Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Milwaukee Bucks	23	29	22	30	104
Denver Nuggets	27	35	23	23	108

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Milwaukee Bucks	104	38-85	44.7%	14-34	41.2%	14-20	70.0%	10	55	29	19	5	9	6
Denver Nuggets	108	35-87	40.2%	14-35	40.0%	24-31	77.4%	10	57	23	15	5	7	5


Milwaukee Bucks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
AJ Green^SF	36:49	14	5-8	4-7	0-0	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	4	11
Giannis Antetokounmpo^PF	33:00	31	10-17	1-3	10-14	1	7	8	11	1	2	2	3	16
Myles Turner^C	24:15	16	5-8	3-4	3-4	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	4	-5
Kevin Porter Jr.^SG	38:05	10	4-17	1-6	1-1	3	6	9	7	2	1	4	0	-3
Ryan Rollins^PG	35:02	2	1-9	0-5	0-0	1	5	6	4	1	2	2	1	9
Gary Trent Jr.	14:41	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-21
Kyle Kuzma	26:29	11	5-13	1-3	0-1	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	-14
Bobby Portis	16:40	14	6-9	2-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Gary Harris	14:59	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	-10
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Anthony	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amir Coffey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Jackson Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jericho Sims	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Antetokounmpo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Nance	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taurean Prince	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denver Nuggets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Spencer Jones^SF	24:41	5	2-9	1-7	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	-17
Peyton Watson^PF	39:14	19	7-19	4-6	1-2	2	6	8	6	0	2	3	2	2
Aaron Gordon^C	31:42	23	7-16	2-4	7-9	2	4	6	4	0	0	0	1	-11
Hunter Tyson^SG	12:30	2	0-1	0-1	2-3	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	-12
Jalen Pickett^PG	36:49	13	5-13	2-5	1-1	1	7	8	4	0	0	1	1	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	35:09	25	8-12	5-9	4-5	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	27
Bruce Brown	24:20	7	1-7	0-1	5-6	1	5	6	4	0	1	0	1	15
Zeke Nnaji	27:42	14	5-9	0-2	4-5	3	7	10	3	2	2	1	2	22
Julian Strawther	07:50	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Christian Braun	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaRon Holmes II	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamar Bates	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Johnson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Jokić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonas Valančiūnas	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

JokicOrBust | Nuggets

499 | 8 hours ago

4-3 without Jokic. 2-1 without Murray and Jokic. This team keeps battling every night. 1 game out of the 2nd seed

schoolhater12 | Raptors

267 | 7 hours ago

Forget serviceable nba player, Zeke Nnaji has legit looked like a perineal all defensive big for 2 weeks straight. Legit incredible defense and he is playing like he isn’t scared of the ball for the first time in his nba career

ChiloMcBilo

229 | 7 hours ago

Perennial is the word. Perineal… is something different 😬

QueueCueQ | Nuggets

134 | 7 hours ago

ZEKE THE FREAK

mani9612 | IND

1 | 3 hours ago

He can put the Zeke in my Nnaji anyday 😏

schoolhater12 | Raptors

36 | 7 hours ago

oh geez, i see

RedditBot90

27 | 6 hours ago

This is why it’s important to pay attention in school, @schoolhater12

RepresentativeAd1965 | Nuggets

35 | 7 hours ago

Freaky Zekey

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

29 | 7 hours ago

He said what he said! /s

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

8 | 6 hours ago

He know what he said!

Zeke the perineal Freak!

HilariousScreenname | Suns

7 | 6 hours ago

THE GOOCH

IchLiebeDeutschuland

37 | 7 hours ago

It’s what happens when your coach trusts you. Malone wasn’t really as connected with the younger players once he developed Jokic and Murray.

Adelman is doing a great job.

nguyenjitsu | DEN

5 | 3 hours ago

Malone also ran the starting lineup some insanely disgusting minutes for no reason. When I did some digging for the 2023 season I think the main lineup had something like 950 minutes together and then the lineup with Reggie instead of Murray had like 400.

