2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (Series tied 1-1)

[California Gold]

Kawhi has to score only
Jokic has to do everything and he gets **** on. So lame. Kawhi doesn’t create or rebound.

And yet Kawhi is still the best player in this series.

The whining is hilarious.

Kawhi was not in game one. He was worse than Jokic was in this game. Stop the bs. Best player in the series lmao

He is the best player in this series. Deal with it.

Clippers favored to win the series now as well. Tough season for Denver, it'll be OK Denver fans.

[jokeboy86]

Nuggets gotta sell out on Kawhi and not even let him get to his midrange. Shot is automatic, pick something else to lose to and tip your hat.

Thats the problem though. Unlike Durant, Kawhi is so big and strong and his handle has improved that he could just bully ball people or blow by them. I dont know how you guard Kawhi other than send hard doubles at him every time

[Scoundreldays]

Bogi gotta be benched for the rest of the series. Just ride a three guard rotation of Dunn-Harden-Powell

Bogi needs the Pat Bev 2021 Mavs series treatment

[_NoMas]

All time series this is shaping up to be. Great to see Kawhi being Kawhi, man I hope he can stay healthy. Still got the Nuggets in the series - if Powell or Bogi were anything like the regular season though this would probably have been an easy clips in 5.

[Sharkboy242]

Two close ass games, the series is 1-1

You guys are delusional ass haters making proclamations about someone winning definitively. Lots of good, bad and ugly from both teams.

You guys aren't stopping Kawhi fam. Its over.

Your Jokic hate boner is as strong as ever.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Kawhi has to score only
Jokic has to do everything and he gets **** on. So lame. Kawhi doesn’t create or rebound.

And yet Kawhi is still the best player in this series.

The whining is hilarious.

Kawhi was not in game one. He was worse than Jokic was in this game. Stop the bs. Best player in the series lmao

Dude Kawhi was not worse than Jokic this game

[jehosafats]

That was one of the most inept performances I've ever seen from a series playoff team. Absolute joke.

Denver played like they were scared children.

Total disgrace.

MPJ showed up

[Wolfgang630]

And yet Kawhi is still the best player in this series.

The whining is hilarious.

Kawhi was not in game one. He was worse than Jokic was in this game. Stop the bs. Best player in the series lmao

He is the best player in this series. Deal with it.

Clippers favored to win the series now as well. Tough season for Denver, it'll be OK Denver fans.

The best player in the series is the guy who gets triple to quadruple teamed. Deal with it

[_NoMas]

Nuggets gotta sell out on Kawhi and not even let him get to his midrange. Shot is automatic, pick something else to lose to and tip your hat.

Thats the problem though. Unlike Durant, Kawhi is so big and strong and his handle has improved that he could just bully ball people or blow by them. I dont know how you guard Kawhi other than send hard doubles at him every time

His handle is ridiculous at that size, special player

[HotRocks34]

Two close ass games, the series is 1-1

You guys are delusional ass haters making proclamations about someone winning definitively. Lots of good, bad and ugly from both teams.

You guys aren't stopping Kawhi fam. Its over.

It is over.

For the Clippers.

If Porter isn't hurt and Denver wakes up, this series is done and Denver is moving on.

[ball_takes23]

No doubt in my mind now that Denver is the better team but it's almost impossible to win games with the kind of mental mistakes they're making tonight.

LAC is clearly the better team. they have the 2nd, 3rd and 4th best players on the court and the deeper bench. tonight was much more of a must-win game for Denver than it was for LAC. Clips most likely in 6 now, but Clips in 5 wouldnt shock me either.

No. This series is over in max 6 with Denver winning if Porter is not hurt and they don't have a 1/1 A/T ratio in games moving forward.

Denver is simply better. But they have to play smarter and not be hurt with Porter.

Denver should have won this game with Kawhi shooting 15/19 and Denver having 20 turnovers.

They're just the better team.

Clippers lead for the entire second half but Denver should have won huh??? If any team should be up 2-0 right its LAC. They've controlled about 75% of the series so far and now they are going back home. gg Denver.

