Nikola Jokic LEGACY GAME leads Nuggets past Ant Edwards & Timberwolves, Brunson DOMINATES | NerdSesh

The nerds react to Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets taking on Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves. They also discuss Jalen Brunson's monster performance to lead the New York Knicks past Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers.

[@nakternal]

anyone else going back to those 2-0 timberwolves games videos to comment 😂😂😂

[@Tonylarkins39]

I'm so happy the league stepped in and changed the ref style to help us! No one wants to see boring 90's defense! We want offense basketball with Jokic draining open 3s etc! So much more exciting. Only people complaining about the ref change are MN fans, and I get that but there are just so few of them compared to us that this is really about what's best for the most people. Plus the NBA makes more $ when superstars win, so it's better for NBA future. Shout out to the league I am happy with Adam Silver helping us

[@alexanderwang2484]

​@@Tonylarkins39least obvious rage bait

[@Tonylarkins39]

@@alexanderwang2484 Wdym?

[@Tonylarkins39]

@@alexanderwang2484 I'm just happy for Denver!

[@boubacardiallo5945]

@@Tonylarkins39 Ur funny

[@richardkenny7555]

Carsons Jokic rant was world class

[@TheGoogergieger]

I don’t think people realize, wolves were built by the nuggets former GM. The guy who drafted Jokic. With the sole purpose of stopping Jokic. And it took Jokic two games to figure it out and dominate it.

[@jason5265]

Almost every player on the Wolves was drafted before Connelly went to Minni. He traded for Gobert is really all he did

[@ajagule]

@@jason5265 He brought over Mike Conley also. He left the team intact without moving some Bigs, just to counter Denver. Please don't act like Connelly didn't have Denver in mind when he decided to keep the team the way it is right now.

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Fact. They did better than most though. Joker is just too smart. But if Kat showed up in Game 3, they probably go up 3-0, which is crazy. Too late now lol.

[@WaveRider1989]

Unfortunately it didn't work this year. Sucks as a wovles fan to get hopes up to be destroyed again.

[@Jaysolate]

Damn Oscar Robinson was a monster. He put up that as a guard. That's like prime Westbrook but minimal turnovers and jokic had NONE. insane

[@sgrey9181]

I will remind you (and I like to remind everyone of this) that in the 60s, the majority of the NBA considered Oscar Robertson to be the best player alive. Better than Bill Russell, better than Wilt. The only reason he isn’t considered the greatest player of his era is because he was mean, because of narratives, and because he was surrounded by scrubs who would disappear come playoff time

[@dumafuji]

The nuggets completely solved a “generational defense” in 1 game and a couple of days.

[@ramsescano5622]

Cause they're a generational offense and offense beats defense 90% of the time.

[@dee5tank]

And they figured out that they just have to play good enough defense to put the mediocre Wolves offense on skates. One narrative I haven't heard in the media is that while the Wolves were the top defense in the regular season, the Nuggets weren't slouches either. They were a top 10 defense. I mean in 2 wins they held the Wolves under 100 pts. Game 3 - limit Ant, switch PnRs, and contest all the jump shots. Game 4 - let Ant cook, and don't KAT and Conley find a rhythm. Contest all the jump shooting role players. Switch all picks and DHOs. Game 5 - Double Ant, and rotate and contest everything else. Grab all the rebounds. Don't know what Game 6 (and a worst-case potential Game 7) has in store, but the Nuggets will adjust on the fly to challenge the mediocre Wolves offense.

[@veljkoradovic7162]

​@@ramsescano5622And also they are miles better on defense than in first 2 games

[@Tonylarkins39]

Shout out to the league for changing up the ref style mid-series when we were down 0-2. Ppl want to see offense-based basketball, not boring 90's defense ball. And plus the league makes more money when superstars win! Only people complaining about it are MN fans, and they're so few of them that this is really about what's best for the most people. I'm happy with Adam Silver stepping in to help us. It made a huge difference and I'm so happy we're gonna win another trophy 🏆

[@Tonylarkins39]

I wonder why they never did that before tbh. This the 1st time they did it!

