The Nuggets had CRUSHING losses before they were champions - Bob Myers

The Nuggets had CRUSHING losses before they were champions - Bob Myers | NBA Countdown

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The NBA Countdown panel of Michael Wilbon, Malika Andrews and Bob Myers preview the Game 7 matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets.
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@leetraviusmckay314 Ай бұрын

Shaq "is Anthony Edwards close to MJ?" Chuck "they both black"

@ex1dia876 Ай бұрын

Chuck knows it. Any black player that can ball they always insert MJ to make him relevant again.

@ludnqka Ай бұрын

@@ex1dia876 you can't deny they look very alike , have similar games, athletisism and dominer

@tbjb009 Ай бұрын

@ludnqka their games are not that similar. The only reason why they even get compared is because they slightly look alike

@ex1dia876 Ай бұрын

@@ludnqka He looks like Thanasis as well.

@ludnqka Ай бұрын

@@ex1dia876 ahhh? no he doesnt

@jrod132 Ай бұрын

Jokic’s serious look at the end of game 6 something tells me that he will go off in game 7

@tbjb009 Ай бұрын

He always look like that 😂

@Matteo_Martinkoski Ай бұрын

@@tbjb009true😂

@mikehamack6347 Ай бұрын

Off the rails.

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Ай бұрын

He will but will Jamal Murray come to play?

@RyanTooClutch Ай бұрын

lets see bro ... if youre wrong, then dtop listening to your gut snd intuition ... thx

@Earl_E_Burd Ай бұрын

The title is a Wilbon quote, not Bob Myers. ESPN is on the ropes

@blablablaa14 Ай бұрын

Ant vs Jokic for Finals MVP. This is the real NBA finals

@SK99900 Ай бұрын

I will come here when Mavs make the finals

@Aneeshtherave Ай бұрын

@@SK99900hell no.

@SK99900 Ай бұрын

@@Aneeshtherave im a patient man i can wait a week or 2

@Aneeshtherave Ай бұрын

@@SK99900 the nuggets and Timberwolves have been playing better than any team in the playoffs. It is sad that they had to run into each other before the WCF.

@Aneeshtherave Ай бұрын

@@SK99900 in round 2, it wasn’t like the mavs played so good. It was that the Thunder played so bad. I watched every game of that series btw. Thunder were horrible.

@SkullEZClap Ай бұрын

Thumbnail is wild

@Matteo_Martinkoski Ай бұрын

This series is basically the nba finals edit: maybe the Celtics have a chance

@mrodriguez7560 Ай бұрын

Sadly it should be but its not.

@user-qd6wm3ix9o Ай бұрын

Yall crazy to just discredit Dallas like they just some bums Dallas going to finals watch

@mrodriguez7560 Ай бұрын

@@user-qd6wm3ix9o the last erratic basketball team to win a Title was the 2006 Heat so if your team pulls that off my hats off to them! However Mavs have a better chance to beat Minnesota then the Denver Nuggets! So i will give your Dallas bums that much! Lol

@RL-ww5ev Ай бұрын

Yea forget the #1 overall seed with a +11 ppg differential in the regular season and first team to reach conference finals

@user-qd6wm3ix9o Ай бұрын

@@mrodriguez7560 wym they watch up well with the nuggets got a great defender in dj and pj is a good defender jokic is jokic but we can make it tough on him with lively and gafford and they have no one to guard luka and Kyrie

@kevinkarsnia109 Ай бұрын

The odds are against my Wolves but they have a chance. I agree typically teams have to go through it and then rise up. The Patriots are an example of the reverse because they had an x factor and the Wolves have one too.

@smoothradio102 Ай бұрын

Wilbon said they had Crushing losses 😂😂😂

@jeromewilson8817 Ай бұрын

Typo?

@douglaspinsak1246 Ай бұрын

I said Nuggets in 7 at the beginning of the series and so I will stick with that: Nuggets in 7. I am going to say by 4 points.

@CalshofAwesome Ай бұрын

KAT dominating tonight

@CalshofAwesome Ай бұрын

(was right)

@dd_zzero6827 Ай бұрын

None of these words mean anything. It is the last game. Let the chips fall where they may. I am a long suffering Wolves fan and I really hope they win but will not be surprised if they lose. I just don't know. Hoping for the best.

