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[@lpy1102]

Murray just tried to prove hard the series would be completely different if he was healthy 2 years ago, this dude is amazing after a huge injury

[@DaryMatera]

This playoffs could be Murray's national coming out party.

[@knockda887]

still seething after the sweep I see - Suns rentfree - this just a feel out game= same as clips series

[@TennesseeTip]

Really a pedestrian 34 points and it negates a sweep? Fans are cocky like their players lol. Want to rewrite history hypothetically and dance on the court after 1 home win 😂😂😂

[@bonkling]

@@knockda887 you're delusional if you don't think Murray makes an enormous difference that series. Not a Denver fan Suns also have literally zero bench, you guys in trouble this series unless Durant and Book drop 80

[@ntnnot]

@@knockda887 You've got no depth. Durant and Book need to play all minutes all series.

[@josephninerift3784]

This year's playoffs is so interesting! Playoff Murray is 🔥🔥🔥

[@BOOKERGOATNBA]

Sure

[@mireaaa]

🏆

[@Sean.Cordes]

For all the talk about "how will Denver guard Phoenix", the Suns also have to guard Denver, and their matchups on defense are a LOT less survivable than Denver's are the other way. Denver can live with KCP and Bruce Brown and sometimes Jamal on Devin Booker. They won't stop him, but they'll make him work. They can live with Aaron Gordon and sometimes MPJ and Jeff Green on KD. You won't stop him, but you just need to make him shoot from a bit further out, make it harder, be physical, and not overreact when he makes tough shots. That's all. The Suns meanwhile? If they put Torrey Craig on Jamal Murray (their best option there) it leads to rippling matchup issues down the line, like Devin Booker on MPJ (mismatch) or KD on Aaron Gordon (thats a lot of physicality for your best player to deal with). If they try to put Ayton on AG, that means KD is on Jokic which is not tenable. Guarding the Jokic-Murray pick and roll game is impossible as well - if they blitz Murray it means Jokic is in a 4 on 3 situation which is death. If they drop, Murray kills them. If they switch, Murray and Jokic both have mismatches. It's a nightmare scenario. Also the Nuggets are going to win a lot of the key margins. Phoenix doesnt take many 3s - the Nuggets will take a lot of 3s. Phoenix doesnt rebound on either end that well - the Nuggets are an elite rebounding team and will crush the glass, leading to more possessions. Phoenix just also isn't a very physical team, despite all their talent. Torrey Craig is again kind of the only guy who is. Compared to what Denver dealt with last series against Minnesota, everything is easier for them offensively this series (Minnesota, while flawed, is VERY physical and presents a lot of matchup problems for Denver. Gobert is about as good as you can do on Jokic, KAT is extremely physical and enormous for AG and Jeff, NAW is a better defender than either Torrey Craig or Josh Okogie, and Anthony Edwards is a better athlete, better at getting to the rim, more physical player than Booker or CP3 are).

[@MrExcessum]

Finally a comment from someone that actually knows what he is talking about. I'd give you 50 likes if I could.

[@mjkittredge]

Denver is just a stacked team. They have more key contributors and more guys who can step up and be a star on any given night. Phoenix meanwhile, Booker and Durant have to have a huge game every night. Nobody else is going to do it for them. I don't see Phoenix winning this series unless Denver has a historic collapse

[@rouieskennel]

@@mjkittredge even denver will have a historic collapse.phoenix still wont make it, they scoring to low, no bench at all.

[@dk-hv1nz]

Jamal Murray's game has matured over the years, the Nuggets look like they are strong contenders for the chip.

[@MaruneThaBabune]

Don't be sleeping on Aaron Gordon as well. Man shot 3-4 from 3 point and 9-13 FGs for 23 points. Efficient af 🔥

[@MrExcessum]

Ive been saying for two years now, AG is the second best player on the Nuggets.

[@telmolicious]

@@MrExcessum Not right now though.. Murray is.