[@BurkeanGhost]

Scariest part about this whole thing is this is the last series Jokic will be dealing with a competent big in the post. Chet, Gafford, Porzingus/Horford going to start losing sleep before anyone gets to the Finals. You just couldn’t believe what you were looking at-be sure to watch it sometime if you didn’t catch it live.

[@Tonylarkins39]

I'm just so happy the league stepped in when we were down 0-2 to change up the ref style mid-series like that. It made a huge difference and now we gonna win the trophy again!

[@iimatracii067]

​@@Tonylarkins39😜😜😜😜😜. Minnesota just doesn't have an offense. Denver took the ball out of Murrays hands and Minnesota just doesn't know what to do anymore 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DamianBadalamenti]

​@@Tonylarkins39Cheese and Rice, Minnesota fans are absolutely pathetic.

[@dumafuji]

Truth. Jok and Gordon are going to feast. You think Rudy struggles with joker, what do you think porzingus tingus is going to do?

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Boston, OKC and Dallas have no answers for Joker. They have to just try to stop everyone else and hope he can't beat them alone. Boston tried that last year and it didn't work.

[@gicueN17R0]

First person EVER to score or assist on 70+ points without a single turnover.

[@Tonylarkins39]

Major shout out to the league for changing up the ref style mid-series when we were down 0-2, to really limit MN's defense. That really made such a difference for us! And ppl wanna see offense-based basketball these days, we ain't got time for 90's style defense ball it's boring. And the only ppl mad about it are MN fans and I get that, but there are so few of them that this is really about what's best for the most people. I'm happy with Adam Silver doing that I think he handled it well, plus the league makes more money when superstars win and break records. 👏

[@edkiely2712]

​@@Tonylarkins39"when WE were down 0-2"🤣 Do you work for the Nuggets team? If not, I hv quite a difficult time taking ppl seriously who use the terms "us," "we," or "our" in their analysis of events because, it's usually contaminated with predetermined confirmation bias and/or lopsided insights!

[@rileymerino6340]

@@edkiely2712he’s trolling no way this dude is a nuggets fan that shit is saltier than the ocean lol

[@edkiely2712]

@rileymerino6340 You're probably correct my friend! Never know with the inane YT comment section occasionally. Sometimes we just unconsciously assume we are replying to a "rational adult" at the other end when, more often than not, it's probably some mindless troll or, a meatheaded young punk with his azz sticking-out of his drooping baggy pants, who doesn't know the first thing about Basketball 101. I guess that's why there are so many hilarious memes about commenting on the internet- lol!

[@taterees9305]

​@@Tonylarkins39 Keep crying it'll be over soon

[@OwenHooper-mv4fm]

It wasn’t just 13 assists with no turnovers -- there were UNIQUE passes mixed in. Full court one handed, behind the back, over the head under the hoop. He’s the GOAT in training

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

People are blaming Gobert but the Wolves were -13 in the 8 minutes Gobert sat, in a 15 point loss.

[@Toni-to8je]

Exactly, but narratives matter more than the reality these days! It all started with ESPN!

[@rakimhinds6388]

@@Toni-to8jeIt’s not that Gobert isn’t doing a good job, it’s that you want him to have a better individual performance against Jokic after getting a DPOY and sitting out a game in the series

[@Tonylarkins39]

Well I think MN fans are more blaming the league changing the ref style for us when we went down 0-2. But I'm so happy they did that to limit MN d. Ppl want to see offense-based basketball, not 90's style defense ball. We ain't got time for that, we wanna see Jokic scoring 40+ on open 3s etc. Plus the league makes more money when superstars win. The only people upset about the ref style change is MN fans, and I get that but there are so few of them that this is really about what's best for the most people. All in all I'm happy with Adam Silver helping us out cuz now we gonna win another trophy 🏆

[@genaldgalicia5834]

gobert is only -2 in a 15 point loss

[@DamianBadalamenti]

​@@Tonylarkins39Yeah, because they're pathetic.

[@ctcards2636]

After the Nugs went down 0-2 i seemed to be one of the few people who wasnt worried. I said it before and ill say it again, no one is beating the Nuggets this year. Im a Knicks fan and even i have to live in reality that even if the Knicks get to play the Nuggets in the playoffs this year, its prob gonna be an ass whooping contest.

