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1:00This episode is brought to you by Marvel Television's Daredevil Born Again Season 2, streaming March 24th on Disney Plus. Charlie Cox and Vincent Denafrio are back and Kristen Ritter makes her highly anticipated return as Jessica Jones in an all-new season. As Mayor Fisk tightens his grip on New York City, he marks Daredevil as his top target. Matt Murdock fights from the shadows, hoping to bring down Fisk corrupt empire and reclaim his city. Don't miss Daredevil Born Again Season 2, streaming March 24th only on Disney Plus. Oh man, another tough one. It wouldn't be an absolute statement. Yeah, it was really tough, man. A lot of talk about though. Actually, a lot of details in this one. Why is everybody welcome to the Losers' Lounge? Is anybody bet 365? We're here in the Toyota Losers' Lounge room by your front-range Toyota stores. Toyota, the official vehicle of the DNVR. Nuggets. Man. Nuggets. Man, if we could probably do three hours on the toughest losses of the year.

2:01I know. We're stacking them. We would have to go to overtime for that, man. There's so many of these games have come down to last-second shots or calls or what have you. This one, a fantastic game. Honestly, if you're a neutral observer, this was an A-plus game with an A-plus finish, but back-to-back to back-clutch threes. Unfortunately, two of those went their way and the last one went their way. Lost to get to on this one, Brenna votes here. What up, gang? That was tough. To watch. I bet it'll be easier to talk about for an hour, though. I am telling you. I am actually, there's a lot of interesting stuff from this game. There's a lot of interesting stuff, so I'm kind of excited to talk about it. Harrison wins here. Oh, my God. You're totally right, man. I mean, how many of these games have there been this season? So many. How many have there been in the last three weeks? Since the all-star game, over time to OKC, over time to the next two points to Detroit, got wrenching walls. It's just like an A. It's again, why I don't know if I'm going to survive this season.

3:03But if we do, over there, D-Lanko. Listen, guys, there's no moral victories, but I'm claiming one. I don't care. That was encouraging. Really? Yes. I did not expect that take from you. Shocking. Did the numbers last one quarter out of all four? Well. They lost it by a lot to a lineup that they shouldn't put back out. But you don't try that lineup back out. You don't lose the quarter by nine. I mean, it is certainly, I share that perspective. I do think that there's like, you trim away some of the margins from this game that won't be relevant going forward, and you can make that case. But there is another part of this, which is that winning is a skill, like shooting like everything else. Being able to just finish the game. And Denver couldn't do it again, and that's kind of been the story. But let's go to a fast breakdown real quick, because there's a lot of notes on this one. It's kind of a long one. I apologize in advance. First note, though, nugget started with energy. Man, they came ready for this game. Have you recall the beginning of this? Really, there's a lot of things that show you how badly Denver wanted to win this game.

4:05They took it very seriously. They played very close to a playoff level of intensity and effort. Kason lost two fouls in like three minutes, so that was a storyline early. But the real storyline was that Aaron Gordon had 13 of the first 17 points for Denver. You mentioned this was sort of spiritually his first game back, since the last one was such a blowout. He played like it. 19 points in the seven minutes to open it. Just dominant physically. There was, of course, no chat, no heart and Stein, no J. Dubb. So he goes inside and just absolutely bully balled them. It was a shame he had to come out. As soon as he came out, 7-0 Thunder Run. Denver was up 12 points, but he checked out of the game, and they end up blowing the lead in the first quarter. In that same quarter, the Thunder took the lead. Thankfully, Tim Hardaway Jr. came to play. He had back-to-back threes and another bucket, but AJ Mitchell matched him. He was absolutely cooking in the first quarter. 40 to 37 nuggets in the first quarter. Both teams, 37 plus points, insane. Second quarter, those really the story that you referenced here.

5:05Big Val and Aaron Gordon. AJ and Yokech killing it all year. Killing it in this game. Killing it for five straight seasons. You go to that lineup just trying to see what you got. They have no backup centers. They were playing five perimeter players, and you go with two bigs, and it was just horrible minutes. I mean, absolutely brutal. Denver falls bottom down by 10 points. It was a lot of Murray. Really, AJ was out there, but he didn't really touch the ball. It was just Val and Murray, and they could not hit shots. Spencer's first minutes of the game came with six minutes left in the half. He didn't play. It was very weird rotation tonight. And then at the end of the quarter, though, it was CB getting absolutely roasted by SGA. One of the stocking points from tonight. Zero impact on SGA. SGA did whatever he wanted tonight had a career high. Tim Hardaway Jr's shots, hit some shots to drag the nuggets back in it. And at the half, it was 66thunder. Didn't fill that bad. Since Denver was down way worse. They kind of cut into it. Third quarter. Cam hurt his finger somehow. Like right away had to check out of the game. Kind of a blessing in disguise.

6:06To be honest, backspasms. Oh, it's backspasms. It looks like a finger at first. Oh, I thought it was a backspasms. So backspasms, he checks out of the game. A bit of a blessing in disguise. They go with a different lineup. It changes the whole rotation of the second half. I'm actually curious what the rotation would have been if it weren't for that. Because I think in the second half, it was much better. Nuggets were playing some good D for a moment there. And they tied it up. And then Yokech took it over. Took over the game. Nuggets started running that inverted pick and roll action for him. And it was like eight times in a row. And they got eight plus looks out of it every single time. 96th, 93thunder going into the fourth. They are 44 and three this year when leading after three. They had another one to the another notched to the belt. To start the fourth quarter, Yokech back out there, along with Murray, Aaron Gordon, Cam Johnson, and Bruce Brown. Very interesting from David Adam and to try to play the first couple minutes with that group. Bruce hit a three on the very first possession of the quarter to tie it up. And then you go to an AG at center. So no big val in the second half. It was great. Some very great sequences from a lineup that featured

7:06all the hustle guys, Spencer, AG, Bruce. And they were making some big time plays in a small ball lineup. Yokech took a two minute rest then he came back in. Jay well hit a bunch of shots in the fourth quarter, including his seventh career high seventh three pointer in the fourth quarter. He was just absolutely nails in this game. Late in the game, Adam and I think feeling a little desperate challenged a foul on Christian Brown kind of consequential because it gave Denver just one time out remaining. To me when I watched it, I thought CB fouled him two times on the play. Yeah. I thought it was a Hail Mary of a challenge and they did not need to take it. So they're down seven with three minutes to go. McCain hit a three in the corner that felt like a dagger to put him up eight with two minutes to go. But then Tim Hardaway Jr. responded with a three with a minute 40. And what really got Denver back in this game and actually should have won it. Lou Dort once again, a flagrant foul on Nikolay Yokech. I feel bad for the guy. Yeah. I feel bad because he clearly did not mean to swing

8:06his arm in the most unnatural motion ever right at Yokech's base. Maybe time a guy from now on swings his arm in an unnatural motion. The precedent has been set for Lou Dort. I'm expecting a flagrant every time. I mean, all sincerity. It's like a footnote in this game. But it is kind of like, what the hell? What the hell? What the hell? Yokech only hits one of two though at the line. Then Nuggets get the ball and he hits a three pointer. Absolutely clutch. Then he gets a post up and it's a one point game with 30 seconds. So they're down eight with two minutes to go. One point game with 30 seconds left. SGA hit what felt like a dagger three on Christian Brown to go up four. But then Yokech hits a response three while Jade will try to just run through. I mean, it was like he was trying to get a foul. I think he was trying to get a foul something through Jamal. So you get the three and you get a free throw. Murray hits it and it's a tie game with eight and a half seconds left. They get the ball. Denver takes out Murray and Yokech puts a defensive line about there. Spencer Jones.

