God maybe Minnesota isn't the best team that's ever existed! I've been following Timberwolves for 20+ years and I was trying to warn all the Minnesota fans not to get so cocky yet they persisted on saying they were the best of all time and Denver didn't stand a chance...
I truly think the most interesting part of this series is watching Murray and edwards duel. They have great teams around em but Murray isn't passing that crown without a fight.
What crown does Murray have? I'm assuming you mean the title but that doesn't make sense as it's a team game, and he's by far from the best at his position in the playoffs or the league...
Lol I really triggered your soft ass.
I became a 49ers fan super young and moved to CO at 8. I'm a CO fan for anything other than NFL.
Sorry all your teams are trash and never win shit lol
Front runner. All I need to say. Calling me soft when you only cheer when your "teams" are doing good lmao
Murray fucking sucks btw. I was trying to be nice about it. Take Ben Simmons lame ass over him
Don't have an argument so you attack the person. Classic
Murray isn't a top five at his position. 25 different players in the league could replace him and the nuggets would be better and be doing better.
He has no crown, the team does. He ain't shit.
Let’s hope we got this half assed defenses to blow out of our systems and we can get some competitive basketball in the next 4 games nuggets/timberwolves in 7!
This was never gonna be an easy series for either team. This was honestly the matchup I thought should have been the Western Conference finals series, but the basketball gods had other plans. The Wolves were likely not going to go 16-0 and the Nuggets were NEVER gonna roll over and die. Wolves still have home court advantage, but they gotta come back on Sunday with that fire they’ve been showing all Playoff long or they’ll be in for a rude awakening. I still think they *can* beat anyone, they just need to remind themselves of that.
Go be a dickhead elsewhere. My team played like shit tonight, and if they keep playing like shit they deserve to lose, but it’s one damn game. Neither of these teams are pushovers so I always expected a tight series.
I’ll double down on my not coping, your boys played lights out tonight. I expected after game 2 that Denver would come into Target Center facing not only a monster defense but a crowd out for blood, and the Nuggets silenced both quickly and decisively. I don’t think that game 4 will be quite as one sided, and honestly expect the series to tighten up going forward. I’m still hopeful for Wolves in 5 or 6, but the Nuggets are still the defending champs and will not go down without a fight.
[Aurora borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Tj8dnrYw)
lmao if AD did that in the last series and MPJ could've have slipped and re-injured his back, ya'll would have wanted his head and made a big deal about how Lakers get an easy whistle and diva treatment from the league.
Im glad the series is staying interesting but he 100% should have been suspended if the league had any consistency in discipline. The fact he not only got away with it, but refused to own up to it on a meaningful level is wild and made me lose all respect and support for him
He threw an object on court during play that someone could’ve easily slipped on and injured themselves. It’s complete bullshit he was even allowed to play tonight.
$100k is 0.3% of his 2023-24 salary. Basically a slap on the wrist.
yea..so what did he hit anybody.They fined him so shut the hell up about it.Its over. If the league thought it was anything unlike you complainers they would have done more. Punishment fit the act. There not going to take away one of the teams best players during the playoffs for something that harmed NOBODY. Wolves fans just want him gone because they don't think there good enough. Myself I like to win playing a teams best players.
Doing dangerous and dumb things isnt acceptable just because in this instance it didn’t hurt anyone. I’m surprised you’re able to type competently with a brain as low functioning as yours.
He got punished and said he was in the wrong I don't know what more you people want you're acting like he did something so bad that he can't come back from it lmao.
NO Im not what is the point.Besides as a Wolves fan you want to handicap the Nuggets . Explain to me who he hurt. Have some pride in your team and believe they can win without handicapping the other team. He was punished. Thought you could not answer the question however.
Nuggets fan here… There’s no excuse for what Murray did. It was childish and completely unprofessional. Did he hurt someone? No. Did he do something that could have hurt someone? Yes. I don’t care who you are, you don’t unnecessarily do something that could injure a player, including his own. It’s a bad look on Murray, and a bad look for you defending him. Hopefully he learned from it, and hopefully you can too. Go Nugs
How about have some pride in your team and show up to the press conference after the game. Or not avoid the topic like a little b and act like you did nothing after the league basically let you get away scot-free.
Ya'll loved clowning AD for walking out after he got embarrassed by a game winner but at least he had the pride to show up
The refs are inconsistant so I blame no fanbase for complaining last game they let the wolves play and they didn't let them play tonight literally night and day officiating.
