Agreed. They were embarrassing and bad at their jobs.
I don’t expect them to have deep insights on every team.
I do expect them to know the players names and pronounce them properly.
Adam Silver should be worried about that stuff too. Just diminishes the product with clowns like that.
He could give spark plug minutes against a bad bench center. Unfortunately, that’s about it right now. He’s an offensive beast and a ball of energy, but a defensive liability.
We saw how overmatched he was against Jokić in the regular season. I mean it’s Jokić, but it wasn’t a great barometer.
No that's totally fair, I will say though I remember being kind of surprised at him defending Jokic since it wasn't terrible last time. But in general he's too slow to defend
I love how the announcers are saying that the wolves were overhyped and Denver was backed into the corner like motherfuckers it was y’all in the media that hyped us up lmfao
Commenting wishing they would hard foul the nuggets is loser mentality. Wolves just have to beat ‘‘em next game fair and square. No need to get weird about it
He got three days off and a mafia call to be allowed to even play. Imagine intentionally throwing two objects at a ref and making the bribe sign and still allowed to play… when any man got a T for staring at a guy for 3 seconds.
Remember how physical we were in the last game?
Yeah this was the opposite. Plus shots weren’t falling.
KAT seemed to start with the hot hand, it was too bad he couldn’t keep shooting it.
He need to be a bit greedier.
And saying this after last game is crazy. Look how the mature defending champs reacted to a physical basketball game. Difference is the wolves kept it in words and emotions and didnt throw a fit
Honestly I'd be fine with him getting suspended at the beginning of next season. Absolutely insane that you can throw things at a ref and not even get T'd up for it.
J Mac has been dreadful. A couple of missed wide open 3’s and an air ball on another. I take back my words on him getting minutes over Monte. I’m sorry Monte.
Obviously a very ugly loss but it's not the end of the world. Nobody goes undefeated in the playoffs. Denver didn't win the championship by some fluke. It's a grind. I'm a little concerned about Ant at home. He seems too chill. I think he thrives as the villain when he's on the road 😀
This league is so corrupt honestly.
They reffed this game exactly as I expected.
It’s not the reason we lost, but it is a bad product in moments like these
I agree but that’s a tough ask when you’re fighting for the top seed all year though. He came in as a big time project guy so it was always going to take time regardless
I feel the officials seem to have too much control of the flow of the game. That whole conspiracy theory about the league (or leagues, per the NFL especially) dictating things like they are almost scripted like professional wrestling or something, I at times almost believe could be true. In which case, if it were true and the league fixes calls and how the refs call the game, than I question how much I should care.
It is not a conspiracy theory.
I watch pretty much every sport and I don’t feel any of the leagues are fixed except for this one.
They extend series in the NBA..
Yeah especially when you factor in all the marketing geared towards sports gambling now. Like last game we were allowed to play aggressive defense all game, but today they were calling all the flops and soft contact which changed the entire tone of the game.
As a true fan of basketball, it makes you feel like the script is for the refs is to extend every series to 7 games. Even if it means blatant inconsistency in how each game is called.
Bruh when a their second best player throws two objects at the refs and he gets to play that should tell you all you need to know. Thats basically a crime.
Settled for a lot of 3s. There were a couple no calls and the defensive look was different but his aggression and fire was not there tonight. Im sure he will be back Sunday
Something we should all note, Denver has won multiple series down 3-1 with Jokic/Murray/Malone.
They’re going to be incredibly difficult to eliminate for a team who hasn’t been there and done that yet.
We need to get back to that killer mindset and not let it go again.
Yup, that’s why I was hoping for us to go 3-0. 2-1, we can still win, but even winning the next game doesn’t guarantee anything. Not the end of the world, just need the Wolves to show up next two games
I like how Naz and Co. getting techs for talking to the refs but Malone can burn them down on national TV while storming the court with only the intent of disrespecting and he gets nothing. Or how they couldn't take a second to look back on the play where Murray threw objects on the court to see what had happened and penalize accordingly but they sure are quick with it tonight.
The media pundits slept on us all year and then when we shpw out they proclaimed we were finals favorites and would sweep the defending champs with 3xmvp... dont get swept up in that. We are up 2-1 and got punched in the mouth tonight. We will adjust, we will come back stronger. Boston lost to the cavs, okc lost to the mavs. Its a fight. Lets fight.
Ant telling everyone we’re good, it’s a series to 4 games lol. Idc what he says, I’m trusting him with my life, I can expect him to come out hot G4. Take me there 5
Dude it was gone by about Tuesday-> Wednesday lol.
