Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 222. (Read 921790 times)

Both teams seem to find their rhythms to counter their opponent and it's working for both of them and now both Timberwolves and Knicks are in serious trouble once again. they can't afford to give game 5 for their opponent because that's when they get knocked out in the series because of the pressure. they really need a stoppage to lessen their hype and continue to challenge them by exerting all effort to win until the last second of the game. In the next game, I'm sure the Mavs learned a lot from these scenarios and they better not follow those team's footsteps because they're not a good team to handle pressure once caught in a 50/50 situation.

Yeah, Minnesota played soft and complacent and again Ant Edwards still being cocky as if they still have 2 nothing playoff standing. Just like what I said after game 3, the Nuggets are capable of winning the next 3 games, now they only need to win 2 more, they already have the momentum and the pace they don't have in the first 2 games. Gordon finds his rhythm against the 2 towers of Minnesota. There is no way the Nuggets are losing this series if they maintain the level of how they play from the last 2 games. There is a good chance this series will go to game 7 if the Wolves will figure things out how to bounce back.
On the other hand, I have not seen any news yet about his cash money gesture. Most probably they'll gonna fine Gobert again and this time it would be more than what they fine him the first time he did that lol.

What a fucking destroy Indiana Pacers jsut do yesterday against New York Kinghts, thw whole match in the lead in a play-off game and in a semifinal of conference is no joke, i dont know if Indiana play really good or if New York was in their worst day.

Anyways in the other game Denver seems to find the path against Minesota and now they have the upper hand it seems.

yesterday's games were very interesting, especially the game involving the pacers against the new york knicks. it was a game in which in the first period, the result was shocking when the pacers came away with a victory with a large difference in points, there was a 20 point difference, the pacers scored 34 points in the first period, while the new york knicks scored only 14 points in the first period, it's something very strange that a team can only score 14 points in the first period, I don't know what happened to them in the first period. in the second period again the pacers scored more than 30 points and won. precisely they scored 35 points. but the new york knicks had a huge improvement in performance compared to the first period



in the second period they managed to score 27 points, I thought that the New York Knicks' recovery could improve even more in the third period, but when the third period arrived, they only managed to score 22 points, they declined in performance compared to the first period, while the pacers maintained their consistency of scoring more than 30 points, they scored 32 points and won the third period. in the last period the pacers relaxed and scored only 20 points, while the new york knicks had a small improvement in performance compared to the third period and managed to emerge victorious in the fourth period

That's fine, it's okay if they'll have a hard time but I believe they are capable of beating the Nuggets. Jokic is an MVP for a reason, but Luka and Irving is there to take care of the business, so regardless of the result, I think that series (if happened) is a treat to the NBA fans.

Joker is really a pain in the ass, but just like how the Dallas beat the OKC in game 2 and 3, their were adjustments being made and it worked for them. And just like when we thought that the Nuggets have no chance to the Wolves after being down to 0-2, they made an adjustment and now we are thinking the Wolves had no chance on them.

Do I get this right or is there something wrong at where I am looking at this? Nuggets won 2 times in a row at Minnesota and Wolves won two times in a row at Denver, is that correct? I mean that is the wildest thing I have seen, normally just the opposite happens and teams get tied 2-2 because they win at their home court, not this way.

It is quite interesting to see that we are going to end up with something much better, it is not really that complicated and should be considered as important. I can't really say that much about this situation but I really hope to see Denver lose, they look like way too dominant and we do not need another dominant team taking over the league, we had that enough already, I want different champions every year.

It’s really hard Knicks to stop the momentum of Pacers now that they already have the winning formula. This is same with the Nuggets-Wolves series which already even and the momentum is very hard to stop.

I’m smelling a reverse sweep for both series since both Wolves and Knicks already shown weakness against team that is very strong and just have a weak start on their series.

Knicks will be lucky if they steal 1 game on Pacers.

But they're right though. It's like mission impossible for NYK to chase the lead built early by Indiana. The injuries suffered by NYK really put them into limits. They're heading into this playoffs without Randle and Bogdanovich but now they're without Anonuby and Robinson. Against the young and agile players of Indiana, NYK has to rest it's main players otherwise they cannot catch the pace Indiana is playing and it is showing in this game. Jalen Brunson if I'm correct is also suffering from a minor injury.

Dallas will have a hard time facing Nuggets since they don’t have a solid defender that can guard Jokic. Even Timberwolves with 2 solid defender for Jokic is now having trouble to stop Jokic to lead Nuggets for the win.

Their best chance to beat Nuggets is by outscoring them on 3 points while the rest of Nuggets player will have a very bad shooting performance just like what happened on game 1 and game 2 of Nuggets against Wolves.

But Nuggets has a high chance to win WCF if ever they manage to beat Wolves on this series.

That would be a great competition as the current MVP vs the 2nd runner up, and since Luka had an impressive season, I gues they really have a good chance on winning the WCF. Also, we can't count out Irving, he can be the Murray of the Dallas, while the bigs of the Dallas as well are gonna give Jokic a problem as they love to run. As what we've noticed with the Mavs now, they are using their bigs effectively, so that would mean that Jokic will also have the defend well in the paint as that lob shot will be popping anytime.

