Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of game 2: 2 points on 1⁄7 from the field and 0/2 from 3
2 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 TO and 0 foul
Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of game 2: 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 1⁄7 from the field and 0/2 from 3
Got a good dunk tho…
Only highlight on here from the 4th 😭
He had the huge flop to draw Gobert’s 5th foul too.
jokic damn near 300 pounds and fell so easily how do refs call that nonsense
unless it a full 2 handed push jokic is not falling to the floor
tbf, it was a full on 2 handed shove. It sucks, but that’s a clear offensive foul
You cannot classify what Gobert did as a 2 handed shove he just bumped into him and Jokic goes flying
Gobert never extended his arms whatsoever
WHAT? Centers post up guards with more force and they don’t go sliding across the court.
Watch the replay, it’s a flop but still a clear foul. Both things are true
It was absolutely not a foul lol
If it’s a clear foul then virtually every single time Jokic sets up in the high post he’s committing the exact same clear foul
I agree. This was a soccer flop also Rudy was being sloppy that’s a clear foul. You can’t use contact on an established defender.
Karma. Weak ass play, got owned
Imagine if sga did that flop to give rudy his fifth foul theyd hire the dc snipers to take him out but since its jokic noones gonna hear a peep about it
If I speak I’m in big trouble. We all know why the media treats Jokic differently from Shai. In the words of Dave Santana ‘if you don’t get how the news treats Kate vs how they treated Megan, you’re never gonna get it’
The monarchy is full of pedophile protectors yet Meghan gets more hate (and I’m not even a fan of hers). But that’s how these devils roll.
Who are Kate and megan?
Had as many points as Rudy did in the 4th on 5 more shots
Rudy’s record when he gets absolutely postered by a player on a contender is really good it feels like.
The champion celtics, the nuggets last year and this year. 3 wins
Rudy always prioritises wins over ego and stats
NBATALK WILL IGNORE THIS LMFAO
If people think this sub is bad, all they have to do is visit that one 😂
After Luke Kennard’s big game the other night I saw at least two post that said he’s better than Austin Reaves
All you need to know about that sub is see this post, https://np.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/comments/1sheiwt/whos_yall_mvps/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonook
Look at the image they use which only displays raw PTS/REB/AST statline when comparing the top MVP candidates and nothing else, then read the 500 comments in a row all saying Jokic is the MVP. Genuinely the most insane hivemind I’ve ever seen lol
My favorite sub to hate read. Look at this title lol
“SGA got his MVP, that’s good enough for the foul baiter” I wonder what that distinguished gentleman thinks of this performance his golden boy jus put up lmao
XD
It’s like twitter except twitter is at least funny with their agenda posting
Some of that was actually Lakers sub hysteria carried-over from so-called “fans” worried about how AR’s upcoming contract will affect the ability to re-sign a certain player this summer. 😅
A neutral poster wouldn’t care about the Lakers internal player hierarchy or payroll.
It’s Luka Nard. If you are going to speak that legends name please spell it correctly.
This is exactly what I was thinking lmao, one huge statline in a win and he’s “best player since MJ” (whatever that means, as if Lebron is clearly worse or something lmao) and when he does this it’s silence.
He’s the guy who these people act like Steph is (they say whenever he does good he’s better than Magic but when he has a bad game everyone is silent - except all the thousands of people commenting about how little criticism he recieves, because surely that doesn’t count as criticism…)
I would be less salty if Nugget fans didn’t treat the existence of Giannis as a weird personal insult.
You know he’s not that great when his shortcomings get buried. Real top 10 all time players have the loudest haters.
This is a Rudy Gobert post
Gobert is fucking incredible
If he continues this performance, this a statement for his legacy.
HoF
1 on 1 against the best player in the game, and the bucket he scores in the 4th is because they screened a center to get him space sheesh
Already.
He was a first ballot hall of famer if he retired before this season. 4 time dpoy is instalock
I’m hearing that Bill Simmons has changed his MVP vote back to SGA.
Why is that clown even relevant?
Should change his DPOY vote to Rudy!