9:07It looks like tries to go for a steal. He gets switched on to the she tries to get a steal. Doesn't get it. She is able to walk and I kind of make a move and get to a spot for three and drains his second clutch dagger in the last 30 seconds of this game. So Yokech hits two threes in the last two minutes. She hits two threes in the last 30 seconds. But they get the last one to last laugh and the game's over. Let's go to our Red Hawk roofing big takeaways. Deal and start us off. Listen, man, I alluded to it. I actually am very encouraged by this Jake game. I mean, this is another, like coming off of last game where it just seemed hopeless that the nuggets were just going to be out classed by the NBA. They gave the thunder absolutely everything they wanted. I mean, you could say that Isaiah Hartenstein is out and chat is out. That's obviously. Jacob Caruso. But the point being is like, Jalen Williams came in and scored 32 points. It's like you can't like that. They got production out of other guys. Like that team is just so deep that a lot of the guys that got big

10:07minutes wouldn't even necessarily get an opportunity if those other guys were in. But I just liked what I saw. I mean, like they didn't it didn't work. But they the nuggets were as clutch as you could hope that they could be. I mean, that shot by Shay was just the, I mean, like what do you say about that? Like a certain cap man. At a certain point you're just like, good job, man. I mean, like you're at home. That's a good shot. You got us on this one. But you know, I don't, I don't feel like the thunder are invincible in the way that I have felt other times having played them. They're certainly really good though. And you do tip here. Do tip your cap to him. And to your point, one of the differences between them and I think the only other team that I would say this about is the Celtics. It really is that they just, no matter who plays their guys execute the exact same game plan. They all defend. They all knocked out shots when they're open. I mean, it's insane. And so I do think that if I'm OK, see, I do look at this and say four rotation pieces. We're out. And we still get the win. But I also understand what you're saying about. Yeah.

11:07But the guys that did fill in for them, including AJ Mitchell, who's missed a ton of time, comes back for his first game and was really one of the players of the game. So they got big contributions from the guys that did play. Yeah. I mean, my Red Hawk roofing big takeaway is I'm not as optimistic as D line after this game. I thought this was a game the nuggets had to get with how many guys that Thunder had out. I thought this was a game Denver had to get with just how brutal that last loss was a couple games ago. And you know, to their credit, they did come out with really good energy. They did come out with a lot of fight. I thought they did come out with the right mindset. It just wasn't enough though. No. And the defense continues to be just an absolute disaster this season. I know you get the seven threes from Jalen Williams. I know they hit some really tough shots. But overall this defense has just been an embarrassment for this entire season. And there were a lot of points tonight where it's just inexcusable.

12:08Just the miscommunications, the lack of effort, the lack of fire and just passion on the defense event. It's stuck out all season and did at a lot of key moments again tonight. The nuggets on the season have a worse defense than the Los Angeles Lakers than the Memphis Grizzlies than a lot of teams who haven't been trying to win games for a lot of this season. It's just crazy how a team assembled as a contender. And look, they're deep. They got a lot of guys, but it just has not come together defensively. And they're missing Aaron Gordon. They're missing or for the last couple of months they're missing Peyton Watts and still their couple best defenders. The Los Angeles Lakers don't have any good defenders on that team. Memphis Grizzlies don't have really any good defenders in that rotation. And somehow this nuggets defense just cannot tread water. It cannot put together enough stops and enough good possessions in these key games.

13:09And it's just been a huge disappointment all season for me. And I think when Peyton Watts and his back it would look better. I don't know if he's magically going to cure what's been the 22nd ranked defense for this season. The one thing I'll disagree with you on is I actually thought the nuggets did try on defense. They tried. No, I was going to go. You said they were putting effort in. And I thought tonight they actually did. I think for the most of the year you could make that argument. But tonight, look, there's a lot of things in here that you look at and say Denver wanted this one. You've played 40 minutes tonight. They limit short in their rotation in the second half. They went hard on this game. But to your point, it didn't matter. The Thunder still were able to get what they wanted on their off on the off. Christian Brown. At least he was able to get what he wanted in front of him. To me, it was mostly that. But what is happening with him? You know, it's interesting. His last time they played, Christian did a pretty good job on extra two. But I mean, look, sometimes when you play best in the world candidates, you get them one time. You're not going to get them twice on their own. But Christian got absolutely absolutely laid.

14:10There's no doubt about it. My Red Hawk roofing big takeaway is that the Denver Nuggets didn't look like a well-coached team tonight. They didn't look very organized on other side of the ball, despite having the health advantage in this one. And honestly, I just thought Alderman was kind of all over the place in this one. Going with the four guards early, not going to Spencer early. I thought that was crazy. Some people might disagree about going with A.G. alongside Val. But there's something to be said for how good that A.G. and Yoke, it's looked together in this game that splitting them up. Going back to Val at all. I mean, look, I'm not a huge Zeke believer, but we talked about this last game. You're just more compromised by what that does to your perimeter defense. Than anything else, I would think, when they're going small like that. I didn't think the challenge was very good. I thought Yoke's minutes in the fourth felt a bit, like literally he was deciding in the moment on the spot what to do and less like he was following a plan. And then not doubling SGA at all down the stretch. So I...

15:10And the only good thing about the rotation I think you give him is Cam went out and I can't even tell if that was because, you know, Alderman made adjustments or his hand was forced. You know, like I don't even know if I can credit him for the good moves he made. Yeah. This to me was one where it really felt. I just thought it was a rough David Alderman game. I really did. He definitely, I agree with you, by the way. You know, we were sitting here on this side off the watch along during the game and talking about how some of these feel more erratic than they do feel like strategic. Like, does he know where he's going with it? My Red Hawk roofing big takeaway. I've been the optimist with, you know, on the panel. There's a new role for me. I'm trying it out. Those little weird ones. How's it going? No, I'm quite rewarding me yet. And I'm with Eric more than I am anything else here. The thing that matters most in this is that the Aaron Gordon Murray Yoke Estria was absolutely dominant. I do think that it's going to change a little bit with some bigger bodies. J. Dubb in particular, just because he's a little bit bigger to be able to guard Aaron Gordon.

