The Inside Crew Reacts To Denver's Dominating Game 1 Win Over The Suns | NBA on TNT 

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CP3 looked tired trying to keep up with Jamal Murray all game 😂😂😂

CP3 too old and slow to keep up with healthy Murray Good luck to him😂😂😂

We can only hope

They need to put Booker on him if they ain’t.

Your not wrong. But if jokic goes down, the team goes down. He is why vocal point. But i do feel the nuggets won’t win a chip. They look strong every year but lose for some reason. It won’t be the suns for sure

detroit as well from 2000s

@@josephchavez9525 if any teams star goes down it means they’re toast

It all starts with Jokic. The Humble Goat

Was thinking the exact same thing!! Lol

Chuck said he’s retiring within the next 10 😢

Pretty sure they do...

They really are 😂 I love their chemistry

Shaq: No more "Kazaam!" No more "Steel!" No more 'movies' period!!!

They already do. Chuck wants to retire but they are paying him so much so he wants to stay.

I haven't seen him in a few years....man it sure looks like he has been lifting. I didn't recognize him at first.

in his post game interview after getting eliminated by Warriors last year he spoke about needing to play a lot smarter instead of relying on pure athleticism. really like that he bought into his role on this team and is a big big contributor

Archbishop Mitty produces some good ball players

@@zattack56 they don't have enough dive and seal calls for him.

Man I thought he was going to be the difference maker when Denver got him and then Murray blew out his knee. He and Porter are excellent complementary players. B ut Gordon in particular can guard a wide range of guys. And I still think he was robbed at the dunk contest.

he was 0-4 in 15 minutes tf you talking about

@@Markfelton11476 Defense wins Championships

@@Markfelton11476 casual

@@cullynshaw8284 i agree all i’m saying is he wasn’t an unsung hero for this game i watched it

​@@Markfelton11476 dude he had like 4 steals in less than 15 mins lol, you can't just watch, you gotta know what you are watching lol

Lakers in 6

It’s game 1 and they’ve been well rested. I expected them to win game 1 we’ll see how PHX adjusts

@@WS-Deadshot both them teams was both rested knock it off with bulljive

@@WS-Deadshot aged well

Isn't it cool to see how good he is even though he is not traditionally thought of as being athletic? That's why basketball is such a cool sport. Fundamentals and high IQ are also important.

Murray is always the most impressive Nuggets player in the playoffs. I like Jokic but Murray is the guy in these key moments. If they win a championship, they will make Jokic the Finals MVP anyway though.

It’s too bad they’ll have to go through Lebron after this series

Literally everyone said that. Not a new insight.

He’s an underrated defender

Your not wrong he was trying and he was doing pretty good to 😂

@@drphot6050 yes I agree he doesn’t get the credit because he already a cheat code 🤣🤣

@@adamroybal2458 yea that’s another thing too he was destroying them on offense too

​@@Faneto_94 destroying who? kd was taken out when he was behind by 23 😂🤣

​@@7mileTen They won't beat Denver....this isn't the Bubble anymore

Hi Cookie, your comment is dare I say… Sweet!

they are dangerous, periott

I'm a Celtics fan but I would love to see the Nuggets win it all if Boston can't. 😁

@@7mileTen LOL. If the Lakers get to play the Nuggets it will be a Nuggets sweep.

Why is that funny?

And Cam's 3-point shooting

and crowder as well, they should have traded paul for something...

They traded there defence and depth and got pounded on the glass and ayton so inconsistent

They’re missing 3 point shooting. Any rational person can see this. They took five 3s in a whole half. You can say what you want about other issues they have with rebounding/turnovers, but they shot five 3s in the first half and Nuggets shot 17. Suns starters shot a combined 10 3s for the game, Nuggets starters shot 28. That’s the difference. Look at game 1 against Clippers. Suns were 6-19 from 3 that game and lost. In this game, if you ignore the garbage time minutes, Suns made five 3s the whole game. No team is winning a playoff game with that kind of shooting.