[@bamf6603]

denver is stacked: joke, gf, 48.5 dunk, pope, porter

[@maddawg9636]

​@MrExcessum I love AG, I wouldn't call him 2nd best player but definetly 2nd most consistent player, when both MPJ and Murray were injured he was out there with Jokic holding the fort, defense offense he surely means a lot to Denver

[@MrExcessum]

@@telmolicious Yeah, rn Murray is playing even better than Joker, but since the AG trade, he has established himself as the proper right hand for Jokic.

[@nikolasbee009]

Hoping Denver can win it all and get the ring this year.

[@imjyun]

not on my boy lakers watch

[@anlockcharacter1104]

😊

[@Aleeraza.316]

Anthony Davis is reading your comment 😂 26 blocks in 6 games don't forget

[@LongBeach-uj8gq]

@@imjyun Anthony denverkiller davis

[@mambaforever9593]

​@@imjyun lakers are ass. They will get smoked by either kings or the warriors.

[@kovalskibethyname]

Denver was just unstoppable in this game. Definitely NBA finals material

[@telmolicious]

Championship material.

[@aa1944-k2r]

Lets go nuggets, show KD where his next chapter is

[@rhodaparinas667]

LET SEE JUST GAME 1 RIGHT???

[@sletto]

LOL

[@PeaneutzTV]

IN THE 💩

[@curtiszyr]

You’ll be sorry when you go home in 7

[@juxtanner7959]

KD can't win without the Warriors.

[@DavidSaavedraN]

Que increíble lo que juega Murray Dios mío, y después de estar 2 temporadas fuera por una lesión complicadisima! Denver a las finales de conferencia 💣💪

[@hectordiaz1575]

Contra los Lakers

[@manuelsweingarten]

Dude thanks for uploading such a well edited video. Feels like I’ve been there 🙏🏿

[@klaasgoossens1520]

Agreed, by far and away the best highlights video, with a good selection of the plays and without the comments from the commentators being cut off

[@jonathan6935]

I'm rooting for Denver this year, jokic deserves MVP

[@kingkane6394]

Denver is scary strong. Would be interesting to see them vs the lakers both teams are incredibly strong.

[@MO-yn4ud]

Are Lakers even in the conversation?

[@lltipsy]

Lebron gon make west cry

[@OneWithinn]

Warriors*

[@Cold248]

Raining three’s on the way (warriors) and there’s nothing no body can do about it. 5 rings baby. Curry’s cooking..

[@drippydiz7784]

Facts bro

[@Q.Q.]

Don't think Phx played particularly bad here. Got what you would expect from Durant, Booker, Ayton, Paul offensively. Team didn't shoot the 3 great, but wasn't too horrid either. Point is, Phx played pretty close to where you would expect them, and still got their asses handed to them. Denver shot the 3 fairly well, but otherwise didn't shoot astronomically great. Just played well, better than their average, but not "a game for the ages" great. Could it be that, if both teams play relatively at a similar level, Denver is just the better team? Obviously, the remaining games will tell, but at least this first one was a much easier win for Denver than expected, again, considering that Phx didn't have a particularly terrible game.

[@nikkyblammon6814]

@@lucky889s9 you are right about the depth they also got pounded on the glass lakers gonna win it all this year 😁👊🏽

[@mesropmkhitaryan8239]

If Murray plays like this there is no team that can stop Denver

[@justinhermogeno1715]

I like you analysis. Makes sense. Nuggest in 6 most probably

[@demetrius96]

deeper bench on denver, put any 4-5 guys from regular rotation in starting line up they gonna be just as good

[@t_t8661]

You won’t get this performance from Murray again either…

[@DanielFlores-fo1ee]

This game is all i needed to see. Suns have no bench, no center, no physical, and weak mental. Nuggets in 6.

[@daveasmer3353]

4

[@fernandolopez4174]

5

[@xelleretaXI]

Imma bookmark this right here

[@lukamiladinovic4043]

3

[@kickoffass2125]

@@daveasmer3353 yeah, I want that 4 too

[@zeyork7297]

Bruce Brown might be the best bench player in the playoffs ... Offensive + Defensive weapon and runs the offense when Jokic and Murray are on the bench.

