Michael Malone EXTREMELY Disappointed after Nuggets Game 2 Loss
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2024
- Michael Malone Press Conference After Denver Nuggets Lose Game 2 vs Minnesota Timberwolves. In a sober post-game press conference, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone expressed deep disappointment following their substantial loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA playoffs. After trailing by as much as 32 points, Malone acknowledged the team's struggle, noting a breakdown in both mental focus and physical performance. He emphasized the need for resilience and improvement, particularly focusing on regaining control and confidence for the upcoming games. The tone was somber but resolute, with Malone stressing the importance of learning from this defeat and rallying for a stronger showing in Game 3.
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Clippers fan here. Christian Braun is their best wing defender and should be starting this series to guard Ant. KCP is too small. Gordon needs to hunt mismatches and get into the paint. Denver's bench is playing better than their starters.
Defensively for sure, the bench has been better than the starters. I’m not sure what the answer is, but would be nice to mix it up to get more d in the starting lineup and more offense from the bench.
Lol.
I remember when he shut down Jimmy Butler last year
@@tme123211 lol
I was literally thinking the same thing, why the heck did they put KCP on him, the guy is just too small for that job, the rest of starters need to learn what consistency is and stop expecting from Jokic to pull them out every single time they are in the hole, I think they will lose the series because they just don't get it yet.
Dear Mike Malone, Put Christian Braun on Edwards till he fouls out. Then Peyton till he fouls out. WE NEED PHYSICAL PLAY. KCP can play second half. Love, Michael
Correct 💯 but he won't do it. He should bench Jamal as well. He's hurting the team at this point
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Anthony Edwards is not guardable.
@@MDsCalisthenicspure delusion. if the nugs were allowed to foul like the other team, they could guard him easily. he couldnt even beat lithuania without sabonis last summer
Jamal didn't struggle tonight... his struggling since Game 1 vs Lakers...
Jamal looks like a kid playing against his dad. He can't even face the basket cause they will just take the ball out of his hands. What is going on.
Yea, who is that guy? And what have they done with the real Jamal Murray?
He's hurt man. No excuses, Nuggets are getting beat by better play right now, but everyone know's Jamal isn't 100% and hasn't been. He was hurt going into the playoffs. People are quick to jump off the wagon.
@@BigJimDenver Jamal had 32 in the close out vs Lakers so save that injury talk. He can barely dribble the ball across half court. They are just taking the ball out of his hands. He is playing soft as Charmin man. He can't shoot, pass, dribble. I have never seen a player get dismantled like this. He looks like he his in quick sand. He can't move his feet at all. Smh, I have lived in Colorado for 20 years, so I'm a fan for life. And Joker, where is your aggression, they are punking them like there their daddy's. I guess is Lakers Karma coming back to bite them.
@@jeffa7173Factzzz big factzzzz didn't hear none of this when they beat la
Tough to be a strong leader when you shoot 3/18.
Nobody can play lights out every playoff game, Jordan didn’t even do that… it’s a team effort and the Dmn team lost!! Plain and simple
@@judahmourns2995bro murray has bern bad sooooo bad these playoffs. Idk if z realized, but apart from the 2 shots against the lakers, he plays so poorly. He is ob like 30% shooting these playoffs, on biig volume. Its unwinnable if u have someone taking that many shots, playing so shlt
I mean Jamal is below 40% FG so far in playoffs. Average is average not one game thing
it jokic
@@crashhhhhhh3068 jamal has been a$$. Literally worst denver starter by far
nobody talks about it but this series was over last summer and at the February trade deadline. i was very surprised the nuggets made no moves. even a championship team can't bring the same team back and expect to win. and they brought back a lesser version of themselves. the landscape of the nba changes so rapidly now that what looked good last year doesn't look so good this year.
The solution is simple, tell Murray to stop shooting and to only facilitate and defend. Jokic and Micheal Porter Jr should be the first and second option.
The players undoubtedly deserve blame, but the game plan by the coaches to counter the first loss failed miserably.
I think this is the series that Braun and Watson need to dominate.
They are both 6.6 plus and can defend and switch everything.
Gordon and Murray are not suited for this series as much. Braun could guard Ant.
@@johnbarkley925 would love to see cb but its a wrap
malone aint a coach he just a pretender
@@yugo4855you’re the dumbest person ever
This man is a true leader. Absolute respect for Coach Malone. I’d love to play for him. Even in defeat, the man leads by example. A true players coach.
dat coach ass . his ego got big cus of the lakers . never will he back here again . shoutout the t wolves . coach out here throwing tantrum n players throwin stuff on the court . 😂🫵🏼🫵🏼🫵🏼 #wolvesin4
I mean here he’s collected and an example but at one point he was in the middle of the floor screaming at the ref during a 20+ point loss.
