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To put an even finer point on this trend: After blowing a 19-point lead last night, the Nuggets have lost six consecutive playoff games when they’ve had a one-game lead in a series.

@BrendanVogt Fuck that, everyone needs someone who will tell them shit straight up. Jokic most of all right now.

David Adelman said you always want Jokić to take a floater, but ultimately: “I trust the best player in the world to make the decisions he makes.”

@Per1enfein @Will_d_jones You think we match up with OKC better than MN?

@Emperiacolypse @Will_d_jones Because how teams matchup are a thing?

The Nuggets could have just played Houston. The whole “we don’t care who we play” thing is stupid

@BennettDurando Someone for the love of God hold Jokic accountable

David Adelman on Nikola Jokic passing up the floater: “You always want him to shoot that shot. But he sees what he sees out there. He’s playing. And if he sees his teammate open, he’s gonna make that play. … I trust the best player in the world to make the decisions he makes.”

Jaden McDaniels, deadpan delivery, on what worked for the Timberwolves offensively. Jaden: Go at Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.” Q: They’re all bad defenders? Jaden: “Yeah, they’re all bad defenders.”

@AndyGlockner 42 mins as the only ball handler leads to very bad decisions.

@VicLombardi Well he did play a very small group of guys.

David Adelman: “We lost the game on second chance points (20-3). It kept them in the game.” 20-to-3 is jarring.

@ErinBurr27 They dont respect the game. They lost the plot with all the 3s in the 2nd.

Why do you think this team so particularly bad at Game 2s?

@nuggetsfan4ever That had nothing to do with officiating

@YSquareGolf @Will_d_jones Might as well pack it in.

@Emperiacolypse @Will_d_jones We will beat minnesota but it will be in 7 and sas and okc will have a week off while we grind out this series same as last year

@sdrotar Jokic and Murray make bad decisions when they're tired. They can't play this much anymore. DA has to figure out a way to not over play them. Don't think he's got it in him though.

Nuggets played very poorly down the stretch. Unusually shabby decision-making throughout the fourth quarter.

@HPbasketball Disaster class 4th from DA, Jamal and especially Jokic.

A contested two down 3 with no timeout.

Stop passing the fucking ball when you have a fucking shot.

@HPbasketball Just an obvious foul on the first 1

They have stuck with Rudy on Jokic and he comes up with two huge stops as Wolves go up three.

@Will_d_jones We'd be fine if Jok would shoot layups over Brown/Braun 3s

@Emperiacolypse Yeah I see that point too. We’d have a better chance to beat OKC after a short Houston series than after struggling in a seven game series vs wolves. We have to win this now. Hindsight

AG getting COOKED

@AndrewDBailey The illegal D kills me. Its like beep here's a point thanks for playing.

Since I always wind up thinking about officiating while watching the NBA: The impact it has in basketball has to be unmatched, right? There's no other sport that gives one team points for the other's violation this often, right? What if we removed free throws from basketball?

Enough fucking 3s

@DuvalierJohnson Jok; join us in the playoffs big guy.

At the half: Nuggets 64, Minnesota 64 Denver got a big lead but lost the 2nd frame 39-25 Murray leads all scorers with 23 pts including the buzzer beating heave THJ added 14 pts Jokic has 6/7/5 If you’re Adelman, what’s your message to the team?