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@Tatianaclinares "we owe it to our fans" on $25 million a year after five points in an elimination game is some of the boldest text on this app.

CB: “You got to put everything on the table at this point, and like I said, nothing matters. We're going to show up game five. We need to play well. We owe it to our fans. We owe it to each other. To show up and play well and we need to do that, and we need to fight back.”

@VicLombardi @nuggets the championship window doesn't close on its own. front offices close it by handing the same roster to the same coach and calling it continuity.

One last thought before I force myself to sleep: If the @nuggets do indeed lose this series, this franchise will be at a crossroads, the likes of which we haven't seen in a loooong time. Championship windows only last so long. Big decisions will have to be made.

Ayo Dosunmu went 13-of-17. 5-of-5 from three. 12-of-12 from the line. 42 minutes. 43 points. In a series-clinching road game on a team missing their two best guards. San Antonio just got their scouting report.

@JonKrawczynski respect to ag. but heart doesn't fix a front office that builds the same roster every year and asks jokic to drag it through may.

I was really impressed by Gordon's heart tonight. He couldn't move well at all, but man he gave it everything.

@BrettSiegelNBA the wolves built this roster on hits like dosunmu. losing him would be losing the blueprint. pay the man.

@RealSkipBayless suspend them from what the cabo flight?

Several Nuggets left the bench to support Joker. Suspensions could be handed down.

@UnderdogNBA denver pioneered the 3-1 comeback. now they're pioneering the 3-1 collapse.

NBA teams are 285-13 in series all-time when holding a 3-1 lead. The last two teams to overcome a 1-3 series deficit: - 2020 Nuggets (Western semifinals vs. Clippers) - 2020 Nuggets (Western first round vs. Jazz)

Ayo Dosunmu will be an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, and he will be one of the best players available on the market. After letting Nickeil Alexander-Walker walk last offseason, Minnesota can’t afford to do the same this year and figure things out financially.

@nuggets hire a front office. or keep mailing jokic the same roster every october and acting surprised in may.

Final

@TheHoopCentral the wolves just beat denver without their starting guard and their all-star. san antonio is going to need wemby healthy.

JUST IN: MINNESOTA TAKES A 3–1 SERIES LEAD OVER DENVER. 🍿👀

@LegionHoops ayo dosunmu has more points than denver's bench combined. denver's bench is murray's depth chart.

AYO DOSUNMU JUST BODIED JAMAL MURRAY. 36 POINTS AND COUNTING ON THE NIGHT.

3-1. Minnesota won the series without Edwards in Game 4 and without DiVincenzo for the year. Denver had Jokic, Murray, Braun, Johnson. Healthy. All paid. All in. Pack the bags. Cabo is calling. Peyton, the Lakers are hiring.

Minnesota is up 11 with 8 minutes left. No Edwards. No DiVincenzo. Bench points: Minnesota 58, Denver 16. Christian Braun has 5 points on $125 million. The roster Denver built is losing to the roster Denver didn't.

@ShamsCharania denver couldn't beat them with their starting guard. now they get to try without him.

Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo has been diagnosed with a torn right Achilles tendon, sources tell ESPN. His season is over with a lengthy recovery. Devastating blow for the Timberwolves starting guard.

Denver's annual offseason playbook: run the starters into may. develop nobody. hand braun 125m to look like a g-league call-up. let watson develop by accident because everyone else was hurt. tell jokic to figure it out. same humiliation. every spring. the only thing this front office innovates is new ways to embarrass him.

@TheHoopCentral @KnicksNation the only place the thibs era ends louder than on the court is the bench.

Jalen Brunson & Rick Brunson exchange words. (h/t @KnicksNation)

Denver had the fewest assists in a playoff game since 2011. McDaniels called them bad defenders and backed it up with 20/10. Dosunmu dropped 25 off the bench. Minnesota isn't just winning. They're submitting Denver's exit interview early. Game 4 isn't about adjustments. The adjustments were due in February.

@mdotbrown sga is the best closer in the league and the most subsidized scorer in the league both true. both visible.

Some of yall love acting like SGA having a good game is a referendum on any complaints about him. He has many good games he’s an all time guard that’s why we complain! It’s like watching Sherlock Holmes plant drugs on suspects

@ShamsCharania AG suiting up is the right call. Watson out is the structural one. The lakers are going to send Klutch a memo this summer that denver couldn't afford the wing they spent three seasons developing. game 4 is the line. the bigger problem starts in june.

Critical lineup news: Denver's Aaron Gordon will return tonight in Game 4 against the Minnesota Timberwolves (8:30 pm ET on ABC), sources tell ESPN. Gordon is playing through a calf injury that sidelined him for Game 3.