Breaking down the chaotic Nuggets-Celtics finish 

Probably because you’re not supposed to do it

@@nikobellic2515 It's not against the rules, basketball is not NFL. The only reason refs called it jump ball is because Jokic stepped on the line too.

It was a clear lane violation by the Celtics that was not called. Gordon should have gotten another free throw.

@@01ment Actually they called it a jump ball to hopefully bail the Celtics out. The inner white line would be considered a double lane violation. The outer line that Jokic had his toes on is not a lane violation.

Chess, not checkers bby 😎

It was a lane violation on Jaylen Brown but the refs are always looking out for Boston.

I'm also pretty certain that it was perfectly legal and should not have been a jump ball, but rather another free throw attempt. Having them jump the ball at mid court is maybe one of the strangest decisions I've ever seen in my 35+ years of watching the NBA, and I'm almost sure they just came up with this on the spot and it definitely isn't in the rule book anywhere, nor is there anything even close to it in the rules. If anything, the jump ball should have taken place near the elbow at the Nuggets basket, not at center court.

For sure, and his situational awareness is insane💯

@@augustgreig9420 " If both teams commit a violation during this free throw, a jump ball shall be administered at midcourt between any two opponents in the game. "

what if boston commit 5 lane violations and denver 1?@@raytehbum

he might be one of the smartest defenders in the league, he doesn't have the fastest lateral movement and can't challenge shit at the basket, but he exceeds at everything else on defense

I feel like so much of his not contesting at the basket is a calculated decision too. He just cannot afford to get fouls there so he doesn't risk it. At the end of games with no foul trouble I wish he would try to block at the rim more. @@notimportant3686

How you only win by 2 when Celtics had one of there worst games of the season 😂😂

@notimportant3686 so now Jokic is one of the smartest defenders in the league?! Whatever you’re smoking, I want some smh.

@@notimportant3686was just getting baked in Phili. Boston was fumbling on their own accord.

I feel like KP could've attacked Jokic on the close-out there on the last play. But, I get with the injuries and going left, it may no longer be in his arsenal.

​@@lawbinsonthat was also some of the best defense I've ever seen from Jokic

​@@aidansalerno4895 Agreed. Can be argued that he forced KP into either passing out or doing something he was uncomfortable doing.

​@@lawbinson Nah it's just Porzingis+Tatum+ Brown aren't half as high IQ as Jokic.

What about the Celtics missing so many threes in the final minutes instead of driving to the basket to do a floater or layup to tie the game.

He pushed them tf you talking about

@@revan3270 lol he faked the move, they both went into him to guard the space, and just couldn't stop. He did not push them.

@@revan3270 excuses lol the Celtics got the ball back anyway on the jump ball lol

their fans seem to feel very privileged about getting the benefit of the whistle when it doesn't apply, that play by Jok was next level. He was playing chess out there. @@dimelo58

Wow Colorado blinders on here. I thought a more objective channel like TB would draw more objective fans. He clearly pushed them into the lane, there's no argument to have, just watch the replay.

Agreed. This is what playoffs against the Heat are like. Boston scored once in last 4m50.

I don't know if it's just sad the way it is now, or if we should be happy with what we had at one time, but in the 90's-2000's, this was literally how the game was played and it was great. We had champs like the Pistons, and game 6 of the 98 finals was literally each team in the 80's point range while Jordan had over half of his teams points. Everything they've done to increase scoring, namely rules changes against the defense and just flat out not calling travels, carries, or walks any more has watered down the game into something unwatchable at times. And even worse it hasn't ruined statistics, as comparing stats from different eras is almost completely pointless as nowadays, slightly above-average, non-All Star players are constantly averaging 20 or more points a game, and it's become virtually meaningless. Whereas at any other time in basketball history, and especially in the 90's-00's, averaging20 or more a game meant that at the very least you were an All Star caliber player, and averaging 25 PPG would generally put you in the top 10-20 players in the league, and if you were able to do so over 5+ season while attaining other accolades and awards, or even a ring was generally enough t get your name brought up as a HoF contender.