[@cjchillin7868]

Malik monk bro

[@deliliankramo7520]

@@cjchillin7868 actually Brogdon Brown then Monk. Monk is the least consistent between three. But he has the highest ceiling I believe.

[@Colonel.B.Sanders]

Bubble Murray was actually just Playoff Murray. Dudes a stud💪

[@henryzhao4622]

Is anyone surprised? The guy that gets carried and calls himself Domin-Ayton is getting whooped? While the quiet one that never spikes the ball whoops his ass?

[@DaryMatera]

As Shaq keeping warning - Suns didn't feed the Big Dog so he didn't bite.

[@mk3tsi]

Does he really call himself like that? 🤣🤣🤡🤡

[@underpressure07140]

It's disgraceful that KD grabbed double the rebounds of him

[@henryzhao4622]

@@mk3tsi Yes can you believe it?

[@blynpontemayor176]

This Denver team is very scary and humble.

[@ibringthelastwords1358]

Denver all the way to the finals 💪

[@aldrinalquizola3615]

This is just a clippers game 1 win but suns in 5

[@juanelee7113]

My Lakers will once again reign supreme in this year’s playoff too many key pieces around AD and Lebron and think about this my Lakers had 26 blocks in the series against Memphis, easily the best defense left in these playoffs.

[@franzcare]

Trust mr Jojic will choke again against lakers. Lakers will lock down murray and it will be over. Jojic can't do it alone.

[@Sxolile29]

Jokic offense vs AD defense and AD offense vs Jokic defense. We all know who wins.

[@JC-xm9lo]

​@@franzcare who does you guys have? A piece of glass and an old black bear 😂😂

[@jackhu3801]

I’m not a fan of both team. But Denver played more easy and relax.

[@erguncetin3094]

It feels like i watched the whole game. Great video, thanks!

[@Ujtrendz]

Incredible shot from Gordon, Brown and Murray crazy

[@HashBrown99Gaming]

Dann the Nuggets are really about to win a chip

[@DaryMatera]

Long way to go for that. But Bucks flame out makes it open season for the trophy.

[@user-ip2hc6we4r]

I don't deny that Denver's lineup is very strong, but I think the Lakers' lineup is very restrained. Unless the Kings or the Warriors eliminate the Lakers, I am not optimistic about the Nuggets winning the championship.

[@francoisnaufahu30]

Warriors Dynasty will continue forever

[@franklynwatts4437]

Phoenix no tiene banca,lo dieron la defensa por KD

[@august9387]

Yeah, no depth, they gave everything just to get kd. Phoenix has no chance of winning

[@rizkyrivalhamid3324]

Jokic is unreal

[@Nilz4FR]

1:50 gotta love that travel

[@oagente.imobiliario]

8:28 this is dj meechy meech material for sure 😂

[@clayman6616]

Never die denver . Kawhi's father bubble murray is back

[@victorriwa6547]

😂 lol

[@pg13pacernation30]

2 years ago when Paul and Booker talked ALOT of smack to Jokic and a Nuggets team that didn’t have Murray. Murray’s healthy now and times have changed. When Aaron Gordon and MP jr are your 3rd and 4th best players, your team is loaded. Not to mention Joker plays unselfish, team first basketball. Suns starters were gassed by the 4th quarter. Suns got not enough scorers from the bench, while nuggets loaded & deep. Nuggets in 5.

[@puppeybear7922]

denver reAlly a strong team, i hope lakers and denver meet in west finals

[@brothabox6998]

It' time to Laker pay price

[@aarav1x334]

thanks for the great videos !

[@kingofjune]

How will this game affect LeBron's legacy?

[@AtmosphericAtmosphere]

Hahaha

[@ockins9830]

so why are you bringing your Lebron here in Nuggets vs Suns game lol, s*ck his D*ck

[@nickjamesmendoza8837]

Nobody knows but for sure he's lingering too much rent free inside your head hahaha.. better get a breather, thats bad for your health 😂

[@kiwavy]

Well....if Denver Nuggets win, the Lakers are toast, so yeah thats how that affects his legacy.