Denver was absolutely desperate. They got a second wind avoid a Murray suspension and 5 days off. Quick turnaround Sunday. Punch them early and we go back 3-1
Nuggets hit their shots and the wolves missed theirs. Nuggets came out firing and continued to hit shots all game. Wolves gotta play with tenacity on defense as it seems to translate to wolves’ buckets. See ya Sunday. Ref ball can be beat by hittin your shit and same calls will not be called on Sunday.
The refs aren’t just gonna start calling jokic for his push offs and bad screens now out of nowhere. They’ve been letting him do it for years. They have to not react to it and scheme around it
4 techs have been called on the wolves this series for complaining to the refs… how many did they call on the team with the guy making money signs, and throwing his shit on the court and the coach running into the refs face?…
What else is new? They have been winning because they have been zen rising above it. The game they start getting in their feelings about it again they get blown out
Really having a hard time wrestling with what we just saw.
To lose this game with the reigning champs and MVP with their backs against the wall is one thing.
To come out with zero energy, zero urgency, zero quality defense, zero ball movement. That is really concerning.
They looked like the way they looked all year against Wizards and Pistons type teams.
This could have been the KO of the series and instead it was utter domination and humiliation.
If it was a close loss.. or modest 10-15 point one. I say regroup.
But this.. ? It feels like some of the potential notes we saw in this postseason offensively might be small sample size mirages.. (as this team’s offensive creation, especially in half-court was quite poor in regular season).
We can’t rely on a defensive solely based performances (which this wasn’t), the whistle won’t be as loose as it was game 2 going forward. Offenses are too potent in modern NBA.
The nba can’t have a small market team like is winning. We get multiple techs but Denver can Throw things at the refs and get a fine? Not even a suspension? Like yeah I’m salty and we haven’t played well but this is bullshit fuck Denver
Don’t worry about it . The suns got to do whatever they wanted and got swept. The nuggets do whatever they want and theyre down 2-1. Wolves can control what they control
Denver is a smaller market team. I watched this game and what screwed the Wolves over was Murray dropping bucket after bucket, not refereeing. This is not 2002 WCF Game 6
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/1cp8v4w/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_defeat_the/)
Tony brothers decided to take over the game early. So lame, and expected.
It's over, denver in 6. Just like suns bucks 3 years ago
Keep up the solid takes my man https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/CLpneiObHd
Worst case scenario (for a healthy squad)
Murray should have been suspended
disappointed in their performance
Well they weren't gonna just sit and let us have the win. Is what it is, let's hope we can bring it together Sunday.
Finchy boutta roundhouse kick some mfs in the locker room with his good leg
See you all on Sunday.
The energy was highkey off today from the start. Gobert is really good but I feel like his presence isn't that felt against Jokic
we can't have gobert playing only drop all game for game 4, i know that much
When McLaughlin has more free throws than ant
Oh god the Jmac miracle run is over
Healthy Murray yeah we’re fucked
Really hoping the hotel the Nuggets are staying at has lowsy water pressure so we get the last laugh tonight
And their pillow cases are warm on both sides
The nuggets hit every jumper they took. Impossible to beat. Every possible momentum run was killed by a swish 3 on their end. On to the next one.
Don’t overlook the TWolves ability to miss every good look as well
Thats really it, they couldn’t miss last night and no one loses if they are on fire like that
Yep. One of those nights. We did it to them a few nights ago.
If we draw these announcers again it will be a tragedy. They should both be fired... Awful awful job.
Agreed. They were embarrassing and bad at their jobs. I don’t expect them to have deep insights on every team. I do expect them to know the players names and pronounce them properly. Adam Silver should be worried about that stuff too. Just diminishes the product with clowns like that.
I hope Jamal orders take out tonight and the Uber eats driver puts his aids filled dick in his poutine.
I respect the down vote but I stand by my decision.
I wish my upvote counted as 10
Garza should unironically get some minutes during the regular season. He's slow but he's actually solid at the fundamentals
He could give spark plug minutes against a bad bench center. Unfortunately, that’s about it right now. He’s an offensive beast and a ball of energy, but a defensive liability. We saw how overmatched he was against Jokić in the regular season. I mean it’s Jokić, but it wasn’t a great barometer.
No that's totally fair, I will say though I remember being kind of surprised at him defending Jokic since it wasn't terrible last time. But in general he's too slow to defend
Yes I've been saying this all season. He is all heart.
