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lfg nuggs!!!

this game is a harsh toke bros

murray has been wildin the last couple games i did not expect that

If the blazer boat capsizes, we can always climb onto the nuggets' cruise ship and ride it a while. but there's hope, yet. even this game isn't out of reach, although obv the odds are stacked heavily for the nuggets right now.

yeeeeeeeeeeah i think the blazers might’ve wanted to go ahead and win the quad OT game

they did!

nuggets are the better team imo

nuggs have done an admirable job of shutting down dame for large sections of every game and stotts hasn't really planned around that super well imo

good news tho is i got a cool damian lillard bobblehead today so in the end it's a wash

murray and jokic are playing so well together

Do Zach Collins and Meyers Leonard have a tandem nickname yet?

the trash brothers

Lol easy enough!

oh yeah i meant uh... the other game

That was a fun game to say the least

When I go to nuggets games I get a little upset by people who don’t “get” Plumlee

Hernangomez put on the moves and the Nuggets bench lost it 😂 pic.twitter.com/0wCuC2o8Mz

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 8, 2019

I’ve never been to a playoff game I few like this is something I need to do in my life

Nuggets-Blazers Game 4 was a classic "must win" for both teams. Blazers really needed to find a way to win that one...now they're in big trouble.

Although overall, k3vin otm: Denver is just a better team, and not by a tiny margin.

When I go to nuggets games I get a little upset by people who don’t “get” Plumlee

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 1:41 AM (thirteen hours ago)

I became a big fan this year but he’s been bad in the playoffs...

Plumlee has been fine in the playoffs! It’s the regular season Plumlee. Idgi

What’s going on is that the Nuggets fall apart without Jokic but that’s not really on Plumlee and he’s been great alongside Nikola. Long-term that’s still their biggest thing to solve: how to keep the offense functional without Jokic.

think i mentioned upthread that i watched all the blazers scores from one game and plumlee was notably successfully targeted on a number of plays

Don’t believe this

its true, i mean its just one game and one type of play but he didnt look great in that context

wait actually it was the spurs series aldridge had a big game and i was checking to see if jokic was getting lit up but actually he was fine and plumdawg was the victim

Jokic strangely and impressive locked Aldridge down a lot

I could see Aldridge being a bad matchup for Plumlee since he’s mostly a rim protector

there were def some plays where a more athletic player wouldve been able to get in the mix where jokic cldnt but yeah hes been good on D, really just generally having an amazing run here

im glad everyones learning that he's the coolest nba player

ilh was ahead of the curve and has been on the jokic wave for a long time

i was the first jokic supporter

let it be known i voted for him in the unicorns poll where he came in last after kat and porzingis and then lagoon dropped him from the poll in the second round for the likes of ben simmons

i just put simmons in there because all of u were in love with him actually

i admit i needed to see jokic have this kind of sustained success for me to believe it.

his playoff run has been incredible. even the conditioning concerns have been m/l answered as he's played a ton of minutes and produced late in games. he's playing like he realizes he's the best player on the court.

zach lowe and jackie macmullan we’re talking on lowe’s pod today about how all the shit jokic has gotten about his defense and his conditioning has always been bullshit. he’s averaging 40 mins per game and putting up better numbers than he does in the regular season. he’s a fucking beast

part of it is prob cause he looks tired and confused all the time

yeah he's a player that breaks the eye test for sure

at least if the celts go out tonight they’ll do so wearing their good jerseys

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bucks dying w/o giannis

the true sign of an mvp

giannis is +17

as is basically their entire starting line up

why the fuck am i watching this

didn’t realize kyrie wanted to emulate lebron so bad that he was going to put up a weirdly lifeless performance in an elimination game

did kyrie smoke weed before the game

Celtics going home. It'll be interesting to see what this team looks like next season.

bout to see scary terry in the starting lineup

Way to go celtics