16:11But, but that looked really good today. And there were, honestly, if it weren't for splitting that up and for some of the minutes, it wasn't just the big Val minutes, then Yoke comes in and he's with a five guard lineup. And that didn't work either. So it threw everything off. But I look at that and say, A.G., still on a minutes restriction. They still, I think, would have played more. There's signs to me that Denver is getting extremely close. This season, it's just testing us. What did I say in the pregame? That this is one where Denver is going to have to do everything the hard way. Like, I don't know if the basketball gods hate the nuggets. Or if they're like, do it. Or if they're treating them like Roger Murray. And they're, this is the hot tea on the thighs while you sit in the pose. I feel like that's what the basketball gods are doing to the nuggets. Push into the nuggets. They eat us. That's what they're doing to us. They're, they're testing us in the most painful and brutal ways. But when you get through that noise, and I'm not trying to say, a moral victory or this or that, because at the end of the day, it is a loss in Denver really wanted this one. And O.K.C. is gaining confidence against Denver. All those things are real. But I also look at this and just say, where has Denver been over the last four weeks?

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20:18Which is fine. So let's get into this here. I think the headliner for me in terms of players in this game is Christian Brown. And because the headliner is actually SGA. Dude, look at this number. Nine rebounds though. Nine rebounds here. There you go. Two of six. The three point. He had an air ball in the clutch by the way. In clutch time. He had an air ball. It was a fairly open three. It was a fairly open one. So in addition to his offense, just looking again, over three from three, not looking confident. The real story is that you made a point that he actually did defend him statistically pretty decently. Although Shady was pretty great in the last game too. But statistically, he defended him well when it was one on one. Tonight, he did not see it. Shady did not see Christian. I mean, I thought he was not toying with him. But he was, I mean, he was trash talking, you know, like after every bucket, he was given the smirk. He was so, like, loudly unbothered by Christian tonight. And if you're Christian, you have to go back and look.

21:18And after this game, you kind of have to feel like, I let the team down because Shady is going to have career nights against me every single time. If that's what it's going to look like. Man, talking smack that last one, the second to last three hit. Get this guy off me. Get this guy out of here. You fill it in in for whatever you'd like there. He was talking smack. The thing about CB is I can promise you he does feel that way, you know? No one hates losing more. No one knows when it's their fault faster than CB. Not saying that changes anything, but he does know. You know, he's not driving home thinking actually. I think I did a pretty good job tonight. He probably feels like he let the team down. He has to be, he has to be, if he's not going to hit perimeter shots against the thunder, he has to play the best defense of his life. If he's not going to play the best defense of his life, he has to have more to contribute offensively. Let's go to the bench. It's all really easy to say, but it's just the bottom line of it. It's not, there's nowhere to hide. If you figure this out, you write the ship, you play great basketball, you make it back to the western conference finals.

22:21And you're probably playing the thunder again. And this problem will matter. CB's got to figure this out. Or as they get guys back, namely Peyton, you might have to go away from CB in pivotal moments in this matchup. Doesn't feel fair, but it's not fairness has nothing to do with it. It's like he can't, he has to make a bigger impact in this one. I think that he doesn't know how to be honest with you. Like I, because I thought his effort, everything was there. I think that this is like, Shay has him figured out and CB lacks the ability to do anything about it. Yeah, I mean, we were hoping after he got the contract that he would shift his focus back to defense. Right. And that has just not happened at all. I mean, the injury threw a wrench into his season. But even before that, and now after it, he has just not been close to good enough defensively. And you guys were saying it. It's not even that he's not good enough defensively. It's that people don't fear him. Like nobody fears the Christian Brown matchup.

23:23It seems like the best guards in the league sometimes even welcoming, you know. And on offense, him not being a three point shooter, him not having confidence in his three is a liability. Because it just changes how the defense guards, the nuggets with Yokech on the court. If he's trying to space the floor in the perimeter. So he's had some bad misses too. It's not like, oh, rimmed out, like air ball, clank off the backboard didn't the rim. Like he had some battles. He had the one in the, it was like a big high leverage three in the air ball. Yeah, sure. Yeah. So it's, it's been a really disappointing season. And he's, he's just, it's got to start on the defensive end. It just has to. And then I think the rest of his game falls in line. What? Yeah, real quick D line. When you think about the future for the nuggets, Shay is in their division. He's in their conference. He's in their way. Like you're, you build out a roster. Your question has to be, can we stop the guy? Mm-hmm. And right now, Shay's the guy and CB is, I mean, maybe one of the words.

24:24Give him tonight's performance. Maybe the worst option a team has as a go-to on ball guy. Yeah, that took a tough, a tough thing about tonight is that the nuggets supposed defensive stopper was the mark. Man, they just got him. Not good. They took him off Shay for a while. Yeah. And then that guy went out CB. It's not good. To me, it's like I look at, I look at this game and I'm like, man, that sucks. You just can't play him. That's it. Peyton Watson has to take that position. He has to be the one to try to guard SGA. And the Christian, like in this matchup is ineffective. And he has to go to the bench. And for that standpoint, it's like, I can just imagine the effort getting immediately better. Because it's, I agree with what you said. To me, it's not effort. Like he's playing as hard as he can. And he's getting his hand in space. But it's just like maybe his arms aren't long enough. Maybe that's, honestly, it's finally come back around. It's true. Whatever case, it's just like SGA could get around him every time. And when he went out to shoot, he would get his hand in his face.

25:26And it didn't do anything. It was like two inches too short. But he could get by him every time. It's like, it's like he'd get his hand up and SGA would make it. And so if he extended a little farther, he'd fall in like obviously fall in. That's like, yeah, there's no thin line that's perfect there. Again, in the interest of, I think just covering all the bases on this, the last time they played and they went to overtime, SGA was very inefficient, except for one stretch, which was all against the second unit. CB did his job in that game, but he did not tonight. So I just, I don't even want to say that he can't do it. It's just, he literally has to justify his spot in the starting and closing lineup. I mean, it's just in this matchup specifically. Yeah, I know I feel you. Like it doesn't. No, he's saying though, and then I do think it's fair that he was good in the last one. So we have a two game sample size. We're one. He got absolutely just incredible. Right. Like sometimes you're going to get beat by him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you're going to get beat by him. The thing that I think is tough is this is likely the last time Denver will see OKC. So they played the second to last game of the year.

26:27There's a really good chance that OKC has locked up a seed by that time. So I think the next time you see them, it should you see them again for a real matchup will be the playoffs. So this will be the lingering sort of perspective on that dynamic. The next guy we have to go to those Aaron Gordon. So he's back from the century and you want to know how does he look? 28 minutes looked athletic. He had big time, a big time dunk. He played great defense. He hit two three pointers, two out of five. He did everything. And then the thing about like some guys know where they fit into the offense, fit in onto this team. He's the that first quarter was a perfect example of here's how I received the ball and make myself available in a way that's not like just go get the ball. Everybody clear out. He just kept bullying his way. Yoke finds him lays it right in. It was honestly an A plus game. And he was a plus 14 in his 28 minutes. He was incredible. A G was incredible. I came back. I cannot believe this is one game removed from such a long break.

