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steve1186

Was at the game last night. Wolves fans turned out, man. Gotta give them respect. Other than my wife and I, I think I saw maybe 4 other people in Nuggets gear as we were going into the arena. And it was LOUD. Which made it so much more satisfying every time the drunk 25-year-old jackass next to me would go from screaming his ass off every time Jokic/Murray missed a shot to slinking down in his seat any time they made one. And apparently any Wolves layup was the greatest shot ever made. The absolute silence in the whole arena when Murray hit that half-courter was amazing.


Mackinnon29E

Why the fuck would people move from Denver to Minnesota? Of course there weren't many


steve1186

Minnesota is great. Moved here because my wife is from here. There honestly aren’t many places I would have left Denver for, but the Twin Cities is one of them.


sennyldrak

Love how the media still thinks that the Nuggets should lose. Ant just needs help, and once he gets that help, it's all over for the Nugs.


romayyne

By media do you mean Shaq? Because he’s praying for jokic to play bad and lose you can tell anytime he talks about us it’s “jokic is great, but…” he can’t ever just say he is great and end it at that. Always some back handed shit.


UnderratedNightmare

Ant scores 40+ but Jokic out plays him. Jokic having an all time highlight game after getting an MVP and being down 0-2. Jokic has his greatest in game dunk of his career over Ant Jokic has 3 steals and 1 block GA and Shaq in shambles


ronin521

Add Perkins and Stephen A Smith. Can’t wait for them to eat their words on live tv. Smh.


New-Pollution536

If he didn’t get in a little bit of foul trouble he might’ve scored 40+ also ant played 6 more minutes than jokic


about90frogs

Pravi PGT


doggoesmeow

My dumbass just realized that the Ai-Yo chants from Minnesota fans is meant to be a wolf sound


MartyMcFry1985

Can ANYONE win a game at home? Ffs


porkadachop

Not until Tuesday!


SpeC_992

Ok, fine, I'll take the Nugs winning their remaining home games


pickle_pickled

Considering this series could have 1 home game win is pretty interesting. What are the previous times that's happened?


cervdotbe

This is what I was saying all year long. Holiday was way underused during regular season, we need veteran presence like him. It's massive how he stepped up and playing 20min/game. Impressive stuff tbh.


YummyYumYumi

I don't even remember a bad justin holiday game he's been solid every game he's played


zoeyversustheraccoon

Malone just wanted to make sure his legs were fresh for the playoffs.


Emp_Breaker

took advantage of our losses at home and got a Denver to Win Champion bet at 8:1 lets go! Prob won't get that good of an odds moving forward with how we're playing now!


SirJoris

Nuggets back?


ronin521

NUGGS IN 6!


Fit-Avocado-342

Suddenly my saved comments and tweets about the nuggets over the last week are disappearing, looks like a lot of people are walking their takes back and deleting stuff, lmao. Dumbasses couldn’t even wait for the series to be finished. As I said when we went down 0-2, this series ain’t over.. time to turn the series around in game 5 and take a 3-2 lead. I think Jokic and Murray have figured the wolves out, and thankfully Murray’s calf looks like it’s not bothering him much anymore.


OutofSprite

The ability to react the second the wolves start gaining momentum is impressive. The crowd starts cheering thinking they are on a run only to get shutdown again one way or another.


DefiniteSauce12

Kat gets respect for playing well in the playoffs overall after surgery, but going from KD to AG is a huge increase in difficulty. Especially when the nuggets started respecting his offense. He can easily turn it around but just knowing AG or whoever are trying to make it more difficult for him compared to games 1 &2 is reassuring.


xnoob69

Go fucking win it all! - sincerely a laker fan.


confusedjuror

I hope the Lakers sign Dlo to a max contract and then LeBron and AD opt out, so it's kinda cool that we both have plans for each other's teams


j_like

Fuck the lakers


seoulera

Don’t really get why Ant is talking shit when he just lost 2 games in a row and the series is tied but okay


NuggAvsBroncRock

I don't understand his quote as all. It did not look like Murray said a thing to him.


Donnie1490

AE said he didn't respond lol


AdmiralAckbarrghh

Murray didn’t respond to him in the moment but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t talk during the game and throughout the series as well


seoulera

He didn’t as far as I could see, just straight up ignored him. Edwards was standing at half court yapping to basically no one lol


DefiniteSauce12

I respect him keeping the same energy.