Funny, he strikes me as a guy that beats his wife.
@@elslime2477 bandwagon rider
@@Peterkringle standing up for his player. The refs had a bad game. That was a bad call. A point guard taking a charge from a centre. That was excellent. That’s exactly what coach wanted him to do.
Cristian Bruan should have spent the summer working on 3 point shooting
He would be able to lock up Edwards and be the third guy that could create his own shot. Should be a starter next year
He is really good but he can’t shoot to save his life.
The nuggets have to play team ball have the other guys move the ball around to keep the wolves off balance
Lock up Edwards? Unlikely. lol
He’s not locking up Ant don’t be delusional! They have to double team him to get a chance. They need a player like Jrue to bang with him. They don’t have that. Braun is good but can’t lock Ant up. Smh
Lock up Ant…. Haha
Hahahahahaha
Correct but not possible with MURRAY AND REGGIE
Without that two man game working, Nuggets are totally harmless and predictable. Also, allowing defence to hammer Jokić on every possession with no calls, helps Wolves a lot, and Jokić needs to man up and face the test and start being aggressive and efficient.
Yeah, the refs are letting them play. Jokic keeps expecting to get calls. They need to nut up and match Minnesota’s physicality
@@jonathanfields4everYo facts! Too much expectation and less adaption from Jokic
When lakers didn’t get calls nuggets fans laughed, Conley and the young wolves are due for finals.
@@jonathanfields4ever And compare this defence and no calls to Embid's free throw tally and he does not post up that much. He averaged like 14 ft per game Vs Knicks. Jokić shot only 6 free throws today. Also, he crushes Gobert and Kat In regular season with 34 PPG. You tell me that he forgot how to play? Only thing that changed is officiating and he needs to adjust. Nuggets need a monster game from him in region 40/20/10 in order to have hope to win a game, let a lone a series ...
@@raiden3370 I'm not complaining about the calls, just pointing the difference between regular season and playoffs and that Jokić Is being too soft and passive. And also, I don't know how it's possible, but it looks that Lakers series totally drained the Nuggets. But at the end, maybe I am not giving Wolves enough credit as they are playing some insane defense and shots are falling left right and centre for them at the moment...
I have thought for years that defense has disappeared from the NBA. The Wolves showed me that its still alive. I have never seen such a swarming and suffocating defense like I saw last night.
Everybody on the Nuggets were frustrated and angry and it impacted their game for the last three quarters. They need to execute. They have been slipping a lot. Hopefully this loss makes them play with all they got.
Wolves are the better team. Especially with our injuries. Booth has his hands full this summer.
@@je5406 disagree...
Jamal outside the 2 4th quarters against lakers had been straight awful. Kcp doesn’t do enough. Bench can’t score. Jokic needs to be more aggressive and quicker to shoot.
Jamal is playing injured
@JulinhoDaniel they need to bench his ass then. Jamal can't even face the basket. He literally can't even look at the basket when he has the ball.
@@jeffa7173 IT'S OVER DENVER WILL NEVER SEE THE FINALS AGAIN LOL LOL
I said after game 1 and I will repeat it again, Nuggets must ADJUST, can not just go out there and play their game or else will be swept!
This Minnesota team is different, they play unbelievable defense and you need to play them differently in offense, Jokic needs to work from the low post to conserve energy, whole Nuggets team must match the energy level and focus of Minnesota all 48 minutes!
Defense must be tightened like fighting for dear life!
Nuggets are heading to the broom work if they don’t ADJUST NOW!!!
I agree..the Nuggets predictability on offense led to that defensive showcase imo.....too much standing around waiting for a 3...doubling Jokic in the post and taking away his post game while everybody is kind of just waiting for the ball...then when they get it the defender is right there already....I would like to see more movement to create more openings..we need to blitz ANT with defenders and let them get into foul trouble if they have to...non easy drives to the basket
Malone was out-couched tonight. He himself acknowledged that.
Before this game I said that to have a real chance to win the series against the Timberwolves Nuggets need 4 of their starting 5 to play every game on a great level. Tonight there were only 2 on a descent level: Gordon and Jokic, Murray had a straight bad game, and Porter was awful. The fifth guy was almost unnoticeable.
From the bench only Braun brought a little fresh energy for a short period of time.
