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Gobert is getting all of the blame but Minnesota was so good because Ant was on a whole different level. He was the reason I personally thought Minnesota had a chance and I even credited him being the best player in the league. He completely fell off though. This is now the same team from last year unless he can find that fire again somehow. I think he let the Jordan talk get to him and suddenly put too much pressure on himself.
 
I only watched the first half, but Minnesota is running into the same issue Utah did when things get tough. You have to trust Gobert for better or worse. If you don't, then it leads to hard shots. Gobert can beat mismatches if he has the right position and draw a ton of fouls, you got to take advantage of it. Live with a turnover or a bad miss here and there.
 
Rudy deserves blame, he’s getting cooked. But what’s happened to McDaniels? He went from scoring with ease while smiling when guarding Murray to giving Minnesota nothing offensively while getting smoked by Murray.
 
HermanG said:
If Minny loses game 6 then the last game Minny won this season which was probably one of the best games they have ever played in their franchise history was Game 2.... a game that Gobert missed.

And this is not to put their last 3 losses on Rudy, but it will certainly be a narrative that the media use to throw fuel on the fire. It will be even worse, if Jokic has a massive game 6 performance.
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Only watched chunks of the first half and the end. Rudy was helpless against joker. Gordon and Murray also just hit a ton of tough shots. One of the reasons Minny looked like a buzz saw was Murray looked like a shell of himself. Well that’s no longer the case. Ant also just couldn’t get it going. As soon as Denver had a crack they opened the game up. Pretty wild turnaround.

The officiating in the first couple games also played into Denver’s physical defense and really helped.
 
SteakNEggs said:
Gobert is getting all of the blame but Minnesota was so good because Ant was on a whole different level. He was the reason I personally thought Minnesota had a chance and I even credited him being the best player in the league. He completely fell off though. This is now the same team from last year unless he can find that fire again somehow. I think he let the Jordan talk get to him and suddenly put too much pressure on himself.
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I'm not sure about that. He got an incredible game 4 but did not get enough support from teammates. i think that's affect him a lot and he seems to be also less fresh. All the vibe after the 1 st round and the 2 first games have also been probably difficult to deal with. That's the learning process of a young team. Minny has not been good for 20 years, hard to move fast from mediocrity to being a top team.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Only watched chunks of the first half and the end. Rudy was helpless against joker. Gordon and Murray also just hit a ton of tough shots. One of the reasons Minny looked like a buzz saw was Murray looked like a shell of himself. Well that’s no longer the case. Ant also just couldn’t get it going. As soon as Denver had a crack they opened the game up. Pretty wild turnaround.

The officiating in the first couple games also played into Denver’s physical defense and really helped.
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The Murray jump from games 1 and 2 is crazy
 
Rudy once again proves he cannot play winning basketball when it matters and that he's the most overrated player in the NBA.
 
Did Gary Payton shutdown MJ?

IDK why anyone thinka Gobert should be able to guard Jokic. He makes him work. He had a game ceiling deflection on a Jokic lob in Game 1.

When it's all said and done Jokic will be in the convo for a top 5 player of all time.
 
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