Thread: The Official Denver Nuggets Thread!

Alright, Nuggets. This is where the rubber meets the road. You're 95 games deep in this season, this is what you've worked for all year. Do you have the heart and the will to finish it off? Are you going to expend the energy to do the little things-- to rotate on defense, close out on shooters, box out and fight for rebounds, attack the basket if your jumper isn't falling? Let's see what you're made of.

Nuggets up by 5 at the half. This game just feels different than the one on Sunday. Miami couldn’t miss at the 3 pt line then, but has cooled off this game a bit. Denver needs to keep up the intensity, and they should be alright. SHOULD. We’ll see.

Great Nuggets win! Malone made the right adjustments from last game, and the players upped their effort. I just heard from talking heads on NBA channel that Jokic & Murray made NBA history by being the only two teammates to get a 30 pt triple double in same game. Not just in Finals, but in playoffs AND regular season. If true, wow. Just wow.

Yes, both Jamal and Jokic did have a triple double. Here are the game stats on ESPN site - https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401544848

Hell yeah, that's more like it. Not just the result, which obviously matters most, but also the effort and execution-- which is typically how you get to a desirable result. First off, game ball to Malone for finally figuring out the obvious, and playing Joker and Jamal big minutes. WTF have you been saving them for, the offseason? Jokic dropped yet another masterpiece, but Murray started it off. I asked for him to get into the paint more, and he was in attack mode from their first couple possessions. That opens everything up for everybody else. He was also one of the guys who got their energy going with some offensive rebounding that was straight hustle. MPJ still can't throw a brick in the ocean, but he had a couple extra effort plays in the second half-- including that sequence under the offensive glass that I've been waiting for forever, that he should have every game. And Christian MFin' Braun! That kid was a spark plug. Absolute competitor, and he's got a surprisingly mature skill set for a rookie. The play where he got the steal and went coast to coast for the dunk was a gamechanger.

And Denver's defense was good enough, barely. They did get painfully carved up in the paint by both Butler and Bam, which makes me question whether Denver might want to throw in a couple minutes of zone themselves. Butler posting up early also allowed him to be a big time facilitator, but the Nuggs contested enough on threes to keep them under wraps. As I said earlier, Miami can't win if they don't go off from three. Can't wait for Friday.

Joker 1st 30-20-10 game in finals history. Him not getting a 3rd straight MVP was ******* criminal.

Go Nuggs

That kid is the real deal.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

That kid is the real deal.

Braun is a dawg. He and Murray can be the heart of this team for a while. I hope this is just the start!

That play, along with the cute girl who kept hitting on me at the bar, made my night.

Also, Wilbon and Screamin' A. can suck it. Keep picking Miami, clowns!

Every year, that's the worst part of the Finals. Gotta go from the world class TNT halftime and post game show to the ridiculous losers the other channels dredge up. Screamin' A. is the absolute worst of the worst. Would be SOOO much better if we still got Chuck, Shaq, and Ernie. The NBA needs to figure that shit out. The BSPN crew is just straight painful to listen to.

Originally Posted by dogfish

Also, Wilbon and Screamin' A. can suck it. Keep picking Miami, clowns!

Every year, that's the worst part of the Finals. Gotta go from the world class TNT halftime and post game show to the ridiculous losers the other channels dredge up. Screamin' A. is the absolute worst of the worst. Would be SOOO much better if we still got Chuck, Shaq, and Ernie. The NBA needs to figure that shit out. The BSPN crew is just straight painful to listen to.

Those guys are more entertaining, but they're all hacks. Barkely hasn't had a good take in decades. Shaq admitted he only watches like four teams and barely follows the league. Are they hilarious? Yeah. But they make S.A.S. and Wilbon (who isn't that bad, tbh) look like John Wooden.

Nugs in 5.

Fat Mark Jackson: “people don’t realize how good Bob McAdoo was”.

Also fat Mark Jackson: “I left Joker off my MVP ballot”.

Dude is an embarrassment….total clown.

Since I’m not on Twitter, I will pay $50 to anyone that tweets that post @ fat mark.