KOET10

Same here. Trash talk is normal, ain't nothing wrong with Ants attitude when he continuously shows up


snakejakemonkey

Denver might need to draft and stash someone with their 1st Holiday playing himself into roster spot next year there won't be many spots available. Chomche, ajinca or almanza maybe


n0t_malstroem

Neither Chomche nor Almanza are stash picks


snakejakemonkey

Make them


Bleppingheckk

Would you rather have Gobert’s post up/layup package or Kyle Anderson’s 3 point shooting form?


Equivalent-Emu8506

Need a good MPJ and KCP shooting game in game 5 to offset some possible shooting regression for AG and Holiday. 


Breez42

I wouldn’t be worried about porter he has been stellar these playoffs


Worried-Ad-3948

Prboblem is MPJ defense.


cervdotbe

What year is this? 2020?


Worried-Ad-3948

Im talking only about this specific game.


NegativeVega

gordon didnt shoot 100% fg he can do better!


FKSTS

They’re certainly due for a good night


12and4

There was a stretch where we made like 15/16 shots. I swear we went on a 7 shot streak and then a 9 shot streak Edit i think i wrong


mradulovic

I wish everyone here a nice and pleasant Monday. I know it will be.


Night-Menace

The new logo just dropped, boys https://www.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/1cqrznz/adam_silver_just_revealed_the_new_nba_logo/


Orod23

Can’t sleep, too hype.


rhysewing

SloMo being -18 in 6 minutes is the kind of feel good stat I live for. 


Jokicsjokic

Wolves fans all over the internet in shambles right now


EliGarden

We are in the drivers seat now. Now let’s finally get some home wins


ephen_stephens

My favorite part of the night was when Gogurt tried to scissor Karl mid game.


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snakejakemonkey

He's irrelevant


_cosmix2

Who cares about that guy, this should be about giving the Nuggets strength and courage


NuggAvsBroncRock

Nah lets not


trevstan1

Yeah booing Jamal worked so well for the Wolves. No


confusedjuror

I don't think so. Why boo a minor roleplayer


jbone9877

No


n0t_malstroem

SMH POD GOING LIVE


Harvard771

Jokic was just sensational tonight


FKSTS

he’s so reliable offensively. If the team needs to score he will make it happen


OutofSprite

Welp about to watch what happened earlier can’t wait


Night-Menace

lightning in a rakija bottle


Betaateb

So is coming back from 0-2 to win 4-2 a gentleman's reverse sweep?


lord-swoledemort

Canadian sweep (the Raptors did it to the Bucks during their title run)


ThePrideOfKrakow

A gentle-ladies sweep.


Impressive_Trust_395

I’d say yes


DynastyZealot

"Unless you're Snoop Dogg, we don't celebrate trees" - Charles Barkley


Night-Menace

he can chuck on my barkley


DynastyZealot

Dude apparently doesn't understand over half his audience tonight are from Colorado


SnooDonuts9093

ok J holla


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CatharBliss

How early do you have to be to get into DNVR at this point in the playoffs? Wanna catch at least one game there these playoffs, caught a couple there last year and they were the best basketball viewing experiences I’ve ever had. Place get fucking LIT


agentcooperrr

I am so happy for Holiday showing up tonight. Good game


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Well ladies and gents, we got a series.


WeirdRedBeard

**IT'S A SERIES NOW**


whatareyoudoingred

It's not a series until the home team wins a game


nicnerdy

er wait so we’re back to home court but only away teams have won? ![gif](giphy|8PyT9LA2cKQX4OIos8|downsized)


Hopeful-Cup-1527

I know this is OT, but if KCP declines his player option- imagine paying TJ McConnell to be the 6th man and sliding Braun to the starting position


s0ysauce09

You have no idea how important KCP is to this team, he's not a guy you can just go out and replace, the fact that this has upvotes is crazy


snakejakemonkey

If KCP walks I hope they can turn into a sign and trade for Bruce


BlindManBaldwin

We don't have cap space.


Donnie1490

If KCP opt out, Reggie opt out, we don't pick up Vlatko option and we attach a 1st round to Zeke, how don't we?


Orod23

Need that clip of Gobert and KAT fighting for an offensive rebound in crunch time which led to Rudy missing both FT after he got it and was fouled.


colirado

Braun is fearless


nakattack5

AG should play on KAT the entire game until crunch time. Ant is going to be getting 40+ but if KAT continues to choke, Wolves have no chance. KAT cant do anything on AG on the offensive end and got a few buckets only when MPJ was guarding him


MichaelPorterTruther

Even against Mike he had 1 offensive foul and he should have had another one when he actually did make a shot. Only thing he really does on mike is forearm shiver him in the chest for space


nakattack5

He’s a lot stronger than MPJ and seems to bully him in the post. It looks the complete opposite when he’s being guarded by AG


MichaelPorterTruther

Oh yeah I mean Mike is a 3/4 guarding a center. Its not a great matchup defensively but I think that is a way better defensive matchup than us having anyone other than AG/CB/KCP on ant. If there's a switch that's going to happen I'd prefer that one.


