If they had won this game on a tough back to back in Denver without Dray and Klay, the Nuggets would have been rightfully horrified and everyone here would have been laughing maniacally. This was a tougher one than the toughest game in a playoff series would be.
It sometimes seems like we're a little addicted to the dopamine hit of looking like the easy best team in years past, and can't take watching the ups and downs of a really competitive west this year and a team that was always going to take most of the season finding itself, once they let GPII, Otto, D Lee and Beli go.
Grizzlies have gone 1-7 in their last 8 games. If teams were playing better in the West, one of them could take the 2 spot from them. Guess they really miss Steven Adams.
Not to shit on one of the few high points, but I think Jeff Green got blocked by the rim there... Though it was probably cause he had a face full of Kuminga, so partial credit.
Y'know, Denver is simply better than we are this season, and Jokic is a two-time MVP who might get his third this year. They beat most teams at home. Had we won in their house, that would have been an upset.
In the bigger picture, we talk about how great our core is, and with good reason. "Four rings" and all that. We can cite the numbers for the starting lineup with Looney. Yet most of the close games we lose in the 4th quarter or OT are lost by the core, not the young 'uns (except Poole). Early in the season the bench mob was bad but now that's not the biggest problem. It's usually the core falling short in the end.
As for Wiseman, about whom we hear all this moaning at DNHQ, whatever his shortcomings, I doubt he's responsible for one loss this season. He's getting to be playable now, if he just could get enough minutes to get fully back from his recent injury and find a groove. Food for thought.
Why is there doom and gloom over a b2b loss in denver with no klay or dray? Lol 99% of the teams in the league would have lost this. Save the dook and gloom until we lose 4 games in a series in the playoffs, until then we are the champions
During the 16-0 run that you missed, I'm not sure the dubs got off a single clean shot but instead ran off what seemed like 6 turnovers in maybe 7 trips down the court and the Nuggets didn't miss a single shot, mostly threes, during that stretch. It reminded me of the Warriors during their invincible seasons. Denver is a beast of a team!
L2M report for the Minnesota game confirms only two missed calls, both favoring the Wolves, both in the last minute of regulation. Chances are that if one or both were properly called, we're talking about 2-1 road trip and Steph gets rest tonight. SloMo fouls both Klay and Draymond, which I believe would have been free throws.
Bucks beat the Clippers 106-105. And holy shit. The offensive execution in crunch time for both teams was horrible! Either that, or both teams played excellent defense against each other.
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I was told that we just need 2 (or was it 3?) of this group to hit (JMG/DDV/JK/JW/MOODY/PBJ) for our 7th and 8th man and we'd contend. Well I'd say JK/DDV have been awesome, and Lamb/Ty have combined for another hit. I'm not sure if roster construction is the issue. And I don't think Curry/Klay/Green have declined. It just seems the league is tough this year. I enjoyed this game. I hope we make the playoffs so we can roll the dice. It does feel like a simple 0-10 run in game 2 could bump us from the playoffs, but that's life for a normal NBA team. I don't think adding a guy worse than DDV/JK is going to change our playoff seeding drastically, of effect our playoff destiny.
What the nuggets did to us tonight reminds me of past great warriors team. Play in 1st-2nd gear in the first half and them ramp it up in the 3rd, blow out the opponent and end the game
This Dillon Brooks crotch punch to Donovan Mitchell is absurd. What a scum.
https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1621334363689345024?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=6055380
If they had won this game on a tough back to back in Denver without Dray and Klay, the Nuggets would have been rightfully horrified and everyone here would have been laughing maniacally. This was a tougher one than the toughest game in a playoff series would be.
It sometimes seems like we're a little addicted to the dopamine hit of looking like the easy best team in years past, and can't take watching the ups and downs of a really competitive west this year and a team that was always going to take most of the season finding itself, once they let GPII, Otto, D Lee and Beli go.
Grizzlies have gone 1-7 in their last 8 games. If teams were playing better in the West, one of them could take the 2 spot from them. Guess they really miss Steven Adams.
Not to shit on one of the few high points, but I think Jeff Green got blocked by the rim there... Though it was probably cause he had a face full of Kuminga, so partial credit.
Props DDD for your unwavering writing panache. Can't be easy. Watching the Dubs goes from Joy Ejaculating to Pride Swallowing.
If Dray$ needs to sit things out for an extended recupe we’re probably screwed
Denver is simply the better team.
Uggg, but expected.
We know all the excuses but Denver leads the west for a reason.
Hope we get them in the playoffs - with everyone on both teams healthy.
Y'know, Denver is simply better than we are this season, and Jokic is a two-time MVP who might get his third this year. They beat most teams at home. Had we won in their house, that would have been an upset.
In the bigger picture, we talk about how great our core is, and with good reason. "Four rings" and all that. We can cite the numbers for the starting lineup with Looney. Yet most of the close games we lose in the 4th quarter or OT are lost by the core, not the young 'uns (except Poole). Early in the season the bench mob was bad but now that's not the biggest problem. It's usually the core falling short in the end.
As for Wiseman, about whom we hear all this moaning at DNHQ, whatever his shortcomings, I doubt he's responsible for one loss this season. He's getting to be playable now, if he just could get enough minutes to get fully back from his recent injury and find a groove. Food for thought.
Why is there doom and gloom over a b2b loss in denver with no klay or dray? Lol 99% of the teams in the league would have lost this. Save the dook and gloom until we lose 4 games in a series in the playoffs, until then we are the champions
During the 16-0 run that you missed, I'm not sure the dubs got off a single clean shot but instead ran off what seemed like 6 turnovers in maybe 7 trips down the court and the Nuggets didn't miss a single shot, mostly threes, during that stretch. It reminded me of the Warriors during their invincible seasons. Denver is a beast of a team!
L2M report for the Minnesota game confirms only two missed calls, both favoring the Wolves, both in the last minute of regulation. Chances are that if one or both were properly called, we're talking about 2-1 road trip and Steph gets rest tonight. SloMo fouls both Klay and Draymond, which I believe would have been free throws.
https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022200774
Bucks beat the Clippers 106-105. And holy shit. The offensive execution in crunch time for both teams was horrible! Either that, or both teams played excellent defense against each other.
I was told that we just need 2 (or was it 3?) of this group to hit (JMG/DDV/JK/JW/MOODY/PBJ) for our 7th and 8th man and we'd contend. Well I'd say JK/DDV have been awesome, and Lamb/Ty have combined for another hit. I'm not sure if roster construction is the issue. And I don't think Curry/Klay/Green have declined. It just seems the league is tough this year. I enjoyed this game. I hope we make the playoffs so we can roll the dice. It does feel like a simple 0-10 run in game 2 could bump us from the playoffs, but that's life for a normal NBA team. I don't think adding a guy worse than DDV/JK is going to change our playoff seeding drastically, of effect our playoff destiny.
What the nuggets did to us tonight reminds me of past great warriors team. Play in 1st-2nd gear in the first half and them ramp it up in the 3rd, blow out the opponent and end the game
Wiggs looked awful out there tonight. Got 10 boards, but several were on his own misses, and he wasn't able to put them back in.