For comparison the Celtics’s, who won the championship that year, two largest minute lineups had 600 and 300 minutes together. So the starting lineup literally had as many minutes together as the Celtics two most common lineups

SpeakWithoutFear

3 | 5 hours ago

We had a freak off tonight! Get the baby oil!

chris-dempsey |

1 | 3 hours ago

He’s always played defense like this for a long time. But Malone didn’t want Booth’s guys to succeed so he sabotaged his own team.

Kvsav57

0 | 6 hours ago

He usually looks like garbage, tbh. Maybe it’s mental. He looks more talented than he’s been showing the past couple of years.

Kvsav57

8 | 6 hours ago

And Gordon playing center. I mean, he’s done it but it’s not his position at all.

ColdCocking | Nuggets

3 | 3 hours ago

I remember when people were trying to say we were going to go like 0-15 in January and I kept saying, “Any NBA team can win any night. It’s not going to be that bad.”

OpinionDude5000

-83 | 7 hours ago

“Jokic has no help!”
-Nugget fans

mickelboy182 | Nuggets

53 | 7 hours ago

“Wah wah wah”

-You and the other unflaired dorks

LifeIsToughEatBacon

28 | 7 hours ago

“jokic has no help!” -fans
*jokic gets more help than he’s ever had in his entire career (still less than *most* stars (rip giannis))*
“bruh! THat’S NoT eVeN trUE lOoK at THe HeLP hE HaS!!!” -haters

OpinionDude5000

-7 | 6 hours ago

less than Giannis lol

DeusMexMachina | Nuggets

10 | 6 hours ago

I think they’re saying that Giannis is one with less help.

Putrid_Caramel3301 | Nuggets

0 | 5 hours ago

True, thats part of why the nuggets are a much better team.

Also helps that jokic > Giannis

Whalesftw123

36 | 7 hours ago

Nuggets fans after screaming all year that this is the one season he has some help

TheBlasphemerAmon

388 | 8 hours ago

THJ best contract in the league

IcyTie9

139 | 7 hours ago

hes been incredible, any time we go several minutes without hitting anything he just hits those transition 3s and the vibes are back on the court

Dudedude88 | Wizards

80 | 6 hours ago

Honestly surprising how efficient he is on the nuggets. You would not see this level of efficiency when he was on the Mavs.

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

56 | 5 hours ago

Maybe it’s just the reduced role? I feel like when he’s not hitting, he doesn’t play much. But when he’s on, he gets big minutes, so it always feels like he’s on.

The-Hand-of-Midas | Nuggets

12 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t you hear, Adelman is the GOAT. Have you seen the wins the Nuggets have racked up with the literal bottom of their bench? Adelman is unbelievable.

nasty_clean

6 | 3 hours ago

DNVR podcast had a small mention of Jokic wanting THJ in free agency. Some rumour of a good closed gym run.

His last year with Detroit he started heaps of games, stayed healthy and was playing well. 3.6m/1yr vet minimum is crazy good value for the Nuggets bench.

chris-dempsey |

2 | 3 hours ago

He’s probably gonna do a Bruce Brown if the Nuggets win the title.

zoeybeattheraccoon | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

Oh he knows that if he has a good season he’s going to get paid. He said something to that effect over the summer.

RobbobertoBuii | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

or when he was on the Knicks as well

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

1 | 3 hours ago

Still Reaves

thestage | Nuggets

1 | 25 minutes ago

it’s crazy that it took so long for some quality vet to take the min to play with jokic

Broy_7

-1 | 3 hours ago

Better than Deni?

Ok-Tree4365

-76 | 7 hours ago

He will absolutely drag the team down again at some point. Same thing happens with him every season.

TheBlasphemerAmon

71 | 7 hours ago

He is on a vet minimum. If he fucks up, he will just be benched. So far this season he’s been flawless.

I_Need_A_Mehdic | Cavaliers

25 | 7 hours ago

Same issue Tobias Harris had a while back. He isn’t a bad player, he was just overpaid.

