The Terrifying Wolves Defense Stops Denver. Plus That Pacers-Knicks Foul | The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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[@nedschneebly5424]

I think I’ve commented this on every Russillo video about the Wolves but I literally prayed for times like this 🙏

[@incognitomosquito3120]

Awooo

[@aron.gortman]

Soak it in! Congrats.

[@zerodarkthirty2424]

i’m so happy for you, send that love here in Detroit please ❤️

[@donsmith3067]

Im a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, take this time and enjoy it and relish it. I am rooting for you, I feel like Minnesota has been so easy to root for since KG. Good luck man!

[@mattdavid716]

Could’ve prayed for an end to gun violence or peace in the Middle East, but the wolves going to the WCF that’s what the creator of all things should really be concerned with

[@slow_Jo]

The Wolves defensive game plan was a masterpiece.

[@jhank0cean]

In Game 1 Denver had its' pants pulled down... In Game 2 Denver had its' ass spanked...

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

CoreyHansen with the Fifty Shades of Grey-style series recap.

[@Theiliteritesbian]

As a denver fan i would say we got beat with a chain. Not just spanked. That shit was embarrassing. At least the t wolves were so gd dominant its hard to argue anyone could have beat them last night.

[@EnthusiasticLock-hn4qp]

Game 3 balls deep

[@shawna4309]

Game 3, the lube comes out. Game 4, penetration.

[@samwisegamgee1635]

I love how the TWolves have a young, former Pac 12 DPOY in Jaylen Clark waiting to get healthy for future years.

[@chadlaughlin-vr7yf]

Fellow Wolves fan, it should be noted we have no idea if Clark has anything on offense to actually be an NBA player yet.

[@heinzbucksandcastle2053]

That trap on Murray looked a phone booth wrap job. I loved it.

[@kurtwensmann4946]

Preach!! I have consumed every second of Wolves content today...i can't stop smiling. Thanks Ryen. Naz Reid.

[@David-iv6je]

"My God" was my answer as well. Jokic has never been defended this well in his life. At a mile elevation. Jokic is still MVP this year, but we are seeing a great team and an emerging superstar. Ant is not Jordan, but he's got Jordan's competitive DNA. And the rest of the team plays ball like champions. Only Murray returning to form gives them any chance. I'm even thinking sweep.

[@PGO_Gaming]

Ant is not Jordan. He just looks like Jordan. He shoots like Jordan. He dunks like Jordan. He wears the sleeve on the leg like Jordan. It ain't just the competitive DNA. Murray cannot and will not return to form with that defense out there in Minnesota. This series ain't going past game 4.

[@k_hack9441]

Jokic is choking. Where’s this good defense of his?!

[@Walrus286]

@@k_hack9441he just has to kick a few more balls and they’ll be right back in it 😂😂😂😂

[@Dridgeism]

Wolves going on a 16-0 run would legitimately be good for the league...saying this as a Denver fan also. Last night's lack of hussle was inexcusable, I hope we get swept in 3.

[@je5406]

As a Denver fan, Wolves going 16-0, 16-1 is the only way Denver gets a bit of their dignity back.

[@akunneogalanya4929]

Yeah these media heads are now panicking

[@dullestpenguin4151]

A team with two star scorers, size, depth, and a strong defensive philosophy making all the modern offenses look inferior.

[@mattcusto]

Keep in mind this T-Wolves roster is literally built to beat the Nuggets. Same GM that built both teams.

[@Seamalicous]

This is overplayed. He didn’t draft Ant, Kat or McDaniels, or sign Reid. I dont think the Gobert trade was all about Denver, and the Conley move certainly wasn’t. They’ve turned out to be great moves for this year but it’s the huge development from Ant and McDaniels on defence that’s causing this.

[@davincerica7232]

​@@Seamalicousfacts

[@MYNAMEISGARY]

Dumb take. The Nuggets just rose last year, this is more than 6 month plan how did this get likes?

[@JackTheGod100]

this is so overplayed. No one that’s watching the playoffs isn’t aware of this lol

[@johncrouse2376]

Real question is with his opt out, where is connely going next and how much are they paying him? If Minnesota pulls this off he's gonna break record money for a GM

[@corneliusjones7183]

They blitzed Murray just like real wolves. They are the truth, i think they are the favorites

[@savage7639]

Thank you so much for talking about T Wolves that was beautiful to watch don’t wanna listen no more excuses about Denver let’s talk about Wolves this team deserve all attention

[@kyliedadify]

This is a generational defense!!

