Takeaways from Jokic and the Nuggets blowing a 20-point lead in game 7

We just witnessed a classic that did not go the Nuggets way. The Denver Nuggets came out and played their best basketball of the series in the first half but Minnesota had their best punch still to give. The Timberwolves came out of hell in the 3rd and had a 5 point lead with 5 minutes to go. The Nuggets couldn't close in the clutch where they have played their best all season and the season ends on a heartbreaker. Adam Mares, Harrison Wind, Duvalier Johnson, and D-Line Co. come to you LIVE from the DNVR Bar to break down everything you need to know in this edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!
Start - 0:00
Fast breakdown - 2:50
Dev's big takeaway - 6:14
Eric's big takeaway - 7:34
Wind's big takeaway - 8:45
Jamal Murray - 18:00
Michael Porter Jr - 27:30
Tim Connelly's revenge? - 31:00
Christian Braun - 38:50
KCP - 41:50
Are the Wolves winning it all? - 45:10
Vogt-ing time - 50:00
Superchats - 59:00
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[@ryanwall1780]

Shout out to Jokic, so humble in defeat. Outstanding.

[@187-SaltyCrackers]

I don't think he will see this as he's too busy losing as a loser and going back to trashy europe 😂

[@RS-ol8or]

Ant should learn from him. That kid has a .02 cent head. #trash

[@Ingrownpimple]

Thank you DNVR. You're part of the team for me and part of the whole Denever Nuggets fandom experience. Literally thankful to have you in my life.

[@siler22]

Yes Jokic is a super man to wrestle against 3 bigs for 47 minutes, That Zeke contract should be in flames tomorrow

[@hylandweb749]

Nuggets are done and should rebuild…everyone but jokic on the trade block. 47 minutes is ridiculous lol

[@andrewyarosh1809]

Nnaji’s contract $8M/4 is Calvin Booth’s post-championship signing.

[@VLAD_P_]

Exactly & I don’t get the love affair with Jordan being a cheerleader / coach . Why didn’t you just put him on the coaching staff before the season started . Wasting a roster spot on him is pointless. MPJ ‘s contract can go in the trash also . It would be ok him not turning up so often in important moments if he was a bench player . That contract they gave him is ridiculous.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

@@VLAD_P_ Trade Murray and Porter to Toronto for Bruce Brown and Scottie Barnes.

[@marcowilson5779]

mpj

[@isaactheraccoon6057]

Felt like we ran Jokic into the ground by not giving him a rest and he just didn’t have the energy to play like himself that second half

[@bojanmitrovic972]

absolute after 20 pointa leead he doesnt get a break like all they starters didnt only CB from the bench why ??????

[@nathanmcclarren4432]

Malone never plays his young guys unless your name is Christian Braun. I think he needs to look in the mirror.

[@Munnnn8]

I mean that’s what Denver’s been 2 jokic all season & really for the last 4 years

[@timjoseph4085]

In the nba, you have to make open shots. The Timberwolves shot 29% from 3 and the nuggets shot worse somehow.

[@travisnoffsinger4507]

Yeah that was terrible. Especially from the role players MPJ KCP and AG

[@ILLWill1027]

Wait Minnesota shot 29% from 3 in this series against Denver??

[@tzeege]

@@ILLWill1027 *this game

[@weights250]

Making shots is not always the answer. If you have a bad defense, then yes, your offense better be perfect, and you better make shots. Minnesota wins with defense. The other night in Minnesota, game 6, at the half, Denver was 4 for 21 and Minnesota was 5 for 21 from three. Both teams were shooting very poorly. One team was playing high-level defense. Wolves were up 19pts although shooting the exact same as Denver. It's going to be hard to be a good defense when the 7ft 300lb center doesn't protect the rim at all. This forces Denvers offense to have to be perfect and 'make shots'.

[@tzeege]

@@weights250 So you're telling me that a guy who's top 5 in total steals, defensive rebounds and deflections in these playoffs, needs to be top 5 in blocks too? What you're describing is the best player in the NBA that never existed, considering that Jokic is also top 3 in total points (2nd), rebounds (1st) and assists (3rd). Minnesota's defense is built to stop Denver's offense, not the other way around; with 4xDPOY big man leading the charge. Expecting Denver to have that level of defense is just disingenuous. Edit: T-Wolves averaged 103 points per game vs the Nuggets, I wouldn't call that defense "bad." The Suns are a bad defensive team, with Wolves scoring 118 ppg...