[@yardstarz]

@@kiwavy hmm I wouldn't say so. So far this season they're 2-2, and this was before the lakers acquired their new players

[@MrWhite165]

it's gonna be a crazy series ! i think this playoffs season is the best all time

[@eelcoblaauw6689]

2016 is hard to beat

[@PUZZEL.Ai.History]

Murry prove if he was healthy 2 yrs ago, the suns will never make it to the finals

[@millukizoldyck2383]

Just please stay healthy Denver

[@HumpyD]

Hey man, new to the channel here. Gotta say i love your editing! subscribed! :)

[@ChaosPrototypeIX]

That was a dunk fest by Nuggets.

[@jilokizito1705]

They're only 3 dunks man!

[@paulvelasquez4752]

Fantastic work on this video just subscribed 😊

[@jesusisoursavior2682]

‘’when the sun goes down and band wont play i always rember us this wayyyyyyy’’

[@aufiderzen5680]

JOKIĆ PLAYED MID GAME AND THEY STILL BLOWOUT PHOENIX? YUP, SUNS ARE DONE HSHAHAH

[@GrandinquisitorIK]

Murray, Fox, Tatum all playing so well this playoffs. Not expecting him to dominate but I just hope we can see Lonzo play consistently w/o injuries.

[@novahull2130]

I knew the Suns were not that good. They can't blow out a Kawhi and PG-less Clippers. This Suns will be eliminated. 😂

[@therambler3713]

Jokic wasn't even playing well tonight😂

[@forten8066]

Lol you guys just see the offense. Without jokic denver loses. He had 19 rebounds wtf

[@MsForeverog]

Since I was a kid (by Melo's time), I've been a Denverite. It's time to say it and load. DENVER NUGGETS ARE FULL OF KILLERS. Despite the bench, we just keep stabbing. My guys did an amazing job, so proud of them. Edit: Murray fade is deadly.

[@LucasOsananASousa]

Nice to see Murray flying again 🚀🚀🚀

[@MyFavoriteSportsballTeam]

I'm so glad Jamal is healthy. I have a feeling this might end up being the most exciting series this postseason.

[@andyboerger]

Lakers/Nuggets gonna be the REAL Finals!

[@MorrowVollume]

Oh Yeeeeeaaaaah Phoenix gettn Schoooooolllled, Hell Yeeeah Dawg !!! @The NBACentral

[@elshinji6371]

Thank you for the highlights. Really appreciate

[@septimusforster]

Chris Paul! Looking sharp as always.😂

[@vuk8315]

Very good game for Denver. Wouldn't get too cocky as a fan as we still need to win 3 more and the Suns are no joke. Good performance in Game 1 tho, hope we can keep it up until the end of the series 🔥🔥🔥

[@INDREAMSBEGINSRESPONSIBILITIES]

The suns were a joke .

[@jbpagulong5582]

The players of phx are good, let the coach handle very well.. Congratulations to both team

[@Jameshowardadventures]

Man Murray looks like a cheat code with that speed and handles. What a great talent to watch.

[@Okromopcomedy]

After watching gsw vs kings series gsw has lots of ways to win any team . Gsw are faster and efficient than Lakers offensively. The gsw didn't use J-green with kuminga vs kings but they will use them more in the Lakers series to help defensively

[@klesk173a]

This Denver team is no joke.....

[@djeinaboumoamadoubalde4874]

This two teams are on fire 🔥 😳

[@GainesMusic]

1:50 Gordon* takes at least 3 steps 😂

[@KnoLove]

travel by Gordon

[@Chuck-4300]

Denver is a scary scary team right now , Sun's gotta bring that high vis for some work this series

[@imjuandering779]

Jokic finally having the help he deserves! 💪

[@peterhaslund]

Honestly, after watching Suns play "defense" all game I still have no idea what they're doing defensively

[@ersonvelasco2531]

Denver is really different when Murray is around…

[@beberdos]

Hey that's the honest trailer voice !

