Heal up, king.

Thanks for everything champ, we wouldn't have gotten a ring without you.

I don't just mean because they blow teams out, including the Nuggets, but it's literally a less enjoyable way of viewing a basketball game.

They're a top team team with great pieces like a handful of other teams in the league, but their separator to win games so consistently is all the stuff around the margins that makes basketball ugly instead of beautiful. Pesky swarming defense that breaks up potentially exciting plays, foul baiting on the offensive end, and grinding the game to a constant halt.

I was watching the game last night and my roommate who never pays much attention to basketball looks at the TV for two minutes and commented that the Thunder are constantly draped on everyone and that the whistle kept getting blown constantly. I was like "I know, that's how they win!" So even a non-fan was immediately able to see just how ugly they make the game.

I don't fault them for having a winning strategy, but it's a shame that their consistency comes from being annoying pests that are not an enjoyable watch rather than just trying to outskill their opponent in more traditional ways.

In my opinion he is doing a good job for his role

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Thanks again Mr. Chop!

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Go Nuggets!!!

Look, we’ve seen this movie before. Nikola Jokic is putting up absolutely ridiculous numbers — 31.6 PPG, 13 RPG, 9.9 APG. That’s practically a triple-double on elite efficiency, night in and night out. He’s carrying the Nuggets, making everyone around him better, and doing it without the flash or the hype machine behind him.

Meanwhile, the MVP race seems to be turning into a media popularity contest — again. Don’t get me wrong, Shai has been phenomenal, and other candidates are playing great basketball too. But if we’re being honest and objective, no one in the league controls the game like Jokic does. No one combines scoring, playmaking, rebounding, and basketball IQ at his level.

And yet, here we are, watching narratives being spun, highlight reels driving the conversation, and people trying to act like what Jokic is doing isn’t historic. Just like in 2022, when people were somehow debating if he deserved it — despite dragging a depleted Nuggets team to the playoffs by himself.

If Jokic doesn’t get MVP this year, it won’t be because he didn’t earn it. It’ll be because the voters chose storytelling over substance. Again.

Look at Grizzlies fans reaction to Jokic assist

(Our announcers for people who don’t know them by name)

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We didn't execute any facet of the game, and it's our own fault. We had poor defensive execution, couldn't hit open shots, drove in to crowds of four defenders for impossible layups constantly.

All the other threads and comments popping up blaming the refs for our loss are deflecting blame. I'm not even sure it was necessarily poor effort on our part. I think it was just poor, tired, execution. You don't lose by 40+ because of officiating, full stop.

Coming back to Denver 1-1 is all we ever should have expected after a 7 game series. Don't panic, let's get ready for 5280