2026 First Round Playoffs Thread: Minnesota vs Denver

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Holy Man said:
Very impressed with the use of “harbinger” late on a Sunday night. Literacy reigns on the ‘hole.
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Myself, would have went with ‘precursor’, but Ope is obviously very learned and possibly was a thespian at one time.
 




I hope the refs don't overreact tomorrow night out of fear of losing control and let the wolves play the kind of defense they've played in the last three games.

The only two players who should be suspended are Jokic for starting the melee and Gordon for crossing center court.
 








Ass whipping tonight.. Game 6 decides the series… home game.. that’s where I could see Shannon score 10-12 points and Clark get a couple hoops and make some play…
 

Roland Brooks said:
Ass whipping tonight.. Game 6 decides the series… home game.. that’s where I could see Shannon score 10-12 points and Clark get a couple hoops and make some play…
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The Timberwolves will be delivering the ass whoopin. Tonight, Ayo, Julius and Jayden all score in upper 20’s and Naz finds his groove. They want to show that they can win without Ant ( and DDV)
 





Roland Brooks said:
Ass whipping tonight.. Game 6 decides the series… home game.. that’s where I could see Shannon score 10-12 points and Clark get a couple hoops and make some play…
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I would love to see Clark pick Joker's pocket for an easy hoop.
 

I like the Wolves chances tonight. They're up 3-1 mainly thanks to the D by Gobert on Jokic and McDaniels on Murray. Aaron Gordon is not 100% and outside of that Denver doesn't have much.

Denver looks worn out. The elite Wolves defenders remain. Ayo/Bones like to play fast and the same goes for TSJ. Just run them into the ground. I think a big offensive night is coming for McDaniels too.
 

Even down 2 key guys, I still think the Wolves are deeper. They just have to get good minutes out of guys like Conley, Anderson and TSJ.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
I like the Wolves chances tonight. They're up 3-1 mainly thanks to the D by Gobert on Jokic and McDaniels on Murray. Aaron Gordon is not 100% and outside of that Denver doesn't have much.

Denver looks worn out. The elite Wolves defenders remain. Ayo/Bones like to play fast and the same goes for TSJ. Just run them into the ground. I think a big offensive night is coming for McDaniels too.
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Yep even down guys, they need to push pace on Denver’s starters and put joker in the pick and roll all night. Go to the hoop and make them call it. Denver has no rim protection. Fits this unit pretty well even if we’re razor thin in the back court now
 


The Wolves are making a run at the Gophers in the Injury List Department.

Naz hobbled back to the bench from the locker room.
 

Wolves are fuc--d in this series.

The loss of Ant and DDV is huge offensively, but even worse for us defensively. Now all of Denvers also rans are going off. Conley, Shannon, Bones can't guard anyone.

DDV and Ant are a physical backcourt. That is completely gone.

It is what it is.
 



Murray was 9-23…. It was their scrub forwards that did the damage.. Jones and Johnson were 15-22 fgs.. 6-12 from three..
 





25 turnovers. When they didn't turn it over, 51% from field, 43% from three. Like Jaden said, Denver can't guard.
 



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