Based on the betting odds, it's not, because the team that is the heavy favorite now to win the championship is the Boston Celtics. If the Celtics will advance in the ECF, not sure if the series will be fun to watch. However, if the Dallas Mavericks will advance in the West, whatever team they'll face, I think it's going to be fun to watch as it's expected to be a long series.

I like to see the Dallas vs Nuggets will face in the WCF, two friends with MVP caliber will go into each other. What team do you think will win?

I also think that winner of this series will probably be champions. And even I think that winner of game 5 will be the winner of the series. The more important thing is that denver started to play like denver and got very clear wins. Mike Malone is one of the top coaches. He was always successful in game preparation and in-game interventions. After the first two games in the minnesota series, when there were ridiculous comments like "denver is getting swept", "jokic doesn't deserve mvp", "jokic isn't even at dirk's level", this again benefited denver. I think they will continue this game in the next two games and close the series with 4-2.

Homecourt is not anymore an advantage in this match, but whoever wins the next game might win the series. I think the Nuggets had already figured out how to beat the Wolves as in the last 2 games, they were in control. I like to see what kind of adjustments the wolves will do in game 5, as mentioned, it's the most important game in the series so they should play with hard defense to prevent the Nuggets from taking the lead.

Minny have 2 bigs, but they could not put Jokic in big foul trouble so he'll be limited. We know that with Jokic on the court, he can make his teammates better, so they should target him.

It seems that we're seeing the same point and everyone is only tuning in to Nuggets and Timberwolves as if this is the decider match series on who's going to be not just the conference champion but the finals champion for this season.

Honestly, KAT did really have to be on his actual KAT that we used to see and take those threes.

This we didn't see for this game and I guess that they've learned it the hard way that took them 2 games for the Nuggets to win. But looking at how this match up goes, whoever wins this series, I am for it as I start to love them both.

Not enough help even how hard ANT's doing if there's no one to bring that same level of competitiveness then the chance to win is really slim for them, it's really tough competition especially when your opponent's is the defending champ they bring all the adjustments that they need and now they tied the series, they are going back home and if they continue playing with the same level and there's nothing that the entire Wolves will do, then we might see the defending champ moving forward to the the next round I guess.

Though still best of 3 for these series just need to have that good adjustments especially with KAT and the rest of the core players of Wolves, it's needed to work together and play together as one.

This is an enjoyable series we are watching. In the first games, Denver Nuggets could not play as expected, but we watched a very good fight in the last 2 games. On one side, Jokic and on the other, Anthony Edwards is doing his best to win the series. As far as we have seen so far, the end of this series may not be until the last match, I think the fight will continue like this.
I even think that the team that wins this series will be the conference champion, maybe they can be the champion of this season. We see the biggest fight we have seen in the playoffs here

Like I said, even the Timberwolves have 3 big players to defend against him, they can't stop him, and nobody can stop him at all.
Aaron Gordon's performance in this game is for me the main reason why they won. They knew already from the start that they will try to stop Murray that's why he needed to step up offensively. Unfortunately for the Wolves, they only lessen Murray's performance, but he still scored 19 points while Gordon on the other hand scored 27 points.

Another thing that made the Nuggets won on this game is the bench points. 27 bench points is really a big thing already because that can help the whole team if their superstar is on the bench. As for the Wolves, ANT scored 44 points while the other 4 starters scored 10 or more, but it's the Nuggets who got the double-digit lead for most of the game and didn't look back ever since.

Gobert being fined again? I also saw that one, and maybe we will get fined "AGAIN" for that money sign that he did again. Another $100K fine

ANT scored 44, but it still wasn't enough to beat the Nuggets. The highest score from his teammates was only 15, coming from Conley. They also missed 9 free throws, which could have made a difference if they had made them. KAT needs to step up and help ANT. I was overwhelmed by their first two games, especially the second one, and now the series is tied. To win this series, they need to limit Jokic, just like they did in Game 2. It's not good for the Wolves if the Nuggets take the lead.

Another great game by the Nuggets, I thought the Wolves would make the right adjustment but it seems like they can't stop the play of the Nuggets. Gordon was the key in the game, he only missed 1 shot and had been a huge contributor after game 3. As long as he keep his confidence high, I think we might see a different scenario opposite to some people's expectation after the Nuggets were down 0-2.

Anyone think that the Nuggets will win this series in 4-2?


The league should not make an exemption, Gobert has to accept they loss, not a sore loser.

I'm not sure that was the money sign from Rudy Gobert, I watched the game but I haven't given the gesture a 3rd look, although, from what I saw and the replay during the game it was more of a "cheap foul call" from my POV, but then that was an obvious foul on Jamal Murray with Rudy Gobert shoving him from behind.

It was yet another championship calibre performance from the Denver Nuggets again, the Wolves really need a lot of figuring out to do going forward, Anthony Edwards scored over 40 points but still, it all amounts to nothing because his other supporting cast weren't playing at his own level, unlike Jokic who is having Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray showing up pretty well in both game 3 and 4, while KAT wasn't having a great night, and Rudy Gobert while getting bullied in the defensive end isn't providing anything much on the offensive end of the court.