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

10 | 7 hours ago

Bah god that’s Russell Westbrooks music

TheBlasphemerAmon

21 | 7 hours ago

I mean, come on now lol. Nuggets were dependent on Russ last year. He was the 6th man. Hardaway might not even be the 8th guy in the playoffs. Murray - Braun - Johnson - Gordon - Jokic + Watson, Brown, Valanciunas off the bench. Hardaway and Pickett are next in line.

redwoody86 | Nuggets

22 | 7 hours ago

I doubt we play Brown before Hardaway in the playoffs

TheBlasphemerAmon

4 | 7 hours ago

How so? Brown is a swiss army knife type player and a better defender. Hardaway is a shooter. The Nuggets’ starting lineup already consists of five good to great shooters, so in important games, I highly doubt they’d trade Brown’s defense for more shooting.

TA_Account_12 | SAS

1 | 6 hours ago

Aaron Gordon is also Swiss Army knife type player. Just taller and better shooter and better defender and better cutter than Brown. Other than Murray, barring a massive improvement from CamJ Nuggets dont have a big volume 3 point sniper. That’s a valuable piece nowadays.

Next_Road_7421

3 | 6 hours ago

Can was shooting well from 3 for weeks before he got injured fam

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

A lot of Nuggets been unlocking their 3-ball lately, Pwat can be a volume shooter from deep on good nights. Even Daron Holmes went ²⁄₂ before inexplicably dropping out of our rotation.

Aggravating_Rip_1564 | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

Honestly I haven’t seen much from Bruce Brown this season, he’s fallen off and Hardaway has had a much larger impact on games

Narrow-Theory-3533

11 | 7 hours ago

He has yet to drag the team down at all. There has been no game with Timmy that made us say “man, Timmy shot us out that game.”

De4dMagic

11 | 7 hours ago

cope harder

Ok-Tree4365

-13 | 7 hours ago

I have no dog in this hunt. I’ve just watched the NBA and know what THJ’s deal is.

QueueCueQ | Nuggets

9 | 7 hours ago

I mean, that’s just volume 3 point shooting. Statistically, there will be bad nights. You live by the variance and die by the variance.

Infamous_East6230

9 | 7 hours ago

The Nuggets have won playoff series with such illustrious players as Faccundo Campazo, aged Austin Rivers, aged Reggie Jackson, and Julian Strawther. I fully expect THJ to prove to be a huge addition to this team in the playoffs, especially when playing off Jokic

alchemists_dream | Nuggets

5 | 5 hours ago

Austin Rivers.

Matzeeh | Spurs

289 | 8 hours ago

Another victim to the Hospital Nuggets.

TrollOdinsson | Nuggets

8 | an hour ago

Nuggets missing 3 or more starters is the greatest team in the history of the league

bwehx

188 | 8 hours ago

Jalen Pickett out-rebounding almost everyone on the floor at 6’2. I love this team

JamesLebron372

-298 | 7 hours ago

People said he was nothing without Jokic and Jokic was with a team full of bums.

SGA is the real MVP.

IcyTie9

162 | 8 hours ago

giannis tried his best but you cant outfreak the zeke, crazy game from him on both sides

SpeakWithoutFear

18 | 5 hours ago

We had a freak off tonight. Get the baby oil!

Zeke > Greek

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

I know Giannis was +16 and had a typically amazing stat line, but the fact that Zeke Nnaji was able to force stop Giannis and get him to pick up his dribble and pass multiple times and also got a block on him is crazy. Hang that photo on your wall above your piano my guy!

cornathanboy | Nuggets

159 | 8 hours ago

if the bucks call asking for a giannis-zeke swap IM HANGING UP

amateurish_gamedev

42 | 7 hours ago

Imagine having Jokic, AG and Gianis together. What a fun team to watch.

toafk531

15 | 7 hours ago

New lob city

Helpful-Relation7037 | Suns

5 | 3 hours ago

3 different countries call them the UN

RipCity-NBA-LoL | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

It would obviously still be great. There’s too much talent and skills there to not be good. I do think, however, it work work less well than we all think. Only one ball, and Giannis is too good to keep it out of his hands. But the best choice is putting it in Jokic’s hands. The spacing would also be worse.

Giannis+AG covering on defense for Jokic, who still fills a lot of space in the paint, would be awesome though.