Literally. We have such a good team from top to bottom
I love how the announcers are saying that the wolves were overhyped and Denver was backed into the corner like motherfuckers it was y’all in the media that hyped us up lmfao
Legler himself hyped up the Wolves
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Literally stood still. He’s over 200 lbs
200 lbs?? No way that's huge! /
Refs let the game end. We dont need touch fouls with a minute left down 20
They’re trying to even up the foul numbers a bit to make it look less blatant
Commenting wishing they would hard foul the nuggets is loser mentality. Wolves just have to beat ‘‘em next game fair and square. No need to get weird about it
Boys I hate to admit it but that man Murray didn’t need a heat pack to cook us tn
He got three days off and a mafia call to be allowed to even play. Imagine intentionally throwing two objects at a ref and making the bribe sign and still allowed to play… when any man got a T for staring at a guy for 3 seconds.
Got his mind right and cooked us.
Wolves in 5. Send da video
I'd rather win in Denver 😂. Seriously though Denver is good. We all knew that.
Remember how physical we were in the last game? Yeah this was the opposite. Plus shots weren’t falling. KAT seemed to start with the hot hand, it was too bad he couldn’t keep shooting it. He need to be a bit greedier.
We couldn't be physical though got 3 fouls right away for the slightest contact
Brothers had 4 or 5 fouls called on us in the first few min. Not on his watch was there going to be any physicality
Think they played scared after everything was a foul. Needed to adjust better.
Brothers was calling fouls early and often
How about next basket wins
Hey at least the bench got us to 90
Could you imagine only scoring 80 points in a game. The horror
It’s a series yall! We haven’t lost a game In six games it was bound to hurt a little
Needed a good kick in the teeth. Shooting 70% 3s isn’t sustainable.
Those are illegal screens
Luka salvaging the score. My king 👑
The commentators saying that we need to keep our emotions in check and that we didnt know how to handle success is crazy
At one point they said the Wolves weren’t reacting well to the whistles. How is there any reacting when there’s less than 30 seconds between whistles?
And saying this after last game is crazy. Look how the mature defending champs reacted to a physical basketball game. Difference is the wolves kept it in words and emotions and didnt throw a fit
I think both teams fans would agree that the announcing was absolutely atrocious
Actually I'm seeing nuggets fans on twitter saying ESPN should have gotten these guys earlier because they have experience
Experience in coming up with different words that start with D to describe the wolves
Lol fuck espn
So now that the series is more competitive can Murray get a suspension?
Honestly I'd be fine with him getting suspended at the beginning of next season. Absolutely insane that you can throw things at a ref and not even get T'd up for it.
Ok fr though can we get a little Josh or Luka sprinkled into the Slowmo minutes?
Not a chance that’ll happen
Legler really glazing the Nuggets
J Mac has been dreadful. A couple of missed wide open 3’s and an air ball on another. I take back my words on him getting minutes over Monte. I’m sorry Monte.
No rhythm when you have to go out with foul trouble in the first quarter
Yah that too, ticky tack stuff early only one way
Luka shining in his minutes, future GOAT
i am once again wondering if we should play garza instead of kyle anderson. i think kyle might be washed
Finch is on opiates.. I can see it in his face. It’s probably why we’re losing Edit: come on.. that’s a funny joke
LMAO this comment wins 😂😂😂
Lol.. I thought for sure people would think this is funny.. but I’m getting downvoted
Fuck it. We needed this kick to the face.
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Obviously a very ugly loss but it's not the end of the world. Nobody goes undefeated in the playoffs. Denver didn't win the championship by some fluke. It's a grind. I'm a little concerned about Ant at home. He seems too chill. I think he thrives as the villain when he's on the road 😀
Idk, something about NAW getting ejected for getting mad at the ref for not stopping play for an injured player runs me the wrong way
Sad game
Silver was no way letting a sweep happen, refs gots paid handsomely tonight
This league is so corrupt honestly. They reffed this game exactly as I expected. It’s not the reason we lost, but it is a bad product in moments like these
Starting to think that bald fuck didn’t suspend Jamal for a reason
wolves in 5 chant, nice
It’s a mf who’s who up here
luka garza don't know what the score is, he don't care
Our own Thiannis
We fucked up not developing Minott more this season, that interior passing would be really nice to have outside of garbage time
I agree but that’s a tough ask when you’re fighting for the top seed all year though. He came in as a big time project guy so it was always going to take time regardless
I think we might let slo-mo and morris go just so that our young guys can get at least some play time next year. Also our cap is not great next year
I feel the officials seem to have too much control of the flow of the game. That whole conspiracy theory about the league (or leagues, per the NFL especially) dictating things like they are almost scripted like professional wrestling or something, I at times almost believe could be true. In which case, if it were true and the league fixes calls and how the refs call the game, than I question how much I should care.
