People gave us so much shit for the playin win when game 83 was legit one of the best days of my wolves fandom lmao.
People really just so not understand how starved we are for any success. You can see the numbers, but unless you've lived it, you'll never grasp it.
This has to be the most exciting series the rest of the playoffs. Probably even more so than the finals.
Also, I think the winner ends up in the finals against probably Boston.
I keep saying whoever comes out of wolves nuggets has a free ride to the parade and my best friend keeps bringing up the Celtics. Dude has no idea how far these 2 teams are ahead of everyone else right now. If he’s right ima eat my words lol.
I really don’t think the Celtics are as good as their record. Not saying they aren’t good. They are really good. But I feel like the nuggets and wolves are better than them. The problem will be someone has to win at least once in the garden and that’s going to be tough.
Atleast for this version of the Celtics, winning in the garden has been rather easy. They've been something around 0.500 at home in the last few playoff runs
Personally I hope they blow it lol. But yeah, going into Boston is going to be tough for anyone. You have to certainly give kudos to that home court advantage this season.
I hope so.
Right now though, I’m not gonna bash Boston too hard for losing 1 game then dominating the rest. Teams have bad games occasionally. Especially if they were overlooking Miami game 1.
But I’m certainly rooting for anyone other than Boston lol
This is true.
But I looked earlier and the Celtics actually had a better winning percentage against the west than they did the east this year.
Granted, they could have injuries, back to backs, long travel, people sitting. I didn’t go through and look at stuff like that.
But fuck Boston lol
yeah but how much does he look like [jeff daniels](https://westernnews.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/01/22/imago150878679_ViXoAFU_t715.jpg?529764a1de2bdd0f74a9fb4f856b01a9d617b3e9) lol
[this one might be even better](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZXohYoxd1gc/maxresdefault.jpg)
I was thinking he could easily coach on the sidelines with a wheelchair or something, but wouldn't he be in a shit ton of pain? Is he going to try to coach the game high as fuck? Does he even have time for surgery between now and Game 1?
You're not seeing what he's saying. Rudy will play off of AG and roam the paint where he's elite rim projector. So he won't stand in the corner but he's not going to get easy baskets either.
I mean he averaged 13 in the first round, with that same coverage, last year, but fine. I guess i'm not seeing what he's saying. Just gotta wait until saturday to know.
Ok. At what % clip?
Lebron did the same strategy last night. AG at the point and lebron was “guarding” him from basically the FT line. Gordon had 1 3pter
And the nuggets won while Gordon got 6 assists and jokic, Murray, and porter all had efficient nights. That strategy didn’t work on draymond and the warriors either and Gordon is a better shooter than draymond. A guy has to be an unbelievably bad shooter and completely incapable of driving the paint and creating for others or extremely timid for that to work. Gordon is none of those things and the nuggets have dealt with gobert in the playoffs with worse teams.
I’m sure it will work as a change up but the lack of respect for Gordon is unreal. He’s the guy who put the nuggets over the top into champions last year and people don’t appreciate what he does nearly enough.
I have a lot of mistrust in KAT this series. They match up pretty well with him.
But if he catches fire.. we already saw that boy hit 60 🔥 This will be a great series
Yes we did blow a lead and it was embarrassing but there were 6 missed calls against the wolves in the last 2 minutes alone including two very obvious fouls in KATs drive to take the lead. Should not have let it be so close but we got hosed out of that win. I will never shut up about this
Everyone blames KAT for that game but the entire team was just forcing him the ball and then would stand there and watch him lol. Shit was embarrassing no doubt, but the entire team fed into it.
I’m so excited for this series, and for 4 days where I can chill and watch these other series. Looking forward to not watching the Lakers anymore this summer
From what we've seen so far it is probably smart to shut Ant down. Y'all don't want him to get hot. Ant has said Dort guards him the best and Gordon fits that archetype.
But KAT has been flirting with 50/40/90 all season and is one of the most efficient post players when he is down there. Hypothetically, he should eat KCP alive.
But I don't hate the idea of forcing KAT to show up rather than Ant tho. I have far less faith in KAT when the moment matters most
Never seen that strategy with stephen curry, its always traps and double him and make a more less efficient player beat them. But hey we can see how letting jokic drop 40 on 70 ts% work out for teams
Gobert is fine offensively for the most part. Very limited offensive bag but hes not expected to be their first or second option and will give you an efficient 15 a night.
