The simple adjustment that reminded everyone why the Nuggets are the champs
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The Denver Nuggets held off the Minnesota Timberwolves behind an absolutely dominant performance by Nikola Jokic, dropping 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals. They did this by capitalizing on Minnesota’s unusually poor defensive execution and forcing Minnesota to get uncomfortable on the offensive end and rely on ill-adviced avenues to rack up there points.
The Nuggets also utilized Aaron Gordon as a primary ball handler, allowing them to get into their offense significantly quicker, and it helped Jamal Murray get into rhythm a lot quicker without having to deal with as much ball pressure.
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Jokic baiting Gobert into a travelling was hilarious. Just too good.
All time great
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Currently entering top 10 best players of all time
@@nor-in5kj do you think he needs another championship to crack the top 10?
@@Sukuna1983 rings count bro
@@Sukuna1983ofc, if he had 3 rings top 10 is undisputed.
Justin Holiday being actually a 16 game player was not on my bingo card for these playoffs😭
Are there any hater who still thinks the Nuggets miss Bruce Brown anymore? 😂
@@nor-in5kj They still miss him. They wouldn't be down from 0-2 in the first place if Brown was still in Denver.
@@sakamoto8354they need another 3 and D guy or just a guy who can throw up a shit ton of threes. I think the nuggets should sign Luke Kennard and another backup big.
Or what they can do is trade for Kelly Olynyk and keep the rest of the roster as is
aaron gordon went off bruhh
A lot of people don't understand what they're watching with Jokic and the Nuggets. Denver plays a different style than the casuals are used to, and they don't get why the Nuggets are a such a great team, or why Jokic is an all time GOAT. They don't realize how lucky they are to get to see him play in his prime.
When they lose, everyone "it's over", when they win "they're coming back and are going to win". Hindsight 20/20.
Recency bias is brutal dude
As an MVP, Jokic is obviously so good with the ball. But without the ball, he is still very impactful. The gravity, the deadly screens, the handoffs… They make everything simpler for other guys.
AG running point is something Malone implemented for a while, in regular season they run this strat quite often, AG is a nightmare to defense he doesn't have a type, big guys are not faster and skilled enough and smaller guys can't block his strength and speed, his problem is is shot selection and accuracy, so letting him decide when to attack one on one is just simple logic.
Not just AG has new toys to play, KCP also has his designed cookie cutter offense, there are many games the winning period is in 3rd quarter when KCP score 8-12 points in a row in 2 minutes, he doesn't shot often but when he starts to fire you really gonna be careful.
Malone might not be the best coach, but he is the perfect coach for this team who has one of the best five men lineup in NBA history, I respect the wolves, they are a really really good team and on paper better than nuggets, but not all wolves players can keep playing on a high level, one Edwards is not enough.
Gobert, the Minnesota center, was announced Tuesday as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for a record-tying fourth time - joining Basketball Hall of Fame Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace .
Jokic took him apart like a second grader cheap pen.
Thanks, by the way, to those who show support for Jokic, they provide inspiration, but especially thanks to those who do not show support , ( you know who you are), because they provide motivation.
People counted them out WAY too fast
Recency bias is the term these days
When Denver wins the series,, everyone can thank the media! AND ESPECIALLY SHAQ!!!! For telling jokers not MVP worthy!!!!! 😅
HEART OF A CHAMPION: DENVER NUGGETS
Jokic is actually so ridiculous that whens hes NOT on triple double watch I think its a bad game from him
Man that denver first five sure is built to perfection. Imagine having a point guard, point center, and point forward all at the same time.
Love the fact, that you know your stuff of how to pronounce Nikolas name correct
Champ Mode ON! They answered with even more Muscles!
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Good breakdown
This was an excellent video. Great analysis
To me, truly magnificient edition (and evolution of it along time, pace of improvement in how you do everything). Specially the sliding text. Often it feels like, "Im watching dudes play, text read it, understand it, identify it on screen" and then all slided too late, you are confused. But here, there read-understand-indentify is all carried along. Truly gentle
Damn good breakdown, big dawg.