@@augustgreig9420tbh such low is also bad and also having such high scoring games now makes these lower score ones even more entertaining if every game was like this I wouldn’t enjoy them as much

@@augustgreig9420 yea idk, have you watch those 90's games recently ? there was so much iso, and the defense wasn't really able to do anything about it because of the illegal defense rule dont get me wrong, MJ obviously had some great games, but most of the games were just him isoing and screaming at the ref to whistle every illegal defense foul, not that fun tbh and obviously some iso from time to time is great, I just dont think it should be the absolute go to move every f-ing possession in my opinion that illegal defense rule change is one of the best ever, help defense is actually a thing nowadays and that's strategically quite interesting, forcing teams to actually play as teams also, you have to take into account that the scoring was awfully low in the 90's because 6 teams were added to the league in like 7 years and the talent pool was extremely diluted, to a point where the 3pts line was actually put closer to the basket for a while to increase scoring efficiency everyone is talking about the finales during the 90's but have you ever watch a Mavericks vs T-Wolves matchup from 94 ? you have to compare what's comparable, using one of the greatest team ever as the point of comparison for a whole era is quite dishonest intellectually + the 90's and early 00's are actually the odd spots of NBA history, most of the 80's had an actually faster pace than todays game, 70's and 60's were quite fast paced too and obviously the late 00's early 10's were the transition years to the playstyle we know now (small-ball, spacing, heavy emphasis on help defense and not on 1v1 defense etc..), with team like the Suns, Heat and Spurs being precursors in that regard + my grandfather (who was a European basketball player in the 60's) was screaming at his TV watching the 80's and 90's NBA because, from his point of view, travel and carries were not whistled, this is just some generationnal stuff, most people tend to think their era was tougher and stricter some dude from the 1920's probably screamed at players actually dribbling the ball in the 60's TL;DR: you have the absolute right to prefer 90's/early 00's NBA but acting like that era is the only good era of basketball is getting quite boring, a personal taste isnt the truth, and I get you, Nostalgia is one hell of a drug

The Heat Magic game last week was great. Felt like I was watching 90's basketball again.

@@angelem5209 so you're saying because the refs fucked up it's jokic's fault somehow?... come on man, be better than that

@@notimportant3686refs made the right call… anyways it’s about 7am. Almost time for you to go pray to Jokic

@@notimportant3686 anyone can fake people to go in at the free throw line lol, theres a reason no one does it, and im a nuggets fan btw

@@drizzypizzman5849 first of all, i do not care about that play whatsoever... secondly, you are still WRONG... not everyone can because they WOULD if they could... that was supremely smart and strategic, you can only do it once or twice, because people will catch on and it will be a topic with the coaches... so you save it for a specific situation, LIKE JOKER DID... in a tight game, late with a free throw shooter who is likely to miss... i promise you if murray was at the line he wouldn't have wasted his ace... that's how much this guy outthinks everyone in the game

@notimportant3686 ok you don't care about this play, great, but it's literally the play we are talking about, so you've basically just told the world you're a complete moron, thanks and have a nice day

Which Jamal won the title then? :D

hahha "Glitch" it made me laugh,well done...

Glitch is so accurate. He casually takes and makes some of the strangest jumpers I’ve ever seen. Like a whole 15s still on the shot clock and he’s doing a half spin into a 3 in the corner while fading out of bounds and then just swishes it. Like he takes shots casually that people throw up in desperation with 5 seconds left in a game and then it drops and he just jogs back on defense.

Blue Arrow "went", Glitch "went". What are you saying?

"when", its a misspell, poops, get the big picture first@@HUGEPoWERFULPooPS

They need to trade Braun for some good 3-point shooter. He is a brick city every game :D

@@xavierb9061you mean Memphis and Sacramento last year choked? Also denver in 2022 had g league roster lmao

​@@xavierb9061I think that the next team is to beat is the team which is coming against. If a team which wins 50+ games in the regular seadon, can not win against a team with less than 50 win in a playoff duel means that the number of regular season wins means nothing in the playoff.

The fun is just getting started, the OKC is arriving

@@xavierb9061Did they win a chip though? Keep h8n

bro he is definitely pushing them both in the back too lmfao

He is not, they jumped by themselves

@@jubal1794he didn’t push them they tried to defend him but he faked them

​@@jubal1794 That's a Celtics fans take. Normal basketball fans think Jokic is genius af

Thanks Jake -- hoping to do a few in the playoffs.

The teams that play defense usually win the chip

Is the difference in impact between a top 7-10 and top 10-15 that large to where the discourse even matters

@@Handlehosyleryes

He has deficiencies in his game that are easily exploitable by a team with IQ

Yeah I agree. I like Tatum, but I swear everytime it's late game he's always bobbling the ball or making some strange decision like not running a play until its too late.

@@RoBrinks explain further

a foot and a half shorter is a lie, reggie's 6'3, and porzingis is 7'3, it's just a foot

How did the 15 1st qt pts make u feel?

@@jimmyjay689 why are Celtics fans always such insecure babies?

@@jimmyjay689 one of the saltiest comments ive ever read lmfao. enjoy tingus pingus stinking up the court buddy.