Plus Denver’s game is too much Jokic-centered, and he is tired and cannot compensate for everybody else. Plus this makes Denver’s game tactically too predictable and limited.
KCP and Jamal have been awful all playoffs. Jamal hit a couple game winners, but they were only in that situation because he can't shoot for shit, presumably because of his calf strain. If he can't recover, then they need to start someone else instead of him going 3 for 18. That's just abysmal. He's shooting less than 40% from the field and like 30% from 3. KCP is less than 38% and 31%. That's pure shit.
I agree. The Wolves must have studied Denver Nuggets footage all season in view of the playoffs. Our offense is too predictable.
If we instead get an ISO scorer on our team to make it tougher to scout for us then we will be in a great place.
He got in the refs face. So lucky he did not get a tech. Everybody was frustrated and it impacted their game.
The most intelligent comment on here!!!!🎉
He should have brought a bigger and comfier couch.
Bruce Brown took the Nuggets heart with him when he left.
100%
And it's up to Braun and Watson to bring it back, if Malone puts them on the court.
Room temp iq take
30+ year Nuggets fan here... Let's remember that OKC and MN were on top pretty consistently all year and DEN was up and down even in their wins. When teams get physical with them they struggle, especially JM. I've thought all year that DEN inability (or desire) to take an offensive charge would hurt them. Way too many green light drives to the hoop.
All year pundits have said DEN repeat but I don't think they watched every game. I did, and though my heart remains kind of hopeful but my brain (and eyes) thinks it's not our year. And serious props to MN. They are kicking butt!
Love an unbiased fan, and have to agree with your assessment. They had a great run last year, but they got worse, not better this year, and the rest of the west is getting better and will only continue to do so. OKC and the Wolves might run the west for the next 5-years, maybe Spurs too if they can build around Wemby quickly. Denver needs to get better, if they could somehow poach Luka, then this team could become a powerhouse in the west for the next 5-6 years.
Side note here,one off the regular season loses in Denver was without Kat & Gobert and still only lost by 2 pts!! Playoffs are ramped up,seeing what Wolves can do,Ant? ANIMAL!!
Same here, I could see this coming...I watched about 60 games this year and all year long they either start flat or have a flat 3rd Q then turn in on to get the win That doesn't work in the playoffs especially against a hungry team like MIN. Our bench has been underwhelming all year...we need better perimiter defense and better ball movement...too much standing around to let JM and Jokic work then kick out for 3's...even though we were near the bottom in 3's taken this year it still seems like that's our only 2nd option. MIN knows this and that's why we couldn't get shots off last night. Mike needs to continue to evlove as a player...his drives to the basket are awkward and he doesn't get enough lift....We need to replace KCP with someone else that can go both ways with high energy.
Totally agree. Not the same vibe as last year, knew from the start of last year they would win it all!
No defense,, no movement on "motion" offense, no ball movement, no intensity, etc, etc!
Somewhere out there, somehow, somebody is having a good time watching this...
It's me
I Am somebody 😂
I enjoyed the Lakers tears after game 2. Now we make our peace knowing the wolves are better and hope Booth makes some real moves this off seasom
@je5406 and we enjoying these nugget tears even more trust me it hurt more when you win 1 ring and think you're the spurs or warriors
Nick Wright probably...
Murray should be suspended game 3, He threw a towel first at the ref then the heating pad at the ref
@@coops1992 he was actually throwing it at the referee
Yep, agreed. It was embarrassing.
mimimimimi cry harder how are u so soft??? go play with diddy
@@danielsharp3683 mimimi stop it ggo play with diddy what a soft crybaby u are
Unsportsmanlike
Nuggets, remember you came back from 3-1 twice!! Stop imploding and toughen up.
That was in the bubble. Wolves are not falling apart like the Jazz and Clippers
I'd hope this happens but I don't know if Minnesota will slip up on something, denver has to come in with a better gameplan
With all due respect, let me coach this team. First, stop complaining to and about the refs. The few seconds with their hands up looking at the ref, is a few seconds they're not playing defense. The refs are taking away defensive focus. Speaking defense, deny, deny, deny. In your face, intense, never let go defense, act, don't react. Deny your guy the ball. Next, use the bench, unless Jordan is injured, get his butt on the court. Even for a few minutes at a time, he has 5 fouls available, use them. Body up somebody. Wear somebody down. Get Watson in the game, get Braun in the game, play DEFENSE. Get physical. Stop their offense, nothing else matters. Hand in every face. Every shot contested.
