping Jok on the floor


Well, if the Clippers are going to have zero resistance at the rim the entire series, you can't be shocked if the Nuggets lose. Contesting at the rim, doesn't mean fouling.


You're still not getting it bro


Come up with something more relevant. You clearly ain’t it.
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Post#823 » by Dubnation » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

Joker with the fast break. :lol:
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Post#824 » by scrabbarista » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

Ugh. Westbrook. :banghead:
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Post#825 » by Patches Perry » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

Jokic looking like prime LeBron in the open court.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#826 » by JM00n69 » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

Chuck Everett wrote:
JM00n69 wrote:
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Well, if the Clippers are going to have zero resistance at the rim the entire series, you can't be shocked if the Nuggets lose. Contesting at the rim, doesn't mean fouling.


You're still not getting it bro


If you say so. They have the worst defensive rating of all the playoff teams (coming into the playoffs). Yes, they obviously need him for offense I understand that, but you can't forgo the need to get stops as well. And he's playing better defense in the 2nd half, with three fouls. Go figure.


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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#827 » by picc » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:33 pm

So after all that about Denver not being to do anything with the Clippers offense, they have 75 pts after 3.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#828 » by jehosafats » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Jokic leaves every game with tiny scratches all over his arms like he got the stigmata
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#829 » by Domz » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Feels like the Clippers are gonna sell in the 4th.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#830 » by -Sammy- » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

A Westbrook three early in the possession is ALWAYS a great idea.
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Post#831 » by Chuck Everett » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Where is Kawhi? Did he tweak something?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#832 » by JimmyPlopper » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Jokic has some really weird marks on his elbows and biceps... are defenders pinching him or something!?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#833 » by Dubnation » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:You can’t fking miss high school layups man. This is what will cost you the game.


Please meet with the Dubs and teach them this nugget, please.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#834 » by Peregrine01 » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Are the Clips gassed?
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Post#835 » by sp6r=underrated » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Imagine if the Nuggets were capable of building a team around Jokic. This Denver roster is a catastrophe
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Post#836 » by Jedi32 » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:34 pm

Slow mo that kind of looked like a travel from jokic
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Post#837 » by Revived » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:35 pm

scrabbarista wrote:How do all the players, all of the crowd, and all of the announcers see the ball go out, but the people who are paid to don't see it?

Really makes you wonder...

Because they don’t have the angles that we do. It’s insane that Adam Silver is so cheap and won’t have there be another ref instead of just 3 on the court.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#838 » by Scoundreldays » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:35 pm

These lineups are mindblowing in the playoffs one of Harden or Kawhi should always be out there
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Post#839 » by gizardoe » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:35 pm

Was that a travel lol
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers 

Post#840 » by OkcSinceSGA » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:35 pm

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