Kxden-R | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Too good at travelling

PlasticPresentation1

129 | 8 hours ago

Giannis +16 in a 4 point loss, Bucks desperately need to trade this man for both their sakes lmao

Matzeeh | Spurs

57 | 7 hours ago

For the good of basketball get this man on a contender

Inori-Yu | Nuggets

63 | 7 hours ago

But whatever you do, keep him east. The west doesn’t need more stacked teams.

Deku123

23 | 6 hours ago

Unless it’s to the Nuggets, then we’re cooking 😆

Fickle_Celery_4296

2 | 5 hours ago

giannis to the sun

Old_Supermarket_7575 | Thunder

28 | 6 hours ago

I hate this attitude

I wish my players were on my team forever

TA_Account_12 | SAS

16 | 6 hours ago

I wish clippers players were on clippers forever too.

Logiteck77

3 | 6 hours ago

Including or not including Chris Paul?

oblmov | Nuggets

8 | 5 hours ago

i normally dislike that attitude too but holy fuck what is this roster around Giannis? why would the Bucks FO do this to him?? if he never asks for a trade canonize him as a Greek Orthodox saint

redditlvlanalysis

2 | 5 hours ago

Honestly the coaching is the biggest issue and Giannis has never let them have a reset year so they have basically mortgaged the mortgage on their mortgage at this point.

Constant_Charge_4528 | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah this is the reality of parity rules, you can only go full steam ahead as a team for so long until you get handicapped by salary limits

kapparino-feederino | Bucks

7 | 6 hours ago

The one that said it always the other team

3rdtryatremembering | Nuggets

4 | 6 hours ago

But we don’t wish your best players were on your team forever

Malemansam | Spurs

108 | 8 hours ago

Resilient as fuck these boys are. Very impressive wins of late.

unwinagainstable | Timberwolves

106 | 7 hours ago

How on earth are the Nuggets still winning?

siegeoftyre | Nuggets

160 | 7 hours ago

We have some nice depth, but alot of it comes down to grit and hustle. Since Jokic went out we have won by 3, 1, 4, & 4 and lost by 24, 6, 12, & 23.

We don’t have the talent to keep up every game but when we do keep up we outwork the opponents.

12and4 | Nuggets

41 | 7 hours ago

We’re just taking it one play at a time.

Herbdontana | Nuggets

30 | 7 hours ago

It feels so strange to think that about the nuggets. Not so long ago, they’d fall off a cliff without Jokić

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

35 | 6 hours ago

Front office did some miraculous stuff in the off-season man, and Adelman might genuinely be COTY. He is unlocking All-Defensive potential from ZEKE NNAJI. What the fuck?

Herbdontana | Nuggets

11 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, getting production out of Zeke deserves an award of its own

Glittering_Log_3340 | Nuggets

16 | 6 hours ago

We’re also playing the east lol

masonb423 | Nuggets

35 | 6 hours ago

Coaching. Adelman doesn’t lose his mind when a young player does something stupid. Previous coach had guys (even MPJ sometimes) scared to make a play because there was a chance they would turn the ball over and get benched.

staywoakes1 | Australia

19 | 5 hours ago

MPJ sometimes lol? MPJ would get benched the instant he made even the slightest mistake

neutronicus | Nuggets

8 | 6 hours ago

Bucks don’t seem willing to play Giannis a lot of minutes for one

Only 33 in this one, feels like they could have gotten over the finish line if they were willing to play him 36. But maybe with the calf thing from earlier this year they just aren’t willing to do it.

doogled3 | Nuggets

9 | 7 hours ago

Better coaching, depth, and player development than previous years.

OyeCorazon | Nuggets

5 | 6 hours ago

every game is a dogfight with our end of bench guys out there, they are playing like their lives are on the line everytime

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

4 | 5 hours ago

No Malone, that’s why. Malone will rather waste 8M/yr than to unlock him in regular season to help in post season.

Sad_Worker_1286

4 | 5 hours ago

Have to think about the other side of the dynamic as well, why play hard or try to have good games for a coach who clearly dislikes you simply because you were picked in the draft by someone he dislikes? Can’t imagine the confidence was high even if he had a good game.

I_Need_A_Mehdic | Cavaliers

102 | 7 hours ago

Spencer Jones bout to update his linked in again.