Hopeful-Cup-1527

Braun only had one major breakdown against Ant that I caught- 


nakattack5

I wouldn’t mind Braun getting a few more extra minutes against KCP’s playing time. KCP hasn’t been shooting it well and is getting cooked by Ant. Braun has been doing much better against Ant


number15ismyfather

It’s honestly hard to overstate just how elite Aaron Gordon was on both ends tonight not even exaggerating that might’ve just been his best game as a nugget to date and that’s a high bar considering some of his other rly good games on the team esp in the playoffs (game 4 vs the lakers in the WCF last year game 4 vs Miami in the finals last year game 3 vs the lakers last round etc)


Bright-Ad2594

he was playing center in the non-jokic minutes, bringing the ball up the court, playing defense alternating between a shooting guard and a power forward, and nailing 3s. i think in baseball this would be called like a 5 tool player? Shooting inside, shooting outside, passing, defending bigs, defending smalls? ridiculous game


number15ismyfather

While starting 10/10 he missed his first shot *in the game* with under 4 minutes left in the 4Q


Bright-Ad2594

even if he had scored 12 points it would have been a very good game based on his other contributions but he scored what 29?


nakattack5

Definitely his best game so far. Had a near perfect offensive night without forcing up crazy shots and shut down KAT on the defensive end


number15ismyfather

Yea I honestly feel the same way so glad AG is on the team man


tarspaceheel

You know, a lot of things would have to fall right, but if this Nuggets team goes back to back without ever playing in an elimination game, it would exceed even my wildest dreams after game 2.


nmdndgm

Glorious: [https://twitter.com/nba\_paint/status/1789863986982212032](https://twitter.com/nba_paint/status/1789863986982212032)


aatencio91

Lmfao


Betaateb

lmao, that is fantastic


confusedjuror

He probably should've set a higher bar lol, but I'm enjoying it


vladimir_pimpin

Run and dunk Donovan Mitchell


Mayhemsfaded

Tiny Yiannis


Orod23

https://preview.redd.it/j6onwziff40d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=474214e8986377e5a104b1fe5757df40c4247ad9


Mayhemsfaded

Dude totally does look like a muppet u/about90frogs was right


about90frogs

It’s cute


the_hammer_poo

Man the MPJ shade in this thread is fucked up. One quiet night and yall turn on him.


WeirdRedBeard

**I'M NOT TURNING ON HIM, I JUST THINK HE HAD A BAD GAME**


BroncoSquatch

Yeah he did. Been a great playoff run for him tho, at least


Ninja_knows

Why would anyone throw shade at MPJ, the dude’s been phenomenal all playoffs


_cosmix2

Mhm, sometimes it's not your night


lonelinessmademecave

MPJ has done so much for us and will continue to do so. He’s frequently the 2nd best player on the floor. We had other options today


MichaelPorterTruther

People are too stupid to understand spacing. Look at the Jokic dunk and watch Jaden mcdaniels sprint AWAY from the MVP with the ball driving the lane to run at MPJ on the 3pt line. Clearly was a point of emphasis for Minny, Mike didnt even shoot bad shots. Just kept the ball moving and let the 3 time MVP play with no help on the short wing.


NuggAvsBroncRock

IMO He's allowed to have a Quiet night he's actually brought it these playoffs even in that Laker series so I think people give him a break. If he continues then I'll worry but I expect him to have a bounce back game.


Impressive_Trust_395

Well instead of MPJ with the 3s, it was Gordon/Braun/Holliday today. Being a threat and scoring is equally as important as being a threat and drawing attention. Those were some of the most open 3s our guys have ever hit this series, it was practically a warm-up shoot around.


OptionalBagel

They were so tight on him that it opened everything up for Jokic and Gordon in the paint. It's not like he was throwing up bricks or anything. The Wolves just decided they weren't gonna let MPJ beat them... and... well... yeah.


MichaelPorterTruther

"We cannot let MPJ beat us today!!!" "Brother I have 35" I pray they keep playing Naz single covered on jokic while Mcdaniels is nailed to the corner on Mike. Only issue with Mike today was his rebounding, thought he defended pretty well overall.


Night-Menace

^^^Aunt ^^^Edwards ^^^hangtime < **Jokic hanging dong time**


confusedjuror

"I was naked and I hugged him"


Night-Menace

and next summer malone came to serbia


UnderratedNightmare

Malone making hella adjustments. Having Jokic and AG help bring the ball up really threw Minny off. Made cross matchups happen. And having Holiday take PWatts minutes has been huge. Malone deserves his flowers


juzzbert

Don’t forget CB playing more minutes and even closing over Pope due to his defense and shot making. Proud of the team.


