(2) Nuggets vs. (3) Timberwolves Second Round Playoff Series Thread

[sdot_thadon]

Not at all

The Nuggets absolutely get the champions' rub where they get away with much. And that's just in game calls. What Murray did gets 99% of the league suspended a game or worse.

[tontoz]

The Nuggets absolutely get the champions' rub where they get away with much. And that's just in game calls. What Murray did gets 99% of the league suspended a game or worse.

No it doesn't. The actual rule is that if the officials saw him throw the heat pack on the court it would be a technical.

Malone could have easily gotten tossed though.

[hold this L]

Nuggets are a better team than the low IQ Minnie, but it was hilarious to see how they flipped the script from allowing Minnie to play super aggressive defense to essentially shutting them down after they took the lead. Once they were no longer able to play aggressive, they couldn't make up the talent gap (primarily because of how good Jokic is). Would have been nice if Curry and Klay ever got the pillow treatment Nuggets got from the referees after game 2 in their entire playoff history.

[hold this L]

Not at all

He's 100% right. Jokic is one of the most aggressive players in the league in terms of just fouling the shit out of teams with total impunity.

[fsvr54]

So many tears

[j3lademaster]

The Nuggets absolutely get the champions' rub where they get away with much. And that's just in game calls. What Murray did gets 99% of the league suspended a game or worse.

Nah, any other superstar getting touched up the way Jokic does is shooting 15 ft’s, not 6.6

[plowking]

He's 100% right. Jokic is one of the most aggressive players in the league in terms of just fouling the shit out of teams with total impunity.

No he isn't. And GSW certainly aren't short of nice officiating being who they are.

Ridiculous comments.

[plowking]

The tears are crazy

Jordan fans are super weird.

[j3lademaster]

Nuggets are a better team than the low IQ Minnie, but it was hilarious to see how they flipped the script from allowing Minnie to play super aggressive defense to essentially shutting them down after they took the lead. Once they were no longer able to play aggressive, they couldn't make up the talent gap (primarily because of how good Jokic is). Would have been nice if Curry and Klay ever got the pillow treatment Nuggets got from the referees after game 2 in their entire playoff history.

"I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown, I know Klay just hit 3 in a row, the crowd's on their feet as he's getting his 4th and I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn't call it. Klay would get his 4th 3, and even the refs would go 'Wow' (and ignore it), it was crazy."

Bogut on how he was officiated differently when he was a Warrior

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/la...ne-someone-off

[Duffy Pratt]

He's 100% right. Jokic is one of the most aggressive players in the league in terms of just fouling the shit out of teams with total impunity.

If you are talking about back downs in the post, both Towns and Gobert are doing the same and getting away with it as well. It’s just that Jokic is way more efficient with his bully ball there. Look at the Towns’ double dislodging of Murray in game 2. Or the Gobert elbow to Holliday last night that led to Malone’s technical. Jokic posts up more, but the no-calls were the same.

Same goes for the hard screens. The discrepancy comes because he screens more than the Wolves do, not because there’s a difference in the way the refs call it.

In game 2, the refs were letting basically anything go on perimeter defense, and allowing a lot more defensive contact generally. This worked to the Wolves advantage, but the whistle wasn’t one sided. It was just very, very loose and that allowed the Wolves to play a smothering defense that fits their length and athleticism.

There are some weird seeming inconsistencies in what the refs will call. They called some kinds of touch fouls. For example, when Ant initiates contact on a drive by throwing his body laterally into the defender, they will call that foul. There are other, more serious kinds of contact that they don’t call. But again, that’s not favoritism, just a weird gloss on the rules.

The questionable thing last night was the flurry of offensive fouls. They were all offensive fouls. But they came right after Malone got the T for their failure to call an even more obvious offensive by Gobert. Did Malone’s outburst influence how they were calling the game? Probably. But was it unfair? I don’t think so - it’s not like they were failing to call the same stuff on Denver.

[fsvr54]

Jordan fans are super weird.

Jordan fans are smart because they like the GOAT, not sure what that has to do with this.

[coin24]

Jordan fans are smart because they like the GOAT, not sure what that has to do with this.

He’s a typical letiny stain, they have to bring up mj and Kobe all the time cause they know lebado is a tier below.

[hold this L]

Bogut on how he was officiated differently when he was a Warrior

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/la...ne-someone-off

Warriors have absolutely gotten away with screens. It's easy for Bogut to talk about setting illegal screens when the guys running are also getting fouled, pushed, pulled, and hit on a regular basis. Several players have talked about how they were instructed by their coaches to foul the sh*t out the guards running because it doesn't get called (Jefferson 2016 for one).

[hold this L]

If you are talking about back downs in the post, both Towns and Gobert are doing the same and getting away with it as well. It’s just that Jokic is way more efficient with his bully ball there. Look at the Towns’ double dislodging of Murray in game 2. Or the Gobert elbow to Holliday last night that led to Malone’s technical. Jokic posts up more, but the no-calls were the same.

Same goes for the hard screens. The discrepancy comes because he screens more than the Wolves do, not because there’s a difference in the way the refs call it.

In game 2, the refs were letting basically anything go on perimeter defense, and allowing a lot more defensive contact generally. This worked to the Wolves advantage, but the whistle wasn’t one sided. It was just very, very loose and that allowed the Wolves to play a smothering defense that fits their length and athleticism.

There are some weird seeming inconsistencies in what the refs will call. They called some kinds of touch fouls. For example, when Ant initiates contact on a drive by throwing his body laterally into the defender, they will call that foul. There are other, more serious kinds of contact that they don’t call. But again, that’s not favoritism, just a weird gloss on the rules.

The questionable thing last night was the flurry of offensive fouls. They were all offensive fouls. But they came right after Malone got the T for their failure to call an even more obvious offensive by Gobert. Did Malone’s outburst influence how they were calling the game? Probably. But was it unfair? I don’t think so - it’s not like they were failing to call the same stuff on Denver.

It's not screens or backing down, this guy flat out hits players even though it looks accidental. Elbows, pushes. Which for a supernatural superstar scorer and one of the best playmakers in the league, it makes him unplayable to defend. It's giving an advantage to their strength (like Ja allowed to double dribble, travel when he has the fastest first step, or clumsy ass Giannis playing an NFL linebacker and every team being in fouls because of it).

[plowking]

He’s a typical letiny stain, they have to bring up mj and Kobe all the time cause they know lebado is a tier below.

Literally don't follow LeBron. Been team Jokic the last 4 or 5 years.