ThrowawayChefBoy | Nuggets

27 | 6 hours ago

I think this idiosyncratic thing he does is so fucking wholesome hahah

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

19 | 4 hours ago

I love that it’s not a bit. He’s genuinely got already planning his post basketball career and building those business connections. He wasn’t drafted, he wasn’t expecting to make it to the NBA.

dill2687

10 | 3 hours ago

5 years and a Management science and engineering degree from Stanford? Yeah he got it

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

3 | 2 hours ago

In the locker room post game, they asked him if Chat GPT helped him write his posts and he was so offended.

ExleyPearce | LAL

7 | 4 hours ago

Such an interesting guy. I enjoyed listening to him on the podcast the other day, he seems genuinely very grateful for the opportunity he’s had with the Nuggets.

OpinionDude5000

94 | 7 hours ago

This is the hallmark of a championship team. When the bench guys can beat up opponent starters, its a good sign.

Maculate | Nuggets

41 | 6 hours ago

It’s not even bench guys. It is garbage time guys doing the heavy lifting for a bunch of these games.

neutronicus | Nuggets

29 | 6 hours ago

We didn’t actually beat up their starters lol

Giannis +16, won this one in the Giannis off minutes

AVeryBadMon

11 | 5 hours ago

But it’s Giannis though, nobody in the league is slowing him down

Dudedude88 | Wizards

2 | 6 hours ago

This is. This means playoff time with healthy starters they are going to be so good.

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

80 | 7 hours ago

Are the hospital nuggets the best team in the league?

eyeinthesky0 | Nuggets

12 | 2 hours ago

Turns out jokic was holding them back this whole time.

shinshikaizer

3 | an hour ago

Can you really say that when he’s coaching from the bench?

tberriman

46 | 7 hours ago

The Nuggets wiill reluctantly consider taking Giannis for Zeke “The Freak” Nnaji if the Bucks also throw in a pick or two, can’t have it be too lopsided in their favour of course

Weekly-Option-732 | Mavericks

30 | 7 hours ago

Denver showing fight without its main star that they can win too. Even against a bad team.

TA_Account_12 | SAS

32 | 6 hours ago

Not just their main star. But also the other main star. Plus the other 2 valuable role players. Plus the backup to the main star.

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

7 | 4 hours ago

Going 4-3 with no center is so wild. Coach Adelman laughed at a presser about shooting 45 3s vs the Celtics and having very few paint points. Said something about how this isn’t how the team has played for the last decade but that’s what they can do right now.

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

Beating the Celtics down 3.8 starters was crazy, and this game was cool, but beating the 76ers with only Peyton Watson from our playoff rotation was one of the most implausible games I’ve ever seen.

No-Ordinary-1083 | Nuggets

26 | 8 hours ago

Who wants the smoke

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

23 | 7 hours ago

The Zeke freak is him

Upper-Bonus-7344

26 | 7 hours ago

Trade jokic and Murray for mo bamba and a second round pick. NOW.

ChristianLesniak | Nuggets

6 | 7 hours ago

Para bailar Mo Bamba, se necesita un Jokic y Murray

Upper-Bonus-7344

2 | 7 hours ago

Fair enough

4espa | Lakers

19 | 7 hours ago

nuggets are doing fine so i guess sga winning mvp again

Coldsnowyandmisty

9 | 7 hours ago

If Jokic comes back then he can still win it.

Nuggets 4-3 without Jokic.

OKC 2-0 without Shai.

And Shai has had two bad stinkers since Jokic went down. Which is the biggest part. Dude is getting ahead due to more games played but he’s still considerably behind in quality of play.

But Jokic/Nuggets won’t care about the MVP. So, even if Jokic comes back in time to make the 65 game rule. It wouldnt be smart to play him basically every game till the playoffs. Title is gonna be Jokic/Nuggets only goal. So 99% chance this is Shai’s freebieP

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

4 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, it was pretty neck and neck regardless of what people wanted to think before the injury. Jokic was building up big momentum after Christmas but the race is over now. Love Jok but the team is smart and won’t risk hurting him chasing awards when we’ve never had a better team ready to make a run at the chip.