[@rado22]

The thing is there is no good defensive option with Jokic. There is only least bad. Every option has its tradeoffs because he is an all time passer with an all time IQ. Bam was most successful and has limited him a lot in the finals because he is strong, long, agile, smart and a DPOY level defender. But that's the best one can hope for.

[@NadavHbr]

The is the best player, but his real greatness is in his answers to the media in the post game…

[@MrShuggadaddy]

You mean when he says “i play well” and “my teammates play well” and “we get ready for next game”

[@OwenHooper-mv4fm]

Also! Doubt you guys end up seeing this, but my buddy and I started a Nuggets blog like 13 years ago that we did for two years- in retrospect if we had stuck with it, we would probably be part of Nuggets media by now. But we tapered off and got “real” jobs. You guys stick with it, there will probably come some lows - power through it, focus, be confident, and THINK of how to make this even better. You guys are already excellent- just keep getting better and this will be a real career I think

[@nakternal]

wolves fans darting like roaches with a flick lof a light switch

[@markopecinovic4475]

Na Wolves fans are OK, it's the Lakers fans rooting for Wolves that were toxic in internet chats.

[@WaveRider1989]

Don't blame wolves fans for national media coverage the way it was. Damn. We just wants our team to win just like Nuggets. Bot after 50 years Nuggets finally has a winning team dont get cocky.

[@dumafuji]

Jok has never had a problem with Gobert. People in their feelings about the dpoy bc Jokic is cook him is dumb. Jok cooks everybody. Time to figure it out.

[@dicktrickle741]

Been winning with the old man game ever since he was young. Who needs speed and athleticism. Back in my day I thought you had to be an elite athlete like Jordan or Dream, not any more.

[@genaldgalicia5834]

people forgot he just cooked AD

[@djkido316]

@@genaldgalicia5834 AD and BAM both are elite defenders but nobody has an answer for Jokic right now!

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Nuggets remind me of a 90s or 00s team when the same core play together for 3-4 seasons. It's rare now. Team chemistry is invaluable.

[@strooom546]

Awesome stuff gents really good

[@j_atkinson]

Actually, Denver didn't look like themselves even in the Lakers series. That embarrassing game 2 with the Wolves woke up the sleeping giants that are the Denver Nuggets. They realized that they needed to get serious to win the playoffs.

[@andrewsimon713]

Gobert was beat up like a rag doll

[@marijapetrovic3309]

Great comment 😂😂😂

[@dicktrickle741]

From suddenly being a great trade ...back to being the worst trade ever in NBA history.

[@ericmartinez3422]

My Nuggets are a problem for other teams! I can't believe most people thought the Nuggets were going to get swept? I could understand it if we never won a championship

[@roberthall1818]

His little baby in gobert b🤣

[@JasonSmith-pe5py]

I think he actually had 13 ast-not 12...just saying

[@urconway]

A lot of T-wolves fans obviously never got “the talk” from their dad’s: You never, EVER, allow a Minnesota franchise to get your hopes up, son.

[@markocurcic6314]

If you ever decide to change the channel name or make a second channel go for: Stats and facts. Well done.

[@140acresretired7]

I like when Jopkic was shooting a free throw the crowd got quite and then the next yelling MVP (they are load ) and he made both. Ice in veins if there is a thing. Have never seen great defense stop great offense in the NBA. Watson, notice how a commercial followed when he went in for like the last 2 seconds of a quarter that has him and Jokic in it. Just saying.

[@tompratt7125]

Wolves have been a mediocre offensive team all year. They have three veterans in Towns, Gobert and Conley that have never accomplished jack in the playoffs and tend to shrink under real pressure. What a surprise they've dropped 3 straight. Series isn't over but I'm not holding my breath about a Wolves come back.

[@Tonylarkins39]

Shout out to the league for stepping in and changing the ref style when we were down 0-2 to really limit MN's defense. That was perfect timing for us! MN fans complain about it being unfair but there are so few of them that this is really about what's best for the most people, and what's best for the league. NBA makes more $ when superstars win. Plus MN is so small market.