On offense, stop hesitating, take the shot, 2-3 guys crash the boards. Shoot, shoot, shoot, keep shooting, stop dribbling unless driving and dishing. Take shots, alot of shots. Don't slow down, dont play a half court game. Use the bench, run, run, run. Run, shoot, 2 guys crashing, defense. Aggressive defense, aggressive offense.
Go Nuggets!!!!
Second all this and add that Jokic cannot waste too much energy bringing the ball up the court and initiating offense from the top of the key against this Minnesota, he can do that against anybody else but not this team!
He needs to go down low and build from there being much more physical and trying to draw fouls and get to the line!
@JoseBoy-ve5kb true, he can initiate the offense from the post, and I think he will.
Keep Pushing 🔥
Honestly as a fan it’s disappointing but you can’t win them all! we have a great coach & even if we don’t win the series let’s not forget about last year, thanks to him we got our first championship & name out there! win or lose im still a nuggets fan for life! it’s not over till it’s over 🙏🏼💙💛
Exactly all of a sudden the negative comes out from fans. Give credit to TWolves. This starting five for the Nuggets had a great year. Not easy winning back to back championships. Ripping Murray now when last week he was clutch in two wins. A true fan is one who is there for the team win or lose.
They will be back next year with better roster, and hopefully, with better strategy.
@@dominicdavino252 not to mention he isn't 100%, I'm getting annoyed people are trash talking him when he's the reason we even made round 2
@@swezzy5782 f that sht .... jamal is the reason why the nuggets are always trailing with HIM always shooting bricks
@@pkz2025 he ain't healthy idek why they are starting him and yes he is legit the reason we're here
I respect coach Malone. I'm just baffled how a coaching staff of over 20 people can't see the obvious difference in the team this season.
Fans enjoyed the Nuggs last season because they spaced AND moved without the ball. They hit their cutting lanes. They made good decisions with the ball. This season they're playing the same lazy basketball style of spacing WITHOUT movement prevalent in the NBA. Without intensity. They got away with it against a Lakers team prone to poor defensive spells.
The symptom of all this is Jokic isn't seeing his teammates move the same and he's now forcing a lot of bad turnovers. The Nuggs have falllen into the "make or miss" style of offense instead of imposing their system onto their opponent and putting them on their heels. And now they've run into a younger and hungrier team and theyve focused on shutting down Murray and its been very effective.
Perhaps desperation will wake up this coaching staff to evaluate the film and ask if these players are committed to the style that won last season? Because this year they don't resemble a championship-level team thats fun to watch.
Brown is the different. They need one more guy to penetrate so the defenders collapsed but the bench doesn’t have it. I also think this series the Denver didn’t move the ball well they try to must on penetration will timber closed the gaps
Jokic is the only one in NBA history to win a ring without any All Star players!!!
Dirk Nowitzki 2011
Nikola Jokic also has never won a playoff series against a 50 win team
Bill Walton
Giannis
How about warriors 2015 and 2022?
I am watching two injured players not even be close to their usual quality play. Murray and KCP are hurting, both have lost a step and ability to cut. Minnesota is playing swarming defense that the Nuggets haven’t figured out. Jokic looks exhausted having carried the load for most of the season. Even MPJ looked befuddled last night.
Again can we please use BRAUN as the main defender for Edwards! Braun atleast is doin a good Job against Edwards! As much as I love KCP he's just to small for Edwards! Plus He's injured!
Nuggets were not focused and not intense. Size is not the issue. Prime Draymond Green was undersized and smaller than most centers yet he out hustled them all. Ben Wallace was 6 foot 9 yet a nightmare on the boards. The truth is Jokic, AG, Murray, KCP and MPJ played with no heart and soul. No hunger. They deserve to be 0-2 down. They let their fans down. If they keep playing like this they deserve to be swept.
Nice game Mikey! Looked good out there Mike!
As a nuggets fan, I’m fuckin pissed at Jamal. Dude let the whole organization down with that petty behavior the last 2 games. Stop whining, make adjustments, and stay hungry.
With that being said Wolves looking like they will take it all this year.
Give braun and pwat at least 18mins each. Let the others start shooting threes as early as possible. Dont bait for fouls and let jokic play traditional Center, cut some touches and most importantly try to rely on MPJ as the main scorer.
. The Nuggets gentleman swept the Wolves last year and had three double digit wins in that series, includuding a 20 point blowout. The difference is that this year's roster is way worse because a) Jamal is injured (he averaged 27 on good efficiency last year against this same Wolves defense)and Bruce Brown is gone ( the best perimeter defender, secondary ball handler and sixth man).