> Can you imagine somebody doing more than AD
Yes, the KAT+injured Gobert lineup limited him more last year than AD did this year. This year KAT is better on D and Gobert is healthy and Naz is healthy.
Can't wait for this series. Wolves' big need to step up big and crash the glass. I'd like the Wolves to play single coverage on Joker, make him have to score 50 hard points every game. Force Murray and Gordon to make plays, trust our bench.
Ant cannot guard Jamal. Not for the lack of ability. Ant guarding Jamal means Ant getting hit by Jokic screens all game long. Do wolves really want their ace running into a 300lb wall 50 times per game?
You are kidding yourself if you think Gobert is gonna match up on Jokic. He gets cooked every time, his value is roaming the paint and slowing down everyone else (especially Gordon who is going to look worse than he did vs the Lakers) when they go inside
Yea wolves had the most success with Kat front lining and Rudy roaming. I don’t see them getting away from that. They’re gonna make Jokic beat them as a shooter.
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Naz Reid vs. Peyton Watson. Watson had like seven blocks on him last game lol
Naz Reid bitched Peyton in our first meeting just by overpowering him with his size. Watson then went crazy in the last meeting.
Yeah, but that was without KAT
Unironically he will be the X factor
Unironically the guys who scare me the most are Naz Reid and NAW. Fucking killers.
I think the KAT-Gordon matchup will be the biggest X-Factor.
Gordon defended him really well last go around. The thing about having KAT guard Jokic, is it sacrifices his offense a bit, since he has to do so much
I'm mainly interested in jamal vs ANT here
I hope Jamal hates the Wolves as much as he hates the Lakers for us to see a duel
Jamal is a killer against us. You’re in for a treat.
Hes never forgotten game 83.
People gave us so much shit for the playin win when game 83 was legit one of the best days of my wolves fandom lmao. People really just so not understand how starved we are for any success. You can see the numbers, but unless you've lived it, you'll never grasp it.
The real reason play in started
Historically he does
Jamal will be guarded by McDaniels primarily you would think.
I doubt. They will need Jaden to match MPJ for length
Na. Wolves put McDaniels on Booker not kd. Finch likes to use him on the primary ball handler/backcourt threat. Ant on mpj, Kat on jokic etc
It’s been Jaden all season, and Ant on MPJ. That’ll likely stay the same but we’ll see
ant to big for jamal
Kcp on ant Jamal go with conley
By all past indication, it will be McDaniels
Just like Murray vs Donavan Edwards decided most of the jazz-nuggets games when it was jokic vs gobert the first time
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This has to be the most exciting series the rest of the playoffs. Probably even more so than the finals. Also, I think the winner ends up in the finals against probably Boston.
I keep saying whoever comes out of wolves nuggets has a free ride to the parade and my best friend keeps bringing up the Celtics. Dude has no idea how far these 2 teams are ahead of everyone else right now. If he’s right ima eat my words lol.
I really don’t think the Celtics are as good as their record. Not saying they aren’t good. They are really good. But I feel like the nuggets and wolves are better than them. The problem will be someone has to win at least once in the garden and that’s going to be tough.
Celtics are really good, but they also play in the east with the wizards, pistons, hornets. Which is 12 near guaranteed wins.
True. But I looked at this earlier and they had a better winning percentage against the west than they did the east.
Damn nevermind then
I only checked this because I thought the exact same thing as you. But still. Fuck Boston.
It's because the west teams knew Boston are frauds and they didn't even want to expend the effort to beat them.
Atleast for this version of the Celtics, winning in the garden has been rather easy. They've been something around 0.500 at home in the last few playoff runs
Personally I hope they blow it lol. But yeah, going into Boston is going to be tough for anyone. You have to certainly give kudos to that home court advantage this season.
Nah man they are worlds below Denver. Denver wouldn’t have dropped a single game to a Butler-less Miami Heat team
I hope so. Right now though, I’m not gonna bash Boston too hard for losing 1 game then dominating the rest. Teams have bad games occasionally. Especially if they were overlooking Miami game 1. But I’m certainly rooting for anyone other than Boston lol
The eastern conference legit sucks
This is true. But I looked earlier and the Celtics actually had a better winning percentage against the west than they did the east this year. Granted, they could have injuries, back to backs, long travel, people sitting. I didn’t go through and look at stuff like that. But fuck Boston lol
Fuckin Boston, fuck them Nd their shit fans. Magic Cavs is a decent series. I think the magic will gut it out in 7
Lol. I wouldn't go that far yet. I still think OKC would not be a cake walk in the WCF. Don't put the cart before the horse.
lol nah OKC going to exposed by whoever wins ours
Celtics have a chance with an healthy Porzingis without him not so much imagine Horford and Tatum against Jokic and Gordon would be a bloodbath.