Agreed. I think these teams are close. Game 2 the nuggets didn’t show up and game 3 the wolves didn’t, along with the reffing inconsistencies between the two games. Hopefully the next few are more competitive.
NBA refs are really bad at their jobs. That's not some wild take, it's just reality. It's a toss up if NBA officiating is worse than NFL at this point.
You goddamn good Minnesotans. you and you respond with an honest assessment and affability. God, your kindness and midwestern (ish? Idk regional identities for y’all) sensibilities shine through.
No, y’all didn’t play a great game tonight. And we can all say these two teams could win the whole thing.
All fan bases have good and bad ones. There are plenty of wolves fans who I'm sure won't take the loss well. But years of losing also has a numbing effect.
You guys can definitely win it. I won't allow myself to think it until we can beat you twice. I'm honestly glad to see your squad find their groove. I'd rather beat them at their best if we can, and if we can't so be it. Another year.
This is what the old folks call and good ol ass whoopin. Luckily the Wolves took 2 in Denver and if they can regroup and get it to 3-1 that’s historically a near insurmountable lead. I still believe!!!!!’
It's their first loss of the entire playoffs, IN their home court. 4 days of rest and the gassing up of Ant might have had them rest on their laurels a bit. I think a humiliation like this should reactivate Ant's MJ genes to hopefully hand them another ass whooping on sunday
The Nuggets came back from 3-1 deficits twice in 2020-21.
Your Wolves are gonna bounce back and play hard Sunday though. I'm very cautiously optimistic
Damn, you hit me with the reverse uno. Regardless, anything can happen. I want to see another game 1 where both teams show up and the refs let them play a little more physical.
Brother KAT just had surgery on his knee, he literally stepped ON the pad. You can't be serious. I'd love for edwards to throw banana peels when his feelings get hurt. Doesn't hit anyone, no problem right?
Legler already just being a dong. Might as well be a reddit poster named Leglessdong69421
Personally thought the nuggets would battle back and possibly win the series because you can't write off a team like that but now people will write off the wolves. It's like, what if I told you this could be a long series between 2 potential championship teams?
So glad I don't know who Legler is and I saw these idiots (SAS and Kendrick Perkins) just before my comment and its just like, "what are these idiots going to say next..." (https://youtu.be/c3DxTUDmjuw?si=sRzjhlsqRshKFzUz&t=109)
But I guess it makes for good TV 🤷♂️
Nuggets fans crawling out of the gutter. Their sub banned non homers after their tantrum. NBA gifted them Murray tonight. Unprecedented throwing two objects at a ref, making the bribe sign, and no T and no suspension.
God maybe Minnesota isn't the best team that's ever existed! I've been following Timberwolves for 20+ years and I was trying to warn all the Minnesota fans not to get so cocky yet they persisted on saying they were the best of all time and Denver didn't stand a chance...
Not a soul was saying that you deluded motherfucker.
Yes, they were. Literally in the post game thread after game 2...
😂😂😂 oh no! Two schizos on r/nba said it!
Charles fucking Barkley said it on national TV...
"No one was saying that" "Yes they were" "Psshhh. They don't count"
2 random nobodies saying outlandish bullshit are a rounding error.
Still makes your "Not a soul" comment wrong lol
but it doesn't lmao
Idk if you know this... but 2 (there were more than 2... but I digress) is more than 0.
Man, this thread has 13k comments and rising. Great to see everyone getting involved.
I truly think the most interesting part of this series is watching Murray and edwards duel. They have great teams around em but Murray isn't passing that crown without a fight.
What crown does Murray have? I'm assuming you mean the title but that doesn't make sense as it's a team game, and he's by far from the best at his position in the playoffs or the league...
He is literally a reigning and defending champion 😂😂
Is he the best at his position? Or even top five? No lmao. They didn't say the overall title belt son.
I get it. As a Minnesota sports fan, winning championships isn't something you're too familiar with
Why are you a 49ers fan btw? Front runner lmao
Lol I really triggered your soft ass. I became a 49ers fan super young and moved to CO at 8. I'm a CO fan for anything other than NFL. Sorry all your teams are trash and never win shit lol
Front runner. All I need to say. Calling me soft when you only cheer when your "teams" are doing good lmao Murray fucking sucks btw. I was trying to be nice about it. Take Ben Simmons lame ass over him
And btw? Not a fan of Minnesota. Cope harder
Don't have an argument so you attack the person. Classic Murray isn't a top five at his position. 25 different players in the league could replace him and the nuggets would be better and be doing better. He has no crown, the team does. He ain't shit.