@student99bg Ай бұрын

In either case bright future is ahead of Wolves as they have Anthony Edwards

@donovancameron2867 Ай бұрын

If Denver was that,why are they playing games seven?

@donovancameron2867 Ай бұрын

If Denver was that good,why are they playing games seven?

@jadude119 Ай бұрын

Don't talk about defeat and act like MINNESOTA hasn't experienced the same thing OUR WHOLE franchise. This is OUR YEAR!

@sy12 Ай бұрын

Scott foster is the crew chief 👀

@Serenity01871 Ай бұрын

yeah idk about his betting thing so the wolves might win because better odds

@sy12 Ай бұрын

@@Serenity01871 gobert had two incidents of money gestures towards foster and got fined 175k so it’s a little surprising he’s on this game. It’s hard to have faith in foster after watching that donaghy documentary.

@Cstrawn05 Ай бұрын

Wolves 10-3 with Foster. 3-1 in postseason

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Ай бұрын

Oh no… Denver guaranteed a win

@leopoldoesquibeljr428 Ай бұрын

I'm still dumbfounded why nobody can see that the Nuggets don't have a point guard. Jamal is a shooting guard. Sure he can be a ball handler but he's not a thinking ball handler. They need a floor general. Someone who is an extension of the coach on the floor and make adjustments on the fly. Someone who can handle ball pressure and make the right decisions. Perhaps next year, they can trade for CP3?

@student99bg Ай бұрын

He is way too old. If he CP3 was 7 years younger than he is than sure. I also thought CP3 as I was reading your comment but he is too old.

@leopoldoesquibeljr428 Ай бұрын

@@student99bg Then they should be looking at potential candidates. The no point guard experiment is over imo.

@student99bg Ай бұрын

@@leopoldoesquibeljr428 I remember last year in the finals he played like a point guard when he was missing shots. He kept jacking bricks in this playoffs against Minnesota as if he was trying to make Denver lose, instead of running the offense and taking less shots. If one day we found out he sold the series I wouldn't be that surprised

@GaryFarlow-wn5rg Ай бұрын

I’ll take Murray’s 25ppg in the postseason (not this year but career wise) and his late game clutch gene over a 37 year old 9 ppg 5 ‘11 floor general who has a notorious record of being apart of teams that have surrendered multiple 3-1 leads in the post season…let’s talk actual bball instead of just throwing random names around….joker and Murray p and role game is second to none and in no multiverse is a joker cp3 version a better fit 🤷🏽‍♂️

@student99bg Ай бұрын

@@GaryFarlow-wn5rg Exactly. Jamal Murray has already done what CP3 has never been able to do - win a championship. Jamal Murray was phenomenal in all postseasons but the 2024 one.

@mrodriguez7560 Ай бұрын

The Nuggets will have to play very hard like the 1992 Bulls who beat the Knicks in an epic brawl series!

@KiwiKoNZ Ай бұрын

Let’s go Wolves! ✨🐺✨

@kjjr3270 Ай бұрын

As a neutral basketball fan i would rather have Denver winning, cause Jokic is one of my favourite players, but if the T Wolves get the W i wouldn't mind. The only 2 teams left who aren't corny, so i will root for either of them who is advancing to the WCF.

@zalosnasova750 Ай бұрын

Denver +25

@MikkiChavez Ай бұрын

*Wolfpack

@mikehamack6347 Ай бұрын

Repeat.Wolves by 45.

@MrDeki32 Ай бұрын

to optimistic. it will 15😊

@MrUbiparip Ай бұрын

Jokić vs. Dončić. Will be great to watch.

@jessewise9004 Ай бұрын

Mike Wilbon comments aged well lol

@cryptoOFkingz Ай бұрын

They make it seem like Denver can be the only champions. As if no one else has the ability to become champions. Why is it so unrealistic for another team to beat the defending champs.

@Indyanajones_ Ай бұрын

because they are that good!