[@17NateJohnson]

The crazy thing is that Jokic kept it close. Murray was inconsistent. AG disappeared in a few. And the rest of the team struggled. MPJ never broke out of his slump. Tough series for him.

[@goldmo2427]

Idk jokic sucked in 2nd half he blew it in 3rd and had only 4 boards and 2 assists in 2nd half He needs to be more aggressive and stop passing sometimes especially when they give him clear lane

[@Attrohar]

​@goldmo2427 definitely agree with some of that. But other than someone occasionally popping off, nobody else really showed up all series. And that weak bench killed them.

[@BradenBronson34]

Wolves fan here. This was a tremendous and weird series. Shoutout to the Nuggets for bouncing back from the early 0-2 hole and making this such an interesting series. Hope to see y'all in series in the future. Great team, great series. Would've said it either way.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

Thansk for being a good sport. Most people on the net are just trash bags. Good luck against Dallas.

[@zerodeathser8079]

Respect 🤝🤝

[@freddie5ive]

I just look forward to how jokic plays next season when he doesn't have to worry about mvp talks

[@lynd612]

Denver needs better role players next year

[@lollijavier5820]

TRUE @Denvernuggets @GM and COACH MALINE NEEDS TO CHANGE HIS BENCH PLAYERS OTHET NI REPEAT 😡😡NIKOLA CANNOT DO IT BY HIMSELF, 47 MINUTES IT IS SO EXHAUSTING 😡😡😡

[@ljutko7]

It's a miracle that last year Denver won. Jokic carry Denver for years on his back. Pathetic what they doing in Denver 🤦

[@cowboy7170]

Denver really missed Bruce Brown, who's like OG Anunoby. Those type 2-way players are rare.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

@@cowboy7170 We should sign OG as he's a FA and dump Porters contract.

[@rado22]

Second season in a row MPJ disappeared in the playoff series against a physical, defensive team.

[@RS-ol8or]

Facts! And MPJ stans constantly make excuses for him, opining the team could never trade him. Which is utter stupidity; lots of players way better than Mike get traded all the time. Look at Spida, for just one example.

[@epidemicmagick]

@@RS-ol8or He can't get traded as in his contract is so bad you end up worse off than by keeping him, he is the Denver's Tobias Harris, although a bit better overall.

[@JoseBoy-ve5kb]

Let’s just acknowledge elephant in the room, Jokic needs REAL help in this team or Nuggets gonna waste generational talent of Jokic!

[@jmatki1217]

Denver needs a #3 badly. If no one outside Joker and Murray are contributing they struggle

[@Attrohar]

Yeah but even murray hasn't been reliable imo. Jokic has dragged this team through the playoffs.

[@rugged9769]

Not a good time to be the Kroenkes when both your team got bounced from playoff within a couple of days. Hope they can open their wallet and bring in some solid help for Jokic

[@siler22]

Arsenal lost a tittle on a final day too 😂😂

[@jamesdouthit7489]

jokic is the highest compensated player in the NBA

[@curbsidemusic]

Wolves fan here (been in here trolling for weeks haha). Just want to say how much I enjoyed the series, stressed me out so badly, but it was fun. I come and listen here frequently throughout the season because the DNVR guys are top notch. I lived in Denver for a few years and have nothing but love for ya'll. NBA's tough these days, just not a huge gap in talent with any team. I think Denver's right in the mix for another title next year.

[@VLAD_P_]

I’m surprised at the lack of blame for Malone in this one ?? Keeping Jokic out there for so long was absurd . Not trusting PWat at all this series was a huge mistake . We have blown big leads like this way too often over the last few seasons . Spurs second last game of the season is the most recent one . Malone is super slow to change things up once it starts to get out of hand . Waits way too long . Reactive instead of being pro active .

[@nathanmcclarren4432]

Malone needs to figure out that he needs to develop his young talent and actually play them.

[@gledatelj1979]

Malone reminds me of Rick Adelman. Very stiff rotations , propensity for profanity and distractions. I used to be into Kings and they lost two series game 7s in tragic ways against Lakers(2002) and Wolves(2004)

[@nathanmcclarren4432]

Also... Malone tends to over play our starters when we are up big. We could be winning a game by 20 and with 4 minutes left to play and the starters are still out there.