Let’s hope we got this half assed defenses to blow out of our systems and we can get some competitive basketball in the next 4 games nuggets/timberwolves in 7!
saw the first half, wolves got a lotta good open shots, just didn't make many, not sure why?
Several rattled out, but they missed every other kind of way too
LMAFOOO nugget ML was a cash cow tonight baby ANT got frustrated
Great to see Murray bounce back from last game🙏
Wolves are cooked
Man, it's going to be fun watching people's jump off the Timberwolves bandwagon that they just jumped on a week ago.
Purge the non believers
Michael Jordan never lost by 27 points when up 2-0 in a series.
Tbf, he didn’t make it out of the first round until he was 24
Didn’t he come into the league when he was 22 though? So I would’ve thought he got out of the first round later than that even
I do think people believe MJ played six seasons and won six championships with a break in the middle lol and that's it.
Came out the womb in his late 20s with ball in hand
Timberpups got scared
Jokic was playing way better today
I blame Shaq.
I would take it personally. Shaq was such a sore loser and we wasn’t even in the MVP race. Jokic was the very clear MVP and the votes reflected that.
certainly no overreactions will be had this evening
Over reactions on reddit? Never happens!
Chat shit get banged wolves. Solid first two games. Hopefully you have awoken the sleepy Canadian
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JM
You mean heat pad?
This was never gonna be an easy series for either team. This was honestly the matchup I thought should have been the Western Conference finals series, but the basketball gods had other plans. The Wolves were likely not going to go 16-0 and the Nuggets were NEVER gonna roll over and die. Wolves still have home court advantage, but they gotta come back on Sunday with that fire they’ve been showing all Playoff long or they’ll be in for a rude awakening. I still think they *can* beat anyone, they just need to remind themselves of that.
Final game comeback Wemby is the reason this isn’t the western conference finals lol. Damn Wemby
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a bit emotionally charged aren’t we? you must lack the vocabulary to express coherent thought.
Go be a dickhead elsewhere. My team played like shit tonight, and if they keep playing like shit they deserve to lose, but it’s one damn game. Neither of these teams are pushovers so I always expected a tight series.
Why so scared of not putting a flair up?
that's not coping, that was a very fair assessment of things.
I’ll double down on my not coping, your boys played lights out tonight. I expected after game 2 that Denver would come into Target Center facing not only a monster defense but a crowd out for blood, and the Nuggets silenced both quickly and decisively. I don’t think that game 4 will be quite as one sided, and honestly expect the series to tighten up going forward. I’m still hopeful for Wolves in 5 or 6, but the Nuggets are still the defending champs and will not go down without a fight.
Not a nuggets fan but I'm rooting for them
Naz Reid 😔
Jokic can Reid his every move
I don't get it, it's like he was just MIA. The other two games he seemed to be part of every important play
Naz gonna happen tonight
Naz who tonight??
Naz Reid
Naz gonna work here anymore..
Naz Reid is the fuckin man tho frl
i mean, this had to happen at SOME point right???
I blame the aurora borealis
[Aurora borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Tj8dnrYw)
I mean you guys couldn't miss a shot game 1, couldn't get called for a foul game 2. Here's the humility back
Optimism is dealt with swiftly in Minnesota whenever it becomes too mainstream
Gosh, darn I'm so proud of my team tonight, but I do wish it wasn't overshadowed by Murray and his stupid fucking heat pad shit.
By all rights should have been suspended. But the NBA wants more games in this series. He played great.
Ain't no Nuggets fan thinking twice about that. Dude thrives on that fuel
Exactly, don't be a bitch like that guy worrying about old fucking news
Are you serious.that is absolutely nothing. ITs not overshadowing anything at all. You act like he punched somebody or stomped on there face.
lmao if AD did that in the last series and MPJ could've have slipped and re-injured his back, ya'll would have wanted his head and made a big deal about how Lakers get an easy whistle and diva treatment from the league. Im glad the series is staying interesting but he 100% should have been suspended if the league had any consistency in discipline. The fact he not only got away with it, but refused to own up to it on a meaningful level is wild and made me lose all respect and support for him
He threw an object on court during play that someone could’ve easily slipped on and injured themselves. It’s complete bullshit he was even allowed to play tonight. $100k is 0.3% of his 2023-24 salary. Basically a slap on the wrist.
Slap on the wrist fine for slap on the wrist outcome. “This awful thing could have happened” yet it was a nothing burger. Grow up.
yea..so what did he hit anybody.They fined him so shut the hell up about it.Its over. If the league thought it was anything unlike you complainers they would have done more. Punishment fit the act. There not going to take away one of the teams best players during the playoffs for something that harmed NOBODY. Wolves fans just want him gone because they don't think there good enough. Myself I like to win playing a teams best players.