@cryptoOFkingz Ай бұрын

@@Indyanajones_ wolves are better

@Attrohar Ай бұрын

@@cryptoOFkingz Wolves certainly have a better roster but neither team has been consistent this series.

@psalmerperena4120 Ай бұрын

@@cryptoOFkingznuggets are better

@cryptoOFkingz Ай бұрын

@joshuagoda5696 well wolves proved it!!

@backupdancer3720 Ай бұрын

Hey Myers: Was game 7 of the 2016 finals a home game for the Warriors..?

@Flare8124 Ай бұрын

Myers: "That doesn't count"

@mrodriguez7560 Ай бұрын

You can't compare that series to this one- that was the NBA Finals and this series is a repeat of the Chicago Bulls vs the New York Knicks combat basketball eastern conference semi-finals😂

@key-tg1ih Ай бұрын

now they had crushing losses before going to cancun as well 😂😂

@leetraviusmckay314 Ай бұрын

"u gon stand on business or u gon fold like clean sheets?" 😂

@Prince__Major Ай бұрын

It’s funny how they talk about how jokic stood up the 4th quarter but didn’t bring up how he walked off the floor before the game was over … wolves for the win …

@drippanewmoney161 Ай бұрын

Mavs and twolves western conference finals it’s going 7

@PullinMyOwn Ай бұрын

First off the Mavericks couldn’t take either one of these teams to seven games. Secondly, Denver is winning in seven because they know what it takes.

@drippanewmoney161 Ай бұрын

@@PullinMyOwn how do you know that you probably ain’t never even played basketball you just talkin on the internet gang

@mrodriguez7560 Ай бұрын

@@PullinMyOwnmavericks are good but they had the luxury of playing an inexperienced basketball team and luka would be a hard out but nuggets and wolves got too much talent for them to overcome! Good call out.

@freepapuatv9268 Ай бұрын

u guessed it

@TheAlmightyFather Ай бұрын

@@PullinMyOwn they know what now?

@XxxRedDevilxX Ай бұрын

Nuggets in 7

@Triumphator616 Ай бұрын

How I love when analysts get it wrong, just because they look at the stats and do not see how the Wolves (when done right) simply dismantle the Nuggets. Sure they had their struggles in the first half, but that was because of their offense and a bit weaker defense, but they turned all of that up to the max which forced the Nuggets to look like lost puppies on the court. Everybody post game blames Denver's offense such as "their shots didn't go in" "they didn't execute their tactics well". HOW ABOUT...the Timberwolves defense going to the max, going to their original style of defensive play that was solely responsible for Nuggets' nonexistent offense? Because that was what happened, and do not try to describe this loss as lucky or unlucky for Nuggets' shooting. At least 90% of the shots were very well contested by the Timberwolves while simultaneously stopping the Nuggets' offensive rotations. All the Nuggets were left with was mostly iso ball 1vs1 and those shots were 50:50. Meanwhile their defense was picked apart in the third and continued down the fourth. Simple, you box out Gordon leaving Jokic alone, staying in the paint, the man can''t jump as high as Timberwolves forwards/centers can when they are getting their speed momentum to jump, unlike Jokic's static jump - I'm talking Naz Reid and Karl Anthony Towns putback dunks. Towns's was the exclamation mark and could have been avoided, but Caldwell Pope, praised for all his defense lost Towns by turning his back to the basket, standing on the same spot waiting for the ball to bounce, meanwhile KAT running from the 3pt line jumping over everyone and smashing that ball in. That play alone speaks how non existent Denver defense is at crucial point - that's not a championship team. The level of awareness for the Nuggets disappeared as they got demoralized by the Wolves' stunning defensive and offensive maneuvers.

@maglatrendekspert3197 Ай бұрын

We all see that Jokić is playing on his own against one of the strongest teams in the league, and we still listen to the idiots who dispute his MVP title! There is no player in Denver who does not depend on Jokić. He will do his job very well today, but he cannot influence the misses from the open shots of his teammates. The only thing is that the whole match goes into transition, shoots and hits. Something tells me that Jokić will play a match to remember today! After all, he is a Serb, and anyone who knows them knows what kind of mentality it is!

