Wolves Go Off on Nuggets Without Gobert | The Mismatch | Ringer NBA

KOC and Verno react to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ blowout win over the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, and debate whether the Nuggets stand any chance of crawling back.
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[@blowfishes]

The Wolves hustled and harassed the Nuggets end to end, yet whenever the Wolves took over the possession the Nuggets all ran back to their end and allowed the Wolves into their half of the court. This to me shows that the Nuggets were tired, and the Wolves looked fresh.

[@keithnmoore2]

The way that Wolves team is constructed, they’re almost perfect. One of the best offensive bigs, one of the best defensive bigs. They have a great traditional PG, that’s coach on the floor, and a young bonafide superstar that hasn’t touched his prime yet. They have length, and most of the team are competent defenders. The worst possible matchup for the Nuggets

[@posivibe989]

Wild to think what the wolves could have done in the playoffs last year with Jaden

[@ryanburnham-qf4lo]

And/or NAZ

[@posivibe989]

Yeah, flippin crazy

[@jowner1]

Good call out for Anderson he was crucial last night in so many ways hopefully the Wolves find a way to keep him!

[@mackmpls]

5 out on offense with Kyle 😂 Totally different defense scheme without Rudy 😂 2 smart guys who won’t let not knowing about how Minnesota have played all season or in game 2 interfere with giving us 14 minutes of noise. Thank you for your service, I guess.

[@Pmills9]

Glad to hear the love for slow mo. He’s not flashy at all but defense isn’t usually regarded as such

[@dwaynelee1789]

KOC and Chris great analysis. Denver was severely rattled. The main reason was Ball Pressure Ball Pressure Ball Pressure. Murray is a rhythm player same with Jokic. Keep the pressure on them 94 feet

[@donaldw12318]

It’s just such a mismatch thing for Verno to cling to a former grizz guy and koc just getting swept up in it. Like maybe look at a regular season box score once if your an analyst who’s not watching the games.

[@benjaminkingquale2207]

It was the same defense as game 1, there wasn’t anything different other than increased intensity to make up for not having Gobert

[@posivibe989]

Let’s be real, if the wolves vs Nuggets game was officiated like the Pacers vs Knicks, story would be night and day different

[@dehaman_4_144]

What do you mean? The Pacers were robbed, are you saying Minnesota should've been robbed too?

[@posivibe989]

Nope, I’m opposed to robbery. The Knicks/Pacers was overall officiated much tighter. The wolves/nuggets was allowed to be more physical.

[@KaranManral]

Did the Wolves just stumble on a new "death lineup"?

[@NoName-cn3cp]

Jokic is just Steve Nash, if Steve didn't run into the Spurs during one of his title runs. So overrated.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

What a stupid comment, on so many levels

[@dehaman_4_144]

Jokic got exposed without Rudy on the floor.

[@NoName-cn3cp]

@@dehaman_4_144 Nuggets had the easiest championship run in recent memory. They will never win again. Overrated.

[@dehaman_4_144]

@@NoName-cn3cp sure looks like it, I don't see this team winning again

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

@@dehaman_4_144 Nuggets had no outside shooting and were getting mugged, if that’s what you want to call “exposed”.

[@pullupjeff]

lol I thought murray meditated n shit like that n slows his heart rate down in times of adversity 😂😂😂

[@WaveRider1989]

Getting beat by 30 because they didn't plan for one player being out? ok. Anyway hopefully Wolves can keep the energy and Finch can prepare hot fire chokeout defense like this against Luka/Shai, Celtics etc. we will see Wolves fans :)

[@coreyshafarman8918]

That was definitely part of it. But also, ANT is playing like the best player in the league, and their role players are killing it. They look like the new favorites to be the championship favorites

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

How is 90s defense suddenly legal again? Is it just for Minnesota?

[@ryanburnham-qf4lo]

How is it that technical fouls don’t exist anymore? Is it just for Denver?

[@dehaman_4_144]

Their defense is legit and historically good.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

@@dehaman_4_144 The refs completely changed the rule book last night. And they didn’t call fouls that would have been called back in 90s when I was a fan. Was crazy

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

@@ryanburnham-qf4lo It was bizarre. I think that because the play fouls were so heavily biased toward Minnesota, the refs wanted to avoid calling the Ts and making the narrative entirely about the refereeing. This way, they have some people claiming that the refs were biased toward Denver, which is nuts

[@ryanburnham-qf4lo]

@@JohnSmith-oe5kx they let them play on both sides. Jamal and Jokic got away with some very blatant fouls. Jamal bearhugged NAZ and it wasn’t called, backhanded NAW in the face and it wasn’t called, ran into KAT on a 3 and it wasn’t called lol. Joker ran into KAT before KAT ran into Jamal the exact same way. They definitely let stuff slide, but it went both ways.

[@dehaman_4_144]

These two are clueless and overrated. KOC picked Killian over Ant... yes, Killian who?

[@donaldw12318]

Y’all are literally the last to the party and that’s why I quit watching.

[@EmanCollins]

Thank you for mentioning Murray's calf injury. It's SUPER important context. ....It took you ELEVEN MINUTES to talk about it, but hey, better late than never. 👍👍

[@Ewach21]

Very true, I’ve seen so many people acting like it doesn’t matter. But if you’ve watched enough Jamal Murray you know he’s not near 100%. Doesn’t excuse his bad decision making or antics. But the nuggets would have a much much better chance if he had the burst he normally does around those defenders.

[@mackmpls]

It is the reason he had his Heat Pack to throw. They mentioned that pretty early. 😉

[@SomeChink]

Denver plays way too loose to start games They need to get serious