27:29Imagine what it looks like because obviously he came out of the gate with hair on fire and just went absolutely nuts in the first quarter. And then you can't keep that kind of production up. But you got to imagine he got a little bit tired as the game went on. Imagine when he gets his fitness back up and he's able to attack with like some level of that physicality throughout. I mean, he looked unbelievable. That's like another reason why I can't get too upset about this game. It's like that was so beautiful to see Aaron Gordon perform like that in big moments. He takes that bad three at the end. He was tired. You would like to see the nuggets get a little bit more of their two-man game finale hoop. The formation going on. But everyone was tired. It was pretty perimeter. But I don't know, man. I just, I don't know. I feel good. I don't know what to say. I mean, this part of it, to you started with saying he was encouraging. This part of it had to be encouraging. You're thinking Aaron Gordon back changes this match up a little bit.

28:29It does. It changes it a lot a bit. And if you didn't have a minute restriction and maybe even on the current minutes, if they were dulled out a little differently, it could have made a bigger impact tonight. So yes, if you want to focus in on just this part of it, this part of it was absolutely encouraging. That's like Aaron changes the way they match up with teams. It's like this combination of size, speed, strength. Passing ability that just allows them to kind of match up differently with these physical teams. And when they don't have it, it's just, it's almost hard to overstate. So yeah, that was really encouraging. He looked great. And I hope that he only continues to get his legs back under him because I don't say this as an excuse. Just a matter of fact, the guys missed most of the season. Yeah. There's no way he's in peak NBA conditioning right now. No chance. Credit to him for doing what he did tonight. He also, I think, brings like a soul to the team. I know it sounds silly, but you know, he brought that. And I thought that that first quarter, you know, he looked fresh.

29:29If we're squinting for silver linings here, one thing you can hope for him missing basically the entire season is that he'll be fresh for the playoffs. That first quarter, you're right that he did, I think, get tired because he's going to have to work himself back into game shape in minutes and this and that. But he did look fresh, like even fresher than we're typically used to seeing him. And maybe that's a sign of things to come. Well, I was wondering, you know, just right off this hamstring injury being out for so long. Did he have just the strength that he have the physicality, the explosion to hurt the thunder inside? Because no home grim, no heart and steam. They're starting this small lineup. It was pretty clear once you saw that that Aaron Gordon could feast. Yeah. I think it was only a question of was his body at the level to where he could do that? Yeah. And the answer was a resounding yes. I mean, he was an absolute beast in that first quarter. Yeah. Like that is that Aaron Gordon physicality that can change games and has changed playoff games in the past. So. I know. It was awesome. That was a huge positive.

30:29Imagine him peak fitness, no minute restriction. Yeah. Imagine him peak fitness, not playing next to Big Vap. Well, one question to bring things back down a little bit. One question I do have is I'm not sure you want to play him more than like 34 minutes a game in the past. Even in the playoffs. Right. Because you are constantly feel like you're playing with fire. And what we saw tonight, you're like, man, can you pencil him in for 38, 39 minutes? I'm just not sure. That will become very uncomfortable if he's multiple games in a row at 39 minutes. Oh, yeah. For all of a sudden, you're just everything's relying on this guy. Right. It's a hamstring. A hundred percent, man. A hundred percent. I'm not trying. This is a tough spot. Specifically Aaron Gordon playing well was awesome and encouraging. Outside of that, I just, you know, it's just the season is in a precarious position. It really is. It really is. It really is. It is teetering. That's it. That's it. I would did not have a positive note in that. I feel like he had one more. I mean, it sounded like a teetering but.

31:29No, I didn't have a but. Ah. Maybe I'll find one later. I mean, I hate to say I'm just like a rose colored idiot, which whatever, you can call me whatever you want. But I just like consider the fact that this is the second game that the nuggets have had their starters. The first one was like an abject disaster. It really doesn't even count though because Murray was only in tact first. That's such a never. I mean, I don't believe it. Like I really just like I said, I just the nuggets were shook when he got hurt. But you just saw them starting to figure things out and like against very, very stout defense. Like the Oklahoma City Thunder, even when they're not being like just dirty, they're just on you. They're prohibitive. They're prohibitive. Is it what I say? I think Lou Dord is dirty, but I actually think they are impressively physical. They know how to do it in a way that I think is legal. And the nuggets like met it. Yeah, they did. I agree, actually. And you know, it's like, and that's the starting unit. And it's like, okay, you know, yes, this suck big. Val put us in a horrible position.

32:29You can't play big. It's that small lineup because they just torched you from there was like eight threes that got hit in their eye. It was a tactical disaster. But it is also. Adam and has to kind of figure out what he can do with these guys. He hasn't had the opportunity to do it. If you would have brought big belt back in, that's where I'm like, all right, Adam and you're fucking idiot. But I mean, the only reason I say that I disagree with that is he was my his 21 two weeks ago against this exact team. And it was it was worse than what we saw tonight. And when I was on this show going, you can't play it. You can't play it again. It was not a thing fair. To be more like if they played next week and he did it again. And you're like to be fair. He only played them in the first. The idea is it was an outlier. No, we got to get it. All right, let's take a break. We got to talk to you. Let's just worry on the other side. We have to get the camera. It's a fair point. Oh. Shout out to Xfinity in the five year price guarantee. What if you could have reliable and intelligent Wi-Fi? What if you could keep it at the same price for five years?

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35:34Stevenson, Toyota East, Interora, and Stevenson, Toyota West in Lakewood. Toyota is a proud partner of the Denver. Now it gets an official vehicle of DNVR. Let's go places. Let's go to segment three. Everybody, make sure you hit that like button. Leave us a comment. Hop in the Toyota chat. Leave us a nice comment. Leave us a nice comment, man. If you have it in you. If you have it in you. Let's go to Joker. 30 points. 14 rebounds. 13 assists. One block. He was a plus two. 12 of 19. Played 40 minutes. He looked absolutely distraught after this game. My note on Joker is this. A.G. gets going really early. And I felt like Yoke settled in. Like it was a very... All right, I'm pacing myself for this game. Now he was dominant in the third quarter who was very good in the fourth. And he hit two enormously clutch shots. You know, to get them to claw back into this one. But I did feel like in that first and second quarter he was managing the game a little. Kind of letting the game come doom in a way where I felt like... Just take it to J-Will, man.

36:35He's making threes on the other end. Just go take it to that guy. He can score him in every time. And he could. But he kind of game managed. I thought. Yeah. Still a day plus game. You know, yeah. Still a good game from him. But I felt like there could have been a little bit more, especially in the middle portions of the game. You know, AG cooking in the first quarter. Cool. They had a great first quarter. 40 points. Offensively at least. Yeah. The second and third quarter I thought there was definitely a lot of room for him to go at J-Will and Williams more. There was one possession in particular I remember. And it did end in, you know, two Cam Johnson free throws. But Yo catches the ball at the elbow. Nobody's around him. You know, a lot of time for a shot there to take it to the rim. Found Cam Johnson who drove and got to the line. But I felt like I didn't personally mind that one. I thought that was the right play. I felt like there were a couple of moments for him to be more aggressive in this game. Overall though, offensively, he was very good. Do you feel like, vote, yoke sometimes when it's a dominant first quarter,

37:36goes to the bench, bench blows it and he comes back in. I feel like there's no way of having a statistical analysis of this. I feel like that's what he most game manages. It's almost like he's pissed. He goes out with a big lead. He comes back in and he's like, all right, well, now we're down to eight. So let me just work the ball around. I don't know. I'm projecting. I actually, I thought he was. I mean, I'm not saying that you guys are saying otherwise explicitly. I thought he was phenomenal tonight. In the second half in particular. And like you said, in the first quarter, everything was fine. It's really second quarter. Turnover as well. That won't turn over. I think he can cut back on those types of turnovers. They've happened all year. But ultimately, 13 to three assist ratio with the way they're collapsing on them. I was really encouraged. I felt like it had been a long time. Maybe a long time is an overstatement. In yokich time, it had been a minute since we'd seen him sort of be dominant in the paint, especially in a fourth quarter, like not against like the bulls or whatever. Like in these kind of games, instead of settling for the three, but oh, he actually just got to a shot.