Love the breakdown it definitely seems like Gordon and Kcp are big keys for the nuggets in this series
Nuggets have a stacked roster Jokic and Murray are superstars. Gordon was picked 4th overall. MPJ was supposed to go 1st overall before back injuries. Its just unfair.
Similar to Warriors who drafted 2 offensive superstars in Curry and Klay and defensive superstar in draymond and they had allstar andre igudola then traded for superstar Kevin Durant.
U mean Andre iguodala right? Lol
@@zeezus890 Yeah I was thinking Igudola when I typed it. My brain just subconsciously mixed them up.
unfair, yeak ok lol ...minnesota is the team here with not one but two #1 overall picks drafted within 5 years of eachother and still in their prime. Denver has never had a #1 pick, not even once. Nothing similar to Golden state who had 5 all stars on one team, denver just has 1. Dont call murray a superstar, thats your first mistake
@@westonlafon1270 he dropped 50 in the playoffs. Murray is definitely a superstar.
@@SAINTxSZN Murray is a superstar who never won an all-star. Right.
Quit whining, it makes your team look bad. Nuggets have 1 all star, the MVP Joker. Wolves have two all-stars, the DPOY, and 6th man of the year. They had the number 1 defense in the league, and now you are saying it's unfair? Come on, that's childish.
1. Who would’ve guessed that finally prioritizing getting Jokic the ball in situations that play to his strengths would work!?
2. I think switching the narrative on the Gobert trade was premature. He still has the same limitations. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that their best game was with him out. Building around Ant without those firsts and Goberts contract could be an issue in the future.
Lol, "the team to beat" was crowned after 6 friggin wins.
Para denver es una bendición que juegue Gobert podemos flotarle sin peligro cerrarnos mas en la zona y evitar entradas a canasta. Con Anderson Jokic tuvo mas problemas al ser un jugador versátil que podia meter tiros de media distancia y pasar al jugador abierto.
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7:36 yeah they did the exact same thing in the lakers series lol just Anthony Davis instead of Gobert
My favorite play of the game 8:53
Better than the lefty flip pass in the paint to AG. Or THE DUNK in the 2nd.⛏️🏀🏆✌️ 🧤⬅️🪑🙀👌
Game five, Denver are gonna switch it up again and get the ball to the wide open MPJ for three!! 😉💪 Nuggets Basketball!
They went worse when gobert was on game 3 and 4, they're way slower, worse offense, no spacing, getting bitched by gordon. Nuggets did some elite adjustments by getting AG more touches in the lowpost hunting mismatches, not only as a spot up or a lob threat. No Watson as a liability on offense too.
nuggets in 6
Casuals will just chalk this up to “Minnesota choked a 2-0 league” or “Gobert is a defensive liability” when in reality the Nuggets were just playing below their standards for pretty much the entire playoffs until they were down 2-0.
So tired of people not wanting denver in. Too bad. They are too good.
shi is crazy
Ant needs some help on offense. Murray got lucky in the second quarter at the end. It only should have been a single digit lead. T-wolves in 6 or 7.
Good breakdown. Wolves weren't really in it, but with all these defensensive lapses, and considering the 8pts in 30sec in the 2nd quarter by Denver, there's reason to be optimistic. Towns needs to earn his paycheck next game. I'd like to keep the team together, but we gotta get to the next round minimum, or he's out. A "competitive rebuild" would follow. The league will adjust to try to take out Den, MN, OKC (Holmgren), and Wemby (wherever he is in the future). Gonna be the "unicorn" era lol!
Why don’t you think Wemby will be in San Antonio?
@aricrudd6579 I have no opinion on that. I'm just an observer.
@@ricklynghaug4117That’s clearly a lie, considering he’s the only one you suggested would move teams.
@@aricrudd6579 chill dude. No lie. I just put that in because others have said it. I don't care if he goes or stays. His value only goes up if the Wolves and OKC keep going.
Y'all are ready to crown Ant woman the queen. If you want to crown her, then crown her!
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Lmao yeah it’s easy to be unstoppable when your player does suspendable act and doesn’t get suspended. When your coach does ejectable act and doesn’t get ejected or even a foul. 🤣🤣🤣