With Brown gone and Murray hurt the Nuggets have almost no perimeter ball handling, shot creation, playmaking and scoring.
That's why they are underwhelming this playoffs.
The 2024 Nuggets aren't the 2023 Nuggets.
You are acting like the wolves are the same and trying to dismiss what they are doing. This wolves team would be incredibly difficult for the 23 nuggets and I really doubt that they could overcome this level of defense.
This is nowhere near the same wolves team. They are young so they all got better from last year to this year, their defense finally gelled with gobert in the middle, and Edwards has emerged as a top 10 player in the league. No iteration of the nuggets at any point in their history would beat this wolves team in a 7 game series. Point blank.
they are literally allowed to clobber the nuggets all game. if they can do whatever they want, it’s already over
@@Josiah-gk4ouhere comes the cries lol. Nuggets can’t handle their physicality and length. Keep crying
Nah Murray is playing, stop with that the injured bs, and wolves were without their best defender and they still punked the nuggets. Last years timberwolves were without Naz Reid and Mccdaniels…
Got to make adjustments as a coach! Throw some more bigs out there like D’jordan. Draw up some offensive plays instead of having them boys play elementary playground basketball. Calm our team down! ADJUST!!!
I don’t get it .. they couldn’t afford to resign their bench from last year?? Why did they let them go?
Reggie and Deandre NEED to be on the floor together. Their two man game in my opinion would probably work better than Joker and Murray right now. Starting lineup should be: Reggie, Holiday, Watson, Gordon, and, Deandre. Let’s try that for a few mins and see what happens. Gotta start trusting your 2nd unit more especially since that’s where most of our length is.
Does Denver even play defense? they look totally lost on pick & rolls, and everything else too.
Hope ADJUSTMENTS are gonna be made next game
Coach Malone Focus was Lakers.. his mission was to beat Lakers. His fine losing to the wolfs.
I will be dissapointed if we lose this series, but I still think this group of players is absolutely amazing, the best we ever had, no comparison, and I will always enjoy watching them play and support them no matter what!!!!! I feel blessed I live in the same era as these Nuggets players and it´s coach. They are humans and can make mistakes but for me it´s clear that they gave their very best, that´s indisputable. Lets see what happens in Minnesota...
Straight up the Nuggets did not bring the intensity they had last year. The coach said you have to man up get out there and fight for this series the Joker is not going to beat the Wolves by himself.
Really wish to have some hope on Denver comeback..but last game makes me loose hopes.. not because they lost..it is because they really don’t have any answer for wolves defense.. poor shooting form of KCP/AG/Jamal kills big time..Jamal tries to play ISO ball too much bcoz of the team’s poor shooting.. Joker is always doubled by 2 bigs and when he push out others miss it almost regularly.. on the other hand Joker is not even attempting to block the driving guards..not sure how the shooting will improve in away game..wolves had a bad shooting night on game1 and Denver missed to capitalize.. what else are the options to win I don’t know.. better to start with Strawther and spread the floor well for Joker double team and rest Jamal for second half..Joker has to protect paint and Jamal has to shoot well.. no other way
Coach will remember eventually but last year he challenged the team, this team, the same team, night in and night out to be what the TWolves are currently which is a defensive minded, physical all for one team. The offense builds from the defense. Period. Giving credit to the TWolves is now over. Show the league that you are the Pride of the West. Come out game 3 with your open wounds bleeding all over the court and still manage to put your jaws around your preys neck and hold them until they are no more. N U G G E T S
Honestly even Orlando and the Knicks could have posed problems for the Nuggets due to both teams having stingy defense
Jamal coming off the bench? Jokic to handle the ball and put Kat/Gobert into foul trouble, whether they double at the top of the key or at the block, run screens and look to find MPJ, KCP and Braun for open looks on the 3-point line. Gotta become a 3-point shooting team, the paint is too clogged they know Denver scores the majority of their points in the paint… Flip the script. The 2-man game between Jok and Mal is not there this series.
Start:
KCP
Braun
MPJ
Gordon
Jokic
I’m a Denver fan. But ya’ll need to take a bite of some humble pie and stop expecting calls handed to you. I get the charge call you wanted. But If they don’t call it, get down the floor and get the ball back. Stop cryin about things every single possession
Every nuggets must step up, esp Murray and MPJ!!!
Its done.Denver dont have answer for Minnesota.Time for fishing
Deandre Jordan needs to play he can help ! We need bigger bodies and tougher play ! Murray needs to not let refs get to him so fast !