[@cobrachannel100]

Not sure it is on Malone. Murray was bad all series long. Too much dribbling and burning the clock, not to mention turnovers, careless passes, etc. Him and Joker sort of failed to get good shots for MPJ and KCP yesterday. Murray dribble, dribble, dribble, then shoot a contested mid. Or two man game with Joker where none of them got good looks cause Minn knows how to defend their 2 man game.

[@marcowilson5779]

Looks like one and done team

[@17NateJohnson]

Wolves had depth to throw at Murray and Jokic.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

Well constructed team, unlike the Nuggets this past season.

[@natebAFC]

ADORABLE Wolves

[@jordanbielski8443]

Im looking forward to you guys break down the offseason.. The spurs in the 2000s won every other year if im not mistaken? Maybe we can do that.

[@manoloribera9362]

Lmfao Nuggets are not the Spurs hahahaha Nuggets are a one hit wonder

[@1017_CK]

Respect to Harrison & Adam from a Wolves fan gg’s guys

[@benholmquist3589]

MPJ needs to get stronger physically and get a better handle to deal with physical teams. He is valuable and can be our third guy. But this better be a growth point for him

[@Munnnn8]

MPJ makes 34mil let me compare some other SF contracts Lauri markannen makes 17mil 1 time Allstar / Mikal bridges 22mil 1 time AllDefence team / Jayson Tatum 32mil 5 time AllStar, all of players above have average 20pts or more this season mikal 20pt JT 27pts Lauri 25pts & aswell all of these players can affect winning basketball games in multiple ways apart from scoring, MPJ has averaged 16pts this season & we can all agree if MPJ isn’t putting points on the board he isn’t affecting winning, call me hater whatever but this contract is 1 of the worst in the NBA it’s 100% on par with Tobias Harris contact 😂 is MPJ really worth more than the players named above ?

[@Munnnn8]

Myby I’m wrong & MPJ has a breakout year next year but I don’t see it coming he’s 25

[@markuskramer8666]

@@Munnnn8 we keep hoping that mpj will take that step and he keeps falling flat. 36m next year he’s becoming a huge waste of money

[@Munnnn8]

@@markuskramer8666 tell me bout it his contact hurting this franchise, what would u say his trade value is ? 20 mil ?

[@markuskramer8666]

@@Munnnn8 this series 5-10m lakers series maybe 20 still not the 36 he making

[@mighty_object]

But is his trade value any good? I wish we could get 2-3 good role players for him

[@UraStr]

Shout out to the chocke job in San Antonio...this season will be remembered by these two 20 pts chocke jobs...

[@Ingrownpimple]

Nah. You're the best or you're not, regardless of the road. We met an equal adversary and they won one more game than us. That's it.

[@chops3905]

Coming from a Houston fan, I know how y’all feel about second half game 7 😭😭

[@wtfminny]

As a TWolves follower my opinion is that Jokic is the real deal. That man plays hard and makes no excuses. Murray…he’s the guy that I believe was your downfall. He appears to have a whole lotta quit in him. I’m hardly an expert,but that dude seems to like to blame others and get caught flat footed. As a fan of the other team, it was enjoyable to watch him melt down. Great series. My question is how did so many Timberwolves fans get tickets? There were stretches where they were drowning out the Nuggets fans. How’d they get so many visiting fans inside? I think that was huge and the Wolves players felt it.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

He doesnt make excuses because he doesnt care anyways

[@donaldw12318]

Lol no wolves fans are gracious but you called them adorable and to wait to talk shit. Like when can they talk shit if you’re gonna get butt hurt and not read their superchats at the end. That’s WEAKNESS

[@mackmpls]

No heat packs for them to throw. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Delacloture]

guys, I know it hurts but let us be thankful for what Jokic and this squad brought us this year, We came short and Wolves had more appetite to advance, don’t throw it all out… love our guys and I know they wanted to win too.

[@neilhess6407]

Nobody from the midwest is moving to Denver. Theyre moving to Florida.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

What's really frustrating is we could have traded Bones for Reid a few years ago and didn't because we didn't want to trade with MN. How did that work out? Yikes.

