2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (DEN WINS 4-3)

[Wolfgang630]

Y’all remember Jokic asked for Westbrook to come to Denver. He’s the GM and coach at this point.

[Infinite Llamas]

Im indifferent to Jokic, he seems like a good guy. It’s his fans i love to lambast and educate.

Judging by your “education posts”…I’d say teaching was never in the cards for you

Says the guy who claimed Norman Powell is a better player than Aaron Gordon. Basketball might not be in the cards for you to understand.

Lol I’m a Jokic fan with an agenda.

Fn sue me

[SpurNani]

Judging by your “education posts”…I’d say teaching was never in the cards for you

Says the guy who claimed Norman Powell is a better player than Aaron Gordon. Basketball might not be in the cards for you to understand.

Lol I’m a Jokic fan with an agenda.

Fn sue me

At least you admit it. All good.

[therealbig3]

14, 8, and 8 through 3 quarters, leading his team in rebounds and assists, and he’s a complete non factor?

Yes.

14 points on 13 shots, and easy to rack up assists when your role players are hitting their shots.

Jokic was not Jokic tonight, stop it. Nobody cares because his team is winning in blowout fashion. But if this was a close game, he'd be getting criticized right now.

He’s an amazing passer and he’s been getting open looks for his teammates. Also, players typically shoot poorly in game 7s.

Kobe had the 6-24 game where Paul Pierce shot 5-15 and Ray Allen was 3-14. Duncan had a 10-27 game in game 7 of the 2005 finals. In 2016 NBA Finals game 7 Lebron shot 9-24 and Curry shot 6-19.

lol I’m not saying he’s not great.

I’m saying we can stop with the narrative about his supporting cast, because they won them the game tonight with Jokic being pretty blah.

[Bergmaniac]

I didn’t get a chance to vet this stat, but I just read that Harden now has 35 playoff games with 3 or fewer makes. That’s INSANE.

I didn't believe it at first so I checked the Basketball-reference page and turned out it's true. A lot of these games were from his first years in OKC when he was coming off the bench and not playing huge minutes, but still...

[Infinite Llamas]

Says the guy who claimed Norman Powell is a better player than Aaron Gordon. Basketball might not be in the cards for you to understand.

Lol I’m a Jokic fan with an agenda.

Fn sue me

At least you admit it. All good.

For my unbiased take:

I do believe that Powell is a little underrated. He just marginalized once LAC was at full health. He is a very smooth player who just looked like he never recovered fully from that injury around the ASB.

Gordon has made strides this year as a shooter and has been as productive on the OREBs as I’ve ever seen him. Not the ideal PF fit next to Jokic because he isn’t a rim protector but he is so elite in the dunker spot and he’s a very high IQ player. Seen him do more bully ball this year too backing guys down.

[picc]

The Clippers are much better than a 1st round exit suggests. I hope that this team eventually finds more success, they deserve it.

Why?

[TeamTragic]

Remember when Malone was fired because he wanted Westbrook?

[MrPainfulTruth]

The Clippers are much better than a 1st round exit suggests. I hope that this team eventually finds more success, they deserve it.

Why?

Because they have been the clowned LA team long enough. I see its hard to comprehend for a Lakers fan but that fan base has become insufferable for many people. I respect that people in LA still want to be Basketball fans and not ride that bandwagon.

[MrPainfulTruth]

Remember when Malone was fired because he wanted Westbrook?

Who says Malone was fired because he wanted Westbrook? There were many reasons for Malone's firing and i think it was someting this group needed. They were going nowhere with him.

[Jcity08]

Read on Twitter

James is undefeated at always being defeated.

Someone might argue being in that many game 7s just as good as winning in a single game 7. Not me of course.

[___Rand___]

Nah.

I'm deep in stuffing my sorrows in a fried panzo and the bottom of a bottle of plonk as Spurs things are hitting me hard, and this game brings a slither of light.

Let's **** go, Nuggs.

(Nothing against LAC fans themselves, mind).

lol WHAT?!!! Spurs are tanking. You're getting another good pick. That's a win. This sucks for a neutral. Sheesh. Now I'm looking for tomorrow's games. Have to plan my dinner early so I can watch game 1 of Cavs-Indy

I love Pop.

Im happy he's ok health wise.

But this is a hard time of transition and i need a drown my sorrows boohoo night.

This game will do to lift spirits as I drown in them.

Yeah that's hard. He's not dead though. but after a stroke nobody ain't the same. I expected this move.

[durden_tyler]

Instead of ‘winning for the wall’, Clippers hit the wall.

How much did Ballmer pay for Intuit Arena?

About 1.3% of his value.


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[Lakers In 5]

There is the Harden we all know and love. Just a matter of time. He’s a lot like the Cowboys in that sense. Man has added to his tally of 3 or fewer made field goals in a playoff game tonight. He now sits at 35. Absurd.

[whatisacenter]

Congrats Nuggets fans!

That was a thorough butt whoopin'

[Ruma85]

Not a good time for some people on realgm.

Jokic has defeated a 50 win team in a playoff series.

Ben Simmons is unusable in the playoffs.

People will need to see Westbrook for at least another 4 games.

[Himothy Duncan]

Harden is the biggest fraud in NBA history, it has been obvious for years and I hope more people finally realize it. He might be the biggest fraud in all sports period. I don’t want to ever hear anyone mention him again.

[Gus McCrae]

The Clippers are much better than a 1st round exit suggests. I hope that this team eventually finds more success, they deserve it.

Why?

Because they have been the clowned LA team long enough. I see its hard to comprehend for a Lakers fan but that fan base has become insufferable for many people. I respect that people in LA still want to be Basketball fans and not ride that bandwagon.

Clippers are the new bandwagon though.

[WarriorGM]

Impressive win by the Nuggets. Very balanced attack.

[TheNG]

Before the series started, the poll showed 20% more people think the Clippers are going to win.
Let's not forget that.