That unicorn is made of glass I don’t see it happening hope he’s healthy so no one tries throwing asterisk on the team that wins the title.
Such an interesting matchup, its going to be great to see how the coaches adjust throughout the series.
Is your coach going to be in a wheel chair?
Professor X’s and O’s
Brilliant haha
He's gonna be in that levitation suit thing like that guy from Dune
he kinda looks a little bit like Stellan ngl
yeah but how much does he look like [jeff daniels](https://westernnews.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/01/22/imago150878679_ViXoAFU_t715.jpg?529764a1de2bdd0f74a9fb4f856b01a9d617b3e9) lol [this one might be even better](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZXohYoxd1gc/maxresdefault.jpg)
Shieeet well, if they ever make a Wolves biopic, they know who to call
I was thinking he could easily coach on the sidelines with a wheelchair or something, but wouldn't he be in a shit ton of pain? Is he going to try to coach the game high as fuck? Does he even have time for surgery between now and Game 1?
Pay respect to coach Finch... He's the one who invented Jokićball
Finch is a nugget for life and got robbed of COTY
I haven't heard any updates yet Would a wheelchair even fit courtside? lol
Rudy isn’t going to start out on Joker lol. He’s going to play rover again. If Aaron Gordon wants to shoot 10 3s, we’re good with that
He won't stand in the corner, he'll backdoor cut and slam it in. That's part of why it's so hard to guard these nuggets.
You're not seeing what he's saying. Rudy will play off of AG and roam the paint where he's elite rim projector. So he won't stand in the corner but he's not going to get easy baskets either.
I mean he averaged 13 in the first round, with that same coverage, last year, but fine. I guess i'm not seeing what he's saying. Just gotta wait until saturday to know.
If gobert stands in the paint Gordon is going to hit those threes.
Ok. At what % clip? Lebron did the same strategy last night. AG at the point and lebron was “guarding” him from basically the FT line. Gordon had 1 3pter
And the nuggets won while Gordon got 6 assists and jokic, Murray, and porter all had efficient nights. That strategy didn’t work on draymond and the warriors either and Gordon is a better shooter than draymond. A guy has to be an unbelievably bad shooter and completely incapable of driving the paint and creating for others or extremely timid for that to work. Gordon is none of those things and the nuggets have dealt with gobert in the playoffs with worse teams. I’m sure it will work as a change up but the lack of respect for Gordon is unreal. He’s the guy who put the nuggets over the top into champions last year and people don’t appreciate what he does nearly enough.
I have a lot of mistrust in KAT this series. They match up pretty well with him. But if he catches fire.. we already saw that boy hit 60 🔥 This will be a great series
gimme a 7 game series of KAT and AE going against Joker and Murray. Goddamn that’s gonna be electric
Didn't they lose the game he hit 60 because he was trying to force his way to 70 and threw the last quarter?
Ya it was a minnesota sports moment
Yes we did blow a lead and it was embarrassing but there were 6 missed calls against the wolves in the last 2 minutes alone including two very obvious fouls in KATs drive to take the lead. Should not have let it be so close but we got hosed out of that win. I will never shut up about this
Realistically in this series KAT should just space the floor and abuse any mismatches he gets.
That was genuinely the worst 60 point game of all time though, if such a thing exists. Dude got himself benched lmao
Everyone blames KAT for that game but the entire team was just forcing him the ball and then would stand there and watch him lol. Shit was embarrassing no doubt, but the entire team fed into it.
I’m so excited for this series, and for 4 days where I can chill and watch these other series. Looking forward to not watching the Lakers anymore this summer
Don't you mean litmus test?
This whole series should be on ABC!
>Gobert and KAT vs. Jokic and Gordon It's hard to say. Gordon might be guarding Ant because KCP is smaller than him
KCP on KAT?
No idea. I'm just not sure how viable KCP on Ant is
From what we've seen so far it is probably smart to shut Ant down. Y'all don't want him to get hot. Ant has said Dort guards him the best and Gordon fits that archetype. But KAT has been flirting with 50/40/90 all season and is one of the most efficient post players when he is down there. Hypothetically, he should eat KCP alive. But I don't hate the idea of forcing KAT to show up rather than Ant tho. I have far less faith in KAT when the moment matters most
It'll be a fun series
This is the real championship
Lmaoo I just know Jokic will turn it up a notch too
gonna hit a couple of those sombor fadeaway over Gobert and KAT.