Coldsnowyandmisty

1 | 5 hours ago

Shai had an incredible argument when OKC was 23-1 and looked unbeatable(Legendary whistle). But Jokic through basically having the best season of all time kept it neck and neck.

Then OKC started losing all while Jokic was dropping nukes on teams.. He created a big cushion at the top. This went on for basically half a month. And then disaster happened.

A disaster that has some major positives though. Jokic getting a rest like this is a blessing for his body. I want him to play in the league as long as it’s healthy for him. So, him being “load managed” is key. The way hes built. Super heavy. Guys like that should not be playing after 30+ unless they are in pristine health. Jokic seems like he takes real good care of himself outside of basketball so the things that could shorten his career are unfortunate injuries or overplaying him.

I don’t think Jokic will ever decline that much. If he stays healthy. He could go from GOAT Jokic to High Tier MVP Jokic at like 35.. Play like that until 37-38 and then retire to Serbia with 4-6 titles. Obviously this is a ideal scenario. I could see him sticking this long for the money if his health allows it.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

1 | 5 hours ago

I personally believed Jokic is clear MVP with Shai being 2nd but not arguable for 1st anymore just before Jokics injury. However the truth is that a large portion of the media and NBA itself idolizes Shai and Jokics chances of another MVP will always be hobbled by fatigue. Even so he was doing historic shit and it couldn’t be ignored, so it was ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ IMO. Shai is great but not unprecedented like Jokic, his Thunder were (and still are) doing the heavy lifting for his MVP campaign.

Agreed on your point about Jokic longevity though. He’s an Ironman who takes the sport and his conditioning seriously, prides himself on playing often and usually avoids injuries… and his playstyle is based around IQ and strength, two things that don’t fade in the 30s. I think he could play into his late 30s and still be at an All-NBA level when he retires, and I expect him to still be MVP-contending for the next 5 years at least. Crazy that we genuinely can’t know if this is his peak yet, it’s his best year ever but he’s only 30 and has a style which can only improve with more experience.

Coldsnowyandmisty

1 | 5 hours ago

Yup.

darain2 | Nuggets

1 | 3 hours ago

Does motor not decline with age? Jokic has insane motor despite how he looks in the 4th but I don’t know if that’ll keep up with age, wear and tear does a number on bigs

Alternateguy00

7 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, unfortunately for us Nuggets fans, the delight at seeing our bench players play so well comes at the cost of most likely Jokic losing the MVP race as a result. But, if this gets us to the NBA finals, small price to pay.

pacifismisevil | Grizzlies

11 | 6 hours ago

They stopped taking bets on Jokic since he wont meet the minimum games, so it’s a moot point.

Outrageous-Maybe-200 | Nuggets

4 | 7 hours ago

Also SGA will have more games played than Jokic

Outrageous-Maybe-200 | Nuggets

16 | 7 hours ago

Tim Hardaway Jr and Zeke Nnaji saved my broke ass life

Paralystic | Timberwolves

16 | 7 hours ago

Why tf can’t this team just lose man

runevault | Nuggets

23 | 7 hours ago

We did lose to ATL. You just also lost lol.

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

4 | 4 hours ago

They just won tonight! That Wolves 4th quarter comeback was pretty amazing.

runevault | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

Right. I meant we lost to ATL and they lost their comparable game around the same time. Then we beat the Bucks and they beat the Spurs tonight to keep similar records.

AM1232 | Nuggets

10 | 6 hours ago

The spirit of Jokic drives them on.

GoldRecommendation66 | Nuggets

2 | 2 hours ago

Jokic is just a system player

Azpilicueta_Is_Goat | Nuggets

16 | 7 hours ago

Calvin Booth was beyond incompetent man it took one off season without him in charge to get enough depth for us to not look like a G League team every time a couple starters were out. Going 4-4 since Jokic injury with multiple other starters out is insanely impressive.

sneaks88 | Nuggets

32 | 7 hours ago

how do you figure that when he drafted most of the guys that have stepped up on this run? It was malone who refused to develop and support them to spite Booth.

LamboJoeRecs | Nuggets

15 | 7 hours ago

Right? This is the most idiotic take I’ve seen.

exercitus | Nuggets

7 | 7 hours ago

Two things can be true at once

sneaks88 | Nuggets

2 | 6 hours ago

What free agent or veteran acquisition has stepped up during this run outside of THJ? He also didn’t play vs Philly.