@@teddylabarca4565 That's not the difference. If you want to look at the "rational" difference and impact of the rebounding/turnovers vs 3pt shooting: The nuggets got 15 more possessions than the Suns from offensive rebounds and TOs. Suns shot 59% from 2 and that's not even counting the possessions where they got fouled. Their efficiency was fine, they shot a higher TS% than the Nuggets despite losing big. Given the number of possessions the Suns had, they would need to shoot 68.4% TS to win this game, which is an unreasonable expectation. With that amount of possessions, replace every 2 attempt with a 3, and they would need 18 more threes to tie the game. And that's assuming they shoot 59% from 3. And shooting more 3s isn't going give you more possessions or better your defense. Meanwhile, if all they do is match Nuggets in possessions, 15 extra possessions, all they need to do is shoot 59% from 2 in those 15 extra possessions (which they did all game) and they tie the game. A much more reasonable expectation. Defense and rebounding/TOs lost them the game, it's wasn't not trying enough threes. To win the game with threes, they need to make 18 more threes in place of twos, at a 59% rate (an alltime great shooting night for a team). To win the game with possessions, they only need to match Denver.

He don't deserve it but he should win to go along with his resume.

Hey genius why would this one player out of the 450 players in the league deserve it more than any other player? YOU'RE A DEMENTED CHEERLEADER, isn't that a strange comment for you to make he hasn't shown any leadership He's lazy and a Humpty Dumpty he doesn't deserve anything! if he works for it and it shows good leadership maybe you can make a case of being one of many deserving people but arbitrarily just pick HIM out of the sky ridiculous. You could said Joel , deserves it, Giannas , another one Jimmy Butler is another one but as an abnormal brain you just decided to arbitrarily pick one person out of 450 players deserving it You sound just ridiculous and disingenuous get your act together Because you look bad. SMH

Honestly I think Denver will destroy the Suns this series, and will also smoke the Kings or Warriors. The only match up I think will get interested is if it's Denver Vs. La. A finesse team vs. a physical team. I think the others teams are a good match-up for Denver while LA is a toss-up.

No one deserves a ring. You get it winning the finals. That’s who deserves it lol

@@TrueGuardify I agree with all this…but….you think Denver is a finesse team? What?

he has 4 rings 😅

😂 bubble Murray

Playoff Murray. This year people gonna learn

People forget who this man is

bro me too he’s so good but i have a grudge against him because he got my clippers

@@elotero0691 i didn’t clippers had fans

Shows that athletic potential takes a back seat to effort, IQ and skill. Looking at how Jokic dominates and makes his team better I just wonder how much of the same and even better Larry Bird would do today. Its remarkable how similar they play.

He should have been traded to Indiana.

Very low basketball IQ = DA

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 so glad that ain’t happen

He suffering from the same attitude lazy Dirk nowitzki had and Steve Nash Just a traffic cone on defense

Yeah he was

Wat his percentage?

​@@xavierb9061 bruh joker had 19 rebounds 9 offensive, ayton got like 7 ? He can't even out rebound him, don't bring shooting percentage at the convo hhahha

​@@xavierb9061 You watch the game? Jokic was bullying him all over

@@xavierb9061 percentage for what idiot clown embich not gonna win MVP boy bwahahha

Suns are trying to run Ayton like the Lakers do AD, but Ayton aint that kind of guy. Suns don't have anything to alleviate that, and Monty wouldn't know how to even if they did.

Yeah, crazy that his third best player in the series was will Barton who is barely a rotation player now.

@@Ryan-rd8yg He was barely a rotation player last year too. The Nuggets are not a deep team, they barely have 8 playable guys this year even with Murray and MPJ healthy

They also didint have Brown,KCP,MPJ was younger and i think Gordon wasnt there or he just came to Denver

Not only missing Murray but MPJ. The only two useful people Jokic had. With them out their second best player was Austin rivers 😭

@@JJack-eb5mc Gordon's their 2nd best player in that series

@@allencastro9344 Aaron Gordon scored 6 points in game two, 4 points in game three, and 8 points in game 4.

And Porter Jr has become decent in defense

And that is ultimately what basketball is supposed to be: the ultimate team sport. Even Jordan had a solid team, coaches & system around him.

Yeah, Phoenix put that team together too late in the season, gave up to much to make it, have an aging point guard (maybe 1 or 2 great nights left in him, and he plays hurt often, not at a 100%). And the other new super star is getting up in age as well. Winning a title is a long haul trip. Denver is looking good to win the west.

Yup. Keep disrespecting Denver. Better that way. An angry team is a productive team.

Still are 😂🤣

"If"

Ummmm duh. Superstars are always the focus of defense

@@Cochise313 but not solely, it's not like cavs vs pistons where the whole squad focused on bron, cause they knew the old players in cavs didn't have much power left to take any contested shots, Denver has kcp, bruce, murray, mpj that ready for 3's, they shouldn't forget that Jokic's main force is his sombor and quick pass or pick & pop, they should just leave 1 player on the paint and the others lock the pass course but yeah, they lost mikal and it's really a huge lost on their defense, they traded their defense for another fire power

The elevation doesn't help either lol Colorado air real different

Thats the KD effect, gotta gut the depth they have too all in on a superstar

Both teams have weak benches. Nuggets starting 5 just better.