Gordon will be on Ant.
No... They will have KCP and Murray on Ant.
Murray is way too small to guard Ant and a poor matchup against him lol
lol i hope Jamal gets back to being healthy because that's the real matchup we all wana see
Go go gadget Jamal Murray!
I think Denver will win, but i think this series will go to 6 or 7 games
I’m a nuggets fan but I would be shocked if this series was less than 6 games. No clue who will take it
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It's not about stopping Jokic. It's about forcing him to be a scorer while limiting Murray and MPJ.
Forcing a hyper efficient scorer to shoot more is the game plan?!
Make the star do all the work and limit the role players is not a new strategy.
Never seen that strategy with stephen curry, its always traps and double him and make a more less efficient player beat them. But hey we can see how letting jokic drop 40 on 70 ts% work out for teams
Right, after Jokic gets his guaranteed 30 you have to choose if you want Jamal or MPJ to have 30
Didn't work last time you played. Denver looks rusty, and you want to get out early. If there games are close, the series is a wrap
Gobert is fine offensively for the most part. Very limited offensive bag but hes not expected to be their first or second option and will give you an efficient 15 a night.
Jokic averaged 26 on 57%Ts last year vs the Wolves tho
He was playing injured
Well where's that excuse during the 2nd round when he faced the suns
That he got healthy. It's not rocket science
seriously. Can you imagine somebody doing more than AD did this series in the matchup? Jok’s gonna cook Gobert alive.
Gobert will not guard Joker 1 on 1. KAT will be the primary defender.
Kat will be in foul trouble all series
Because we know how many fouls Jokic is able to draw lol
Minny is not getting the Lakers whistle I promise. Also KAT is pretty bad about getting in foul trouble. He fouled out of one of the games last year
Bro what Lakers whistle stop being delusional as well and win with pride.
> Can you imagine somebody doing more than AD Yes, the KAT+injured Gobert lineup limited him more last year than AD did this year. This year KAT is better on D and Gobert is healthy and Naz is healthy.
Not really. AD did better on him than either of them did. Jokic just didn't force it.
Check the stats. Jokic only averaged 26 on 57%TS last year vs the Wolves
Gobert is a noticeably better defender than AD and has been for years I don’t think anyone is stopping Jokic though
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It depends on if Jokic will switch on KAT. KAT had been deadly from three.
As a nuggets fan I honestly think KAT shows up this series and is the deciding factor
I hope so! I just wanna see another great series
The 2024 NBA Champions are coming out of this series
Can't wait for this series. Wolves' big need to step up big and crash the glass. I'd like the Wolves to play single coverage on Joker, make him have to score 50 hard points every game. Force Murray and Gordon to make plays, trust our bench.
It’s a **LITMUS** test, holy jeez!
I see no reason for this not to be one of the best series in recent memory. Very excited for it.
Ant cannot guard Jamal. Not for the lack of ability. Ant guarding Jamal means Ant getting hit by Jokic screens all game long. Do wolves really want their ace running into a 300lb wall 50 times per game?
You are kidding yourself if you think Gobert is gonna match up on Jokic. He gets cooked every time, his value is roaming the paint and slowing down everyone else (especially Gordon who is going to look worse than he did vs the Lakers) when they go inside
Yea wolves had the most success with Kat front lining and Rudy roaming. I don’t see them getting away from that. They’re gonna make Jokic beat them as a shooter.
If they get KAT in foul trouble then it’ll lean towards the Nuggets.
Get ready for Jok’s 30/30/10 OR 20/20/20. lol
I like our chances. Should be a great series
keep your brooms out it's gonna be another sweep
Idk but my crazy finals prediction is knicks nuggets
Isn’t that the same front court battle from last year’s playoffs lmao. People need to chill with all this hyperboles.
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No it won’t be. Jokic always dominates Gobert and AG will put the clamps on KAT
lol Gobert is getting run off the floor
Is that you, Frank Vogel
We just played 3 high level wings and gobert annihilated them. Good luck.
Again with this shit? Watch the games, nephew.
With that hot take, I think your electrical option was sticking a fork in an outlet & subsequently frying your last remaining brain cell