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

It just goes to show how difficult it is to repeat, let alone threepeat. It's why those 90s Bulls and early 2000s Lakers are so special. It's insane all the teams that rose up to challenge em and they overcame that. On the topic of the Wolves-Nuggets, I think the series is over. It's nothing against the Nuggets. The Wolves are just too good on defense and there's not much that the Nuggets can do this season to ameliorate that. The best shot any team would have is to hit 3s consistently, like the Mavs or Celtics, but even they may get whooped considering they don't have the size inside.

[@k_hack9441]

Well yeah when their best player, a 3x supposed mvp, is choking it gets very hard.

[@Theiliteritesbian]

Ryen is my fav sports caster pod man. I wish his appointments in Bill's poscast would show up on your channel, though, Ryen.

[@victorvincent7685]

Been waiting on this video since I watched the game this morning

[@mrdan523]

What sucked about that foul is I was so hyped to see if the pacers were gonna tie up the game, all for the refs to decide it? Moments like that make you HATE the NBA

[@SomeChink]

and the kick ball call so basically now we know refs can decide a game if they wish

[@jdizzy92403]

Twolves close outs are insanely impressive, I don’t understand the consistency on how well they close out. Jokic just gave up on the defensive end so speeding him up on offense seems to effect him on the otherside of the court.

[@dwaynelee1789]

Great breakdown they took the Nuggets heart. You could see how rattled they were early. They better wake up fast. This is how you are supposed to play defense. Not the soft nonsense we have to watch for 82 games.

[@Tydagoatt24]

To see the super team era end is great for the league! David stern doing backflips

[@destro5311]

A lil Kendrick on that outro 😂

[@Weebei]

BTW, Wolves also have the highest offensive rating in the NBA for the playoffs.

[@derekg49]

RR = always the best takes on NBA

[@Edd-zd5wb]

No words on "Jokic aint bad on defense" ? Lol.

[@k_hack9441]

Is it shocking the white 3x mvp isn’t getting criticism?

[@Edd-zd5wb]

@@k_hack9441 lol. Well... But what about Doncic? He gets critcized A LOT.

[@neosmndrew]

Hey Ryen, how come you don't talk about the Nesmith "kicked" ball right before the DiVencenzo go-ahead three? Or the Brunson overturned foul earlier in the game? Like, you can't just ignore half the argument when you're against it.

[@jensvold415]

Yo, sound levels on the outtro guys!

[@aalokshah8655]

it reminds me of when bulls d terrorized orlando in the 90s

[@boowiissi]

What was worse was the kick ball call when it clearly hit his hand. And you can’t review it. Then the Knicks hit the 3 to go up 3. Then the moving screen call to add to that was hard to watch. -and this is coming from someone with no skin in the game for this series.

[@downstorffleon]

It’s not rocket science, nuggets played like kittens and the wolves played like a rabid pack of wolves. Grit, determination, want to, force of will. Call it whatever it’s just called getting beat silly

[@acealexander3121]

And this isn’t even bringing up the phantom kick ball

[@Ptkeela]

Where can you rewatch the games?

[@NoName-cn3cp]

Jokic is just Steve Nash, if Nash never met the Spurs during one of his title runs.

[@grahamschiltz9095]

What does that make embiid?

[@NoName-cn3cp]

@@grahamschiltz9095 Kawhi without the rings lol

[@David-iv6je]

@@grahamschiltz9095 Too injury prone to matter. People love to pick on Embiid but they would have po8nded the Knick if he'd been healthy. And look at that roster: Tobias Harris is your third option.

[@jackridall6927]

@@grahamschiltz9095embiid torched the teen wolves last two years, critiquing him as a player or putting him in this conversation is wrong if you want to talk about his injury, history or the poor performances by his teams, I understand, but if we’re talking about one hooper to play in the series against the wolves I will take Embiid every single time

[@carltonrudolph]

ummm 04 pistons were holding teams to 65 points what are we talking aout

[@Edd-zd5wb]

PACE

[@MinnesotaEverything]

Everyone has been sleeping on the Timberwolves all year.. First round it’s about what the Suns weren’t doing, this rounds it’s what Denver isn’t doing…. MAYBE it’s the Timberwolves handling the fuck outta everyone!