[@georgesredo7185]

Nuggets were playing 12 games trying to have Murray score over 30, he is killer of game flow and -1 on defence, last night he had the worst 35 NBA game in history, on +20 he was trying to use it as garbage time to pad the stats, running the clock down in 4th while loosing, dude just has the lowest IQ in the game...but he has max contract

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Jokic fanboy coping?

[@alexandriaaaable]

Have been too devastated to write until now.... So heartbreaking... yet, I still believe the Nuggets are a dynasty... I believe we will have another champtionship in the coming years. We will learn from this. Nuggets forever!

[@Srtdwill]

Cry me a river ant owns y’all franchise dynasty tfse y’all are cooked who’s your daddy 🤣🤣

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Lol, if you believe it then its a reality I guess

[@loriroers1212]

"Adorable Timberwolves Fan" here!! Sucks to be over confident. I remember game 1 commentary ♡😊

[@ajay7797]

Lol yall goin home in 6 to Dallas

[@ljutko7]

This! I'm disappointed in Dline big time. He knows ish 😜

[@mackmpls]

@@ajay7797scoreboard.

[@nathanmcclarren4432]

Yea.. you wolves fans are the worst. Just be happy with the win. You guys have to spam our podcasts and rub it in too? Sore winners!

[@ajay7797]

@@nathanmcclarren4432 they will receive swift karma for the way the fans act and the way some of the players acted after winning. Im a grizz fan we eliminated Minnesota in the first round like 2 years ago and their fans were begging for mercy. They’ll prob lose their season to a Luka buzzer beater or something. That entire state is absolutely cursed in sports. Don’t worry they will be humbled by next week.

[@camronlee8724]

Minnesota hungry like us last year

[@tomselek1000]

Comments are on point. No back up 5, no replacement for Uncle Jeff, or Bruce. Front office needs to get to work this offseason

[@nickwilson7241]

As a wolves fan I've kinda hated seeing all the takes throughout the series that Denver are frauds because I know the Nuggets have been the team to beat the last two years, and there's a very good chance we meet again in the playoffs next year. Definitely feels like a rivalry where any team can win it at any given time because it's just that competitive

[@Attrohar]

I feel that man. People can't wait to be hateful towards teams or players. I don't get it. I just enjoy the game lol

[@-ak-634]

Wolves fan here, I have to give MAJOR props to Jokic and Murray for giving Wolves hell with their incredible performances, they were my biggest worries tonight and they pretty much proven that once again. Your Denver Nuggets have played hard, yet the Wolves responded in kind. For all of praises that Anthony Edwards has gotten, it was Karl Anthony-Towns, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, and Mike Conley that pushed the Wolves to win this game. Might this become a new rivalry for the next several years between these teams? I hoped so, they played some of best basketballs so far in the playoffs and I hope to see several more in future.

[@Attrohar]

I like both teams and I'm just happy it's not another incredibly toxic post lol. But real talk, KAT really showed up and balled out to close the series out. Felt like his performance made the difference last night.

[@moneymikemike32]

You said we were “worthy opponents “ and you guys figured us out 😭😭😭😭😭😭 have a good summer bozos

[@a2k.prod.]

You gonna get killed by either Dallas or Boston lil bro 😂

[@bojanmitrovic972]

where was zeke nagi?

[@cobrachannel100]

Lesson that i learned long time ago. Never take the foot off the gas. They were in control, Ant looked lost and shaken up when they were up 20. And then, all of the sudden, Nuggs relaxed and started taking unnecessary 3s and other dumb shots, turnovers that lead to quick and easy buckets for Minn. Just cant do it. That gave them life and confidence. Not to mention, Denver then also resulted into playing worse D. Fouling unnecessary and other blown assignments on D. Thus, their bad O then lead to poor D. And then, in the end, they had no killer instinct. Nobody could stop the bleeding. That is concerning and disappointing. Cant collapse like that at home and having a 3 time MVP and Murray. IMHO, Murray and Jokic both failed to involve KCP, AG, MPJ in this game. Not to mention they couldnt step up and stop the bleeding when the lead started to melt. Pathetic.

[@andrewyarosh1809]

The great news is that next season we get to rely on the guys Calvin Booth and Josh Kroenke trust: Zeke Nnaji, Reggie Jackson and Peyton Watson. It’ll all be fine.

