Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game 6 LIVE NBA Playoffs Reaction with Bill Simmons and Rob Mahoney
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
- Bill Simmons is joined by Rob Mahoney following what could be the end to a wild Denver Nuggets / Minnesota Timberwolves playoff series. Will Nikola Jokic and co. finish the job tonight, or will Anthony Edwards force a Game 7?
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As a Celtics fan, I highly disagree with the Chris Finch take. This coach has led a team with a 22 yr old star to challenge the defending champs. He’s the right guy for the job, give it some time.
Wolves 2 All-stars, 6th man of the year, defensive player of the year and best defense in the NBA! Ant is carrying no one. They're just that good of a team!
Denver on the other hand, murray and MPJ have been abysmal throughout this series so I don't even know how they made it a 7 game series in the first place. Gordon and jokic are the only 2 guys who are playing at their level offensively in Denver starting 5.
Its hilarious that KAT's temperament gets brought up in this series when the Nuggets, right down to Malone, have entirely lost their shit at the slightest adversity.
They always hate on the small market teams. I’m a Minnesotan trust me.
This series proves that NOBODY knows what they’re talking about. Everyone is just guessing
That's always been true. It's just more true for this series.
I think it proves that the NBA is capable of pushing series the way they want depending on how it's officiated. One team is always going to benefit more from it being more or less physical.
Feels like moreso it's just that 3s have perverted the game. Bill stopped hockey because of the randomness, and that just seems like it's affecting basketball more and more.
@@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069bingo
I mean… I had Nuggets in seven prior to game one…
This is one of the best series i can remember. 70 points in Game 6 !?!! Unreal
I like what Jaden McDaniels was saying in one of his postgame interviews...the Wolves just need to stay even keel through Denver runs. They know Denver will make runs and they have to not panic and get off their game plan and continue to execute and play physical. NAZ is also due for a huge 25+ point game, hitting 5 threes, and a few highlight dunks.
KAT is tough. Nice guy off the court, has had some tragedy multiple times. The stray voltage moments and emotional immaturity is tough. But if he can play within himself he unlocks Rudy on both sides and is the counter to trapping ANT. Scary to depend on him but we do.
'Yeah but the Mavs are only up because their players played well and OKCs didn't' 😂😂
Guys, do you hear yourself talk? Players playing better than the other teams is in fact what winning a series is 😅
Jesus christ man
Yeah, no team has held OKC to such a low scoring number in the playoffs OR regular season, the whole year, and all of a sudden Mavs won because OKC missed 3s?
One of the biggest differences is that SGA can't playmake and create open looks the same way Luka does. Individually SGA has been awesome but Luka elevates the team's floor.
Why is that role players have career year with Luka? DFA, Bullock and Dinwiddie were key for the Mavs WCF run and since the trades nobody talk about them. Why is it that DJJ, PJ, Gafford and Lively are making such an impact? Would they play the same with SGA? Would Chet, JDub and others play better if they play with Luka?
There is a reason Mavs' role players are playing better than OKC's and having a bigger impact.
That’s how’s American pundits describe success by white European stars: Gobert played D, OKC missed shots etc
The 4-5 pick and roll was a key component within their offensive success last night
Show starts @ 2:27
Thanks
Dallas has completely controlled 4 of the 5 games and Bill still doesn’t believe they’re clearly the better team in the series. He will just never see it,
Wolves had never lost 3 in a row all season.
Until this series. They're about to lose 4 in a row.
@@Weebeiyou commented this after the game, they can't lose 4 in a row this series
@@dec3322 give him a break, he had a rough day
Legacy debate. If the Wolves win it would be the GM who built both teams.
Also, Denver front office will look very bad not improving the roster last summer. They thought it was enough to just bring back the starters.
OKC is lucky this series is still going.
They won G1. Since then Mavs got G2, G3, G5 convincingly and were almost leading wire to wire in G4 as well. OKC stole that one. Without that unlikely comeback, the series is already over.
Wth is Bill talking about 😂
Glen Taylor has been Courtside at every game in MN and at every Denver game as well.
happy to get more longer videos :)
Kat has been much more disciplined in this game. He understood the game plan well and did not miss his assignments. He stayed with Jokic consistently throughout the game.
They sucked off jokic so much and where is rusillo hating ass? He talked so much shit about KAT and dudes been playing good past two games
As a Celtics fan, I’m shitting my pants right now.