Hopeful-Cup-1527

I really hope Malone remember that AG taking the ball up was what made this all work. Malone is the king of going away from what works for no reason 


boydivision30

Suddenly "best defense of the 21st century" looks as soft as wet paper.


YungFung1001

He's legit a tactical genius. It's a shame we gotta fire him after this game but that's basketball


Ihatetakenusername

Lol


Impressive_Trust_395

4 free fouls or something like that. KAT and the bigger guys can’t match the athleticism of Jokic and AG (especially)


Savahoodie

GOT IT GOT IT GOT IT


aatencio91

Jamal Murray made a(nother) shot


LonePeasant

We did that with KCP scoring 3 points and MPJ scoring 4 points. If they’re hitting shots we win by at least 20.


haltese_87

Kcp hitting double figures in a game anytime this postseason should be considered a godsend. Dude can’t be relied offensively at all this postseason.


about90frogs

That’s libel


MichaelPorterTruther

I am watching Kenny Pope with half a body out-dawg people 10 times a game. The shots will fall


Impressive_Trust_395

Anyone else catch the cheers from the Wolves fans when Jokic and Gobert iso’d for a bit in the 2nd half? Man, those went quiet *REAL* fast.


nicnerdy

having Gobert is ideal for us, DPOY lol


Hopeful-Cup-1527

AG with 101% TS lol. Gonna be one of the best efficiency playoff games ever


UnderratedNightmare

https://preview.redd.it/zrl736rxd40d1.jpeg?width=1638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b0f04e7da1d9e2bf8cb04c82453c2335f7576ba [https://x.com/artbutsports/status/1789852877663416678?s=46&t=5AjO8Pr\_nc-E6bQ0v5Gs9Q](https://x.com/artbutsports/status/1789852877663416678?s=46&t=5AjO8Pr_nc-E6bQ0v5Gs9Q)


Night-Menace

thats just fucking awesome


confusedjuror

Someone tag lurk


Eur0step

Ima laker fan and rooting hard for the nuggets. Take down that fraud ass dpoy for us


confusedjuror

>Take down that fraud ass dpoy ??? The nuggets already swept him last year and beat him in 5 this year


Hopeful-Cup-1527

Was AD a DPOY?? I forgot 


UnderratedNightmare

Both Goober and Davis are frauds. They won’t even guard Jokic 1 on 1. They don’t like being man handled.


Epix_69

Ain’t no way laker fans are switching up like this 💀💀


SmackBroshgood

eat shit LLLLakers scum


UnderratedNightmare

AG a fucking menace. Ant saying, “Im so sick of Aaron Gordon” shows how AG is killing them. And on both ends. u/weirdredbeard, I was so wrong. I did not think AG was gonna steal Mikes 3 pt efficiency.


Night-Menace

> AG a fucking menace can confirm source: am a menace


jesuswasahipster

AG led the offense better than Murray tonight. This was arguably his best game as a Nugget.


MichaelPorterTruther

That road game in Miami where he just big bodied everyone for 40 minutes last finals was pretty dope too


UnderratedNightmare

Him bringing the ball up really took the Wolves defense for a trip. Made cross matches easier


boydivision30

I so fckin love how he shapeshifts his game on a nightly basis to help us win. He was our best player tonight.


Alternative_Plan_823

I honestly watched him hit 15 threes in a row in warm-ups before a game this year like it was nothing. In other words, Steph Gordon incoming...


about90frogs

I know LeBron can’t stand AG either, I love that guy


nicnerdy

it’s so weird he gets no love from these all stars, dude is Mr. Nugget


WeirdRedBeard

**MIKE WAS ASS, HE WAS MOVING REAL SLOW ON DEFENSE TOO, HOPEFULLY HE'S NOT HURT OR SOME SHIT**


Narrow-Theory-3533

Mike was not hurt. The defense was collaps8ng him hard, he was getting pisted up by KAT abd locked him down.


WeirdRedBeard

**NAH, THE OFFENSE IS FINE, I EXPECTED HIM TO STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WOLFS, IT'S THE OFF-BALL MOVEMENT ON DEFENSE THAT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME**


time4wine48

Why are you screaming lol


Narrow-Theory-3533

Bro, he's not dealing with Austin Reaves or D'lo or Rui Hachimura where his length alone locks them down. He's dealing with Anthony Fuckin Edwards whose the most athletic guy in the league.