[@mighty_object]

Mb we get lucky and draft a legendary 2nd rounder

[@TyForReal5]

At some point you need to get jokic another star. Murray isnt a star, MPJ isnt a star, AG isnt a star. Get rid of one to try to sign one or get some depth because damn. MPJ in the playoffs is a poor mans Otto Porter without any defense.

[@laralyndy6106]

I’m a new nuggets fan and new to this crew here and they are great!

[@stevensbrock]

Depressing way to go out. Bench showed cracks all season long kind of expected it

[@donaldw12318]

Can we shit talk yet??? Is it allowed?

[@joezim4254]

This is still a championship core. Retool and try to make another run next year. The sky is not falling, calm down.

[@zacharyellis4843]

It was nuggets game to lose at half time. What a disappointing weekend for Denver sports

[@CHR1ST1AN1215]

Hell of a season. Thanks DNVR for your great coverage! Love you guys and looking forward to what we have in store this offseason. Keep up the great work, you guys make being a fan even more worth it!

[@ljutko7]

😳 hell yeah it's hell of a year 😂

[@17NateJohnson]

Murray had amazing moments in the playoffs, but his overall performance wasn’t great. Tough times playoff run.

[@tonyl9636]

I have a hard time blaming him when the bench goes 2 for 26 in the last 2 games. I just find it wild. Idgaf who you are, when your bench is so bad you're literally terrified of putting them on the floor blaming the injured, exhausted starters seems wild to me.

[@17NateJohnson]

@@tonyl9636 fair take. I’m not blaming him. Just think he is wasn’t as reliable as previous year.

[@tonyl9636]

@@17NateJohnson I meant everyone else. Like top 3 comments say cut murray and it's crazy to me

[@mackmpls]

He threw a heat pack better than anyone else this whole playoffs. Maybe better than anyone in NBA history. So he has that.

[@apson1]

No Bruce brown or Jeff green seriously hurt

[@ICN8IVE]

People seem to forget that when the Nuggets were losing momentum and losing focus last playoffs, Bruce was the heart and kept them in a lot of games even when the stars were losing the rope. CB felt like Bruce light this year, but doesn't have the overall skills that Bruce had.

[@SiClones]

Denver used the Phoenix vs Wolves game 4 plan. 2 stars go off and no one else scores. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ivannbg6212]

As a Nuggets fan congratulations to Wolves. Jokič and Murray looked gassed. That is a FACT, not an excuse. Simply Wolves others beat us. Simply Nuggets lost their version of Naz Reid and Alexander Walker in Bruce Brown and Jeff green. Outside of Jokic and Murray nuggets dont hsve anyone that can beat defense with a dribble. Watson and Braun and limited offensively. Starting 5 played heavy minutes. Jokič played 47 minutes. He didnt rebound him and Gordon. They need back up big and scorer off the bench or combo guard. Minesota was better and deeper team. And they showed thst tonight when Edvards didnt have his best game. Its hard to repeat. Spurs were dynasty and never won back to bsck. Minesota is for me now the favourite. And they will also be better. Nuggets need to retool their bench to rest a starting 5 in very important games. Looking forward to mext season. Im happy thst we lost to franchise thst is built organically not building superteam. This is good slap. And i hope more opportunities for championships.

[@ljutko7]

U not going to get more opportunities trust me if Denver don't change big time. And they won't. It's a shame if Denver don't do ish and get Jokić best in the world and finish with 1 f ring. Smh

[@BradenBronson34]

Wolves fan here. This was a great series. Your squad gave us everything we could handle. Agreed, it seemed like we wore them down in the second half. Missed some makeable shots. The games where your bench and others were good from the field you killed us. It ended up being so interesting that our core strategy of not doubling Jokic ended up not being the key to the series. Doubling him and forcing the supporting cast to beat us ended up being the solution in 2, 6, and 7. If you get another consistent contributor you'll be right back on top.

[@gledatelj1979]

Bruce Brown was sporadic and Jeff Green was an energy guy for 5 minutes. Malone didn't play Watson at all or even Reggie Jackson.

[@ivannbg6212]

@@gledatelj1979 Bruce Brown was capable and had multiple 15+ points games. Sporadic or not he himself contributed more than any other guy on this bench now.