You’re cooked pal
Cavs in 9
Not on my worst day, pal
Same..
Is this sarcasm? Celtics have the easiest path to the title.
I was at the game and the crowd was electric at times but there’s was definitely a palpable tension in the crowd at the beginning
Nuggets fan but 50 year hard core and knowledgeable NBA fan that's lived in many NBA cities. This is the craziest series I've ever seen by far. I don't even understand what's happening. Wild largely inexplicable swings. I get that the current NBA lends itself to dramatic variation based outcomes because of the 3 but that was beyond. I will say that was the single most disgraceful and gutless performance by a defending championship team in a close out game on the road I've ever seen or know about. I'm guessing the facts will back that up. Here's my prediction given how insane this series has been. Nuggets blow out the Wolves in game 7 by 60
Finally a non biased nuggets fan. Appreciate you telling it like it is unlike these guys who wouldn’t dare say anything bad about a team they declared champion before the season even started.
Honestly dude this is got to be one of the worst championship contending teams I've seen. Other than yogic that team is not even a play in team. That bench shot 4 for 27.
You seemed level headed until the end. The 60 point diff. Hope it is a good game.
@@kyliedadifythe "fan" in fanatic kicked in at the end there.
Coaching adjustments
I was just commenting, and Mahoney made the correct point. Towns can play Jokic reasonably well on defense, much better than Gobert. How quick Towns picks up fouls determines how much of a chance the Twolves have in the game.
True. That’s why (unfortunately) the reffing is a huge factor
No, he can't...Jokic knows that Gobert is helping thats why he is less efficient vs Towns...if it's straight up 1 on1 Jokic cooks everybody.
@@realone296 Jokic does cook everybody, however, he cooks Gobert better, faster, stronger because Rudy doesn't have the leg strength to contest his post moves. KAT has a stronger lower body base and offers some resistance which makes Joker earn it or holds strong enough for Minny to double. Gobert is too tall and gangly to play Joker in the post. I'll contend that Denver's primary offensive scheme will attempt to get KAT in foul trouble this weekend.
He doesn't cook kat thanks to Gobert..if it's 1vs1 without gobert in the back he'll shred him
@@elmehdinafia1237That’s not the point
Love the live pods and the video pods in general on RUclips. Idk if it would take away from views on here but it would be awesome just to have the whole video pod on Spotify like they do for the JrE
Rob looking like a hallmark Dad with that hair! Wow
Jamal Murray should have been suspended for heat pack throw! Karma gods are against Nuggets. Luke Garza’s eye brows will haunt your dreams
let's be real, no all star lvl player wouldn't get suspended for that in the playoffs. Only Draymond but I don't even count him
The difference in games 3-5 was Tony Brothers, Scott Foster and Ed Malloy.
Difference is that the refs who referred in game 2 are the same guys in game 6 😂
When the TWolves are allowed to play defense, they’ve been suffocating.
Allowed to play football*
Allowed to play football*
@@elmehdinafia1237you lost by almost 50. You can’t possibly be blaming the refs for that lol.
What you are essentially saying is that how game 7 is officiated will determine who wins
Two best words in sports: GAME 7!!!!
Couldn't want it more for a series. This feels like the finals for me
Correction: Naz Reid.
Correction: Orange Slices
Josh Giddey - Premium Kyle Anderson
Anderson has great defense ...
Glen Taylor and Marc Lore/ARod were all there and were court side. Though opposite sides of the court. And Lore/ARod have been basically peacocking on their side this whole playoffs 😂
Game 5 without conley hurt
Here comes an exact opposite take then they had after last game lol. Love it 😂😂
CR throwing 43 mph in this one
Malone didn't do anything to stop that run. Call timeout and tell your guys to SLOW DOWN
I couldn’t believe it! The whole staff have been great too
He took the risk starting Jokic in the 2nd too, it worked in the short term but then ant came in rested when joker checked off and toasted the nuggets. That was the game right there.
@Finn-eu3fs exactly. Malone failed in the game last night
JOKER has bailed the team and the coach out many times.
Based on everything we've seen, Minnesota is clearly the better team, but JOKER is 1 of 1 in the history of the Game.
He would have had a call from Silver after Game 5. Too much money involved.