[@Steppen03]

Somehow, I still like The T-Wolves to be the underdog … just like a classic Rocky movie. I’m lovin it!! Wolves reminds me of 2021-22 Celtics team that stunned The Nets, Bucks, and Heat except this Wolves team is much more potent.

[@RightStickRob]

The last time I’ve seen a defensive effort like this was when Boston played the Nets the year they swept them. I had never seen a team just completely take Kevin Durant out of his game the way they did until last night.

[@JordanGurney]

I Remember Denver competing against Utah in the bubble, and they were really inexperienced and fell into a 3-1 hole twice that post-season (to the Jazz and then the Clippers) before waking up and pulling themselves out of that hole two consecutive times to win the series in game 7. No way that's happening with the T-Wolves tho

[@therockneverstops8261]

Rick Carlisle has to make the adjustment on the team rebounding, which I think he will, where too often the Pacers were flat footed watching balls come of the rim while the Knicks were flying to them. I still think the Pacers can win this series in six because they simply score far easier that New York and have far more depth. I would bet Indiana taking Game 2.

[@boogieB42]

Tyler Ford is one of your favorite officials??? I think he is close to the worst.

[@LeviDavidSchaffer]

Look I am bias from Minneapolis I get it but you can't tell me what my eyes aren't seeing isn't the third coming of Micheal Jordon with Kobe being the second. Fadeaway mid range jumpers, killer instincts, attacks the rim, plays defense. He just shoots the three better then they did lol. I'm a LeBron Guy myself but now that he is old and I'm in the twin cities I'm an ANT MAN. God I never thought that's what id say about myself five years ago. That block in the regular season we've never seen that... I've seen bron and Zion hit there head on the rim/backboard, Ant hit his whole upper body on the backboard.

[@TheDailyGold]

Ant looks like another MJ and if the TWolves keep him beyond this contract (which I know has another 4 seasons) they will win at least 2-3 titles.

[@Sloth1945]

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

[@Theplaystands]

I think it's just a bad matchup for Denver. Seems like the Wolves built the perfect defensive roster to contain this team. If you watched the game the Wolves are basically just Patrolling the paint while also running the shooters off the 3 pt line. They are leaving the mid range wide open and it doesn't seem like Denver has anyone that is confident in taking a lot of Mid range jumper so If they don't adjust their strategy this will be a clean sweep 🧹

[@ebizzle2507]

Donte said it's bullshit about what the players said about Thibbs. Donte said they've been running practice walk thru's since January!

[@Dbo_Sports]

You hate the Brunson fouls? I hope you said the same thing about the Maxey fouls… throwing himself into the defender on a consistent basis. Turner dominated the Knicks bigs and the Pacers still got out rebounded by 8. And the Pacers also won the turnover battle by 7, and still lost. I don’t want to hear about the kick ball.

[@siniister710]

ANT MAN ANT MAN

[@toffeechad8413]

when this team is primed they are gonna go down with the 90s bulls, its there for the taking. if they dont win 4 rings i will be dissapointed.

[@alexlol3260]

I think Denver is cooked, Murray lingering injury and letting himself get frustrated way too early. Also Malone is losing his mind with the “non-calls” when I think the message to the team should be to toughen up and play their physical ball and try to match their energy. Jokic looking suspect defensively and the 2 bigs in the paint throwing him off his pace and smooth game around the basket🤔 Minnesota sweeping Phoenix and Denver back to back would be insane

[@dereksupernaut]

i don't watch games and i'm still excited about Ant & the Wolves... as an oldschool MJ/DRose Bulls fan...

[@discowolf25]

Considering we are literal defensive war criminals… Wolves in 4. Crazy how “awful the Gobert trade” is huh?!💀🤣

[@TopRivers]

What's happening

[@Theiliteritesbian]

Denver started looking off 2 weeks before the reg season ended. Not taking anything against the wolves. They beat our ass. But as someone who watches most of the denver games we lost our mojo or something when it counted the most at the end of the season. Had we not lost our mojo we would have beat LA easily; instead, yes we won 4-1 but we were down most of the time and happened to get our mojo or fire or whatever u wanna call it in the last 5 min of those games. We look like a pickup team with half assing the plays we run. Otherwise the t-wolves just beat our ass blue. I've never seen a defense like that. Well, i have but its for like a 7 min stretch in the ncaa tourney.