[@AtmosphericAtmosphere]

Denver needs more players in rotation and get BB again

[@siler22]

Denver championship window is slam shut,no more mvps no more nobody beating Denver in 7 games, this team overachived in my opinion with avarage squad and very emotional coach, play in is near for Nuggets in next seasons

[@arbikoum805]

The nuggets tonight looked like my celtics who are specialized on choking big leads.

[@christophercrisp3366]

It's my analogy. When you finally bag that super model. Are you gonna have to say energy to get her agand what happens when you win a championship you eat and drink and celebrate? Especially if it is your first, they played fat and satisfied if you say Jamal was not in shape, a lot of them probably was not in shthey all partied all season, they got interviews. And extra accolades in attendidn't and they didn't come hungry.And you're right minnesota looked like how we looked last year hungry

[@scooterk5]

The main fault in the Nuggets’ lack of depth was actually some poor summers during the Connelly era - specifically in 2017 when they traded the draft rights to D. Mitchell for Lyles and Lydon, drafting Nnaji and Hyland in 20 and 21, and doing a pretty bad job of identifying and signing the really good undrafted free agents (Reid, Robinson, Strus, Reaves, Caruso, Finney-Smith, Dort, McConnell, Jones Jr, Alvarado, Eubanks, O’Neil, Kleber, C. Martin, Boucher, Landale, Hauser etc.), some of whom are available every year. This past year was a bad one for the FO but their options (other than trading rather than re-signing Nnaji) were limited.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Guy is with Wolves. Not sure he cares

[@KyChristensen]

Maybe there was some nefarious gambling pressure on MPJ

[@marcowilson5779]

JM will be a big issue, too, in the future due to his inconsistency and injury. Not getting any better

[@stevenswayze]

The idea that the Celtics will win because they shoot outside is what people were saying about Pheonix against the wolves. Ask KD, Booker and Beal how all the shooting did. I think Dallas is actually the toughest team on the board still.

[@ipaporod]

Nuggets problem is Jamal Murray, he is a liability to the team!.He is an injury magnet and on top of it he is very inconsistent in his performance, one game he is hitting 20+ and the next 4 games he doesn't show up!.Get Jokic someone consistent and of his same caliber like Luka Doncic and you just got yourselves a dynasty!.

[@josephcheek5821]

how you feeling about us “adorable” wolves fans now? 👋

[@sinisavukcevic6816]

Fire Calvin Booth! Gobert/KAT/Naz vs Jokic/Zeke/DJ!?!

[@Krazyabe]

Guys looked tired. Played solid D but that doesn't matter if you can't close a possession out with a rebound. Wish Joker had attacked kat instead of going for the 3 with like 2 minutes left. He probably would have fouled out n it woulda been easy buckets for Joker. Hell of a series. Thanks for a hell of a run Joker and company

[@ilovekaiyko]

gassed with an altitude advantage bruh

[@jordanbielski8443]

For those shouting from the rooftops to let MPJ walk. Stop it I understand how he played this series. I love MPJ. Maybe he’ll work on his game in offseason. He did during the break. Denver’s core is jokic, Murray, AG, MPJ. Our bench is our weak point . CB is awesome. After that who we got? Im hopeful for pwat. We need a another big, and PG. imo Im not a basketball genius but.. please correct me if im wrong about about that?

[@MisterKCC78]

That's basically what it comes down to.. another big man that's skilled and can actually play in the playoffs, a ball handler/scorer off the bench that isn't 84 year old reggie jackson. And that's basically all the additions we need.

[@cobrachannel100]

MPJ is not the problem. Those "fans" are crazy to put the blame on him. They had 3-2 advantage him averaging 4 pts. They failed with killer instinct in this game 7. They had it in the bag but decided to shoot dumb 3s and make stupid passes that lead to turnovers and easy buckets for Minn. MPJ played well on D and rebounding. Made some shots too. If anything, AG wasnt involved and KCP played rather poorly. Off the bench, Holiday should have perhaps be given more looks. I blame mostly Joker and Murray for trying that two man game too much which Minn has figured out. Instead, they should have tried generating more open looks for MPJ, KCP, etc. IMHO.