38:36He was actually just able to get that shot off and he had his touch. And I thought there were tons of and ones that were called. I thought he was really, really good in the fourth. I mean, I, you know, look, we've, at some point in the last couple of weeks, it became time to start criticizing yokich again. And no one ever wants to do that. To me, I thought he looked like yokich again tonight. I thought he looked damn near flawless. I do too, especially in that second half. I mean, this wasn't, like I said, an A-plus game from him. The one thing about it too. Two-three's in the clutch is kind of a big deal to me. Yeah, for sure. You know what? He had two of them. A-S-G-A kind of hit two, too. Then they're going to be remembered louder. But he had two-three's in the pressure cooker. Oh, that's, I mean, that's the, that is everything. yokich was so good. Down, I was so impressed by yokich by Joker tonight. Like I can't even nitpick him. He just looked like the goddamn MVP. He stepped up and knocked down the biggest shots. Like, and just it exactly would happen. So it's such a pity we don't, we don't get to talk about what the nuggets actually did in the clutch.

39:39Coming back. Because they blew it early like they've been doing. Get down eight. The fact that they came back and closed the gap with eight seconds left after being down eight. And yokich was at the heart of that. He was just incredible. And like this, like votes said, this looked like Nikola yokich. So he is absolutely back. Last game, this game, his touch is there. You know, you saw very little complaining from him tonight. You didn't see any flopping. Yeah, he just played tough, man. And he did play tough. And he just, he didn't let like so many, like getting hit in the face with a spinning backhand. Didn't take him out. He had a three after that. Like the biggest three in the game. Yeah, right. Like Nikola yokich is so goddamn incredible. And I hate that he didn't get rewarded by the all the NBA world. Just like being able to bask in the what he was able to do. It's just because unfortunately, SGA did the same. Big three is right.

40:39Right. I know. But I was back to multiple times in this game. High lever moment. They really need a bucket. I was back to expecting yokich to get it. Yes, exactly. Not just wondering what it was going to look like. But now he's actually even when he took those threes in the clutch, those ones, I just, I felt really good about them. So it was really nice to feel that way watching yokich again. Not to say that it had been years, by the way. It was like a week and a half. It was hard. It had been two months because he missed five years. Yes. Yes, that's what I mean. It was dark, dude. And he looks like himself finally again. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm telling you, he looked really yoke after games, especially in the regular season. He can be down a little bit. I thought he looked really down, like really pissed about this one. He did. I think Jay will. It's funny. Jay will really takes this matchup seriously. I mean, he goes seven of 11 to nine. He was great. I mean, he made his shots here. But I feel like, you know, I wonder if he has yokich attention now. Because it's like, he wants a rivalry with you. Yeah. Look at his beneath yoke to have a rivalry. This team, this team, though. I mean, yokich leads into this team. There are some games he loses and it just, he might carry, might not see it.

41:40Yeah. You're going to see it. Yeah. He wants to beat this team very badly. Jamal Murray goes for 21 points on nine of 23 shooting. He has eight rebounds and six assists. He was a plus five in this game. What did you see from him, when? Well, I mean, you got to really just tip your hat to him for even playing in this game. Yeah. That is true. He really tried from the dead. But we think he's going to be out at least a couple of weeks. Doesn't miss any games. Suits up the plate. He was definitely not 100% wasn't moving at close to full speed. Was really hampered by that ankle. It seemed like for some of this game gutted it out. So I just got to tip my cat to him and say, like, you're tough as shit, man. Totally. Jamal Murray is tough as shit, right? The report. He didn't have a good, he didn't have really a fishing game. 21 points, nine of 23 shooting, but played his heart out. He had some good pick and rolls with the Oak. He did. I mean, he got to the rim. A lot of inside hand finishes on floater. Yeah. I mean, I feel like he was a contributor to some of their defensive breakdowns.

42:43But that's kind of what happens when you're gutting it out on a bum ankle. Yeah. Well said, Harrison. Good breakdown. No turnovers. No turn. No shots that mattered in this one. But I just, I would, I have a hard time jumping on Jamal because I feel like he played through this to give him a chance. Like as we're going through this, I mean, we'll get to another guy here that deserves criticism. But we actually again, we're talking about guys that we felt battled and played well for the most part of it. That's just it. Like the three guys that you want a need. Aaron Gordon, Nicolio gets Jamal Murray. All three of them, you say, had a good game. Yeah. Good to excellent. Well, one last good guy to get to here. And it's Tim Hardaway, Jr. And there's a big note in here. 28 points from him. 8 of 12. Outlier shooting from him as well. Even though he's a great shooter. 8 of 12 is certainly running hot. Still a minus 10 overall, but 10 of 16 from the field. He, we don't understand. You know, some of this is what we talked about. It's hard being the other guy along the Murray Oak. It's a two-man game.

43:43It's hard. It's hard. Tim, it's not hard for him. Yeah. And he has zero fill gold attempts. Then he gets back in there. He gets one fill gold attempt. And you're like, yeah, the ball just didn't find him. And then Tim's in there. And the ball finds him every single time. And he's open. And also like sometimes the ball finds him. And then he just shoots. He just shoots. No matter what's happening. It's like he understands that my job is to shoot. Even if they're mildly contested, they're going to be in rhythm. And it's just, it's such a contrast right now watching his ability to get open looks. I do think Cam does a lot of good stuff. And we always say it. But I just don't understand how Tim Hardaway, Jr. has 16 shots and Cam Johnson can get five. Do they get different looks? Well, yes to an extent. But Cam won't take it. If Cam Johnson had the same trigger as Tim Hardaway, he would take close to the same amount of shots. That's the point. It's not like Tim Hardaway's getting open looks. Now, I will say there's a little bit of a, it's very clear. Like everyone has told Tim a million times do that. Right. Like no matter who you're playing with. And Cam's also playing with Yoke and Murray a lot of them.