From the middle of the 2nd quarter, every time MN made a shot Jokers shoulders slumped.
He's donezo.
You cannot count on a frequently injured number 2. Even w/o the knee injury Jamal has got that Embid thing. Misses a lot of games and comes out shooting at a low percentage too often Even in the two laker games where he was the savior; overall he played badly.
The last thing he mentioned on the fans booing was spot on. I noticed I didn’t hear any encouragement from the fans when shit hit the fan lol. Yea they’re playing like dog shit but damn try to encourage them instead of kicking them while they’re down.
Somebody is thinking about horses and not basketball
This series has been over since the start, especially last night how the wolves fans were chanting wolves in 4 against the defending champs is crazy good luck in Minnesota
I wonder who Denver picks up in the off season
KARMA- This coach has been way to boastful in victory. They just lack humility as a team.
Poise starts with the coach. When coach unravels the players follow.
gotta love the NBA. denver spent all their money on starters and they have no bench. now they cannot repeat. jokic is amazingly skilled but he just does not want a second championship enough. he is ready to go hang out with horses. I cannot blame him. it takes an insane person want to win year after year.
😂😂😂😂, no heart
I still dont get why KCP and Murray is on the floor while Braun is doing better.. Bruce Brown and Uncle Jeff needs to come back
When Nuggets didn’t pick up bonifide help this past off season I knew they may not repeat. Murray hurt, Jokic tired. Too many interviews.
Agreed with a lot of the comments. Please quit driving the starters into the ground. Use KCP off the bench to spread the floor with his shooting and as a secondary scorer (as weird as that sounds) off the bench. Make him pressure Monte Morris like ANT and Nickiel did to Jamal and see how they like it. Unfortunately, we're going to have to play Reggie a decent amount of minutes because Jamal is torn up and we need him to finish the playoffs without a body cast. Yes, the Nuggets failed to execute, but I feel like that is partially due to the fact that the starters are exhausted and injured versus a young/athletic/deep Timberwolves team. Yes, it is risky to play guys like PWAT or Nnaji (who would be a great cover on Naz Reid); but it's even more dangerous to do what we are doing and lose 4 - 1 while we watch Jamal lose his cool/other ACL/pride. Please put CB and Peyton Watson on ANT. After CB tires him out physically, let Peyton swat his shots out of midair and wipe that smirk off his face.
When their defense swarms your offense, you don’t continue to pass the ball. Nothing but forced turnovers. One of the Nuggets’ strengths is their fast disposal when putting the ball in the basket. They are not properly prepared and are not objectively seeing the obvious. Coach Saunders (defense coach) has been disrespected by KCP for much of the year. KCP can go. Nuggets need to swarm Anthony and Towns.
MPJ should be a stretch 4. Gordon off the bench
love mike, let's get this team turned around and rattle off a few wins
The way we have been playing is uncharacteristic and we had one of the toughest schedules in the nba. All I gotta say is the wolves better hope that we keep playing the way we are
Reporter: Where are Jamal and Jokic right now?
Coach: There in the locker room right now.taking showers.
😂😂
Idc for a repeat. I still believe we can win multiple championships. It's aight. Ride or die. Mile high.
Nuggets got beat down by a wolves team with no Gobert , man card taken away , nuggets front office stupid for not upgrading the bench better , the run is over
In a strange way it’s always harder when Rudy isn’t on the court. That’s what I noticed
Gobert is offensively challenged and doesn't really do that well against Jokic defensively. They are crowding Jokic as a team and giving him different looks.
@@Arctanis-vt3hlGobert is still effective despite all that and can score a bit also and of course rebound!!
How could they?
I believe Gobert doesnt really help Minn that much in this series. Perhaps, one could make a case, Minn plays better w/o him on O by a mile, and dare I say, on D against the nuggets. I saw better defensive play by Minn yesterday w/o Gobert than game 1!
Micheal Malone lost this game for them with his antics. He was disgraceful
What JORDAN DOINGS every game on bench..?? Just celebrate if somebody score.??????
Laker Fan here, Minnesota has gotten inside of the nuggets head, Murray, especially, they're bench is deeper and better. Nuggets don't have enough even with the officials. Series is over in 4
Mentioned in a Jokic post gm presser vid, leadership. Will see what kind of leadership exhibits from, everyone, now down 2. One can X's and O's until cows come home. All that is #2. #1 is leadership. Will see what this reveals in the Nuggets. Will say, Murray throwing a heat pack onto the floor way drops him down in his status as a star player, just to mention one thing. That, plus he's been mouthy recently... dude needs to draw in, shayddup, focus emotion and not in stupid ways which he is prone to doing it seems... redeem. Hurt or not. Not disappointing. Just revealing of who he is, will be, as a player. Same goes for every player in every sport of every age everywhere on the planet.