[@moneymikemike32]

You guys are adorable fans

[@marcowilson5779]

LIke I've said that SA came back and bit the Nuggets in the end

[@joeljensen1611]

I've appreciated the fair and objective analysis that you guys have provided during this series, it was enjoyable to listen to even as a Wolves fan. I will never understand though people (like Adam in this clip) that feel it's necessary to slander a city because you lost a game to them. The whole 'Minnesota is obviously a miserable place' in the middle of this was pretty unnecessary. I've lived many places, Minnesota is one of the best places to live in the country (Denver is great too for different reasons). It's gets cold here during winter, not a big deal and doesn't make it a miserable place. I appreciate the DNVR guys though, seem like good dudes.

[@aytoozee6759]

I honestly think he just meant that it has miserable winter weather, but it came out all wrong. I was like damn and so was his co-host, haha.

[@CarlFair]

Next season, the Nuggets need to get a backup playable center and consistent shooters.

[@gledatelj1979]

That 's what happens when he changed the rotation and ran the mvp and starters into the ground by playing them full game. They looked tired in the 3rd quarter and stiff in the fourth. Very stiff coaching by Malone and then making a grotesque interview after the game .

[@travisnoffsinger4507]

We just dont have anybody else that's even half way reliable in a playoff setting. We gotta get better/deeper

[@gledatelj1979]

@@travisnoffsinger4507 You have to have a coach that doesn't have a tunnel vision and doesn't panic in the playoff.

[@dusica1904]

Ko bi igrao umesto njih?

[@isaactheraccoon6057]

This one hurts bad 😬 we’ll be back tho

[@dws0828]

In Cancun maybe 😁

[@Tyrell37]

Jamal Murray is a SG

[@sergepajcin1255]

Denver nuggets plays with 1 player sometimes 2 player they can count on tonight was 2 players simple minestota has 4 players over 20

[@GAPSYO3O1]

Like they said in the podcast, this wolves team is playing like the nuggets last year. When one guy couldn’t another guy stepped up. Nuggets bench really took a step back.

[@cobrachannel100]

They had this game. They lost it because they took the foot off the gas. Started being careless with the ball, bad shots, which then lead to bad defense. All of that lead to Minn gaining confidence and trust. Interestingly enough, no leader on Denver could stop the bleeding - usually that is on Murray or Joker.

[@Guy_Hemmings16]

Thanks for putting your game faces on and doing this losers lounge. I needed this episode. Not the end of the world, but man what a tough loss. Looking forward to being underdogs again next season, being favorites just doesn't fit this franchise. Looking forward to all the off season coverage! Go Nugs!

[@marcowilson5779]

the bench again

[@fumpr84]

Looks like last year really was a fluke, theres no way we get even a crack at another title with OKC and Minnesota only going to get better, San Antonio adding to Wemby and the LA teams always get whoever they want and Jokic will start declining as well as he is at the age where bigs fall off a cliff. Window is shut, time to look at selling off as many pieces as possible to get future assets and picks.

[@cobrachannel100]

A fluke or not how many teams would love that "fluke"? Crazy talk!

[@craighenslin5485]

It wasn't a fluke, last year's team had a deeper bench. This year's team didn't.

[@danilthorstensson8902]

The Nuggie receipts have been lovely to connect

[@hueyhoopin]

This team has had one finals run, it’s ridiculous to say fatigue and they’ve been “the hunted” for too long. This isn’t a dynasty yet no where close to

[@17NateJohnson]

Pruning the bench cost them in this series.

[@III15CRiMEY]

_--JOKiC Only Person I've seen win ..3 out of 4 MvPs..🤔..but Hasn't taken his team to ..The Finals in 2 of those seasons!!-_-

[@travisnoffsinger4507]

And well second best isnt good enough. Gotta capitlize duringvthe Jokic era for sure.

[@RegularFlyGuy]

No bench and no contribution from high salaries. Braun has to figure it out on offense. If he can do that we can move on from KCP. A Bruce Brown wouldve worked wonders for Denver in these playoffs. Every time someone had to rest we knew we were about to watch 24 seconds of hell.

