2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (Series tied 2-2)

[hardenASG13]

Joker needs to fricking take 25-30 shots this next game. All great scorers will shoot the ball. Forget everyone else for once. If you take 30 shots and lose the game that’s fine. But you need to have that mentality for one game. I’d rather my best player take 30 shots and lose at this point.

Exactly!

[canada_dry]

I think ultimately what this series is proving is that Jokic is a #2 on a championship team against upper tier competition.

Just remember to use this methodology consistently across players past and present and see what you come up with lol

Yeah...that's a really insane statement

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[California Gold]

Clippers are a well oiled machine. I expect them to go up 3-1 tomorrow.

[Butterfingers1]

I don’t think nuggets can do this with 3 of their 7 playable guys being injured. I still believe this Nuggets team is a little underrated when fully healthy, but they have no margin for injury against a good team

[mcmurphy]

This is basically the same tired BS people used to say about Magic, FWIW. It wasn't insightful then, and it isn't now.

Why u guys even try. He is troll, formerly known as Chokic. Either that or just brainless, but i refuse to believe that any1 who watched a game of NBA basketball can be so dumb.

Don't know who Chokic is but that's a clever name. I personally like the name Fatkic, it makes me chuckle.

I am not a troll or alternate account, I just call it like I see it. I called Jokic once again struggling against a upper tier team. I called him not showing he's able to uplift his team vs what some consider a slightly superior team in talent.. I see a guy who even though he possess all time offensive ability defer to others and play passively, content with not contesting shots so he can have better chance to rebound and pad his stats. A guy who would rather pass to Christian Braun when the whole world knows he's bad.

Sometimes all time great players just have to shoulder the load and say I'm dropping 40 tonight. Jokic hasn't done that. Shooting the ball 14 and 15 times in consecutive playoff games is pathetic for any #1 option, much less a guy being prematurely annointed as a top 10 player of all time smack dab in the middle of his prime.

Make all the excuses you want. Jokic just might be the best #2 we've ever seen, ill give him that.

jez... worst take of the decade

The other 5 Nuggets teammates without Jokic's playmaking are annihilated... and Jokic can go and score 50-60 points with average efficiency (because playing systematically against a 2vs1 defense leads to this) leads to a sure loss

<<Make all the excuses you want. Jokic just might be the best #2 we've ever seen, ill give him that.>>


last 5 playoff seasons... best #2 my axx
29.5ppg

[OkcSinceSGA]

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Did Ballmer City become the best crowd overnight after struggling with attendance early season? Price drops+Kawhi helped I guess.

[Ruma85]

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Did Ballmer City become the best crowd overnight after struggling with attendance early season? Price drops+Kawhi helped I guess.

It reminds of Euroleague games, just not as intense.

[Wolfgang630]

Today is the day. I’ll live with joker forcing up and taking 25 shots and lose. At least I know my best player gave it his all. I can’t live with passiveness and throwing it to Westbrook. That’s THE GAME PLAN. They want you to pass to Westbrook. Bench unit it total garbage. Just Jack shots up and live with it.

[OkcSinceSGA]

Today is the day. I’ll live with joker forcing up and taking 25 shots and lose. At least I know my best player gave it his all. I can’t live with passiveness and throwing it to Westbrook. That’s THE GAME PLAN. They want you to pass to Westbrook. Bench unit it total garbage. Just Jack shots up and live with it.

May not have a choice with injuries. If I was Denver I’d basically try this and pray you can get Zu in foul trouble very early. In the past getting Zu off the floor early made them fall apart.

[hardenASG13]

Today is the day. I’ll live with joker forcing up and taking 25 shots and lose. At least I know my best player gave it his all. I can’t live with passiveness and throwing it to Westbrook. That’s THE GAME PLAN. They want you to pass to Westbrook. Bench unit it total garbage. Just Jack shots up and live with it.

May not have a choice with injuries. If I was Denver I’d basically try this and pray you can get Zu in foul trouble very early. In the past getting Zu off the floor early made them fall apart.

Yup, this couldn't be more clear. They have nobody behind Zubac, and if Ben Simmons causes issues for Jokic then that's a separate problem. Making the right pass to post efficient triple doubles isn't getting it done. And he's totally capable of dropping 40 plus.

[ejftw]

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Just a nice wake up track to get ready for the day


Edit: or like Papoose said

They couldn't survive the heat,
Just like the mavericks.
And I dont buy wolf tickets from ****,
But **** be wolfin so i walk around wit my clippers.

[Mrakar]

If the Nuggets were healthy i would give them 30-40% chance to win tonight, even though they are outmatched. However hobbled Nuggets are going to get rekt once again. I give them 10% chance in case all 3 of Harden/Leonard/Powell are cold, but even if that happen they have other guys who can catch fire. Sad ending to a sad season for the Nuggets.

[durden_tyler]

i still want to believe in Jokic/Nuggets, but this Clippers team have a great mix of veterans and stars, i think they’re just too composed and know that a 2-2 series tie will be considered a disappointment knowing the series shifts back to Denver in Game 5.

My Denver series bet is all but lost and the smart money is to ride the Clippers thus game (they are -5.5) and then maybe even G5 (where the betting line will be a tossup)

Congrats, Clippers! Let’s get that blowout. LOL


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[Special_Puppy]

Jokic average EPM this series: +6.2
Jokic BPM this postseason: +16.1

People are really reaching with their Jokic criticism this series

[Wolfgang630]

Jokic average EPM this series: +6.2
Jokic BPM this postseason: +16.1

People are really reaching with their Jokic criticism this series

I’m only criticizing his aggressiveness. If you’re getting compared to the GOATs of the game then you know there comes a time where you don’t give a crap about your teammates and you do all you can to score the ball. Too many times he becomes passive.

[Statlanta]

Clippers are lucky they are not facing a young defense like the Magic, Rockets or Thunder(yet) and are playing the worst defense in the playoffs. I don’t know how Leonard survives a series against those teams

[bisme37]

[ejftw]

Jokic average EPM this series: +6.2
Jokic BPM this postseason: +16.1

People are really reaching with their Jokic criticism this series

Is calling him out for his pathetic flopping and dirty elbows in game 2 really reaching with criticism tho

[BigDan245]

Is it any surprise the Nuggets are limping through this series? They have no depth.

When healthy they are a heck of a team, but when you put so much pressure on just a few guys, the chances of injury skyrockets. I mean even Jokic a guy who never gets hurt is laboring.

If Denver doesn't get more depth in the future, this will always be the most likely outcome.

[cjx]

Nuggets win Game 4, Fam, book it!

King Joker will drop 44 pts, 14 rebs and 10 asts,

Muscle Westbrook will drop 21 pts, 15 rebs and 10 asts,

Mile High Might Guaranteed, you know what it is !