The only thing good about the game 5 Rudy narrative is it let you know who is a casual fan and who understands the game.
Someone cut CR a check
Chris does realize that when a series goes 7 usually there are no cards left to play right...the nuggets aren't going to turn into the 2017 warriors over night or the 04 pistons on d...they aren't turning into the 89 pistons bench
There's no way Chris Ryan said Christian Braun "looks Donte Divencenzo-esque out there. He looks really good."
Bro can’t hit a three to save his life. Disrespectful to Donte lol
He’s so cringe
He's a better defender tho
They’re white basketball players they’re basically the same right?
Bill really tying himself in knots to avoid giving Dallas any credit at all. That series would be over already if Luka wasn’t battling injury or Kyrie was playing decently on offence.
At this point he sounds just like a pathetic hater. No team this season has held OKC to such low scoring numbers and they lost not because of Mavs' defense, but just because OKC missed 3s? And that's a good sign for OKC to turn around the series? Not to mention Bill lost all credit when he panicked and declared the Wolves VS Nuggets series over. I mean, he didn't have any good take this whole playoffs.
@@theSUBVERSIVEalso the stats say that OKC are making more wide open threes than Dallas so this narrative isn’t even supported by stats
The wolves had not lost 3 games in a row all year until this week...
Dallas, the best defense since the all star game, who hold OKC to their first under 100pts game in the season, didn't played good defense ? lmaooo
Painful to watch Bill talk about the Mavs. It feels personal at this point
Dallas really bringing the playoff defense. I've been impressed as a wolves fan
Typical Bill Simmons bullshit
Game seven is gonna be a movie
bill saying dallas didn't play great defense okc just missed 3's is so fucking dumb. You oould easily say that about the nuggets wolves games. Okc is having a hard time scoring in the paint...
Not to mention Luka having one of his worst playoff shooting series ever
Ya Dallas has been playing championship type defense for a good bit of the playoffs so far.
Fun fact: Sunday will be exactly 20 years since the t wolves played their last game 7. Which was also to go to the conference finals. Which they won
At home. They have never won a game seven on the road.
@@nocturne311 They've played one game 7 in team history.
Game 7 has huge stakes for Jokic, what are these guys on about? Getting bounced in the 2nd round in the prime of his career . Jokic has been to a single finals . Bill claiming him to be ahead of KD already . Jokic and Giannis is still the conversation, Jokic just in a better position right now
What KD has done outside of GSW? Exactly
@@elmehdinafia1237what has bron done without a superteam? Yet he’s in the goat convo…if it’s fair to declare bron the goat, it’s fair to have KD in a top 10. For the record, I don’t agree with either
@@clee8019 that's my point! Jokic accomplishments so far have way more weight than KD's..3mvps to 1..if you go analytics wise Jokic shreds KD too!
@@clee8019Bron dragged two awful teams to the finals by himself in 2007 and 2018. Or did your forget?
@@youngzeus87 in a weak east. Look at his career in context. When he’s in the west with another all nba player, he’s barely making the playoffs. He dominated a weak east for a decade and even then came up short. In 08, the Cavs won 66 games and was ranked in the top 5 for both offense and defense. And then the Cavs are heavy favorites and he loses to a magic team with 1 all star (and no top 75 player). Jameer Nelson (the other all star) missed the entire series. Look at Tatum right now. Should Tatum be considered a goat too?
Billy Donovan is DEFINITELY also safe lol
MN fan here, but the key to beating MN is to get them emotional. MN turns it over. In regular season they were the 17th offense but the 4th if they had average turnovers. If Den can get the wolves to turn it over they win. Look at the 9-2 run at the beginning. But when MN is taking care of the ball it is a toss up. This series has outliers, AG had his best shooting games while KAT had his worse. MN bench did terrible when Den bench did great. Those 4 things going to average balance things out.
Jokic can't win game 7 alone
21:45 Yokich's inside game is less timeless than you imagine. I admire his play a lot, but getting his shots off inside is more reliant on the extra steps allowed in todays game than you are noticing.
NBA definitely wants OKC vs Minnesota for obvious reasons. Bringing in Marc Davis for another game this series was classic NBA fixing.
Conley was shoved by Booker into Finch.
