Nuggets vs. Wolves: Who Matches Up With Jokic and Ant? 

Haha nice catch man. Foreshadowing maybe indeed.

I’m going with Vikings defense coordinator

@@posivibe989 🤣

going from 0 coaching exp to HC of the Lakes its a big jump lol

@@d.a.6293 he played in the league, that’s all the credibility you need

Nah, Mavs v. Nuggets will be an excellent sloppy fat white boy series

Facts

Disrespectful to the 1 seed Thunder

True. Remove all bias. This should be the West finals.

Dallas and wolves wcf

Celtics certainly can win

Mavs can win bro chill

Magic would like to have a word, jk but a man can hope

I think both of these team are capable of beating the Celtics but the Celtics have such an easy path compared to them they might have the advantage

CAVALIERS GONNA WIN IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He’s made his bed with the Lakers clearly

Lakers already working on their next scapegoat. Pelinka is a bum

What about assistant?

Im selfish and dont want him to take any of the jobs because that takes him away from OM3 😢

jj non biased??

If they dont beat eachother up

​@@user-uc4xk9dz3othe wear and tear is about to be insane, meanwhile the Celtics just might coast to the finals

@@weplaydk2343 literally its unfair

The winner is the next NBA champions

I’m not so sure

wolves guy here and hoping injuries on either team arent a factor. this matchup really deserves two teams at full power (as healthy any athlete can be after a long season) I'm looking at this as the Rumble at 5280 ft.

I think nuggets are fine. If lakers had the wolves in the first round they would be going to game 7

Don't think so

​@@rafruiz8674Really? You want to update your comment 😂

​@@rafruiz8674Really? You want to update your comment 😂

If 12pts, 3rbs, and 4ast in 31 min per game for 1st round PF series is balling, then yeah.

The whole pack is in tact like a well oiled machine.

@@minnussDefense is a thing too you know…

@@9614cp Yes, he is a very aggressive defender I admit that. Denver in 6 !

⁠​⁠@@minnuss 12 pts with great d is very impactful in the playoffs

They're both special players. Ant cannot be stopped though, even when he's not scoring well. Watched him all year, you'll be surprised what the T-Wolves can do when completely healthy. You've seen players like Ant? Who? Jordan? Kobe? TIMBERWOLVES IN SIX!

I think you're spot on that Jokic cannot be stopped - defense might slow him down, but he is incredible. That said, I'm 60 and George Gervin was a hero of mine, and can honestly say that Ant has a gear that I've only seen on a couple of other players ever. Consistency should be the goal for this 22-year-old. Whether he is able to muster this in an intense playoff series is a question only he can answer.

What players have u seen like Ant? There’s only 2. They cldnt be stopped and won 11 titles between the 2 of them.

ant averaged 32ppg in the series against Denver last season. ant is definitely not getting stopped.

​@k1d55 Tell these fan boys

As a nuggets fan 100% agree. Sense of urgency seems to be missing.

​@@zconigliettiYou will see different Denver Nuggets tonight. Thez knew thez owned the Lakers, thats why they didnt seem so hungry

Denver is way better at attention to detail in KEY MOMENTS "" also Denver is way more battle-tested nothing rattles them

​@@zconigliettiDenver steps up to their competitors they will be fine watch today

@@NickJaramillo-gi7gs 👀

mpj will be fine it’s kcp im worried snout between his ankle and having to cover Ant

They be hitting them timely, important shots tho. at least when I been paying attention

If you can be happy after your team loses then that’s a win

I am just happy they got their gentleman's sweep against the Lefrauds.

What kinda fan are you bringing that negativity in here

⁠@@PullinMyOwnlol it’s really not that, it just he know the wolves really got a legitimate chance to put em out

Its kobe(ant) and the Lakers vs timmy(jokic) and the Spurs.

Yea Ant man's maturity will show in this series; that part was impressive against the suns, without that suns would've won 2 games. Denver will be tougher obviously but we'll see if the young one will learn hard lesson from the Champs or if he will prevail. 😊

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Nuggets got less depth but they’re still deep

@@dorindasmusicnuggets aren’t deep bro .. why do you think the lakers were in almost every game .. Murray doesn’t hit those shots it’s 3-3 and the lakers were a bottom seed .. where was all the depth in that series they barely beat a 8-9 seed

@@rich2586they can be the last seed and still win with how much the referees were helping them

@@rich2586Lakers have LeBron & prime AD, they take everyone outside of the Nuggets to at least 6 games

@@joshuamontijo4359 if thats the case they wouldn’t of been in the play in 😂 and btw your talking to a lebron fan.. 7th seed for a reason bro

Conley won’t touch Murray it’s jmac naw and any

I hope McDaniels, who’ll play a huge D on Jamal, will be the best 2.

The best 2? What you mean? Besides Denver has 4 of the 5 best players in this series.