44:44A little bit, right. Which is part of the mic thing of like he probably could have taken that contested three off a DHO. But you can get better looks. Yeah, but five. But I, hang on, I was gonna, I was gonna land the plane. I'm with you though that it's way too far in the other direction. And specifically with how things went for him in the last few weeks. It did feel like a continuation of the kind of ducking the smoke on the court, if you will. Yeah, I can see that. Although to talk, go back to Tim, like, what a goddamn dog, man. I can't believe this is the guy we got. He is unreal. He is fearless. And it means something different when you do it against this team. Yes. Because they're very physical. The game is fast. That's the point. That's the point. Like this was a big boy game. Yeah. This was a game that. I kind of needed to see it. Really, really wanted it. And, you know, I, I mean, I was freaking out the whole time. It's just like, yo, you have the, these guys have to hit their threes. They have to. Otherwise, Yokech is just going to be swallowed up and made ineffective because he can just

45:46sag everybody off these three point shooters. The only one that took that to heart is Tim Hardaway Jr. And he just. He was fired up too. He was so fired up. And it's like, we got one three from Cam, which was a big one. That one felt good. That was big. In general, yet, mentally, you have to lose your conscience. You have to start putting it up. Like you have high level skill and you're tall. And he honestly, look, the first time they played the Thunder Tim wasn't very good. And the Thunder defended him very well. The second time he played better, but then he was really bad in overtime. Right. And I was up here saying, I don't think you close with this guy. I just want to credit him for coming back out this time and just being an absolute dog in this one. Because it was, you know, I, I had some worries or doubts coming into this one about him specifically. And he was just really good. Spencer Jones is an interesting case because his game was so weird tonight. 16 minutes from him, but not playing. I mean, what a tough spot. I don't know. I don't know if I've ever seen a player. Dante Jones used to play six minutes to start the half and then not play again.

46:48And then six minutes of. Yeah. This was a reverse. I don't think I've ever seen the other direction where you don't play the first. It would be 18 minutes in the game and then you check in. It was so weird how we did not play really at all in the first half. Considering the thunder played one big today. It seems like he'd be exactly what you would want on the second unit. Very strange to me too. I mean, he'd rather get in. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, it was David. I only had a really rough. Didn't it feel like he was making it up as he was kind of. Especially at that, at that time when it was just like so clearly not working. And you're like, what? Like I get like I get you want to see what it looks like. We've seen. That's what it looks like. I feel like Spencer Jones hasn't had a three in a long time. Did he get one of it? No, he's over three now. Man, I saw some. So I put out there about this site. You know, I'm obviously complaining about Big Val playing. And I have people like laughing in my mention. So who do you think they could play? They don't play big.

47:48A.G. or Big Val. If you want A.G. to play with Yoke, you don't make Val. Who are you going to put out there to defend Zeke? First of all, who is the backup center for them tonight? Which Williams. Cambridge Williams. Bro is 6'7." No, he's not. No, he's not. He's 6'5." I think he's listed 6'5." I have got na na na na na na na na. I have got na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I believe you that. He is my high and skinnier. Like he's, he's a thin bodied 6'5. Where is that T-shirt? I mean, he is like smaller than Julian Strother. No, it's not. Yes, he is too. I'm telling you right now. He's smaller. I'm way too, you're gonna have to check it out. It's really not smart. Oh, man. You might have to go to Combine Numbers on this kill to confirm this Oh, he would have to shoot the Combine Numbers He would have to shoot the Combine Numbers Keter's way to shoot the Combine Numbers has his hands He is not a big-bodied guy, and so to me, I'm like, first of all, Zeke, the thing he can do is guard And you have to stop thinking about players in terms of like, value in a vacuum Is Zeke better than so and so You just need guys that can switch the perimeter Because you can't get into rotation, you need guys that can sit down I'm not saying he's gonna shut down SGA or any of this

48:51But he does make a lineup that allows you just to switch guard and give you a chance to stay in front And again, the contrast right now is big Val who, as I said, is minus 29 and 14 minutes That's hard to do It's not even... it's just the way it compromises your defense It's just... it is more important than trying to make some sort of argument I'm like, well, Zeke is so bad that Val is actually... Like, no, it's not about who's a better or worse player Like, what it does to your defense is just... You have to go take advantage of it on the other end And they haven't been able to do that So it just felt like this one, especially with their injuries You needed to go small It's easy to say from here Except I actually think that this one is easy to say I think so to say in the whole world This is why I was like freaking out about it That's why we were laughing earlier I'm like, logically, it doesn't make sense to play Val Statistically, it doesn't make sense We have... precedent for it I just don't get it But it doesn't make you feel better that the nuggets covered

49:51Well, did they... because it wasn't at two and a half? Three and a half Dude, they're so good It's crazy how good they are, isn't it? It's crazy They're so good It's like, right thing how good they are I kind of think that there's like time travel You know, like... That's what I think is happening That's stupid as hell ever Oh man, I just had a thought I wanted to go to... Time travel? No, it would lead by Elon Musk Yeah, we need the Combine... Combine hype for him Combine it Oh, thank you very much Thank you Did they measure his Dallas Shag? His Wishews Yeah And Dallas Shag All right, so he's 6'6 probably All right, what's Julian? He's not 6'6 without shoes Well, he's 6'7 the Wishews Jolion? No, no, no, I'm saying... I'm saying that's what he just said Yeah, so he's 6'6 without Okay, let's see what it's about Julian Being in high school, you just argue facts Yeah Julian Strother 6'7 with shoes at the Combine All right, so they're the same hype This is...

50:52I'm gonna need without shoes All right, let's see how fast it is Julian Strother was our back advantage with shoes Julian Strother was our back-up center You know, let's kind of the idea Oh, he's big, too Without shoes I think it was in the deep water Wow, all right, cool I got to go out of the eye with Strother's I guess Sounds like you don't have a chance I was wrong Sounds like you're well below eye to eye with him Strother's really tall Chindai Yeah, I was actually, they met that last time I looked at him I think guys so tall would rely on a floater so much Because it goes in Sometimes No, it goes in all the time His three is the one you're thinking about that doesn't go in All right Final thoughts on this game Before we move on Well, listen, I understand where everybody is And I'm not trying to just drive a raw rod truck I just I don't know man, like I have just been waiting and waiting

51:52The season is all about waiting It's just been about waiting When, when, when And um I just saw that level of effort Is what they gave in the playoffs And they were so close to overcoming the Thunder They were on the Thunder's home court Yes, the Thunder were missing me I mean, I Listen, I The Thunder's the Thunder are so deep I don't even think it matters that they were missing plays It just gives again gives more opportunity to guys that are Excellent that are pushed further down the the Uh, the roster like You know All these guys, whatever, AJ Mitchell And for like Well, well the irony is if the next time they play in the playoffs The backup center is actually Hart and Stein And you have to go to Big Val Yes, oh yeah, oh no No way Yeah, you are But I just I don't know man We're not we're not running out of time Like we're not like that because it's We it just feel like we this feels bad But like if they win this next game Like this feels like they're getting something going And I just think they're going to start to look better And better And better and better

52:53And he what's going to come back Well, you know my prediction I said this The Nate deer had said I hate you right I hate to say this The Nate deer I said was going to be March 14th Like I know But like if that's if this plays out They're in the play in dude No, they're not going to be I don't think they'll be in the play I'm not saying I know But I think they might be the 5c Like if there's more Nate deer to come from There's this week I just worried about this week I know they do never been Like praying you were wrong And I'm more faithful But I'm right Because it's already half the bad part is already half But like we're at the Nate deer Like the Nate deer was the mix game And like now we're crawling out It might I mean it might be I'm just saying I don't think that we'll get the like Track shouldn't I just see these next couple games being aggrined I mean it's three and four It's good teams You go to Houston I think they have a great chance to get in a win at Houston by the way Houston's out of Houston The other thing to think about is All these other teams are going through exactly what Denver is Houston just got murdered by San Antonio They kind of hate each other I know but I just You wanted this was the year you wanted to see Denver And the conversations with OKC Of course