[@Tonylarkins39]

I wouldn't worry about a comeback for the Wolves, they ain't gonna change the ref style back to normal playoff basketball this series.

[@guilhermepalacios187]

​@@Tonylarkins39 keep crying

[@Tonylarkins39]

@guilhermepalacios187 Nah bro I'm really happy about it! I've been wanting the league to switch the ref style for ages. Cuz it's more exciting with a more offense based style and limited D, cuz we want to see these amazing athletes score the ball! So I been wanting them to make this change for ages, but the way they did it when we were down 0-2 to an all-time defensive team was absolutely perfect timing! It turned this whole series around so shout out to Adam Silver.

[@Tonylarkins39]

@guilhermepalacios187 Those 1st two games were so frustrating too, I just wanted to see Jokic and Murray score the whole time and the defense was really annoying slowing it all down making it less exciting.

[@thyhopz]

I’ve feared MN has woken the sleeping giant

[@ctcards2636]

You have feared ? or do you actually fear that the giants have been awoken ? ;-) hehe

[@GreenhornPhototaker]

LOL to the chat, some pretty terrible takes in there. Great job you two, this has become one of my favorite channels to watch post game

[@ryanmahon1]

You can get mad at Gobert or realize that Jokic is the newest GOAT

[@rome8180]

Game 2 was without Gobert. The Wolves were able to play a more smothering defense. Why not go back to that? Naz Reid was probably more successful one on one than Gobert has been anyway.

[@streetsweeper8831]

Joker is great and the best player in the league at the moment but to say there is a big gap is disrespectful to his team he has the perfect cast just like curry did and ppl were saying he was the best player..... til kd took over the team

[@dp2120]

Curry wasn’t the consensus best player in the league during the pre-KD warriors. Not even close.

[@Steppen03]

Curry is the best shooter in this era. I still believe that 2015-16 Warriors team with the best record would’ve came back following season to win it all even without KD in 7 game series. Klay was still one of the best shooter and good defender.

[@percheuropean7175]

People blaming rudy are crazy he shot 7/7 and was only -2 compared to the rest of the starters beings over -10

[@ivanmilatovic4023]

And he defended well. Never gave up, stayed with 15. It was just the old adage - great O will always bear great D.

[@JokersWildOne]

Not sending help against Joker was a team adjustment decision. They knew full well that Joker was going to cook. As the Min coach said in an interview, “he’s shooting a little too well”. Rudy did the best he could, Denver has just figured out how to beat their adjustments (so far). I’d be more concerned about not being able to score against Denver’s bench.

[@Weebei]

Ant hype went past his actual ability. Game 5 is squarely on ANT not showing up. I get all the praise of him being young and how great it is, but at the present, he's played so well thus far to now deserve the blame. Not the first time ANT had seen early doubles this post season, he's just fucking up the reads and having his whole team pay of it.

[@yig123]

slow mo can't pass, Naz Reid is the answer

[@6stringgroover]

embiid can also score at will when healthy and dialed in. but yeah, joker is the offensive goat

[@JokersWildOne]

Scoring-wise, sure. Joker is more than scoring. Min just decided to make an adjustment and not send help. Mistake.

[@berlin4103]

Hell nah why does his sh*t his jocks in elimination games?

[@6stringgroover]

@@JokersWildOne i agree. stand by Embiid being able to score at will when healthy. Joker is clearly a more valuable player. Only an idiot would draft Embiid over Joker at this point.

[@joeyr357]

Ant need help and he ain’t gonna get it from the wolves

[@streetsweeper8831]

He will never win in Minnesota sorry to say

[@dantu5377]

He said best… but Anthony wouldn’t be better than Luka or healthy Embid next year

[@JokersWildOne]

The mythical healthy Embiid, lol

[@markomilojevic8977]

Bubble efect again 😅

[@1800LUNATIC]

IHart wasnt gleague MVP. I think youre confusing him with Chris Boucher?Only MVP who is an nba player in that timeframe.

[@arturasmarma525]

Why is LBJ better scorer than KD?

[@dp2120]

Longevity and people favoring rim pressure. I’d choose KD though.