Bill you need Cowherd on your show man. The world needs it. On his show or your podcast once a month AT LEAST. Please 😅
I’m surprised how surprised they were about Jokic ppg ranking. He’s the most dominant scorer in the era of scoring.
ant's leg hit the ground first luckily. he didnt land straight on his back
Denver really hasn’t been shooting as well as last season, and that’s a tough reality for a Jokic pass-first style. Murray is now worn down in the long series, games 1 and 2 haunt this game 7 now, and KAT has finally settled into Ant’s soil
Fully agree. Yet guys at the ringer, specifically Kevin Oconnor say the nuggets will sweep the celtics lol. All the ringer does is glaze the nuggets
Best 3 man weave in the biz
I wonder what joker would look like in the 90s. His defense would struggle but if a coach let him playmaker he would look good.
Legacy is KAT... he needs to be the MAN in game 7. His career is at a crossroad (overrated?) Close behind is ANT, if he is on a MJ rise, he needs to advance in playoffs!
LUKA Garza. Professional as always. Way to stay on brand Bill 👍
How can that guy say he wants Joker over Anthony Edwards in WCF with a straight face? Is he being forced to say this by gunpoint?
No one will be watching if it’s Denver and Dallas.
@@Skyfall22A ton of people will be watching Luka vs. Jokic. Lol. People have been wanting that matchup for years.
I don't understand Bill sometimes. How can he honestly believe OKC is the better team? Luka and Kyrie have both been underwhelming and they're STILL up 3-2. This should have been over in 5. Possibly a sweep if Luka is healthy.
Kat held Jokic!!
For some reason,I thought Chris Ryan was fat……he looks nothing like why I thought in my head from all the rewatchables
Starts at 2:25
100% I wanna see Josh Giddey in San Antonio, 8th Pick + Keldon Johnson.
Talking about lazy takes the Gobert got “cooked” is so tired. Watch the shots Jokic made Game 1 and name someone that would stop those throughout NBA history. Gobert is the reason the Wolves defense works, KAT is the point of attack since he’s a bigger body than gobert so jokic doesn’t get as good positioning, but gobert is like a free safety and just allowing nothing at the rim wether it’s jokic or others. He takes away the playmaking. Please can we cut the “cooked” talk you’re supposed to be a pod that’s more deep level than countdown!!! KAT has been the point of attack on Jokic since the wolves traded for Gobert! Watch basketball!!
If the refs call a tight game Denver’s chances increase. When they let them play Minnesota dominates.
Too much power in the hands of the refs and too much money involved in the games. Hard to take it seriously.
Comparing Jokic and LBJ's playoff stats is funny. Jokic has played in 79 playoff games. LBJ has played in 287.
Nuggets have to play perfect in order to win with a weak bench and all Minnesota has to do is have SOMEONE step up big. Ant was still the only Wolves player in double digits at halftime. They can’t rely on the Nuggets to throw a stinker all the time.
Hey Bill, what about this HYPOTHETICAL TRADE IDEA!! Trey Young and the 2024 1st rnd pick for Jamal Murray & MPJ?
NBA definitely wants Minnesota to win. Ant could be the next USA superstar! Jokic is great but has never been the face, that the league wants! Ants the face the league needs!
I miss the 2 pac intro.
Giddey to San Antonio to get Wemby a playmaker
Draymond did way better job then rudy i dont what bill talking n warriors played them well
Rest of t wolves should of come to play in game 4...this series would of been over
Reddick to Lakers is ridiculous. I love JJ but wouldn't a playoff team want a coach with experience? The Lakers cannot afford the blunders of learning the job.
NOTHING EASY
Two words: Bruce Brown.
I wonder if we’ll get a close game, every game has been a blowout
Man you guys will never stop glazing the nuggets. imagine if the celtics got 45 pieced in a game 6, you guys would rip them to shreds. Tatum would be getting slandered to no end. The nuggets are truly immune to criticism from you “nba analysts” at the ringer.
How about some jokic criticism? Didn’t show up in a pivotal game, looked like he didn’t wanna be there all night. Passed up multiple wide open shots to kick to christian braun for 3. It’s ok to criticize him and the Nuggets.