53:53Not that Of course No, of course I know you know I know you feel that way Super chats The boy's dad guy The difference Again turnovers and points off So Denver's bigger issue is points off But they actually don't turn it over nearly as much as you think in your head It's every time it goes in Dude they do not get back when they do It leads to it leads to scores every time Vladislav just lost the second quarter badly with the bench That's right Exactly what happened Ryan B1 Five guards on OKC bench I would take over CB or BB I mean good players Here's the age old question Do they draft really well or do they develop really well Or do they do well or do they do both I think they do both I've done everything well I think they do both as well But I just think it's massively underrated that Because everybody's like how did they Everybody let this guy go to them or this guy go to And I'm like They're just whatever you think the best version of a player's upside is They're going to become that Edo cloma city There's just no way a team's hit this hard And by the way they hit in the exact same direction

54:54They all play the same I know I know But then it's like they got SGA off of a trade They got Jeremy Kane off of a trade Oh no no they definitely fleece too Like they just keep taking a bit Like Sam Preston just smarter He's laughing everyone He's laughing He's just smarter than everyone Not named Brad Steven But here's the thing I keep thinking about As I was watching Oh yeah If I've been watching Boston here lately Boston has like Shireman and Houser And those guys locked down They locked up And I'm sitting here going These guys how did they become elite defend There's something about this That I can't put my finger on That I'm like all of the thunder guys can sit down and guard All of the Celtics can sit down and guard And they're not guys that are always known for guarding Bro look at this They become it Big play 69 Just gifted 10 sports Memberships at the time Oh man Oh yeah man We needed that That wasn't big What a pick up the vibes These are the types of things We have to do as a fan base man We can't live in this muck and mire It sucks but this is not This is not who we are It just isn't

55:56Like I know we are right now But it's just not who we are That's it There you go man Get these vibes turned around Where's what we need man Trust me I will crash out When I lose hope I will take you all down with me Yeah we know Yeah Don't Don't Don't clarify I got Bayla Shiaman Game Shine Blah blah blah blah blah blah One through three seed It's been 31 years since a seed Other than one through three one at all It's time again The comp is the 19 I'm telling you man I'm telling you like I That's where my mind is as I'm like you know what Effort let's do it the hard way Miami he moves in the final Finals Greg we beat the ever loving hell out of him But still they couldn't They made it through Ryan vanquishing the west Would be a victory in another It's self in some small way Ryan B One came is about as useless A clutch player as possible I he's definitely a guy When he gets the ball That's in the clutch I'm like I do Dude right now he's getting the ball He dribbles once Picks it up and looks for you It just like Like he just hands it to him Like we got he hit a big three

56:56He did it a big three He hit a big three And like that's the That's the the way back I think it's like could I think him can play I think it's that's what I'm saying though Like that shot is the way back That's what's going out of his head See McFly almost won a 2v1 Nothing but hope going forward Jackson Why 1986 We are making a statement all right Getting beat down by the okc b squad After getting pumped by the next Are we struggling the drain Looks like SGA took the crown from Yoke As much as I hate to say What a terrible chat I mean here here's the thing though I will say like I still think Yoke's the best player in the world But she does have the crown right now And that he's a rating champ And he is playing phenomenally And it's this is a team sport At the end of the day And we can all talk about who we think is better In a vacuum or so that I think even Yoke kind of looks at it And is like You know that's the team I don't think he thinks individually But he just like that team has the magic at the moment Yeah man he does like watching them And you can't I mean you You can't say anything

57:56I mean they I took my hat man Are you too Yoke has to take it back But Yoke in many ways outplayed him But like in other ways Like SGA like what What else are you gonna ask me about I thought they both look like Tonight was one of those nights Where you watch those two I go there's no real it's Those two guys and everyone else Mak Gwetski It's malpractice attaching Yoke to Rookie head coach Tomato I mean that will be probably line item number one If they flame out this year That will certainly be the thing that is It'll be a disaster So let's pray let's pray Let's not go there I don't want that to be the case Maddox Otter quite frankly Inexcuseable to not win When the OKC is down Basically four starters Denver wanted this one so badly And failed anyways Pathetic I mean you got to watch that game Though I just say what show has a Rookie head coach Did he win it? Who was it down? It was him right They didn't win They made it to the When they won Oh no like you're right Yeah, I think the Rookie head coach I mean you're right The new NBA kind of is a Rookie head coach Thing nonetheless Could be the wrong head coaches

58:57But we'll say one way or another Aki khaki aki khaki One of those two scam Johnson hashtag refund Fudge scam Johnson Jocelyn um Alirez Jocelyn Alirez Celebrating four months of membership I still believe in this team Let's go Jocelyn I'm sure one Theaver that they can beat anyone in their path When they're at full strength Hashtag we miss you pee watch Hopefully back soon Let's leave the Jocelyn Big honey 15 Big valve camp play versus O.K.C Small ball Well, let's give it another game Mr. You and Roy We have we have to acknowledge That P-Watt is the nuggets core now Nuggets went 10 and six without Yochich They're now six and seven without P-Watt Excuse me If Watson was in this game S-J and I'm making two game winning data I will say I wish I I wish I could say What how I feel about that I don't know I want to see it But maybe it's a good thing I mean we did see last year When P-Watt was put on S-J Any drill the game winner That's right That didn't happen You know I already By the way, Shay

59:57But that was a shame I don't think you'd recall this At the end of the game Just because it's the end But Push off I mean Come on It's like a massive It's built into his game They're not going to They're not going to Call it Jackson why And you guard the sex And you You don't Well And then also Well Though maybe you double team Well honestly They should I mean I know it is Like To get to do this And you can't What do you expect Jackson why in 1986 Another moral victory in the bank Don't know how a Denver O'K.C. series Goes past five games with chat J-dub in them back But I do hope for a miracle If it helps I thought it was a worse matchup last year Yeah By the way worse I mean every year's it's own things Hey we're going to over time If you guys are enjoying this On fast go to the internet T-Main over 10 Adelman's defensive system is awful We all know it's going to SGA Double Shay Putting one guy on him Is criminal He isn't it You know like let let Isaiah Joe be too Carton of wet sigs

1:00:58Camel find his rhythm Spencer's aggression only getting better Brown is revving up Plus P-Watt will change a lot On to Houston To play Twitter fingers Pick your fucking head up Nuggination Shit's not I agree Although God we went over time And not Brown not revving up Though That's what Big Observation No wet limp cigarettes Tonight I think that says a lot about your state of mind Says everything Yeah Says everything I have two Last game You did Mr. X Quisit Nuggin Hey vote What a rough ending Fellas No Adam No windy babe No Eric We don't You're wrong We should have won Frowny face The EG3 is back So let's Bebe next one Peace sign Just so Just so everyone knows We are turning every one of those over to the FBI Got me Nuggin ball 94 I don't trust Dudley's defense I would I get it We're only saying that Because of all the stats that show up