[ejftw]

Two close ass games, the series is 1-1

You guys are delusional ass haters making proclamations about someone winning definitively. Lots of good, bad and ugly from both teams.

You guys aren't stopping Kawhi fam. Its over.

It is over.

For the Clippers.

If Porter isn't hurt and Denver wakes up, this series is done and Denver is moving on.

I mean, if Powell and Bogi hit shots and the officials don't try to give Denver the game on a silver platter.

Denver is definitely moving on. To Cancun that is.

[azcatz11]

And yet Kawhi is still the best player in this series.

The whining is hilarious.

Kawhi was not in game one. He was worse than Jokic was in this game. Stop the bs. Best player in the series lmao

He is the best player in this series. Deal with it.

Clippers favored to win the series now as well. Tough season for Denver, it'll be OK Denver fans.

The odds actually increased for the Clippers after the G1 loss...lol

Basically, no one believes Denver can win this series. That's why the games are played but yeah

[f4p]

My favorite thing about realgm is how every player/team has haters that only posted in their game threads after a loss.

Who is hating on who?

I'm not gonna name the posters but there are people who showed up at the end of this game who only show up after a Denver loss/bad Jokic game.

And to be clear the same phenomenon exists for Lebron ,Durant, Steph and all the other all time greats.

I feel like it's just part of the experience. We.shitpost in the heat of the moment but the real posters recognize greatness once we've calmed down.

[AleksandarN]

And yet Kawhi is still the best player in this series.

The whining is hilarious.

Kawhi was not in game one. He was worse than Jokic was in this game. Stop the bs. Best player in the series lmao

In no universe was Jokic better than Kawhi tonight lol there's not even an argument to be had.

One game doesn’t make the series was my point.

[Scoundreldays]

Joker must be desperate, that’s some shameless ****

He's out of gas. Either they get the call and Clips have no replay challenge left, or Clips take advantage and score. No clue why Lue called timeout instead of attacking with 5v4 advantage.

Also Kawhi shoulda fouled Joker before letting his getting to the 3pt line with time ticking out. Just lucky Joker had literally no legs and unable to get a decent off.

Honestly i was just waiting for the Nuggs to tie it up with a miracle and then smoke the Clips in OT. This was a surprising finish tbh.

I was getting flashbacks of game 2 vs the Lakers last year when Harden missed that last shot. Thank goodness it didn't go the same

[HotRocks34]

Denver should be embarrassed by this loss. A disgraceful performance. They gave the game away, let the Clippers into the series and now Porter seems hurt after trying to make up for one of the idiotic turnovers.

Disaster.

Clippers gave game 1 away. So either way it would be 1-1 coming back to LA where they Clippers are nearly unbeatable.

It's not going to make any difference if Denver stops throwing the ball away and hits a few free throws.

Everything was clear tonight.

[Ssj16]

IMO Kawhi is the best player in the league when healthy, and this has been the case since 2019. I might be the only one to think that, but I would not take anyone else in the playoffs

I keep seeing posters here post that Kawhi would be the best player if healthy. The problem with this thought process, health and availability are part of the game.

I think Kawhi has top 10 player of all time potential but the reality is he's no where close there because he has barely played in the last 5 years.

Could you imagine if Jokic or Giannis had the luxury of playing 1 quarter of the season how different they could look in the playoffs?

Kawhi has shown what he could do in Toronto (even with load management) playing the majority of games but now he's a part time player who gets to show up for the playoffs.

[Revived]

Jokic having to play so many mins is definitely impacting him. He played 43 mins tonight. That’s kind of insane for a guy his size. After having played like 50 mins two days ago.

Then you realize every star player is playing heavy mins. I guess being gassed only applies to Jokic.

What other big man is playing as many mins as Jokic in these playoffs? Not to add how he has to do literally everything because his team is full of idiots.

[PushDaRock]

Healthy Peak Kawhi > KD btw

It isn't even close. I remember getting roasted for this take years ago while KD was riding Steph's coattails to a pair of rings.

KD only arguement is ‘bag’ / aesthetics. Kawhi simply better at basketball & he light years ahead when it comes to impacting winning

Regular Season is just practice for him, playoffs is when he laces them up for real.