2026 First Round Playoffs Thread: Minnesota vs Denver

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upnorthkid said:
welp on to game 4 down 2-1 then lol

We know how much foster loves the wolves
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Yup, guaranteed bizarre calls.

I was debating not watching. I think Denver also thinks he hates them. However, I just don’t want to watch one of his games because I always get angry instead of entertained.
 





Jaden making all the hand wringers about his comments see what he meant

We have our first foster sighting with the terrible block call on ant. Keep playing D. Denver doesn’t want that smoke early
 



23 point lead for the Timberwolves. What is going on here. Denver can't do anything on Defense.
 





40 FTA by the Nuggets and they still had to throw in the towel with 4 minutes left.
 





fan of Ray Williams said:
40 FTA by the Nuggets and they still had to throw in the towel with 4 minutes left.
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If I'm a Nuggets fan, I'm obviously concerned with how poorly they shot the ball, but I'm more than a little annoyed that they chose to quit with 4:10 on the clock and possession of the ball down by 17. The game was likely over at that point, but it certainly wasn't out of reach, especially with some of the dumb shots the Wolves were taking.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
If I'm a Nuggets fan, I'm obviously concerned with how poorly they shot the ball, but I'm more than a little annoyed that they chose to quit with 4:10 on the clock and possession of the ball down by 17. The game was likely over at that point, but it certainly wasn't out of reach, especially with some of the dumb shots the Wolves were taking.
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Tbh they beat us last night with Joker off the floor.

The part I’m worried about if I’m a nuggets fan is we shot like shit from the outside as well and still won by 17, especially with ant only playing 24 mins
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
If I'm a Nuggets fan, I'm obviously concerned with how poorly they shot the ball, but I'm more than a little annoyed that they chose to quit with 4:10 on the clock and possession of the ball down by 17. The game was likely over at that point, but it certainly wasn't out of reach, especially with some of the dumb shots the Wolves were taking.
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Really a lot to this game for Denver to think about.. Edwards only played 24 minutes and Nuggets still got blown out.
Braun with 24 minutes and didn’t make ONE FG
Jokic 7-26 and Rudy never getting double team help
Ayo off the bench was gigantic.
Naz with only 5 off the bench. If that happened pre-Ayo Wolves are beat.
McDaniels having his way going to the basket and bothering Murray into a 5 of 17 night.
That box score for Denver starters is unreal.
Absolutely no idea what happens next game, but if I were a Nugget fan, would be in the dumps over this game and to what you mentioned. Honestly thought there was too much time left to surrender.
Sidenote: seeing Edwards grabbing at that knee is not a good sign.
 


Breakin' The Plane said:
If I'm a Nuggets fan, I'm obviously concerned with how poorly they shot the ball, but I'm more than a little annoyed that they chose to quit with 4:10 on the clock and possession of the ball down by 17. The game was likely over at that point, but it certainly wasn't out of reach, especially with some of the dumb shots the Wolves were taking.
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That surprised me as well.
 

Man, gotta admit this is really funny. After McDaniels said his piece, people are now calling them the Enver Nuggets. No D
So funny.
 

They've hounded Murray and Jokic well with great D. Rudy and McDaniels have been outstanding.

But I have to believe that Jokic's injuries from earlier in the year are still nagging him. He is not the MVP Jokic from past years. He's looked cooked.
 

How poetic was McDaniels dunking on the Nuggets and then they call timeout to give up. That’s too cool.
 

Some posters are hilarious.
Christian Braun after making a 1st quarter shot and celebrating in one of the other games. Oh my gosh! I can’t stop laughing.
 

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I think if you went out today and had a big pile of t-shirts printed that simply said, "They All Bad Defenders" and sold them in the Skyway on Saturday night for $5 above cost, you'd turn yourself a mighty nice profit.
 

Oatmeal Savage said:
They've hounded Murray and Jokic well with great D. Rudy and McDaniels have been outstanding.

But I have to believe that Jokic's injuries from earlier in the year are still nagging him. He is not the MVP Jokic from past years. He's looked cooked.
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They are hounding them, but I can't believe how pathetic Jokic has looked. He looks tired and slow.

We never block his shot and that's happening frequently. He can't make a 3 to save his life and it seems he always hits 3's against us.

I've been reading a little bit of nuggets message boards and they are even turning on Jokic.

Their fanbase hates Braun. He makes 25 million a year.

I am stunned how slow and old the nuggets are looking and I love it.

I didn't even think we played overly well, either.

Need to bury them tomorrow.
 

kg21 said:
They are hounding them, but I can't believe how pathetic Jokic has looked. He looks tired and slow.

We never block his shot and that's happening frequently. He can't make a 3 to save his life and it seems he always hits 3's against us.

I've been reading a little bit of nuggets message boards and they are even turning on Jokic.

Their fanbase hates Braun. He makes 25 million a year.

I am stunned how slow and old the nuggets are looking and I love it.

I didn't even think we played overly well, either.

Need to bury them tomorrow.
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its the joy of casual fans watching and not realizing how hard Rudy is making Joker work and how often Finch is involving Joker on defense in the pick and roll. Hats off to Naz and co for also just not giving it to Joker when Rudy rests.

Rudy is constantly pushing Joker out further and making him work to get his post position. That wears down anyone, but especially someone who's almost 300# (kind of crazy he has like 30 pounds on Rudy but he doesn't give him any position easy)
 


Ayo shot chart from last night.
Just going to the basket constantly and getting inside the paint.
 

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upnorthkid said:
its the joy of casual fans watching and not realizing how hard Rudy is making Joker work and how often Finch is involving Joker on defense in the pick and roll. Hats off to Naz and co for also just not giving it to Joker when Rudy rests.

Rudy is constantly pushing Joker out further and making him work to get his post position. That wears down anyone, but especially someone who's almost 300# (kind of crazy he has like 30 pounds on Rudy but he doesn't give him any position easy)
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but we've never really been able to stop him before.

It's weird.
 

kg21 said:
They are hounding them, but I can't believe how pathetic Jokic has looked. He looks tired and slow.

We never block his shot and that's happening frequently. He can't make a 3 to save his life and it seems he always hits 3's against us.

I've been reading a little bit of nuggets message boards and they are even turning on Jokic.

Their fanbase hates Braun. He makes 25 million a year.

I am stunned how slow and old the nuggets are looking and I love it.

I didn't even think we played overly well, either.

Need to bury them tomorrow.
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The Wolves shot 26% (9-34) from 3 last night. This could've been a much bigger beating if we just made our season average as a team and this is reason for even more optimism the rest of the series.

I'm with you...pound them while they're down and on the road. I think it's a pretty safe bet that the winner of Game 4 takes this series.
 

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