1:01:58That it is Ryan B1 would take Malone back in a heartbeat Coaching Yeah Screet Menace 47 That feels like I said something inappropriate I didn't know I didn't When the other team's best player is calling for your best defender That's a huge problem That really is the worst part of this game It's in our defensive lockdown was our mark But they're like Oh wait Oh AJ Mitchell You have CB on you this time here Why don't I clear out for you 55555 Ish Sup guys 470 bench three pointers down only 85 more till 555 Can't we're gonna get that Can't be good teams when you can't win in the margins Too many misfree throws And missing momentum screen shots AG is still him though Still him He's him Anxious and optimist It's not about opponents It's about our team Healthy AG, Jamal and Yoke Are coming to a playoff game near you Count this one as a positive That's positive Hell yeah dude Colby Cheezer Spenser over Big Val Better rebounding End defense Smug Nug Hey man, okay see are the champs for a reason They are the Denver to our lost Angelus Lakers But we still have time to figure it out

1:03:00I wonder if Denver has a switch for the playoffs 80 kilogram Costco chicken ESPA calm and dator was super annoying in bias Won't stop A bit asked to ring We're on over to About SGA only had two free throws We played decently honestly AG is my hero Stamper is my hero too man I can't believe how much I love that guy Awesome dude Post nut clarity That was as two T's too Camneys to stop doing podcasts Focus on the game I have to agree I think that He's got to pull a Paul George If anyone I think of any What of us are in that situation We would have folded like a chair And it's because of the podcasting Yeah, there's no doubt Navin GTA that two-hour interview Was alarming alcohol severely Impares recovery after intense activity Explains Yoke in the last two games Seven losses coaches must step in Wow take I mean No coming Yeah alcohol did come up a lot Colby Cheezer Karuso is brown 2.0 Getting paid much less

1:04:01Remory 417 Oh, did I say that wrong Karuso is brown 2.0 Getting pretty much it's great I just Karuso's incredible It went in Karuso in first I'll say that's a That too I mean if they are both white though If they're both white guys There's no Trump sitting here going like what Karuso is a pro You would say like he's Karuso 0.5 Remory 417 This run has made me appreciate P-Wat even more Gunny 800 P-Wat starting will save us CB can't shoot or defend It's true man We got Just me or does OKC3s just look easier than ours It's not just you Sometimes it does I'll tell you they were within one 10th of a percent And on the same And the nuggets are actually The nuggets are a better shooting team And OKC played some of their shooters tonight But we just it just feels excruciating when they miss it But they also missed them Dude, Loot door I never feel like they're going in Tonight they didn't But they don't make you think about What was a game 5 last year I don't know if that makes you one I'm just like How do these ever go in Makes you one period

1:05:01For sure But angle on it alone It's just like those shots should be able to go in Like that To the point of that chat though Sometimes it does feel like good things happen to the thunder As a result of process For us like Denver is just scrambling To try to keep up sometimes History channel 5280 got ticket for driving With expired registration During the next game got registration Reduced today Car broke down during today's game I've given up on my car But not my Let's go They accept my sacrifice Oh thank you for your history channel History channel I award you two nugs Kyle M20 Hey wind What up Kyle Sully Sully thogan the last time He's messing with you The last time CB played well versus J was also the first game Shake came back from injury in three weeks Sure yet that's Yeah, that's a good point He's not good on Jake Yeah, I was certainly wasn't trying to say that That's actually a good really good point Jackson why 1986 I'm not crashing out Fellas I'm just hurt Word that the top teams might have left Denver behind for good

1:06:02Thanks for another great show Yeah, we can worry about it It's possible But I still don't think it But we'll see Sweet ash 2002 Please forgive if super simplistic question But our free throws Our free throws are an issue in these super physical games Where's us out How do you fix that Bassball gods Please reward A.G. You can Yeah, did miss a free throw in the clutch tonight on that Tech one of the technical fouls And I think it would have actually swung the game in a meaningful way Ghostly gangar v1 I love one or 25 Millie year two guard can't shoot three And has to be sold at the end of games For recently converted two-way player Because he also can't guard another star guard When is Peyton Watson back Hopefully soon he was on this one game road trip Which was pretty interesting Cam John the man John Nuggets fought like hell I freaking hate O.K.C Yep Cam John the man John high D line Let's go We can't talk to you for you doesn't count Nugget ball 94 Imagine the songs about Zeke If he helps us beat O.K.C Would be hilarious If we don't see this until the playoffs And then we are going to write a song

1:07:03The Zeke adjustment Cats world peace Four guard line up kill us every time Please stop it AW 11348 There's a great team in here somewhere But it just hasn't been born yet This is so true The ultrasounds look good But how much longer must this third trimester stretch Oh my god Nurse Adelman performed the c-section Delivered Yeah it's like Wow that was incredible That was a great super chat It just feels like pregnant man David Adelman It's just a rip in wet limp cigarettes One after the next It's not good for you when you're pregnant That's my point dude You gotta take more care Michael Porter truth or could Adam take Kenridge in the ring also vote Think he faced think he faced think he faced think he faced think he faced No way man that guy is a dog He's one inch taller than you in shoes He's probably like 60 pound blade He also has a shag So Dallas shed a movie Lost at sea Kenner's my guy I couldn't hurt that guy What if the original your guy I think The second ever your guy Lost at sea I'm left with positivity Like D-line and Adam We're getting better O.K.C. wins on the margins If we can outperform them on the margins

1:08:03We can beat them Gotta get better on the margins The margins man The margins all all That word man Big plays 69 Nice bit of a gift to lighten up the mood Nuggets machine is turning back on Believe chat Believe Hashtag all the nuggets are good Hashtag frogs in the chat Hashtag F's in the chat F's in the sea Player of the game Big Something 69 What was it Big whatever that chatter Superchat that's positive and gifted all those Oh what a membership Man that's incredible AW-11348 That ending was wild It all fell into place Just to be snatched away This team's had bad losses And good losses like tonight But I can't recall many good wins I just hope they can keep belief Crossfire I can't believe we don't get to dwell on How un-fucking believable that four-point play was You know 275 At least we signed defense For shooting guard who can't shoot or defend To a $25 million contract Yeah Lawset C C B Bruce P-Want Cam

1:09:04All feel interchangeable in an OKC series Whatever gets the dub Works onward and upward for the toys I agree Maddox Otter thank you for letting me vent Fellas purple heart Hashtag said But sorry I love the idea of just whipping into them And the first one And then following up and saying My sorry Simple jack 015 We call SGA the mop now The amount of time he spends Looking the floor I don't know what that means Yeah Let's get out of here Hit the outro music We got an off day show tomorrow And then we're back for a double header man Back to back so I'm Wednesday and Thursday So we got to get a show in tomorrow to prepare for it Hit the like button for us on the way out Let's go You

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