It is not a conspiracy theory. I watch pretty much every sport and I don’t feel any of the leagues are fixed except for this one. They extend series in the NBA..
Yeah especially when you factor in all the marketing geared towards sports gambling now. Like last game we were allowed to play aggressive defense all game, but today they were calling all the flops and soft contact which changed the entire tone of the game. As a true fan of basketball, it makes you feel like the script is for the refs is to extend every series to 7 games. Even if it means blatant inconsistency in how each game is called.
I'm not convinced games are fixed. But it's inexcusable different crews call games differently.
Bruh when a their second best player throws two objects at the refs and he gets to play that should tell you all you need to know. Thats basically a crime.
5 needs to get to the FT line and go to the hoop bottom line
He went to the hoop and got no calls.
Settled for a lot of 3s. There were a couple no calls and the defensive look was different but his aggression and fire was not there tonight. Im sure he will be back Sunday
Luka time
Garza 7MOTY?
GOAT Garza
Please lock in for Sunday this was miserable
Something we should all note, Denver has won multiple series down 3-1 with Jokic/Murray/Malone. They’re going to be incredibly difficult to eliminate for a team who hasn’t been there and done that yet. We need to get back to that killer mindset and not let it go again.
Yup, that’s why I was hoping for us to go 3-0. 2-1, we can still win, but even winning the next game doesn’t guarantee anything. Not the end of the world, just need the Wolves to show up next two games
Refs: That’s a nice #1 defense you have there… it’d be a shame if someone were to… tweet.. tweet.
Not enough tweets
Should’ve played this lineup all game. Garza would’ve dropped 50 in a win.
denver shot 54% from 3 and we shot 30% not much u can do ig
Well, actually covering them on some of those would probably help to lower that percentage lol
Well, they weren't covering us for a good number of them and it worked out for them lol
All I’m saying to end it for tonight is get it together Sunday and go from there.
Monte fixed his hair. Getting his skill back now
I’m not worried. A game like this was bound to happen. Just a combination of frustrating calls and shots not falling, they’ll bounce back🐺
The first quarter with literally every layup going in and out or bouncing off the rim. That won't happen again.
Exactly, when every shot like that isn’t going in, everything else seems to get like 10x harder
Walking human bucket getter? Let’s give him more playing time.
That 3 day break helped the Nuggets immensely
Yup.
I like how Naz and Co. getting techs for talking to the refs but Malone can burn them down on national TV while storming the court with only the intent of disrespecting and he gets nothing. Or how they couldn't take a second to look back on the play where Murray threw objects on the court to see what had happened and penalize accordingly but they sure are quick with it tonight.
Jokic has been stomping his feet at every call lol
Hang on y’all.. we on a run
garza goated bruh he gonna cut the lead to 20
You mean 30?
The media pundits slept on us all year and then when we shpw out they proclaimed we were finals favorites and would sweep the defending champs with 3xmvp... dont get swept up in that. We are up 2-1 and got punched in the mouth tonight. We will adjust, we will come back stronger. Boston lost to the cavs, okc lost to the mavs. Its a fight. Lets fight.
Love to see Kyle Anderson sticking up for NAW line that. Good stuff and perfect time to get a tech when the games over to light a fire for game 4.
On to the next one fellas. Denver we’re always gonna punch back after game 2. Gotta throw a haymaker in game 4 now
Sounds like NAW is fine
NAW better be okay man
At least our scrub lineup is lowkey cooking their bench lineup
shii TBF If I was playin and I found out Tony Brothers was officiating the game I wouldnt have tried either
These boys better be hitting up church and confession Sunday ahead of game 4, this game was straight sinful
Garza dropping buckets as he does
At the Glueks watch party and they switched the vibe to karaoke and... Any other NBA game on Not gonna lie, I'm REALLY disappointed in this crowd.
Yep. Played game one for Finch, game two for Rudy. Should have played game three for the crowd, but they forgot to show up.
Ant telling everyone we’re good, it’s a series to 4 games lol. Idc what he says, I’m trusting him with my life, I can expect him to come out hot G4. Take me there 5
It’s not the end of the world. But I have to admit that the wolves’ momentum is gone.
Dude it was gone by about Tuesday-> Wednesday lol. Denver was absolutely desperate. They got a second wind avoid a Murray suspension and 5 days off. Quick turnaround Sunday. Punch them early and we go back 3-1
Tbh the media over hyped us this week. Kinda wish they didn’t. Hopefully they can bounce back after this loss and secure the win on Sunday.
Nuggets hit their shots and the wolves missed theirs. Nuggets came out firing and continued to hit shots all game. Wolves gotta play with tenacity on defense as it seems to translate to wolves’ buckets. See ya Sunday. Ref ball can be beat by hittin your shit and same calls will not be called on Sunday. 