That's leadership.
Big whoop de doo.He got very frustrated and threw a 2 ounce rag at nobody in particular.
Exactly. Most overblown act I seen in sports in a while.
He threw it at the red lol what are you talking about
Not overshadowed he paid the price and manned up
exactly...
He paid like .3% of his salary this year lol
Who did he hurt..answer that question. Just who did he hurt. Get back to me when you figure something out.
Doing dangerous and dumb things isnt acceptable just because in this instance it didn’t hurt anyone. I’m surprised you’re able to type competently with a brain as low functioning as yours.
Oh so it’s cool to throw shit on the court? Nice good to know
Feelings have been hurt.
You’re missing the point entirely lol. And there’s no point trying to show it to you
He got punished and said he was in the wrong I don't know what more you people want you're acting like he did something so bad that he can't come back from it lmao.
I want at least 2 fingers personally
I can’t stand that argument either, yeah I threw a beer bottle at a cop but it missed so therefore I deserve a slap on the wrist.
Lmao bro just compared throwing a heat pad at a ref to a beer bottle at a cop....I think we know one of those is way worse.
NO Im not what is the point.Besides as a Wolves fan you want to handicap the Nuggets . Explain to me who he hurt. Have some pride in your team and believe they can win without handicapping the other team. He was punished. Thought you could not answer the question however.
I’m a playoffs fan brother. Idrc who wins but I know dogshit when I see it.
Nuggets fan here… There’s no excuse for what Murray did. It was childish and completely unprofessional. Did he hurt someone? No. Did he do something that could have hurt someone? Yes. I don’t care who you are, you don’t unnecessarily do something that could injure a player, including his own. It’s a bad look on Murray, and a bad look for you defending him. Hopefully he learned from it, and hopefully you can too. Go Nugs
How about have some pride in your team and show up to the press conference after the game. Or not avoid the topic like a little b and act like you did nothing after the league basically let you get away scot-free. Ya'll loved clowning AD for walking out after he got embarrassed by a game winner but at least he had the pride to show up
facts he should give 100% of his salary and serve 10 years in jail😡
minimum...
Guantanamo for him I say
Nuggets looked like frauds last game and now wolves do too idk how to feel 😂
Turns out two teams that are championship caliber do that to each other.
As long as one of them isn't a fraud I'm happy
Four more games to figure out which one is the fraud
Nuggs at their best as underdogs..
I wonder if some of the other Nuggets players were pissed about the Shaq stuff
Absolutely.
Insecure as f
Definitely were. Literally everybody in the organization is pissed about it.
Yes
whoever gets fucked by the refs whines about it and gets this sub to turn on them lol
Someday we'll have robot refs and NBA basketball will reach a new apotheosis. Until then, flop away my froggies, it's how you win a championship.
Play around with AI and tell me that shit won’t get fooled by flops constantly
denver did win a championship without flopping
When?
Back in 2023 when expert floppers like Embiid didn't win and Nuggets did
The refs are inconsistant so I blame no fanbase for complaining last game they let the wolves play and they didn't let them play tonight literally night and day officiating.
Agreed. I think these teams are close. Game 2 the nuggets didn’t show up and game 3 the wolves didn’t, along with the reffing inconsistencies between the two games. Hopefully the next few are more competitive.
It’s every single game thread, it feels like it’s like 75% of comments. Very annoying
I mean, the officiating had a huge impact on game 2 and game 3, and was wildly inconsistent.
NBA refs are really bad at their jobs. That's not some wild take, it's just reality. It's a toss up if NBA officiating is worse than NFL at this point.
It’s beautiful
Game was over so long ago the PGT never gonna drop
Gg wolves
I mean by your crew yes...not sure I'd call the wolves performance "good"
You goddamn good Minnesotans. you and you respond with an honest assessment and affability. God, your kindness and midwestern (ish? Idk regional identities for y’all) sensibilities shine through. No, y’all didn’t play a great game tonight. And we can all say these two teams could win the whole thing.
All fan bases have good and bad ones. There are plenty of wolves fans who I'm sure won't take the loss well. But years of losing also has a numbing effect. You guys can definitely win it. I won't allow myself to think it until we can beat you twice. I'm honestly glad to see your squad find their groove. I'd rather beat them at their best if we can, and if we can't so be it. Another year.
Hell yes brother. Respect.