Murray has always been that way....look at how he's often treated his (mostly friendly to a fault) hometown media like shit. He's an injury waiting to happen, and despite that, still comes into each season expecting to play himself into game shape....you could see it early this season when he was absolutely gassed and blown up in the 4th quarters of games. Come the off-season this team either needs to pull an actual point guard out of the ether by some form of sorcery and/or consider moving him if they could get the right return for him.
The problem I think is that Denver ain't making shots. Teams were forced to scatter their defenses last season (even the Wolves) because Murray was Steph Curry incarnate during the playoffs, and the Joker would chuck the ball anywhere on the court and somehow it would always go down. Doesn't matter how hard they defended, if anybody from Denver had the ball, it would go down regardless of the defense. That put fear in teams last year.
This year, they ain't that team anymore. Wolves' defense was stifling because Denver's shooting bad and they're forced to resort to cutting and slashing through the wolves physical defense to even get to the rim. Last year they were making it rain so defenses would have to scatter, and Jokic thrived on defensive errors.
This is what people mean when they say 'make Jokic a scorer' because if the team doesn't perform well then the Nuggets are cooked
Wolves didn't have Nas andJaden in the last season's playoff. Those two guys are healthy now.
@EstaMorenikeji that's true, still doesn't change the fact that this Denver team is a shadow of its former self.
@resurrectedpa especially Jamal. Dude was building a brickhouse in Denver.
Marc Davis was the problem. He and the other two refs did everything for the Timberwolves except shoot the ball. Edward’s and Townes got away with major fouls.
Previous nba champion should run it back i dont understand they done run it back
that locker room was 🤐🥴😵💫😵😑😐😶
You need traded all except Jokic and Ag @denvernuggets
A hearbreaking loss! 💔
THE ONLY WAY THE NUGGETS WIN THIS SERIES IS BY BEING MORE INTENTIONAL PLAYING THROUGH JOKIC IN THE POST WITH HIM HAVING THE INTENT TO SCORE OR GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE. HE HAS TO ATTACK THERE BIGS PHYSICALLY GETTING THEM IN FOUL TROUBLE. HOWEVER THIS T’WOLVES FRONT LINE IS BASICALLY EXPOSING THE ONE FATAL FLAW IN JOKIC GAME: JOKIC LACK OF ELITE LEVEL ATHLETICISM IS GLARING AGAINST TEAMS WITH THAT PERSONNEL WHICH INTURN CAN MAKE JOKIC LOOK MORTAL AT TIMES AND OUTMATCHED. WHEN YOUR FRONT LINE IS BUILT LIKE THE T’WOLVES AND HEALTHY BUCKS, JOKIC CAN BE EASILY SCHEMED OUT OF A SERIES BY PLAYING HIM STRAIGHT UP AND MAKING HIM DROP 60 EVERY GAME. JOKIC BEING A FACILITATOR STANDING AT THE TOP OF KEY IN THIS SERIES AGAINST THIS T’WOLVES FRONT LINE AND THEIR DEFENSE WILL SIMPLY NOT WORK.
Agree! He has to be more physical and go to the basket with to draw fouls!
JOKIC SHOULD WORK FROM LOW POST DOWN THERE CLOSE TO THE RIM AND NOT ON THE TOP OF THE KEY! This way he preserves energy he needs to get baskets all night long and draw fouls on their bigs!
Your focus was on game 2...????
Sometimes, the other team is better. Denver doesn't have enough
Was disappointed to see this team unravel mentally first, and then physically, second.
What I am seeing is a lack of adjustments to this physical style of play by Minn. Murray, Jokic, and Porter all three made obscene number of turnovers. It seemed they didnt adapt to being funneled into the teeth of the defense. Just kept doing the same things. How many stripped balls did we see? Why drive against the trees? Just kick the ball out. I also failed to see off the ball movement, cuts, etc to counter what Minn was doing. Just one on one iso ball, which resulted into taking bad shots (end of shot clock to boot) or turnovers.
If the nuggets want to win a game, they need to rethink how they run their offense. It needs a total overhaul - Murray and Jokic two man game not working.
When it comes to defense, I saw multiple breakdowns first, then they gave up altogether. When they switch, Jokic gets scored on all the time. In addition, nobody comes to help from the weak side. Seems to me communication is lacking on D.
