Nothing to Avenge Here! It’s Ant Man vs. Joker & The Suicide Squad: Official Timberwolves (#3) vs. Nuggets (#2) West Semifinals Thread

[cartierhoe]

Yea, my original prediction was Wolves in 6 or DEN in 7. I had them splitting the first 2 games and either Wolves win both at home and go on to win in 6... or it's a seasaw and DEN's experience takes them over the top in game 7.

So when MIN won both in DEN, i was thinkin "ok not how i foresaw it..." but same end result because no way was MIN not gonna win 1 at home... so it'll be Wolves in 6 for sure. lol or so i thought.

I'd be surprised if MIN loses 4 in a row... but ive been off about how i thought this series would go from jump.

I was talking with my pops about how this series reminded me of that weird ass Clippers/Mavs series from a few years ago where the road team won every game except game 7.

 

[duncanthetall]

Yeah, they really needed the 3-0 to be honest.

A championship team like Denver isn't scared of 1-2.

Meh. Wolves still have away court advantage. New 3 game series

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

this is over, they done got figured out

 

[Nick Barnes]

Everyone on this team besides Ant is a fukkin bum.

 

[StatUS]

See y'all don't know Jordan

Jordan woulda spent the 1st 15 or so mins playing lockdown defense and getting his role players confidence and points
That woulda created a different flow of the game

Jordan and Ant can score whenever they want to
Jordan woulda finished this game with 26 9 9 4 stls and 2 blks with a Dub

All those Ant points don't bother a team like the Nugs

Jordan probably would have choked Kat out by now tho so who knows if he'd be on the team

 

[IIVI]

Expecting Ant to come back down to earth next game and the Wolves supporting cast still struggle to find what worked the first two games.

Exerting defense like they did early in the series gasses you and they could really be exhausted to be honest. Maybe peaked a little too soon.

If so, it's a 6 game series.

 

[CHICAGO]

I know Gobert is getting a lot of the Blame but Gobert was not the reason Aaron Gordon dropped 27 today. Denver is exploiting that lack of perimeter speed of KAT

YOU DIDNT WATCH THE GAME?

KAT MOSTLY GUARDED JOKER
WHILE GOBERT GUARDED GORDON
OUTSIDE A SHORT STRETCH WHERE
THEY PUT GOBERT ON JOKER
TO BE PUNISHED




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[SithLawd]

Jokic haters melting down

 

[Gotright]

See y'all don't know Jordan

Jordan woulda spent the 1st 15 or so mins playing lockdown defense and getting his role players confidence and points
That woulda created a different flow of the game

Jordan and Ant can score whenever they want to
Jordan woulda finished this game with 26 9 9 4 stls and 2 blks with a Dub

All those Ant points don't bother a team like the Nugs

 

[BigTyme Records]

Y’all think Denver gon win now?

 

[IIVI]

I know Gobert is getting a lot of the Blame but Gobert was not the reason Aaron Gordon dropped 27 today. Denver is exploiting that lack of perimeter speed of KAT

I mean, Gobert really screwed that 4th quarter up. Game was completely winnable if you take out all those errors.

 

[Big Boss]

3 time mvp showed out

 

[Surreal]

Jordan probably would have choked Kat out by now tho so who knows if he'd be on the team

No

Jordan has Stacey King, who was much worse
Jordan learned something from Isiah and the Pistons

Playing the game within the game. Possibly having to win ugly against more talented teams
Kobe figured that during his last title runs. Bron never figured it out

 

[steph_harden]

Series starting to resemble Bulls vs Knicks in 93

- Like the Bulls the Nuggets are the champs
- Like the Bulls the Nuggets went down 0-2 on their home floor
- Like the Wolves the Knicks were built solely to take down the champs (Bulls, Nuggets)
- Like the Wolves the Knicks got big bro’ed the previous year by the champs
- Like the Wolves the Knicks went into the series frothing at the mouth and absolutely put it on them
- Like the Bulls the Nuggets went on the road and turned it up an unmatchable level and gamed the (Knicks, Wolves) on their floor


The Bulls ended up backdooring the Knicks that series and I see the same thing happening with the Wolves. They don’t execute in the crunch like Denver does and the Nuggets have the clear mental advantage. Really Denver‘s been walking teams down since 2020 in the bubble.

You gotta match their insane mental fortitude to have a chance

 

[Supa cat]

What ant say to Murray at the end