Instead, all you guys say is “watch out for jokic in game 7 XD” BE FAIR
I have never heard anyone at the ringer say a bad word about Jokic or the Nuggets lol
They are the reason the backlash for jokic will be vicious.its crazy how every topic comes back to jokic
It’s so annoying how much they slurp Jokic. It really makes you wonder why he’s immune to criticism
Sometimes the talk around Jokic and Luka got me feeling like Gilbert was right
I couldn’t believe a 45 point blowout in a close out playoff game turned in to a Jokic BJ. They are so invested in this dude being remembered as being better than Kareem, Kobe or Timmy it’s disgusting. He’ll be an all time great for sure but there’s levels to this. I’m super disappointed in Bill as an NBA historian.
Didn't realise Chris was such a Jokic hater. Lots of little digs at him and then of course picks Minny in the upset. Not a surprise seeing as he's an Embiid / Philly guy.
I wish everybody would quit saying "master class".
Jokic is playing in an era of weak center competition
Why do you guys have a hard time saying Dallas might be better lol. And the Mavs are actually younger than Thunder.
Not a fan of live and die by the three no matter who the team and especially in the playoffs. If Dallas has successfully forced OKC into that game plan I like Dallas. Plus they have the big edge on the boards
Okc didn't shoot well 4 out of 5 games.
Bill: That means they will shoot very well in game 6 and game 7.
Logic: 😢
Young teams fold under pressure in the first year in the playoffs.
Bill: Give me OKC in 7.
😂😂
Why don’t they do this post game shows for the Celtics?
Nobody gives a fuck about the Celtics 😂
@@nailfelagund7508They will when Boston wins the title this year.
Not a single team held OKC to such a low scoring number in the playoffs OR regular season and Bill says they lost because OKC missed 3s. Is Bill oblivious to the Mavs' defense? It's kind of pathetic that Mr. I-know-basketball-better-than-ESPN-hot-takes is no better than a Mavs' hater.
The crowd element was because of ticket prices. Higher priced tickets led to more bandwagon fans and older fans. They sold second hand for less last night and so many actual FANS were able to attend. It was a die hards and younger people. We were through the roof!
As great as Malone and the coaching staff have been, it was appalling to see an 18-0 run with no timeout 🤦♂️, I think so anyway 🤔
In Jokic we trust!!! He will bring it home for us once again
How the heck does Jokic own the Warriors? Bills inherit hate for Warriors and Steph has become so obvious
He killed them
No he did not. Curry has always cooked that fat man. Just sucks we don't have enough offense that makes it easier for the Nuggets to effectively double Curry + Dray does a solid job guarding Jokic unlike the baguette man@nicholaschristodoulou3821
Denver in 7….
Toby Harris to Washington to pair with Jordan Poole?
I would pay to watch Tobias Poole and Kuzma fumble their way to 12 wins
@@razkable Maybe they could sign Gordon Hayward at about 80 to 100 million for 4 years too. He seems like a Wizards kind of guy.
When Bill is cappiing when did Jokic owned the Warriors??? he never won
Wait.....Bill thinks OKC is to small??!! 😯
They have no frontcourt depth
For Minnesota? Yes…
I didn’t know until he said it again
Too*
Well Minnesota just showed us that their game is fast, probably faster than OKC
BS is completely over thinking OKC. Dallas is living in the paint and smothering on D. They fly out to contest and alot of those "wide open" 3s are by scheme. Dallas is clearly better.
In fact 100% heathly Luka its over in 5 and likely 4.
This dude in the Eagles hat….
You mean one of the co-host? Don't leave us hanging...
Both of these teams should be diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Anyone who thinks they know how game seven is going to turn out living in fantasy land. Six games so far where literally one of them was competitive the majority of the game. The other five were competitive for a half or through 30 minutes, but not to where there was buzzer beater scenarios. That’s what I expected and it has been anything, but which is soconfusing because these teams were back-and-forth during the year except for maybe one blowout the wolves hat in Denver
Bill Simmons is such a home body. Get a studio !
Interesting idea here. If Minnesota loses, let’s say KAT is good offensively but bad defensively. Is there a world where you can trade KAT, Conley & picks for KD? KAT and D-Book are best friends since college, KD is ANTs favorite player ever, the suns need a big and a PG. Minnesota could probably get another decent PG in free agency, and if KD is playing the 4 like how KAT does alongside gobert I’d argue Minnesota is better. And phoenix can have a better constructed roster while still contending
That would be horrible. Minnesota’s two big lineup is one of their main strengths, Gobert and Towns complement each other well and Durant is past his prime and injury prone.