Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. explain why the Minnesota Timberwolves shouldn’t feel comfortable about winning their playoff matchup with the Denver Nuggets. Check out the full conversation on “The Dunker Spot” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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You have the dynamic of Denver, Denver having a winning formula they can tap into, but they have no margin for error.
And you have Minnesota, who has lost their people, has shown they can fight defensively, playing through Julius Randle, getting contributions from the bench is fantastic.
IO’s been good.
Can we get enough offense?
Can we get enough defense to just end this?
We just need one.
And so we’re in an elimination game scenario.
We go back home, we cook enough, it’s over.
It’s over.
We’re done.
We’re advancing.
We’re, we don’t have to deal with you anymore.
But if you’re Denver, okay, is our offense rising each game?
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Do we have Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray playing at a higher level?
Like, you credit Rudy Gobert and Jalen Daniels for the work they’ve done to poke at those two.
But at the same time, if I’m Denver, if I can get those two back on the board, if I now can just sprinkle in enough defense with them not having all their people, can we just do this one more time?
One time in Minnesota against an oiled up crowd, and now we get to a game seven and we’re both in the pressure cooker