2024-05-07 04:42:00
They didn’t let them breathe. From minute 1 to minute 48. Some even say that during the warm-up the air in Colorado was heavy, even more so than usual. but what are these wolves. What is this team…
Be careful, the following sentence may be the most terrifying you will read today.
The Wolves ASPHYXIATED the Nuggets at the end of one of the scariest defensive masterclasses in recent years, all … without Rudy Gobert, who became a dad overnight and was logically absent to welcome the future DPOY 2048.
The fact that the Wolves are stopping the defending champions without the man who will likely be named Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth time tonight, yes, it is frightening. On this night, in terms of intensity, desire, everything… the Wolves and Nuggets were two divisions apart. Karl-Anthony Towns had set his team on the right track at the very start of the game, The absence of Rudy was offset by the presence of Kyle Anderson in the Big Five, and except for a hot shot from Aaron Gordon in the first quarter, Minnesota already showed its superiority, Denver its complacency, its apathy.
Jamal Murray continues a disastrous second half after Game 1, already lost by Denver as we remember, Nikola Jokic is held by KAT and by an incredible Naz Reid coming off the bench, while Jaden McDaniels manages to defend everything Colorado State without even sweat.
The 20 points left by Wolves to the defending champions will be synonymous with a gift, because the lock placed in the following two quarters is all-time. Every catch of a ball by a Mike Malone player (who was close to being ejected after FREAKING OUT at the start of the game) gives rise to a terrible manhunt, very quickly widens the gap and very quickly looks wild on the Nuggets side .
Almost 30 points at halftime, Anthony Edwards rolling, the half-innocent, half-serial killer smiles on the Minnesota players, and very quickly we understood: the dynamic of this Western Conference may be changing completely, with a reigning champion so confident in its strengths on base, but this morning entrenched in its bases. Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards both finished with 27 points, Nikola Jokic 16/16/8, but he risks collecting the MVP trophy with an all-red ass, and this morning observers as a whole agree that it’s “something” moving forward with this Wolves team.
Be careful, by the time we put a word to it, Minnesota could already be in the NBA Finals…
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