[@GFD618]

The nepo baby should’ve paid Connelly whatever he wanted. Twolves gave him 5yrs 40 mil and our counter offer wasn’t even close? That’s pathetic. Calvin is going to run this team into the ground with his approach. Tim is the best GM in the game today

[@GFD618]

No wonder Arsenal fans despise Josh Kroenke. Calvin got lucky once with the team Tim built. OKC and Minnesota are only going to get better with the teams they already have. Zeke needs to go immediately

[@spaceploit8484]

@@GFD618 lol wtf. tim made so many mistakes, and wasnt close to a title before booth came on. even jokic wasnt tims pick, but karnisovas! tim did two things well, picked jamal 7th and traded for gordon, other than that, sooo many bad takes, i mean he could have picked anunoby or spida in '17? horrendous trades, and many other picks and trades were bad. even now with the twolves - if they dont win it this year, what then? they will need to break the core real soon, and they got no 1st round picks for the foreseeable future. lets see how the bet for gobert turns out

[@markuskramer8666]

They ran out of gas 🙄 same thing I heard for the aves. Why are our teams looking tired

[@dusica1904]

Murray and MPJ out ...huge liabilities...and have a great bench ...

[@travisnoffsinger4507]

I'd say Calvin Booth is in the hot seat with the bench we have.

[@gledatelj1979]

Strawther and Watson are talented players but didn't play at all .

[@CarlFair]

The trend continues, a new NBA CHAMPION 🏆 every year.

[@markuskramer8666]

Mpj gotta go eating way to much of the salary cap for bench player lvl production

[@alistair4945]

The segment on Tim Connelly sounds so entitled from you guys..Would Tim Connelly have won a championship with the Nuggets the way he was running things towards the end of his tenure? Maybe? I personally doubt it but only God knows. Has he won a title since? Not yet. Was it a bad look on Tim when the Nuggets beat the Wolves in 5 last year (without McDaniels and Reid tbf)? Has Calvin Booth made adjustments (not small like you seem to think/insinuate) that helped the Nuggets win a championship yet? Yes. Calvin Booth did have his failures this year but the way you're wording things makes it sound like he didn't do anything but the mistakes he made this year. While this season/playoff run being a failure is due to the Nuggets having won a championship already

[@nathanmcclarren4432]

I hope Malone looks hard in the mirror and realizes he can't run his superstars to death in the regular season and playoffs. Our starters were gassed and our bench was underdeveloped. Our bench needs playing time even if it means we lose games. The playoffs is what matters.

[@djristvedt5039]

Built to defend inside???!? LOL what do you think Ant, Jaden, and NAW do on defense??!? who else got 3 guys that good to defend the perimeter???!? WE"RE BUILT TO DEFEND EVERYBODY!!!! Don't get it twisted!!!

[@johnlockwood7517]

Agree with Adam's take. The coach never put faith in development of young players off the bench. What happened to Julian Strawther minutes? Why didn't they try to develop other young guys? They spent alot of energy in March and April in the battle for seeding. They seemed flat, tired and past your peak for the playoffs. Kudos that MPJ played so many games this year but at the price of being to worked and emotionally flat for the playoffs.

[@publicusxray]

Heartbreak? A more appropriate title would be, "TOTAL COLLAPSE"

[@jordanbielski8443]

If only…i kno porter can play better…. It’s so disappointing… if he played a normal post all star break porter game. We win. Ugh

[@Commenting800]

it's okay guys, you beat the Lakers. After all, that's most of your fanbase cares about lol

[@sheng1276]

I beg Nuggets to trade Joker to a better team. He should have played with an all-star teammate

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Lol. Murray saves his axx constantly with clutch shots

[@ohhmyjesus]

There needs to be a stepping back from the Tim Connely talk. He didn’t FULLY put that team together and already had multiple pieces in place before his arrival, and the nuggets literally won a championship. There needs to be more data before they start talking abt a “last laugh” or poor reflection. It’s 1-1 atm and the wolves haven’t even WON the chip yet. Right now the nuggets top to bottom need to reflect upon themselves before they think abt Tim getting his lick back

[@CarlFair]

The former champs can regroup. However, they need to address their bench and maybe look at even the starters with the exception of Joker, Gordon, and Murray. I think the Nuggets either need to develop their youth or put in a bench of playable veterans like they had with Uncle Jeff and Bruce Brown.

[@travisnoffsinger4507]

MPJ really disappointed this postseason.Guys just didn't have it locked in unfortunately 😔

[@Boo4uHalloween]

Avalanche and Nuggets lose 3 at home in the second round...oh, and both are eliminated at home...