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@Tjonesonthenba Three of those people played last night

@Gaardsy @lexusofwayzata But thanks goodness he pointed at McDaniels after that dunk in game 5. Really changed the momentum of the series

This man made a 3 in the first quarter. Pointed at my dear friend Charlie @lexusofwayzata and was never heard from again. I’d be doing some reflection, personally.

@SpursCulture You can hate him during the series, just remember when it’s over to come back to this side

I know Jaden McDaniels gonna piss me off in this series But he's a dawg for sure

@JHardRTolkien @SportsCenter He owns the wolves, literally

@SportsCenter Why is A-Rod at a Nuggets-Timberwolves game?

TERRENCE SHANNON JR. IN THE CLUTCH 🔥 TUNE IN TO ESPN NOW FOR GAME 6 FINISH BETWEEN NUGGETS-WOLVES 🍿

@NugsGetBuckets Do you legitimately think a guard should be defended the same way as a center?

SGAs whistle and Jokic’s whistle are so different it’s not even funny… Players would be banned from the NBA for defending SGA the way they defend Jokic.

@Parkerfox24 Just zero chance you would ever do that. Bigger mistake was going Braun over Tyus. Especially how bad Braun has been this series

Adelman has a decision to make in the remaining minutes of this fourth quarter… Go back with Murray or have Tyus Jones finish this thing out

@DaneMooreNBA I think another part of this is then they can have him be the ball handler and not waist the energy by Jamal or someone else having to be pestered all the way up the floor

Denver trying to make Gobert a point of attack defender, and thus away from the rim -- by having Jokic initiate the offense and put Gobert through screens, or by having Jokic repeatedly screen on the perimeter

@JonKrawczynski He did, but none of it happens without Jokic escalating

Clark did push Jokić first. This is going to be interesting

@EthicalHoopz Here’s a flop for you

WHY DO THE REFS CALL EVERY FUCKING WOLVES FLOP MAN FUCK

@Hero_OfThe_Day @NBA How does Jokic play defense I wonder?

Teams can’t touch Shai, but Gobert is allowed to hold onto Nikola Jokic as he drives, then grab him around the waist and high five him while he’s attempting a shot. Not a foul, apparently. Seems fair, @NBA!! 🔥🔥

@howlytics @ChristopherHine I guess agree to disagree because that is not what I’m seeing. And is 6-16 this high usage offensive load he is shouldering?

@zipnosis20 @ChristopherHine You might be able to cherry pick a few instances of that happening, but overall he's been consistently locked in and playing well on the defensive end while shouldering a high usage load on offense.

Suspected the Wolves coaching staff was going to be on TJ Shannon pretty good about defensive game plan issues because they really need what he brings offensively. Judging by Chris Finch's tone when he was asked about cleaning up Shannon's mistakes, that likely happened.

@howlytics @ChristopherHine He has not been good. He has had flashes of good defense and then stares at everyone around him because he was supposed to switch on a pick like everyone else and didn’t and they got an easy layup

@zipnosis20 @ChristopherHine Julius has been good all playoffs on the defensive end, and offers far more on offense. Those players naturally get more leeway.

@barstoolsports What’s crazy about this is he’s like “I’m going to point at you but gotta make sure mom don’t see” and then two seconds later is like, nah I’m pointing at you in the open screw it. And gets punished

One of the funniest dunks ever

@adukeMN @dl0burna @JonKrawczynski @DaneMooreNBA @ChristopherHine I don’t even think Mike is the right one to point the finger at. Helped the flow of offense and was manageable defensively. Many other options that had little to no affect defensively similarly to TJ, but at least TJ gives you a lot more effort

I meant honestly TJ was really bad the first half and stint in the second half First half he was -9 with a game worse -48.2 net rating. Mike was just -2 with a -7.4 So personally I would have rolled with Mike as well. Third quarter they were both pretty bad hence Mike not getting any minutes in the last 18 mins of the game. Just my two cents but I agree with Finch on this one.

@AjKFAN I totally agree in the playoffs the decisions to challenge have been really bad. But through the last few years this has been one area this coaching staff has actually been very good. Lots of things to question with this coaching staff, just not sure if this is the hill to die on

@zipnosis20 My wording could have been different but this was clearly in reference to the pretty poor decisions for early reviews in the last few games resulting in the loss of challenges the rest of those games. It’s a short window to decide, but some of them have been pretty obvious.

The Wolves are THE WORST in the league at challenges. Just terrible decisions and no challenge the rest of the way.

@JonKrawczynski I’d much rather watch Julius and Bones just stare at guys back door them for easy dunks than give Shannon another shot because of a bad plus minus

Shannon was a -9 in 7 minutes in the first half. Would like to see him get another chance. But the first shift didn't go well.

@jrborman13 Jaden drops 50

What's your best-case scenario outcome for tonight? Bones goes for 25 in a win? Big TJ night? Julius dominates with physicality? Jaden slamming the door? Perfect world, what happens?

@DaneMooreNBA I think you can’t really talk about non-Jokic minutes when they aren’t winning the minutes he’s on the floor

Non-Jokic minutes by game... Game 1: 17 to 19, 8 minutes (Wolves -2) Game 2: 21 to 17, 7.5 minutes (Wolves +4) Game 3*: 15 to 19, 8 minutes (Wolves -4) Game 4, 1st half: 9 to 9, 4.5 minutes (Wolves +0) *not including garbage time, when Jokic checked out for final minutes of a decided game