@@MuckNoya I was saying that suns are toast KD and book can’t be playing 42-45 min in Denver of all places where you can’t breathe they’ll be tired by the 3rd quarter 😂

@@g.o.a.tsports2880 yea that’s the thing nuggets starting 5 on any given night each of them can have 20 phx only booker and KD are the guarantees co3 is washed atp and Ayton is average to below average for his status if booker and KD don’t go north of 40 pts each there losing and might be a quick series at that

Jokic is in better shape so he can run the floor now on fast breaks. Denver is finally getting out and using the altitude to their advantage.

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Also they looked really gassed because they’re forced to play an absurd amount of time, given that they have no bench

I move furniture. I can tell you it's an advantage. Your out of breath constantly running.

@@Rogue_CenturionThe minutes are one thing, but you see how KD and book are definitely gonna be forced to actually defend now in this series? This whole situation is bad if you need your 2 best scorers to combine for 70+ points and ask them to be active on D for every possession since the suns lack that in the first place

@@rhinorock1325 true

Relax. Its just game 1. Guess this is the first time watching the playoffs?

​@@uk9383 my guy where was that same energy when the Suns played against the injured clippers?? Now the Nuggets getting their revenge against the Suns after getting swept without Jamal Murray MPJ

@@jeremymckinney5607 Suns fans all “relax, it’s just one game…” 😂 That’s their cope right now, and it’s hilarious.

I'm sure they will pick up a game but look how close the clips played them. Yeah 4-1, But many of those were close games without Paul George and in the last game the clippers were without their two best players and still almost erased a 20-point deficit. There's no excuse for why the sun's didn't win that fifth game comfortably and that finish was very concerning

thats why lakers going to the finals . AD alone makes their D too good

@@zackneskov2006 As a neutral fan of bball, Nuggets and Lakers have been the 2 best teams in the WC. AD's defensive performance was one of the best ever I've seen live, complete domination. We are in awe when Curry hits 10 3s on offense, AD did something similar but on defense, Grizz just couldnt score, they were shook, never seen anything like this in over 2 decades. And the lakers are the best defense left in the playoffs as both Grizz and Bucks are eliminated. I would have loved the story line of Bron vs KD in the WCF but a bubble rematch of Lakers and Nuggets would also be really special. And they both are running on all cylinders.

Booker had 2 blocks and a steal. He was playing defense. The other guys werent. And the issue is that the suns lack the 3 ball and the nuggets are just hitting theirs.

​@@panic_diver good takes. Long as AD stays upright I like the Lakers to represent the west. They play better defense than the nuggets.

@@playmakerzam If you think booker had a good defensive game then we watched 2 different games. And 2 blocks and 1 steal is 3 good possessions in 48 minutes, these counting stats do not mean that he wasn't exploited all game long in Murray-Jokic pick & roll and other matchups hunting where gordon and MPJ just abused him because he is too small.

Exactly... Any injury and the sun's are done....

Yeah unless KD and Book combining for 70-90 a night it's a wrap for them boys

Nuggets in 5

Anyone else think Denver will finally do it? I mean, make the finals. I think it will be Denver vs LA, Denver in 6. I’d like the lakers to win, won’t happen though

Pay the Nuggets and Jokic some RESPECT. Go nugs! ✌❤😘

Kd had 29 and 14 3 blocks on 60% from the field how is that struggling

@@grassy_butt2279 turnovers and looks gassed at the end

​@@ohlongshot4082 even with the turnovers he had a great game

Did we watch the same game?

KD was the only one who showed up imo

english is not my first language as well.. i understand.

Lakers. But if not them Denver. I don't want to see the Celtics in the Finals.

Thanks for the support

Lakers, Knicks, Denver. NOT Celtics

@@SimonNickels Fakers

Hey Einstein is the series over? 8:20 if it is how come it's not a one-game series like the super bowl? Are you saying they don't have to play the rest of the games Einstein? Well you don't make the rules here buddy got it? They're going to have to play it out and you don't think it would be a shocking thing to see teams hold the home court each time? did you just start watching basketball rookie? Time for you to reassess your basketball brain and reset it got it?