[@urmommahouse494]

Denver hasnt been getting enough respect even tho they were the 1 seed. They look very scary

[@doubleyoujaytee3017]

they finished the season pretty bad, I think they became “underrated” becaus of all the media attention grizzlies was getting

[@jefffelix9965]

Crazy work 😅

[@Ian1989o9]

New murray 🔥🔥🔥

[@marcogomez2736]

Seems those KD's Jerseys in the sponsor announcement are gonna get an extra discount, if the series continues this way

[@DaryMatera]

Denver won big enough to get inside the Suns heads. But Suns are older vets so they shouldn't let that happened. They'll be telling themselves Denver just held serve at home.

[@maxonpiano2575]

Jokic C 33min 24 pts... Booker Sg 40min 27pts?

[@joannewelch3588]

That was nice!

[@SkipPayless]

DeAndre Ayton is disappointing

[@1일1띵곡]

He always were

[@DaryMatera]

Suns once again didn't feed the Big Dog. Cue Shaq.

[@willharden6456]

Always

[@BundaARAFA]

Murray playoff mode is on another level to regular season

[@Criminal.Lawyer.2024]

The Nuggets have a deep bench of really good players.

[@teewan777]

IVE BBEEN WAITING FOR YOU JAMAL, my fav pg in the league

[@willhooke]

Bubble Murray - not just an Orlando thing 🔥

[@adelinebettityy2720]

Ayton is that defensive liability

[@jibreelmiranda611]

KD requesting for trade😂😂

[@DaryMatera]

The Slim Reaper needs to check his pants pockets for his wallet.

[@zingo1644]

for the sun to rise, CP3 needs to step up his shots... his contribution is needed... congrats to denver

[@MJ-gs4co]

They cant do anything because of Jokic, they have to play murry 1 on 1 because jokic will be free, if they double jokic, he will always find the open guy and they get easy baskets...

[@jenerjenis]

Phoenix is too hot for Jokic, he will make it quick - Nuggetz in 4.

[@GGen586]

I'm rooting for Denver

[@keithmarcus8638]

Nuggets in 5

[@YM-bh7le]

Gordon find his role in Denver and he is great!

[@EmilyCarlton-f6y]

This is something!

[@muhammadafifharist4602]

Starting Five Nuggets A. Gordon 50 M. Porter Jr 1 N. Jokic 15 J. Murray 27 K. Caldwell-Pope 5 Suns K. Durant 35 J. Okogie 2 D. Ayton 22 D. Booker 1 C. Paul 3

[@eric131313]

Seems Booker found his new Daddy 😂

[@blackredelitebasketballser8652]

I could see denver winning a few in this series with close scoring from both teams, but this was a beaten 😳 I guess Suns will have to realise Denver serious about taking it all😢 Good play denver!.😊

[@graceporquez4831]

Denver stay healthy

[@lasassassyn283]

Let’s get it

[@theokingshango]

Jamal Special😂🔥

[@sonnym7995]

Nice performance by Murray & Nuggets but let’s not get carried away. As one great NBA coach once said “the playoffs only start until the home team loses a game” 😊

[@deniyii]

Guess this series is never going to start then

[@willhooke]

Looks like the whole Denver team played well AG50 and MPJ played with the fire we need from the 🔥🔥🔥 But likewise from KCP and Evergreen and all the dudes!

[@nanawav]

I bet Skip finds a way to involve lebrons legacy

[@chizchism84]

Everybody forgot about Jamal Murray 🤦🏾‍♂️ I did not 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Emem2020]

The nuggets will expose the suns weaknesses in this series.

[@_random_guy]

denver looking real good, might win a chip this year fr

[@kowaikokoro]

murray got his swagger back, watch out suns 💀

[@milanstankovic3761]

Nuggets just hard banged and torched Suns 😁😁 I like teams which draft their stars, and not buying them...that's why I hope Denver goes forward... 😌😌

[@jerste]

How much we missed Jamal.

[@ediz985]

Murray was and is a beast!!!

[@MrMG76]

@4:32 is THE highlight of the game for me

[@warrenmasonjeffs6712]

Yes sir on the dribble palm forward fingers down with left English on it!!! That was absolutely beautiful.