2026 First Round Playoffs Thread: Minnesota vs Denver

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kg21 said:
but we've never really been able to stop him before.

It's weird.
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Lack of Aaron Gordon changed a lot. He’s also older, more minutes, more games on the tread. All adds up and is part of why Rudy working so hard to make him work is so key

Also feels we’ve done a better job working him on defense than in the past, which is kudos to finch
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Ayo shot chart from last night.
Just going to the basket constantly and getting inside the paint.
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Buddy and I were texting last night trying to come up with a Wolves guard that gets to the rim as often as he does. Ant is obviously capable of doing it. After that? Gotta go back a ways.
 

Nuggets are favored tomorrow.

Does this mean Ant is not going to play?
 

kg21 said:
Nuggets are favored tomorrow.

Does this mean Ant is not going to play?
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No, he's no longer on the injury report. More likely that Gordon will play and if Denver doesn't win tomorrow night, they are done.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
No, he's no longer on the injury report. More likely that Gordon will play and if Denver doesn't win tomorrow night, they are done.
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Well ya, but I can't figure out how Denver is favored.
 



If you had told me that Foster would be the lead ref, Ant would be in foul trouble all night, the wolves would shoot under 30% from three and would be outshot from the line 40-21, yet win by 17 without ever being in trouble, I'd almost start trusting ARod.

No, can't go that far.
 


Aaron Gordon is questionable for the Nuggets in Game 4. Walked through at practice today. Iced his calf afterward. Peyton Watson remains out. Did more individual court work
 





Anthony Edwards
sustained a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee and is expected to miss multiple weeks, sources tell ESPN.


Results showed Edwards avoided any ligament damage, but he will now miss time.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Anthony Edwards
sustained a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee and is expected to miss multiple weeks, sources tell ESPN.


Results showed Edwards avoided any ligament damage, but he will now miss time.
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I'll take it.

I was thinking ACL and a lot of next year would be missed and never quite being the same.
 




Denver -10.5 now tomorrow. Seems aggressive even given the circumstances.
 



howeda7 said:
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kind of depends on what happens elsewhere. If the wolves win, other west series could go as late as 5/3 I believe. If so, you're looking at 5/6 as a start date roughly. So in theory, if its 2 weeks, he'd be looking at mid series next round. I really doubt he's back this year but Ant has bounced back with some pretty crazy recovery times in the past and he's the kind of guy who will push to play if he cannot make it worse or cause long term structural damage
 


Adelman whining about McDaniels taking that shot.
“I didn’t like what McDaniels’ did, the game was over. The game was conceded both ways. In 2026 that stuff doesn’t happen anymore, that stuff happened in the 80’s. But that’s who is, ya know. If that’s what they wanna do, that’s what they wanna do.”

The dude is still learning when the game might be over. Pack it in with 4 minutes left in one game and play to 20 seconds left when the game is lost in the other and then complain.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Adelman whining about McDaniels taking that shot.
“I didn’t like what McDaniels’ did, the game was over. The game was conceded both ways. In 2026 that stuff doesn’t happen anymore, that stuff happened in the 80’s. But that’s who is, ya know. If that’s what they wanna do, that’s what they wanna do.”

The dude is still learning when the game might be over. Pack it in with 4 minutes left in one game and play to 20 seconds left when the game is lost in the other and then complain.
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I hate looking at Adelman's stupid face to be honest, but he really should shut up. Murray took a 3 seconds before that.
 


fan of Ray Williams said:
Really too bad about the Achilles tear with Donte.
Playoff tears
Lillard wears #0
Tatum wears #0
Haliburton wears #0
Donte wears #0
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Only 1 Timberwolf played in all 82 games this regular season: Donte DiVincenzo.
 

Nikola Jokic fined $50,000 and Julius Randle fined $35,000, the NBA says. No suspensions from the scrum late in Game 4
 

Ope3 said:
Only 1 Timberwolf played in all 82 games this regular season: Donte DiVincenzo.
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Speaking of,
Donte DiVincenzo set to undergo surgery this afternoon after suffering a Ruptured right Achilles tendon


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@Timberwolves on instagram
 

Do any of you think Denver still wins this?

I thing we are in trouble.

We've got three shots at it, but no Ant and DDV is going to be extremely tough.

They can now plan for Randle and Ayo. Are we going to score?

Of course, I had Denver in 6.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Speaking of,
Donte DiVincenzo set to undergo surgery this afternoon after suffering a Ruptured right Achilles tendon


via


@Timberwolves on instagram
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That could be a good harbinger. Part of Tatum's relatively "quick" 10 month rehab was that he had the surgery so quickly.

His leg hadn't gotten used to the trauma.
 

Ope3 said:
That could be a good harbinger. Part of Tatum's relatively "quick" 10 month rehab was that he had the surgery so quickly.

His leg hadn't gotten used to the trauma.
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Very impressed with the use of “harbinger” late on a Sunday night. Literacy reigns on the ‘hole.
 

kg21 said:
Do any of you think Denver still wins this?

I thing we are in trouble.

We've got three shots at it, but no Ant and DDV is going to be extremely tough.

They can now plan for Randle and Ayo. Are we going to score?

Of course, I had Denver in 6.
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The implied odds in Vegas have the wolves winning the series about 60% of the time. So yeah I’d say many people still think Denver wins this
 


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