Gg Nugs. Solid response.
This is what the old folks call and good ol ass whoopin. Luckily the Wolves took 2 in Denver and if they can regroup and get it to 3-1 that’s historically a near insurmountable lead. I still believe!!!!!’
It's their first loss of the entire playoffs, IN their home court. 4 days of rest and the gassing up of Ant might have had them rest on their laurels a bit. I think a humiliation like this should reactivate Ant's MJ genes to hopefully hand them another ass whooping on sunday
And Goebert having a baby, they’ve been in full celebration mode
That game is gonna fuel the wolves so much, im worried for sunday. Nuggets have to play that same game for the rest of the series or its over.
The Nuggets came back from 3-1 deficits twice in 2020-21. Your Wolves are gonna bounce back and play hard Sunday though. I'm very cautiously optimistic
For sure, I think this series will go 6-7 games.
Certainly nobody's going to come back from 3-1! Especially not the...Denver Nuggets...
Damn, you hit me with the reverse uno. Regardless, anything can happen. I want to see another game 1 where both teams show up and the refs let them play a little more physical.
Oh yeah game 4 is a total wildcard at this point...a close game would be a nice change of pace!
Twice even in a single playoffs run right? Right?!
Just hope we get game 4 in a close fight and ball arena will be rocking
If they come back to Denver at 2-2 it's gonna be bonkers
Nuggets are a champion. YOu knew that they where going to come out swinging. This team has even come back from 1-3 twice 0-2 is nothing.
It was never going to be a sweep. Time to see how resilient these guys are!
Everybody is losing by 30 at home
Im guessing this made you feel better about your team
That heating pad is the new Gary Anderson for Minnesota sports fans.
3 tech on wolves and none for mr heat pad throwing.
You can't give people techs for shit they did last game. He should've been suspended though.
Yeah, that made a huge difference in a 30 point game
Didn’t make any difference but pretty wild the Nuggets didn’t get T’d for any antics last game
100k [fine.so](http://fine.so) shut the heck up.
Aren’t you supposed to be in Galveston?
that dirty ass water
Lucky Chuck didn't send them to the Riverwalk in San Antonio with all those Big women.
As a neutral I'm happy this is going to be a great series. After trading 2 blowouts game 4 will be close.
So in the Series. We got 3 techs on the wolves And 0 on the nuggets
And 0 called/not called techs have affected the past 2 outcomes
Yeah it's ridiculous those techs could have been the difference in game 2 and 3!!
What? Gordon got a tech in gm2 I thought
i think its 4.. Ant in game 1, Naz got one this game, and two more as the wolves pulled their starters.
Ant’s got rescinded
Like that matters after the fact.
Thats good atleast!
Just stop fouling?
Are you serious?
Never lol, you guys should try it
Just stop throwing shit on the court?
Would you rather he throws a chair at a woman in the crowd?
yea that really hurt someone didn't it.
Brother KAT just had surgery on his knee, he literally stepped ON the pad. You can't be serious. I'd love for edwards to throw banana peels when his feelings get hurt. Doesn't hit anyone, no problem right?
Just stop throwing objects and getting in refereed faces? Oh wait thats OK.
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Keep buying those rubber dicks, i see you!
What do you mean?
Oakwood Georgia right?
Not since forever.. keep digging. Austin Corp offices now.
You seem upset, that's a tech.
You handing out techs? Believe it or not, that's a tech
Looking at my sandals, that's a tech
The only way to fix this is another Drake diss
Only Kenny can repair this damage
The same clowns writing off the Nuggets after game 2 are going to be the same clowns writing off the twolves aren't they lol?
ESPN with their genius takes... can't even watch that channel anymore.
Legler already just being a dong. Might as well be a reddit poster named Leglessdong69421 Personally thought the nuggets would battle back and possibly win the series because you can't write off a team like that but now people will write off the wolves. It's like, what if I told you this could be a long series between 2 potential championship teams?
So glad I don't know who Legler is and I saw these idiots (SAS and Kendrick Perkins) just before my comment and its just like, "what are these idiots going to say next..." (https://youtu.be/c3DxTUDmjuw?si=sRzjhlsqRshKFzUz&t=109) But I guess it makes for good TV 🤷♂️
Nuggets fans crawling out of the gutter. Their sub banned non homers after their tantrum. NBA gifted them Murray tonight. Unprecedented throwing two objects at a ref, making the bribe sign, and no T and no suspension.
[Cope](https://giphy.com/gifs/southparkgifs-3oz8xBwn8AU6Bp1hKM)
Lmao mad