I agree that we needed more depth but this time without Jokic has been carried guys that were already on the team. Even Spencer Jones was sitting on the bench next to Pickett last year.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

5 | 6 hours ago

It really was a coaching problem. Adelman giving them chances to shine (though I will admit it’s mostly cause of injuries to our main guys) is going to seriously pay off down the road.

Pure_Ad4600

14 | 7 hours ago

Denver is a serious team!!!

ContractVarious3077

14 | 7 hours ago

Along with the revamped Phoenix Suns, the hospital Nuggets have honestly been the most impressive for me so far this year. No Jokic, no Murray? No problem.

howbedebody | Nuggets

13 | 7 hours ago

How are we doing this

Dinendal13

4 | 5 hours ago

THJ and Spencer Jones are additions compared to previous years but other players play better. I think Adelman is handling them better than Malone.

CornerThre3

2 | 4 hours ago

Spencer Jones was on our team last year. Malone refused to play him outside of garbage time minutes.

traw056 | Thunder

-4 | 7 hours ago

Because Denver is actually a solid team contrary to popular belief.

howbedebody | Nuggets

7 | 6 hours ago

yeah i know lol i just was not expecting us to beat the bucks. this is the best nuggets team of jokic era

Putrid_Caramel3301 | Nuggets

1 | 5 hours ago

The depth is crazy but the coaching to me is the biggest difference. DA had the best offense in history before jok went down. Now we are getting genuinely huge contributions from garbage time players.

PxN13

1 | 4 hours ago

I think the competition between Booth and Malone over the young guys leaked over last year. Some of these guys that are playing right now did not get time under Malone or were on super tight leashes, so when they played under limited minutes, it didn’t look great, which contributed to the perception that it’s starters and a bunch of bums.

But also before the off season move they were a team that had Westbrook, Cancar and DeAndre Jordan as bench players.

Ok-Tree4365

11 | 8 hours ago

I don’t know what Amir Coffey did to piss Doc Rivers off, but I’m convinced that if half of Kuzma’s minutes were taken away and given to Coffey, the Bucks would be a .500 team right now.

Watson has started 27 of 37 games for the Nuggets. He’s a starter now.

BenBRob5

9 | 7 hours ago

Watson has shown himself to be a gifted forward who can score at all three levels and defend. Fun to watch his growth, especially after so many (including me) wrote him off

zoeybeattheraccoon | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think a lot of people were writing him off, it was more like wanting and waiting for him to get to another level. I think a lot of people are surprised that he took it up 2 levels with the shooting and ball handling.

But, this is effectively his 3rd year and that can be a breakout year for young players, so we really shouldn’t be that surprised. The dude was a top high school prospect after all. Just didn’t play much at UCLA due to injuries.

oykentrippin

2 | 7 hours ago

Coffey stunk when he was getting minutes earlier this year. Kuz has not been that bad, and I say that as someone who roasted him all last year.

BUT, Coffey or literally anyone else should be playing over Trent. Trent is arguably the worst rotation player in the entire league right now. Dude has completely mailed it sinking every lineup yet Doc rolls him out for 15+ minutes every night.

sneaks88 | Nuggets

10 | 7 hours ago

Great win, but I would’ve loved it if Peyton got the ball in those clutch spots. AG is usually great in his role in the clutch but he didn’t really have it there at the end lol.

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

11 | 7 hours ago

Damn the Bucks are garbage even with Giannis playing. Time for another week of reports of him being ok with a trade out of Milwaukee that turn into nothing

TheXtreme1 | Bucks

8 | 7 hours ago

Giannis and AJ playing 2v8 out here because no one else can make a shot (or an open layup for that matter)

08legacygt

6 | 7 hours ago

Someone get Giannis some help

Outrageous-Maybe-200 | Nuggets

8 | 7 hours ago

I felt that Giannis coulda played more than 33 minutes

TechnicalSample4678

9 | 7 hours ago

Exactly what you need around Jokic. A bunch of athletic guys jumping around, playing D and making the 3 if they can.