​@@PullinMyOwn what ? this would be the ranking order - 1.Joker 2.ANT 3.Jamal 4.KAT 5.Gobert ..............6.MPJ 7.AG 8.JDMac 9.NAZ 10.NAW here you go. what do you think?

opportunities to prove he is a top player. He's mid tier. MPJ is off to an amazing start and he's only going to keep getting better, having more of a role on defense now which he has been doing good with. Gordon will have a couple 20-25pt games but it is his defense and rebounding + off ball movement that is going to be so dangerous this series. Sure MN has more size than the Lakers but they like to be aggressive and double or help out. the moment that happens somebody is open and someone else is cutting. AG and MPJ are going to get a lot of good looks. Rudy is only good for defense, no kinda offense whatsoever. Even then, he can't guard Jokic. He has had some of his best games against Rudy. And because Jokic doesn't have to work as hard on defense like he did against AD, the game will be easier for him. Sure Naz is nice but he's too small to go against Jokic and he's basically the same size as AG so that's not a mismatch in your favor.

@@twolvesnoplayoffs7489 that cut off for some reason. 1. Joker 2. Ant 3. Murray (although Murray has proven he’s better then Ant) 4. MPJ 5 Gordon

If that’s all it comes down to then Denver in 5. KAT becomes a kitty in the playoffs and is a mid-tier PF/C in the league. He steady just shoots it, no post game. Ant vs Murray is going to be like Murray vs Dame/Donovan/PG. He thrives against key matchups and is only rising higher in his confidence thanks to those 2 game winners.

@@PullinMyOwn Unfortunately, I think injuries might play a role in this series 🤔🙄. Murray has a calf strain (you have to be careful with those…that’s what led to KDs Achilles injury), while Doncic has a knee injury. Assuming everything stays as is, Denver in 7. The Nuggets really do have an actual physical home court advantage against teams that don’t play at the altitude they do, which is 90%+ of the league

Facts. It was that series that people saw how good he could be.

Oh and btw Mpj will have a game winner

Ant will no doubt contribute more, but the gap between Joker and KAT is big. Minnesota is much deeper so it should be close and depend on schemes

@@pbradics3670😂😂

and gobert will compensate the jokic > kat matchup, wolves in 7

@@Acc-nt5dp forgot about him :D

They hate to hear that last part. The anti LeBron brigade pretends that the games wasn't close. Those that acknowledge it pretend that the nuggets "let them" make it close. It's insane

⁠​⁠​⁠@@weplaydk2343you hate reality- the LeBron riding brigade pretends the Lakers didn’t go 1 -8 vs the nuggets in the last 2 playoffs. It’s insane. Denver didn’t let them anything, they just won. Everyone else pretending Booker and Durant near the playoff level of James and AD.

It might go 9 games lol

I could see that. I'm sure he's aware of the doubt ppl have. He has the skill set and sharp shooting to change that narrative..

Yeah so what? It is the playoffs. Every team has to have their #1 play that much

He does wearing yellow 😮 back ground is purple 🟣

both teams can win on the road and I believe they will...7 games epic series IMO

I think so too...both teams a handful to come back on in a series.

Nope. I see wolves getting 1 in Denver and Nuggets getting 1 in Minnesota. 2-2. Then Nuggets take game 5 and close game 6.

@@je5406 very possible..and Nuggets can win at Target Center for sure...just dont bet real money on game 3...The pop for Finch in pregame intos will be LOUD, and this game is as big as the KG era finals with the Lakers...that crowd has waited decades for it. Loudest crowd Denver will have faced all year. Game 3 Wolves is a lock. But agree. Denver is a legit back to back threat this year.

I'd be shocked. I'm sure LeBron likes him, however JJ doesn't have that much experience coaching in the NBA..

Uh....yes he was.

And that won’t happened he’s not even that type of guy

​@@rich2586despite that so you have Denver demolishing the wolves..

@@weplaydk2343 im rooting for the team with the 22 year old superstar We should be in for a great series

Kat is guarding Jokic, Gobert is roaming in the paint

@@tay9223 I'm pretty sure KAT will be guarding Gordon mostly

Jokic had his worst series against Gobert last year

​@@justinpurcell3717 wolves guard Jokic with KAT with Gobert roaming off AG

@@aaronperry3950 Yea it makes sense, Kat should be playing the screens of Jokic and Murray

Interesting take, as I heard that best team label being given to the legendary green team..

@@weplaydk2343 DEN swept that season series, which should weigh heavily in that debate.

Their defense tho. Triple Towers. McDaniels is actually 6'11

Kat has gone for 60 twice. He has a team around him now, and he is no Murray, but he is a big oaf who is incredibly efficient as a shooter

@@Flip-qy5mshe not going for 60 on us buddy just stopp ittt

Of course he's not going for 60. The point is he is capable of producing chunks of offense that can tip the scales in any one game. Whether he can sustain that is a different issue.

@@jacobbowman5835 so what, the twin towers didn’t affect Jokic last year or at any point in the season. A triple tower won’t help either. You can’t guard him 1-1 and if you double somebody else is burning you