Gobert ain’t get 4 dpoys on accident
Jokic had one good quarter and was actively detrimental on defense and bad on offense the rest of the game
Rudy had him in jail in their 1 on 1s in the second half
Jokic defense don’t matter bro, its not like he plays the most important defensive role in the game or anything
No bro he gets rebounds, trust me look at his DBPM
2nd round pick is trash what do u expect
/s
Rudy Gobert had him in hell
Gobert got played off the floor today, like he always does in playoffs
lol what
Sorry, /s
I’ve never seen teams attack SGA. I’ve never seen teams attack Giannis. I’ve never seen teams attack Embiid.
Passed an open floater which he makes almost always, he looked gassed at the end.
Also air balled an open 3 early in the 4th. The nuggets were all gassed
He’s my favorite player but he should be embarrassed with the way he played tonight. His three ball is completely gone.
Honestly I’ve always like jokic but this whole season and especially tonight he has turned into one of the worst foul baiters. He really never played like that in the past, but dude just needs to play when the weak calls stopped it looked like he forgot he’s one of the best players of all time
How do we clip request u/mrbuckbuck
I wanna see that Jokic flop in the 4th
Timestamp?
2:54 remaining in the 4th. Thanks
Jokic has honestly been a frustrating watch both this year and last year in the playoffs
Two best offensive RS of his career only for him to be insanely streaky in his playoff games
Defence wins championships.Jokic isnt allowed have a bad offensive game like other ATG becauses his defence is terrible
He hooped like me
I don’t agree that he’s the best itw SGA is clearly better
Nobody is clearly the best in the world rn. SGA just went 5⁄18. Things happen there’s a lot of talent in the league.
SGA didn’t throw away an important close game at home like Jokic just did
Yes he has done that before. I’m sorry for not basing everything on 1 game sample size.
I also with my working brain understand there are opinions other than mine that are valid. Neither is “clearly” better than the other.
Jokic doesn’t have an endless bench to carry him to victory
damn always an excuse locked and loaded for the golden boy huh
Jokic and Shai both played bad. Shai got saved by his team.
SGA played well. Jokic choked hard.
Saying that like the OKC bench don’t come out mainly when there’s a big lead already or in small numbers
And Jokic has AG, Jamal Murray, Braun, Cam Johnson, and THJ lmao
SGA led both teams in points and assists dropped 25-7-4. If you see a 22-28 PTs 6-8AST SGA game they won that game
We should definitely make these decisions after one game in the second round, makes complete sense.
Why are these comments always on these posts and never the other way around? It’s not a reactionary opinion to think the reigning 2 time MVP is a better player.
You’re acting like picking the soon to be back to back mvp and reigning finals MVP as the best player in the world is some reactionary take lol
Who outplayed and beat jokic last year and did the same next in regular season this year
Exactly lol people always point out like “well LeBron didn’t win MVP every year and he was still the best player”, but that’s because he essentially never got outplayed in a playoff series post 2011 Finals all the way to 2020. Jokic literally just got outplayed by his direct rival SGA last year and people expect him to be grandfathered into the top spot like LeBron
Btw, if LeBron played half as bad on defense as Jokic always does the ESPN talk shows would NEVER stop about it.
Both are playoff droppers real BITW is Wemby
The guy who had 15 points (most ever) in the clutch of a comeback win, on the road, down 2-1 in the finals is a playoff dropper?
He shows up when it matters most. First round inefficiency doesn’t matter that much
buddy SGA went 5⁄18
he’s not catching up to jokic
Why is shai having to catch up after beating jokic and outplaying him for the last 2 seasons lol
give gobert some respect he locked him up
Jamal Murray had just 2 points in the 4th quarter as well.
When the most unstoppable PnR combo puts up a combined 4 points in the 4th quarter in a game that the entire 4th quarter felt like clutch time, you just aren’t going to win.
I think they were a combined 2⁄13 or 14 in the quarter. Absolute disaster
Yeah, and it’s just inexcusable - I saw someone say that Murray had 30 points and that you can’t expect perfection throughout the game. Sure, you can’t expect perfection, but is it too much to ask Jok/Murray to show in the 4th? Be participants? Give your team a chance to win?
Exactly. Most inexcusable imo was Jokic passing up a tying 8ft shot under a minute for Braun– and he’s lucky it even got through!– to get a contested layup and miss 1/2fts. And it wasn’t like it was over a big, all he had to do was float it in over a guard!!