In conclusion, not looking good. Major adjustments in strategy required. It is gonna be too late for this year. Minn wins this series in 5.
They need too put a full game together this isn’t the Lakers
Malone not talking so smart now after getting their behind kicked😂😂😂. He talked a lot trash to Lakers but no trash talking to his daddy(Minnesota Timberwolves😂😂😂). Timberwolves please give the chicken nuggets a sweep😂😂😂.
When was he talking trash? I remember him complementing their coach… I must be missing something.
I played a lot of ball in New York City division one, the cage in Rucker Park. however, when the other team is playing such swarming defense smacking poking prodding and nothing is being called. It is so defeating to realize you’re not playing five and five but you’re playing five on six because the refs are on their side. And I thought the new bad boys of Detroit Miami Heat were bad. Hopefully they won’t destroy the game. I love even more.
Oh stfu with the refs talk. If one team is playing physical, the other team needs to adjust and respond, period.
@@cobrachannel100 wow check you out keyboard warrior. Anyhow, you be well into whatever hell hole you call home.
This series is over. Sweep very likely. If Nuggets shoot the lights out for a game, they can maybe win one but probably not. They haven't had a good shooting game in 7 games of the playoffs. This is humiliating for the Nuggets. Wow. T-Wolves are so much better, it is insane.
This is why I think it is a mistake to not give Jokic a playmaking point guard. Had they still had Monte Morris, perhaps this doesn't happen since he makes good decisions unlike Murray who jacks up too many bad shots.
How is no one talking about the officiating?? It was clear the way the game was called affected the outcome. The timberwolves game plan was to play aggressive till they get into foul trouble. If the refs don't make the call, the timberwolves will just continue to foul. The refs eventually caught on but by then it was too late and the wolves were up 30. The nuggets then gave up, everyone chilled and it was a horrible game to watch. They should have just pulled all the starters at that point. When calls are one sided it makes the game impossible, it was easy to get frustrated.
are you okay? playoffs are more physical. nuggets shot more fts. should the refs have all of minnesotas starters foul out? then they can play against the bench. brilliant take sir.
Coach will send Wrong mentality if he complains about refs. Wolves since round was getting away with tough beat down basketball. You can whine and cry but the officiating won’t change and coach know that. Just go out and match their physicality in game 3. I am a nuggets fans and sudden change of officiating succ especially when kinks and 76ers were softly called. I really hope we take game 3 or this series is wrapped.
@@ricky__s I don't know if I should even respond to this because your clearly toxic but yea, eventually they did start making calls but the lead was too far gone. And as for the dumb foul out comment and playoffs are physical. a foul is a foul. There's being physical and then theres playing football. And the calls calm teams down. no one ever fouls out a team.
Stop whining … this is playoffs game
@@M7md_n29er yea I get that, I meant more the comment section more than the coaches and players. It was a frustrating game to watch. The nuggets are clearly smaller and can't really match up physically if it turns into a football match. The refs did start calming things down eventually but by then it was too late and the nuggets weren't coming back from a 30 point deficit
The toughest truth is that what the T-Wolves are doing is sustainable. It would be one thing if They went 19/28 from 3 and shot 70% . They can’t do that every game but they can bring that defense every game.
Your former assistant is outcoaching you ! And the former GM outGMd Booth!
Unfortunately for this man…if the Nuggets fail to show up next year, he will be unemployed. They’re not beating the Wolves this season.
I agree that the nuggets need to switch up the defenders on Edwards
put jokic in the low post, tighten up the offense and attack the paint. minnesota is long, u dont want to play slow or wide against a long time.
It's a sweep there is absolutely no way denver can beat this team right now
I respect coach Malone a lot. But at some point you have to change things up. Seems like we are playing insanity basketball meaning running and playing the same sets over and over and expecting different results. Players stunk but Malone Never blames himself. Is that why players arent playing as hard
Aside from Malone. Players showed zero emotion. Malone said it with the body language.
Jamal needs to sit down for game 3 after his pathetic display tonight.
For real!
I h a ve said it many times nuggets need to find a offence christian braun and aaron gordan need to step up
Try Benching joker he doesnt seem ....
He took some responsibility respect
refs lost in this game ,The refs clearly prefer the Timberwolves
Murray needs to be suspended for throwing the heating pad on the court and then fined for making money sign at refs. Classy!
Murray is an overrated child.
Also didn’t do a post game interview lol
Please stop switching Murray on the BIGS everytime they score everytime 🤦🏻♂️ leave Murray on Conley