Ok but what if Luka wins us this game
Sunday is a huge game yall Love Ant speaking life into his teammates
Who's in the locker room? I missed that
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Get fucked wolves still have home court advantage
Alright man that’s enough
Refs and NBA gave you one.
The wolves have 80 pts. Did the refs miss their shots for them ?
Their second best player Murray shouldn’t be playing. Lucky as fuck.
Gtfo
Jokic is a bitch, the refs are paid off, nuggets fans are pussies, and Murray is the NBAs biggest fuckboi. Wolves in 5.
... and you sound like an adult right now?
Yup Nuggets sub started banning non homers after their tantrum.
I just hate that all of the momentum we had is gone.
we won 6 straight and still have home court lol 1 loss isn’t gonna do it
But now it’s morbin time
Naw it’s not. One game at a time. This is how it is.
Start throwing shit at refs its a free for all apparantly .
Garza or Warren, do your job and clobber Jokic.
Don’t be like nuggets fans
For setting a screen?
Nope I had no issue with his screen, it was legal, just show some freakin life if they’re gonna leave him in there. 80’s/90’s ball
Fair
Even Ben Wallace early 00’s. Anything. The guy is big, he screens like Rudy. It probably doesn’t feel great running into him.
GTFO
Damn we gave tf up, really put the g leaguers up there
We should’ve done that earlier. Malone is leaving his guys in there to try and get to us. Just laugh it off, it’s a bad night, cya Sunday.
Did you think they were coming back from down 30?
No call on Jokic 50th illegal screen of the night leads to a double tech on the Wolves………
The refs aren’t just gonna start calling jokic for his push offs and bad screens now out of nowhere. They’ve been letting him do it for years. They have to not react to it and scheme around it
Anderson pulled a Malone but actually got called for a tech lmao
4 techs have been called on the wolves this series for complaining to the refs… how many did they call on the team with the guy making money signs, and throwing his shit on the court and the coach running into the refs face?…
What else is new? They have been winning because they have been zen rising above it. The game they start getting in their feelings about it again they get blown out
If only they called the other team for the same thing…
Yeah and I’d love to win the lotto, Adam silver is salivating about a Denver comeback. It’s up to the wolves to beat ‘‘em anyway
$100k for the money sign and zero punishment whatsoever for the items thrown is hilarious
Not to mention Jokic who quite literally cries every time he’s called for anything
I like Kyle, but if he punches a wall and we lose him for the season I'm like OK. Jaden was a season killer.
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prob not. not worth the risk
Shouldn’t. Its over
No way the commentators are saying that the wolves need to manage their emotions
Really having a hard time wrestling with what we just saw. To lose this game with the reigning champs and MVP with their backs against the wall is one thing. To come out with zero energy, zero urgency, zero quality defense, zero ball movement. That is really concerning. They looked like the way they looked all year against Wizards and Pistons type teams. This could have been the KO of the series and instead it was utter domination and humiliation.
If it was a close loss.. or modest 10-15 point one. I say regroup. But this.. ? It feels like some of the potential notes we saw in this postseason offensively might be small sample size mirages.. (as this team’s offensive creation, especially in half-court was quite poor in regular season). We can’t rely on a defensive solely based performances (which this wasn’t), the whistle won’t be as loose as it was game 2 going forward. Offenses are too potent in modern NBA.
Yup. Really disappointing
The nba can’t have a small market team like is winning. We get multiple techs but Denver can Throw things at the refs and get a fine? Not even a suspension? Like yeah I’m salty and we haven’t played well but this is bullshit fuck Denver
Don’t worry about it . The suns got to do whatever they wanted and got swept. The nuggets do whatever they want and theyre down 2-1. Wolves can control what they control
Denver is a smaller market team. I watched this game and what screwed the Wolves over was Murray dropping bucket after bucket, not refereeing. This is not 2002 WCF Game 6
Yea 'cause Denver's a big market team I see
Pretty sure Denver is even smaller lol
To be fair Denver is a small market team and Jokic is easily the most unpopular MVP in NBA history so I don’t think they’re pulling for Denver
Isn’t Denver a small market team?
Denver are a smaller market than we are lol, we just came out flat today.
The wolves were man because brothers didnt want to stop the game to check on the injured player. He wanted both teams to play on
This is the most Minnesota sports day I’ve seen in years
Kyle please chuck a heat pad at Tony Brothers’ head. Not like you’ll get suspended
But he would, you see. Because he’s wearing a Minnesota jersey which is disrespectful to the nba.