@shawnbulger6894 Ай бұрын

Nba needs Denver vs Celtics this year in the Finals

@anonymwho7263 Ай бұрын

Malika's comment about Jokic focusing on the sidelines was hilarious 🤣 Focusing on the sidelines while your team loses by 45 means absolutely NOTHING😂😂😂😂that focus and anger should have kicked in down TWENTY🤣🤣🤣 should have sat Jamal down and or used him as a decoy to get the others going offensively and used his anger to get his teammates to match Minnesota defensive tenacity. 70 POINTS!!! In a close out game. Means they underestimated their opponents and there was an immense lack of Focus DURING the game🤣🤣🤣🤣 stupidest sports commentary I've heard this playoffs.

@manjulmishra1045 Ай бұрын

None of that matters. All that matters is today’s game 7.

@ptb2055 Ай бұрын

naz reid legacy game

@PullinMyOwn Ай бұрын

AG & MPJ legacy game

@javelldunn3379 Ай бұрын

Let’s hope the Nuggets will win to beat the Timberwolves

@fernandotorrespianist Ай бұрын

wolves in 7

@marcuseconomy9018 Ай бұрын

Doubters gonna doubt.

@ThunderTalk Ай бұрын

GGs Mavs fans

@EvilEye911 Ай бұрын

Denver receives a lot of time off after losses.

@PullinMyOwn Ай бұрын

The schedule was already set.

@EvilEye911 Ай бұрын

@@PullinMyOwn link

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Ай бұрын

@@PullinMyOwn No, it wasn’t. Game 6 was the only one mysteriously scheduled ahead of time. All dates were TBD. Additionally there’s never been a four day break between second round games in NBA history until this series.

@SinkrSwim Ай бұрын

@@Cashinn_Outt1754 it's some great mystery why the NBA would put TBD on games that might not happen at the end of a series. Especially weird that they try to line up playoff games on weeknights with multiple games a night and when other teams aren't going to 7 games they adjust the schedule to put the remaining games in better time slots. Also weird that the Nuggets and Avalanche were both in the playoffs, creating more scheduling conflicts. The Twins were also a likely part of that decision, they played Seattle at home those days off. 7th, 8th, 9th would be 3 days off not 4 if they played on the 4th day. And 3 days has happened before despite whatever source you need to stop listening to who lied to you. Even then the NBA wanted their big Timberwolves Nuggets game 3 on a Friday night, which was the right choice to get the most people watching. How do you possibly tie your shoes? It seems like you'd be too busy complaining to ever finish.

@maglatrendekspert3197 Ай бұрын

HOLD MY HORSES!🤨

@kimannepark4709 Ай бұрын

The Wolves should easily win this. The Ant will score 69+ points and play like MJ.

@bdubs532 Ай бұрын

Wolves will lose, book it!!

@josephsuarez8178 Ай бұрын

Anthony Edwards Is THA MAN! 💥💪🐺🐺🐺🐺🥩🥩🥩🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

@precious3584 Ай бұрын

Welp, two game 7's at home lost. Lol How's that for 75%?

@kevonsidek9737 Ай бұрын

I think jokic will dominate especially since they just got ripped to shreds by 45 he know he will have to have a mvp game especially given this is a game 7 and they’re at home and they have the reigning mvp and defending champions the pressure is 100% on the nuggets

@freepapuatv9268 Ай бұрын

guess again

@LazyStory Ай бұрын

Why is Malika there? She says nothing original... He was looking... well, that was what SAS said the day after.

@teeraw4575 Ай бұрын

well its espn its not about merit.. she checks the boxes

@marving0mez Ай бұрын

this didn't weather well

@freepapuatv9268 Ай бұрын

no shii

@foualter102 Ай бұрын

ESPN would gladly support MIN 100%... They dont want any Euro players being the face of NBA plus they dont know whom to support when its DAL vs DEN in WCF, as DAL have a Euro player and of course Kai which media hated so much, and on DEN, they will not admit that a non athletic Euro player is defeating those athletic american players 😂😂😂

@johndillinger5598 Ай бұрын

Denver will win Jokic will have 30+ triple double, then nuggets are sweeping mavs

@user-vu7hg1sq4y Ай бұрын

Knicks PLAYER OG IS A LIABILITY AND SHOULD NOT HELP NEW YORK DEFENSE MAKE PACERS OFFENSIVE PLAYERS LOOK GREAT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN POLICY

@user-gg1rj1yx3k Ай бұрын

Timberwolves And Knicks Win💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

@MikkiChavez Ай бұрын

Wolves by 15+ tonight.