They both choked it away. It’s one thing if one star is bad in the 4th. They lost bc neither had even a passable quarter, and both looked worse the more they were needed
Rudy had bro traumatized
Got locked up by Gobert whilst simultaneously not being able to defend the paint very well yeah the PRA looks good but yeah not a good one from him today
CHOKIC
Put some respect on goberts name ive never seen someone contain jokic in the post like that
Mesnwhile 6’5 alex caruso
Without fouling
Not to mention just hilariously non-existent defense
He has never even played passable defense in his career
“best player in the world by far” btw
as opposed to SGA shooting 5⁄18?
Defense matters too tbf
Jokic gets hunted. When you’re a Center is’s also worse…
SGA was +24. Jokic was +1. Stop acting like SGA had a bad game. He played excellent defense, led the offense with 7 assists and 0 turnovers. Jokic had 8 assists and 3 turnovers in a two possession game! If he had just had 7 assists and 0 turnovers maybe they win. But he didn’t.
Have you seen teams actively attack SGA? Cause I’ve seen every team ever mercilessly attack Jokic.
Game 7 Jokic back at it
Also Gordon cosplaying as Deandre Ayton for most of the game
Goat offensive player 🐐
Already should be in the top 5 all time. If not you’re just an old head. He’s the best Center ever. His peak is above Shaq’s and honestly it’s not even close. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just deluding themselves.
It’s only a matter of time before he rightfully wins MVP every time he averages at least 10/10/10 on 1%TS for a season since that’s more impressive than someone averaging 100/9/9 on 150%TS for the season.
Most people have Russell and Wilt ahead of Shaq. Most stacked position
If we’re talking about GOAT ranking for Center, in the first place, Kareem should be considered 1st…he is almost always ranked 3rd all time on most people’s lists. Of course you could argue Russell or Wilt ahead of him if you view their era more favorably though.
Also tbf, I wasn’t saying Shaq is the GOAT Center, was just talking about peaks. Shaq could be said to have the highest peak of any Center but his longevity doesn’t match the others.
Met Rudy Gobert
Shit Game and massive flopper. Tony brothers must be investigated
He looked gassed out there. Rudy was way more physical and energetic in the 4th.
Have you seen Rudy’s shirtless work out videos in the offseason. He is locked TF in for long term
He looks like a string bean out there, but then close up he’s a beast.
Locked the fuck up by Rudy Gobert
Omg Bill is going to change his vote back to SGA
Rudy
He was never gonna vote for SGA. And the reasons for it wouldn’t be basketball reasons. He’s a white “old school” Bostonian man…
Yeah he wanted to vote for Jokic the entire time because he likes him more.
SGA would’ve got to his bump while this fake best player in the world was in Alcatraz smh
Gobert masterclass
More flops than points
Rudy Gobert played the best 1 on 1 defense I’ve ever seen on Jokic
Ya, usually Jokic just makes it over him anyway.
This is 9⁄11 for SGA haters and r/NBATalk.
he was terrible. He and Murray went ice cold and they didn’t involve anyone else
Gotta give it up to Gobert. He was great in the final minutes.
When he has a good game he’s better than prime Lebron and when he does this NBAtalk is suddenly silent
This right here is why Gobert was MVP of this game
Mvp
wonder if gobert watched some 2020 wcf tape and took notes from dwight
The fate of the universe on the line, the Martians have the death beam pointed at earth, you better hit it, I want Christian Braun
This doesn’t mean it won’t change in the next game and for the rest of the series, but one on one he has really struggled with Gobert more then in 2023 and 2024 when it was KAT who bothered him but he was fine vs Rudy.
Of course he has a lot of other ways to score, but they may have go reduce the amount of pure one on one post ups vs Rudy if this continues
They had a floating Gordan more, which KAT lost track of too much, while Gobert was at least able to watch both while on Gordan.
Gobert is so impactful even though he can’t score
I know its this bucks guy.
That wembymvp guy has been awfully quiet these days.
Jokic is fat and needs to work on his cardio. Sloppy fat boy hasv got no motion.
Why does Nikola wait till the 2d half to attempt more than 3 shots
Take that floater brother
Put some respect on Rudy
He was awful. Passed up the easy look for Braun too which was the cherry on top.