David Stern
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What’s the Mike Conley situation, exactly? When does he leave the team to join his wife for the birth?
August 27th is when she's due
What’s the Mike Conley situation, exactly? When does he leave the team to join his wife for the birth?
Gobert isn't exactly a statue while setting screens. This seems like a silly thing to make or break the series considering Denver could say the exact same thing about Gobert.
I hope the refs are subdued for both teams. Let them play.
I think that people tend to underestimate Denver here. They have a strong, deep team. Even last game when we shot exceptionally from 3 they still managed to beat us. But I still think it's the most favorable matchup we could get now. First of all because the officiating should be fair, Nuggets don't have any NBA favourite pet. Gobert has usually handled Jokic pretty well. They may also miss some players or they may be a bit rusty just returning to play. I am not confident but I can see us winning this series. This is also clearly much more favorable than it would be outside the bubble as Nuggets are very difficult to beat in Denver and this may go to 7 games.
In other words, Mitchell is undefeated when he gets to play 5-on-5 instead of 5-on-6.Mitchell has never lost in the playoffs to a non Rockets team.
We didnt lose to them. We beat them behind the barn for 2 quarters and then let our scrubs play for 2 quarters. The bottom 5 on the team lost a huge lead. Denver should be nervous.
I think that people tend to underestimate Denver here. They have a strong, deep team. Even last game when we shot exceptionally from 3 they still managed to beat us. But I still think it's the most favorable matchup we could get now. First of all because the officiating should be fair, Nuggets don't have any NBA favourite pet. Gobert has usually handled Jokic pretty well. They may also miss some players or they may be a bit rusty just returning to play. I am not confident but I can see us winning this series. This is also clearly much more favorable than it would be outside the bubble as Nuggets are very difficult to beat in Denver and this may go to 7 games.
Amen. Rudy "moves" as much on picks as anyone in the league.Gobert isn't exactly a statue while setting screens. This seems like a silly thing to make or break the series considering Denver could say the exact same thing about Gobert.
I hope the refs are subdued for both teams. Let them play.
Will Barton is welcome to chuck away to his hearts desire.Will Barton is a Jazz killer as well. He's in that group of average NBA players that always kills us.
I think every team in the West would prefer the Jazz in round 1. All we have shown in the bubble is that we can tank a game with the best of them and we have not filled the hole left by Bogey.Candidly, I think DEN wanted us as well. A lot of teams would rather see our short handed bunch vs. play DAL.
Amen. Rudy "moves" as much on picks as anyone in the league.
Will Barton is a Jazz killer as well. He's in that group of average NBA players that always kills us.
I think every team in the West would prefer the Jazz in round 1. All we have shown in the bubble is that we can tank a game with the best of them and we have not filled the hole left by Bogey.
Ummmm, you do realize Gobert does the same, right?I don't want to harp on this on every game thread, so I'll go ahead and say it:
If the refs call Jokic on moving screens, then we win this series in 4 or 5 games. If they allow him to slide all over the place side to side a la Tim Duncan, then we don't stand a chance in this series. The refs have to keep him at least semi honest on his screens. If that happens, I like how we match up.