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Ай бұрын

Truly believe this series was rigged. Denver will mop the floor with Minnesota tonight. Every few games they are officiated COMPLETELY differently.

@student99bg Ай бұрын

NBA wants Ant to become the new face of the league and they want Jokić to lose. They have no incentive to rig it in Denver's favor. I don't think they will rig it either way.

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Ай бұрын

@@student99bg they already rigged it. Anytime Denver looks tired they are gifted extended breaks just like after game two… there has never been a four day break between second round playoff game in NbA history… low and behold game 3-4 are called completely differently by officials and nuggets are given 4 days to recover

@kapsoneskid Ай бұрын

Blabla 😂 wolves won

@AbdullahKuwait-is4rb Ай бұрын

Nicks in 6 in 2025 finals

@WebtoonPirate Ай бұрын

LOL not arrogant at all

@garyfanslow5009 Ай бұрын

Nuggets easily win

@FatboyReg Ай бұрын

I’ll come back to this comment later

@Mark-ro3gx Ай бұрын

Well the knicks are losing by 20 at home 😄

@polojackson23 Ай бұрын

Thz game is over already its not even close

@freepapuatv9268 Ай бұрын

then came the wolves

@DrainDeSwamp Ай бұрын

Denver

@Aneeshtherave Ай бұрын

No matter who wins, Dallas will get their a$$ kicked in the WCF.

@_Chanandler_Bong Ай бұрын

Minnesota will beat Denver, they will win the championship and Anthony Edwards will win finals MVP. Edit: 😂 These replies gonna drop from 57 down to like 20.

@kevonsidek9737 Ай бұрын

You have jumped the gun lol they have to win game 7 on the road tonight then they have to beat dallas to get to the finals then they will prolly have to beat the best team in boston to win it all

@AdventuresofanEntrepreneur Ай бұрын

We shall see!

@jack-brawlstars_ Ай бұрын

Lmao y’all really thought ant was gonna loose

@DrewDowns6791 Ай бұрын

Nuggets in 7

@der6519 Ай бұрын

All down to one game Nuggets vs Timberwolves. We will see who shows up and who the difference maker is or star that shows up. This is where memories and legacies are created.

@jackdanielss Ай бұрын

Jokic needs to send Edwards home

@FatboyReg Ай бұрын

Antman needs to send jokic home so he can see his horses

@perrybrown6903 Ай бұрын

this aged like dookie

@ronaldgonzalez3045 Ай бұрын

He’s to cocky. Let’s go Nuggets

@FatboyReg Ай бұрын

Nuggets getting humbled by Antman

@phonxayphonseya3670 Ай бұрын

Well all the big hype already eliminated.. mn next?! Lol

@BLACKMAAT Ай бұрын

ESPN HAS THE WORST NBA BASKETBALL COVERAGE 1.MIKE GREENBERG = NON ATHLETE 2. MICHAEL WILBON = NON ATHLETE 3.MALIKA ANDREWS = NON ATHLETE 4.STEPHEN A SMITH = NON ATHLETE 5. RAMONA SHELBURNE = SOFTBALL PLAYER COMPARE THIS TO ESPN' NFL COVERAGE. 99% OF 1. EX NFL PLAYERS 2.COACHES 3.GMS

@Hope-cy6zm Ай бұрын

It’s fake

@insertlastname Ай бұрын

Nuggets just missed shots in the first half, nuggets are winning

@mikehamack6347 Ай бұрын

Tonight they miss them in the second half, when it matters.

@student99bg Ай бұрын

Nuggets shot great 3 games and they won those 3 games. They shot horribly the other 3 games and they lost those 3. I don't know how they will shoot in game 7.