Random_-2 | Nuggets

7 | 6 hours ago

Power of Friendship always triumphs

Jwarrior521 | Raptors

7 | 7 hours ago

Giannis it’s time to move on

bubbasnub | Magic

7 | 7 hours ago

Spicy Nugz

Easy_Money_40

5 | 7 hours ago

Giannis re-thinking the “I’m not go8ng anywhere” shit

Neighborino123 | Bucks

3 | 7 hours ago

Bro, I’m straight up not having a good time.

am0rn

5 | 5 hours ago

Gianiss ⁹⁄₁₁

Cholecosa

2 | 7 hours ago

Oh oh I guess Giannis is gone again?

heat_fan_ | Raptors

2 | 7 hours ago

They’ve done well without Jokic

pericles123 | Cavaliers

2 | 7 hours ago

when your starting backcourt shoots 4-17 and 1-9, you aren’t going to win many NBA games..

M4HARAJA | Knicks

2 | 7 hours ago

Giannis, it is time to come to New York

DisMFer | Bulls

2 | 6 hours ago

Doc Rivers has to have some sort of mind control device in his house to keep getting coaching jobs.

PxN13

1 | 4 hours ago

He’s gotta have some serious dirt on team execs and owners. Him and Darvin Ham.

No-Independence-761

2 | 6 hours ago

This Bucks roster is disgusting

VeniceRapture | Spurs

1 | 8 hours ago

Goddammit Bucks

Coldsnowyandmisty

1 | 7 hours ago

Bucks are straight up a horrible team. Honestly the most sorry ass team in the league. Doc Rivers as coach too? It’s like they are mocking the league by shitting their pants on purpose

I feel deeply for Giannis.. I havent seen a worse team around a superstar since Jokic in the Campazzo, Barton and Austin Rivers as starters era. Jokic somehow took that team to the 6th seed in the West but that’s just Jokic things.

ChubFub

1 | 5 hours ago

My glorious Grand Rapids Gold win again! I’m nervous for games without Joker but every victory without him has been well-earned!

PaperMoon-

1 | 5 hours ago

AG is back???

VanGrants | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

you sure you wanna stay in Milwaukee, Giannis?

FraserTheAmazer | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

+4 in the non-Jokic minutes. Huge.

Mindless_Bad_1591 | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

cmon nuggets just lose 😭

aflyingsquanch | 76ers

0 | 7 hours ago

Jokic=MVP Fraud!

/s

staywoakes1 | Australia

0 | 5 hours ago

Jokic stans furious they can’t call the rest of the teams bums anymore

Amazinc | Minneapolis Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

Ight let’s stop the Jokic mvp narrative for good now bc they keep winning without him and multiple other starters. Clearly a deep and very solid team

LamboJoeRecs | Nuggets

-2 | 7 hours ago

Bring Back Booth

gigglios

-4 | 5 hours ago

Christian Braun is done. So many better guys than him out there

DroidAttackWook

-12 | 6 hours ago

Nuggets fans need to take a long break from the “Jokic has no help” bit. Nuggets have a ton of depth and great coaching

Supermoose7178 | Nuggets

0 | 6 hours ago

nuggets fans don’t think jokic has no help this season. we love our bench rn

JamesLebron372

-22 | 7 hours ago

4-3 without Jokic when people argued the team would be at a 15-win pace without Jokic.

Jokic has one of the most talented teammates in the league but people think he’s carrying them.

TossThatPastaSalad | Nuggets

13 | 7 hours ago

Lol

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

11 | 7 hours ago

Who said the nuggets would be a 15 win team this season? The general consensus coming into the season was the nuggets had a great off season and fixed their bench issues and gave them breathing room for injuries.

Alternateguy00

6 | 7 hours ago

Bro stfu and go suck Lebron’s dick you bum. Us Nuggets fan were complaining about the lack of help until last season, which was true. The FO made great moves in the offseason and we’ve all been content. Where have you seen Nuggets fan complaining about the lack of help this season. Moron.

tummyaich

3 | 7 hours ago

you clearly didnt watch any nuggets games last year

The Denver Nuggets (26-13) without four starters defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (17-22), 108-104.