[@demarlynhoward1960]

Peaked higher than curry is eh no not yet at least curry is top 12-10 and just won a ring 2 years ago

[@demarlynhoward1960]

Jokic might be the best center I’ve seen play easily saw the shaq lil late but all the great centers wasn’t running a team like thissss

[@rileymerino6340]

I mean before Curry was even Curry GS had an allstar in David Lee in 2012. Fast forward 10 years and he’s had Draymond, Klay, Durant, and even Wiggins as all star teammates. Not saying he isn’t incredible of even a top 10 all time and doesn’t currently hold more accolades than Jokic but compare that to Jokic who has quite literally NEVER in his 10 year career had an allstar beside him and I think that speaks to impact. If nuggets repeat this year Jokic will have done something Curry failed to do with a 73 win team before Durant showed up and all but guaranteed multiple Curry rings for him. Maybe that team was good enough to win it without him but as soon as Durant joined I think we all basically thought this is the most unfair team of all time and tbh we were correct. That isn’t what Jokic is working with and already I think his playoff resume surpasses Curry’s (won his first FMVP in his 4th championship year).

[@demarlynhoward1960]

Curry won a ring with Wiggins as his second best player

[@demarlynhoward1960]

Murray not an all star bc of the guard play in the league now

[@demarlynhoward1960]

He’s all star caliber tho

[@steve13191]

Antman shooting 5/15. Last week he was jordan now he’s jordan poole. 😂 and this anime geek aka poverty jeff bezos said antman is going to be best player in nba next season dont make us chuckle theo von 😂

[@wemakecookie]

One bad game wow. Remember even Jokic had two bad games to start this series.

[@rome8180]

Yeah, and what are Ant's stats for the playoffs? What a terrible take. He's been amazing. Players have bad games.

[@bkelly625]

He’s good but the ppl saying he is the next MJ and will be the best player in the league next year are crazy. He’s not passing Jokic and SGA for a couple more years at least and possibly never will

[@JordanGurney]

One of the biggest what-if's of this series will be: what if Jamal was suspended for game 3, like he DESERVED to be?!?!

[@puta1082]

Booo. Tomato tomato. You win "Dumbest Comment of the Week"

[@MJisGoat797]

lol weren't people like you saying 'Jamal should be forced to play game 3 so he can get locked down again' funny how the narrative switched up real quick after it backfired. Cry some more

[@sbang]

If you needed to take Nuggets PG out of the mix to beat them, then you’re not as good as you think. Mals actions were immature but it didn’t effect the game or anyones health, suspending him would have been depriving people of great basketball just to make a point about what could have happened. Not to mention it is the first time Mal has done anything like that at all.

[@Toni-to8je]

If my grandma had wheels - she would have been a bike!!! 😁

[@realmatic10]

Salty af😂

[@Tonylarkins39]

Shout out to the League for changing up the ref style after we went down 0-2 to MN! They understand ppl want to see offense-based ball, not boring defense ball from the 90's. The switch in reffing really let Denver shine! And the only ppl complaining are MN fans, and there are so few of them that this is really about whats best for the most ppl. Plus the NBA makes more money when superstars win or at least go to the finals. So all around I'm happy with the NBA for stepping in and doing something to help us.

[@mom3ntousjatt]

Lmaoo found the Minnesota fan

[@airilsra]

As prison ball fan, I agree with you.

[@Tonylarkins39]

@mom3ntousjatt Huh? No I'm saying I agree with the ref change. It was a good thing. Not a MN fan at all I don't think there really are any of those.

[@Tonylarkins39]

@airilsra It was frustrating those first 2 games and so much more fun to watch after the switch to a way more offense style game. We want to see these players score. Defense just ruins the game and it isn't as fun to watch. But ever since game 3 they really backed off on D so It's fun to watch again, and Denver does a lot better this way

[@Tonylarkins39]

@mom3ntousjatt If I could change 1 thing I think they probably should have told MN about the ref style change before Game 3, so they didn't come out thinking they could play physical D and get their starting 5 almost fouled out by halftime. Then Game 3 woulda been more competitive if they told them. But that's okay game 4 and 5 were more competitive because MN knew not to do that.

[@jweatha05]

Jokic special but let’s relax. K Love outlets were the best.