[@lostyly]

Thibs defence schemes really good.. brunson ball really hard and boring to watch he doing well but that style of play mignt not get it done against an average pacers team because they wont play anyone.. alex burcs can play

[@rafisanders]

Two things can be true at once. It was a movement foul. And the call shouldn't have been called

[@hwansobedi668]

That was a lot of hand checking by Denver, Refs not calling it fix is in because Ant is the only USA star left that has mega charisma. However I have concluded based on all that hand checking that JJ and the rest of the trolls that shit on the 80's need to shut up. Because Denver just showed why yall wouldn't stand a chance in the old hand check era.

[@dblackesquire]

National Geographic? Does that mean watching real wolves hunt prey?

[@davincerica7232]

What's wrong with Haliburton btw?

[@jonathanconnors5076]

Mocking fans for thinking a league is rigged that has openly been rigged in the past with an incomplete investigation squashed by the league that was targeting, oh SCOTT FOSTER while CURRENT NBA HEAD COACHES claim refs rig games makes you look a little silly Ryan….

[@TCRgalaxy]

Pro sports is completely rigged…

[@razkable]

I want to give credit but the nuggets in the first half played horrible...

[@92KM1]

Jokic definitely doesn’t suck but he’s also NOT by far better than the other players in the league like the media is trying to make it seem

[@TCRgalaxy]

Can’t trust the ol LameStream media

[@jaylunwilliams1544]

Ryen, the players actually voted Thibs as the coach they WOULD most want to play for. Your whole argument there is mute

[@alexvollkommer1598]

Ant is something different 😤🤯😎

[@brandonpelly848]

Brunson a small dude, without those "fouls" he's got nothing. just a small dude in the nba.

[@wc6046]

Jokic's and Giannis' careers are really continuing to mirror each other

[@mrdan523]

Too early to tell. Giannis always has some injury lately. Though this Murray injury is mirroring the Middleton injury from the 22 playoffs.

[@je5406]

​@@mrdan523Murrays fragile body has derailed 3 of the last 4 Denver post seasons.

[@David-iv6je]

@@mrdan523 Good take.

[@David-iv6je]

@@je5406 Good take.

[@rjridge6791]

Are you showing off your ocean view?

[@goo8295]

The last time I saw THAT kind of defense was in the 90's.

[@vinceventura4453]

I hope this is sarcasm the 90’s had the most notoriously bad defense of any era . Go watch some more 30 for 30s , just a heads up they are only showing plays that matter in those series , those aren’t the full games you dork ..some of the teams in the 90s were statistically the worst defensive numbers in the history of the sport ..but you watched the piston bad boys documentary and became an expert about “tough 90s basketball” . You absolute posers I swear to god it’s so embarrassing catching you grown men play pretend in KZbin comment sections

[@DrMjenno]

Nobody played five out defence on the nineties. The last time you’ve seen this kind of defence was - never.

[@davincerica7232]

I don't know, man... I felt that the Nuggets last season was fluky... Young injured wolves, disjointed Suns, old Lakers with no center, and bleh Heat team... Really wanted to see them against Boston in the Finals... Boston probably loses that, but still... I don't know, man, if Lakers only kept their championship squad 🤔

[@Cmd233]

Guys. I'm in production. I get it. It's hard. But we gotta clean up these mistakes. Audio dropouts, improperly timed SFX, unedited re-takes. Let's lock in.

[@jamesh7469]

That was odd

[@chrisklein9110]

Damn, I love this channel too much to say what you just did, and exactly what I was thinking, too. For me, it's free content from my favorite guys in the business. But yeah, a few of the last recordings have been a little rough.

[@Cmd233]

@@chrisklein9110 we’re aligned on that. Best in the biz for sure. The team is capable. Just need to audit their process. 🤝🏻

[@vinceventura4453]

But it’s really not hard tho because you work on a computer and there is literally nothing easier than sitting at a computer . So I think people probably just don’t care because why the fuck would anybody care about the production level of an expert clip from a basketball podcast. If you were a sound engineer in a music studio it would be one thing pretending editing clips of people literally mostly one taking segments of them talking by themselves is something any human being can do with one tutorial . Stop projecting because you have a job that’s softer than charmin and you’re insecure about it , kid.

[@josepha.1315]

Fix in for knicks and flopson

[@jnottoday9866]

I do not really care for a team that is gonna get sweeped by the Celtics in the ECF. But what is happening in the west right now is great to watch.