@@johnmarkson1998He’s been playing great. Wym?

Celtics had one of there worst games of the season and still only lost by 2 and held Denver to 102 pts. We ain't stressing.

@@stephyfra1243 this is such cope lol

As a celtics fan, I can't help but imagine how this game would have gone if Tatum or Brown hadn't gone 2-17 from three.

@@peterfalkson6730 as a nuggets fan i can't help but imagine how this game would have gone is aaron gordon hadn't gone 0-6 from field

If Tatum and Brown shot even just decent they would’ve won, it goes both ways.

​@@cam42704even if Tatum and Brown shot decent, Boston still has no answers for Jokic, or even Murray

Or with AG without an injury

It’s clear Porzingis causes trouble for Jokic… Boston found something that they can take for a future finals matchup of needed

@@MrDiMES123 Yes, a BIG trouble, this is why he gave them 34,12, and 9 on 64% shooting.

@@minnussseriously😹 these people just talk

@@minnusspeople say things they want to hear and ignore all evidence that goes against what they want to hear. Bunch of soft, entitled people out here that hate hard truths

He went to the rim like 4, 5 times in the 4th...missed a few, no foul calls on a few

Agree. I'm like "go to the fcking basket". I must say that 4 or 5 times every game.

That’s the entire league especially in the regular season

That’s the entire league especially in the regular season

Yeah she is annoying her and doc rivers being bias all the time

This is an excellent analysis. By position, Boston has more talent (except for Jokić and Mal), but Jokić is like an elite quarterback who makes his receivers better. When the offense flows through him, Denver has so many ways of attacking the rim and making buckets from anywhere on the court. Jok's value added apart from scoring is insane. He accounts for somewhere between 20 and 35 ppg from assists alone (which is ludicrous) and he's one of the best rebounders in the game.

@@benrobinson1841 Yup. Appreciate the feedback!

nah thats very celtics-like

Think the execution wasn't too bad but both teams just could not buy a jumper it seemed. Jokic faking the rebounding on the lane violation was hilarious.

Yup, Nuggets only had 5 as well. It was two great defensive teams and a bunch of missed shots

Fo sho, I just think it's wild that team with Jrue holiday, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingus wasn't able to get another made field goal in 4:52 seconds

Gordon was 0-6. Imagine if he made at least 2

They about the same height

embarrassing... literally just shoot. wth was he doing it's like he forgot he's a 7 footer

Reggie Jackson is HIM

thtat's a kind o defense that Jrue was doing early this season, the smaller guys just glued to the hip of the big man, making a shot over more difficult

Let's go reggieeeee!!

More “shenanigans” should be called across the board

They had a ton of good shots down the stretch.

Or Celtics Minnesota after how great that game was.

I'd watch the shit out of a lot of series. I'm a Celtics fan so any series with them of course. But I'd watch the shit out of Bucks Nuggets

Personally, I’d like for the Celtics to not even get close to the finals

I really hope so. The Celtics are probably the only team that would actually give the Nuggets trouble in the finals.

There is still a bit of concern though. The Celtics famously had the better expected field goal percentage in the heat series. The "if everyone performs and makes shots" can be a very cruel hypothetical.

Would be a damn good series no matter what. There is hypotheticals on both sides that I believe would end up being the deciding factor. If the JT or JB get one or two more 3s to drop (or JT drives 2-3 more times per game) that can tip it to Boston. If AG + KCP make more baskets it would tip it for Denver. The mid series adjustments and schemes will be interesting if this is the Finals

Not on the road.

This was a B- game from the Nuggets. Everyone outside of Jokic and Murray were sub par. Team shot 8/31 from three. AG went 0/6 from the field, Braun didn't do anything in 5 minutes, KCP had 5 points, etc. If you get the Nuggets in the playoffs it's Nuggets in 5, easy. Even if Boston has home court.

Could say the same thing about the Nuggets. Jokic missing that easy floater. MPJ wide open corner 3 miss. KCP and AG both air balled good looking 3s at the end. I do agree that Boston will be tough to beat in 7 but so will Denver.

that's the worst part about Joe and the Celtics imo

they sure miss Udoka or wished they could have gotten Will Hardy

I'm pretty sure they called timeout w 20 secs and 4 secs to go. They had plays drawn up for two chances to tie it. Can't blame Joe for that imo

I guess you didn't watch the video that you're commenting on... Seemed like the Celtics had a deliberate plan and called set plays at key moments. They just didn't execute

@@superrookie7553 Jaylen Brown iso is not a play, my guy.