@@Iambriangregory Don't be mad just because the Suns are getting bounced

@@Iambriangregory hahahah Einstein? Listen to me boy - a used to play basketball with this guy, with Boban Marjanovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic at High school named Koncar in Belgrade, and believe me, i am Einstein to you when it comes to basketball. I am just laughing hard watching you crying here after watching Jokic drops 39/16 and extending the lead to 2:0. Anybody with IQ over the size of his shoes can see that nobody can guard Jokic in this one, Denver has better coach, center, better reserves, younger PG who can drop 50 anytime, better PF, plus very strong guys around KD. This one will end in 5.

It’s one game. I don’t think Denver can win in Phoenix. Not with Devin booker and Kevin Durant😂

@@Sol_oz didn’t they have booker and kd tonight 🤔…Denver is a complete team and have all da right pieces and everybody is unselfish on their team, phoenix has no bench Denver in 5 I honestly wanna say in 4 but I kno they will win 1

@@Sol_oz I guess you're going to learn what depth is in this series then. You don't win consistently with two players.

@@Xhoven I get what depth is in a nba playoffs series. But I don’t think is more important than what the super stars can give you.

Don’t ever disrespect Durant like that. Game 2 suns will win.

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Toronto going off right now. People partying in the streets.

Not a sport

​@@ltnorbiit3020 does the ice not make it a sport?

@@ltnorbiit3020 cringe

I miss those Blackhawks champion years 😢

I never considered them the favorites. They’re too top heavy, teams generally need depth in their bench to win a title.

DEAR MEDIA, PLS KEEP DISRESPECTING JOKIC AND THE NUGGETS. THANK YOU ❤😘

@@JRMason-ri4ii u just explained that u have never watched Denver who are known for depth, just that elite of a starting lineup

@@zaydelbash1580 he is talking about the suns. delete your comment.

​@@zaydelbash1580 The Nuggets weren't known for depth. The bench rotation was playing terribly for most of the season but they have come good at the right time.

Boston is a tough matchup for them imo, I don’t think Denver has the perimeter defenders to contain Tatum and brown

​@@clint3868Gordon is great for Tatum and Kcp can keep up with Brown. Denver is going to struggle because of Horford, the nuggets usually drop Jokic in the PnR while the celtics would pop Horford who is a great 3pt shooter

Woah now

The way Murray is playing I think he gonna take fmvp if they win the finals.

I hope cause i think his mvp is gonna be stolen this year . i just have a feeling its celtics and warriors again

Anthony Davis is coming lol. Jus like 2020.

@@ragnerlouthbrok4715 You might be right. Now think about what the nuggets could have done these past 2 years if murray was healthy and playing in playoffs...

They’ll get their points. Big deal. Can’t stop em. But now they have to play all game & 4 quarters of hard D because they have no depth. Good luck with that.

Not only that, the heavy minutes they will play. Book was at 40 and KD was at 36 when they got pulled with 5min left in the 4th

I told ppl before the series that Porter Jr, Gordon, Caldwell-Pope, & Brown will make KD & Book work on the defensive end. This can easily be a sweep.

It’d officially make him an all-time great. That said, I dunno if he or Murray would win finals MVP should they be champs

@@christianjohnson2918 gotta Be joker. Even if Murray is going off for 30 plus jokic is running the whole team

@@21hoboman Agreed. Jokic is like a 7 foot Magic Johnson, totally orchestrating his team.

Booker is an average to above average defender still far from elite

@@lawrencemcdonald9212 almost all his defensive stats and the eye test say otherwise. He holds his opponent to a 43% FG in the RS and below 40% in the playoffs so far. He is quick and strong, fights through screens and doesn't bite at most pump fakes. Other than Jrue, Caruso, Smart, Mikel (who is usually a forward) and maybe Gary Payton 2, I can't think of anyone else that can defend on his level or slightly better as a guard.

I don’t think lakers beating kings

Thats the reality of their team structure

I disagree. Those two will get their points every single night. Can’t stop them completely. But now their being asked to play hard, grinding D on multiple matchups against Denver. It showed this first game; they looked worn at the 3rd quarter.

@@RS-ol8or they gotta put up 35 a piece a game, they can do it but they gonna give up more on defense

Denver isn't a small market team. Denver is huge. Traffic is horrible there.

Uhm, Jokic had 19 boards...pretty clear which one of them is going to win this battle as Jokic is in his prime and Ayton is still on the young side. And then Porter and Gordon will both get their boards, Murray had five board to zero for CP3, KD is not going to make up the deficit on his own.

@@tribalypredisposed Jokic is playing to his max potential getting rough and using what he has while Ayton doesnt use any of his advantages he should not allow Jokic to push him out that easily come on.