[@mattdavid716]

Fair point, but that was rigged as fuck and this series/playoffs is now utterly fucking meaningless and I’ve wasted all my time following this sport that has no fucking integrity, unfortunately.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Cry

[@c_rob1]

I've never been as impressed with an NBA defense as I was last night. It was a surgical undressing of the defending champs. WITHOUT the likely DPOY

[@Nugschris]

It was more like a football game. I saw a lot of fouling especially by wolves tbh pretty much every time down especially on jokic.

[@johnshottie4415]

You don’t know what you’re looking at then? Jokic got blocked super clean 5+ times. There’s only one actual bad call that was missed in this game. If you watched you know what it was. They let that same type of play go on both sides. Just don’t watch if you don’t like defense.

[@user-zm7de7ec7d]

Haliburton is the most overrated "star" in the history of the nba.

[@stringer2295]

Causal, he hasn’t been great since the hamstring injury and he rushed black because of the 65 game rule. Too many casuals with terrible opinions online. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@user-zm7de7ec7d]

@@stringer2295 he rushed black? Bro, he scored 6 points. He fucking sucks...

[@lostyly]

Not in the history but that in season tournament for people gassed it was a short stretch..he's good but he isn't a star and won't lead pacers to a title ever IMO.. his set shot technique is so bad so he has to rush to get it off.. he's pass first but he's young let's see I jus think early season hype died down

[@tpark2316]

Carmelo Anthony was pretty overrated

[@coyotecomando1]

Prisoners of the moment. Man is comparing them to ray Lewis Baltimore d. Bro it's been 1 and a half rounds. And your foaming at the mouth. My god

[@tarski3939]

I picked the Wolves to win the title after game 1 against PHX at 15/1 and am loving my position right now. I knew it was real. The D is incredible. They have the size, the bench, and the best 1 on 1 player in the league. I don’t think OKC has the size. Them boys are lean and gonna get pushed around. And the Wolves aren’t that young. Gobert, Conley, Towns aren’t that young. They have the perfect balance.

[@TCRgalaxy]

Nuggets in 7 is a 🔒

[@jeffcann9159]

Best NBA defense of the 21st century. Didn’t think we would ever see this again.

[@markbantz9699]

OK! MJ’s team sucked when he took so many shots! How many points did MJ average? Statistics are just numbers without context,and this one is pretty useless!

[@alexlol3260]

Jokic needs to be better at defending the paint, cant let Ant get running wide open layups all game

[@natelombardo]

Go watch the Bulls with Ron Harper. I hate how much him and Bill like this version of basketball.

[@tomsilva3350]

Ryen Lulusillo

[@jordant96740]

Wolves in 4!

[@TCRgalaxy]

Hahahaha

[@beerbatreps3861]

The refs and Vegas decided the game for the knicks. Terrible day as someone who says it isnt rigged... I'm not sure how I can convince people now that it isn't rigged

[@pjny21]

NBA needs BOS vs. NYC in the East because everybody else was beat up and hurt. This was inevitable.

[@JJ-Toreddie]

You haven't convinced a single person who claims it is rigged that it isn't

[@tune6000]

Brunson didn’t Trae Young it into Oubre. Brunson went up with the shot and the defender ran into him. It’s a foul by the rules. The Trae Young play is when you stop and like jump into the defender

[@Bronzeskittle]

This series over. Jokic overrated

[@williamharris7849]

this series over. Jokic not overrated.

[@infamouswildcat11]

Are you and bill going to say you saw this coming too lol that you guys picked the wolves to win it all. And are you going to hold nikola jokic accountable? He played horrible, turnovers everywhere…the guy you said might be the best center of all time

[@jhank0cean]

They didn't lmao

[@OEx25]

Holy putting words in other people’s mouths. You sound like a really angry, miserable person. Should work on that

[@user-zm7de7ec7d]

The Knicks are the ugliest brand of basketball i've ever seen. You can't win a ring the way they play.

[@user-zm7de7ec7d]

@@poorchris I watched all of those teams. Grit and Grind and tough defense is not my problem. Brunson being a ball hog and nothing but high screen pick and rolls with guys who suck is what bores me.

[@MYNAMEISGARY]

The Nuggets aren't good for basketball. Your best players have to be likable and have a personality. Jokic and Murray are both duds of personalities. As least Minny is full of players good for the league.

[@nosaidubor2340]

You take the crown. 😅wtf

[@DrMjenno]

Dumbest take today. Congrats, casual.

[@Steppen03]

Warriors and T-Wolves fan here. Critics about Jokic and Murray and Nuggets is just plain stupid.like A sore loser would