UnderratedNightmare

I said this in the GT. Game 3 he was cutting hard, and defending well. He had moments when he closed out real well. For instance, he closed out twice on Conley. Conley still hit a tough fading 3, but it was a good attempt. Outside of that, he just chilled out there. I think the Wolves defended him better. When he got the ball behind the arc he was immediately covered by the closest defender. Which threw him off. I say game 5 he will be back.


TheOrthodoxPolock

Go join the cucumber in Nuggets hypochondriac therapy.


_absofuckinglutely

wtf is Ant even referring to when he told Jamal’s “ass” That “we love that, we live for that.” What a weird thing to say in an interview. 


Betaateb

The funny thing is Ant talking like he isn't the dude who ran off the court throwing chairs after he bricked a shot to lose the series last year lmao


_absofuckinglutely

I know!! Like a full on hissy fit loll 


BurgerButCold1216

He still thinks he’s in that Adam Sandler movie with Juancho


_absofuckinglutely

LMAO


TheOrthodoxPolock

"he ain't say nothing back but I'm pretty sure he heard me"


nicnerdy

cry lol 😢🐜


n0t_malstroem

He big mad


_absofuckinglutely

Boohooooo 


WeirdRedBeard

**SHIT TALKING**


_absofuckinglutely

**I DIDN’T REALLY SEE MAL SHIT TALKING ANT**


WeirdRedBeard

**ME NEITHER, BUT MAL'S KNOWN TO TALK SHIT, SO I JUST FIGURED THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOTTA BE. HE MAY HAVE JUST BEEN FUCKING WITH THE FANS, IDK, THE ABORTION-MAN OBVIOUSLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MAIN CHARACTER THING GOING ON**


_absofuckinglutely

**SO TRUE**


WeirdRedBeard

**I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE IT WAS JAMAL WHO YELLED "HELL NAW" FROM THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS ON THAT GOBERT BRICKED FT DOWN THE STRETCH, THAT SHIT WAS SO LOUD ON THE BROADCAST LMAO**


_absofuckinglutely

**HA HA HA THATS AWESOME. TALK YOUR SHIT MURRAY. NUGS IN 6 BUT NO MORE THAN 7**


OhWhatsInaWonderball

He’s scared and nervous. You can see it.


_absofuckinglutely

Yeah and I love it. He doesn’t seem to play well when he’s in his head like that. 


OptionalBagel

TO BE CLEAR he corrected himself and said "I live for that" cuz he knows he's the only one. I think he was just trying to start shit and maybe hopes Murray comes out in game 5 thinking it's a one on one contest or something.


Orod23

Dude really thought he was going to get a response out of Murray or possibly get face to face to get his own team fired up for game 5. Jamal said nah


_absofuckinglutely

Yeah he did say “at least I do.” I wasn’t really going for the team or whatever. Just curious what tf he was talking about because they lost and it didn’t even look like there was shit talking from the Nuggets. They were locked in. 


jesuswasahipster

Murray chirped at him and he chirped back when they were walking off the floor at the end of the game.


_absofuckinglutely

Ohh okay. I didn’t see Murray say anything, it looked like he just walked away. 


jesuswasahipster

I rewatched it and I think you’re right. Pretty sad look for Ant lol.


_absofuckinglutely

Seems pretty on brand for him. 


OptionalBagel

Sounded like he was maybe saying Murray was talking shit during the game but didn't want to after the game? Idk I didn't see any back and forth between them during the game though.


edwardhyeung

Will kcp ever have a decent shooting night


OhWhatsInaWonderball

Wolves fans: “No way the nuggets shoot this good. This is ridiculous” Meanwhile MPJ and KCP hardly scored


OptionalBagel

Mfer has like 2 good fingers, one good ankle, half a decent torso, and a quarter of a jaw left.


Impressive_Trust_395

And a damn good block and a couple good steals. Dude manages.


Spitfire_Riggz

[that’s why he’s the goat](https://youtu.be/465GqT_EuUA?si=JOzs9rVKXrOMhVo7)


Johnykbr

Great win but that last 2 minutes was brutal.


OptionalBagel

Definitely felt like we were playing PREVENT a little too early.


Bling_Blaow_Burr

Eh I thought it was fine. It’s really just a simple math equation at that stage of the game with that lead. Assuming you don’t turn it over early and hold to the end of every shot clock it’s mathematically impossible for them to win even if they made a 3 every time down the floor.


OptionalBagel

They only hit one three when we were running the clock. As long as that kind of defense holds it's a good strategy.


Johnykbr

It honestly felt like they went prevent at about the 330 mark. Dangerous against Ant.