Tim Legler reacts to Nuggets-Wolves Game 3 🚨 'DENVER CONTROLLED START TO FINISH' | SC with SVP
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Tim Legler joined SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to provide immediate analysis on the Denver Nuggets' commanding 117-90 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3, bringing the series closer to a 2-1 Wolves advantage in the Western Conference Semifinals.
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Shaq telling Joker he didn't think he deserved the MVP inspired the whole Nuggets team.
It is time for Shaq to apologize for that stupid remark.
@@subarunumber1Na, Joker's my favorite player, but he has a real serious argument for SGA deserving the MVP. It's hair-splittingly close
@@jaytee4374 whatever the circumstances it's still pretty disrespectful.
@@subarunumber1that's your opinion and should apologize for Steve Nash stealing two MVPs from all the players that were better then him Kobe D Wade LeBron Etc so it's time for you to readjust your brain and not tell other people to readjust their brain got it?
The hate from the national media is why I hope Denver goes back to back
Tim Legler was awesome tonight
He was and he made some great observations.
Tim Legler is always great. I wish he had more time on the network over all the other people who just say stuff after the fact, stuff everyone already knows.
Agreed. Entertaining and excellent analysis. I subbed to the podcast he started at start of season called The ALL NBA podcast and hearing him go long form for an hour is a hoop geeks dream. No drama, no hot takes, just hoops.
Hes not analyst, real calling calling game
Jj redick is the worst
Tim Legler and Mark Jones killed it on the broadcast 👏👏👏
They are the worst duo in the playoffs…that’s just my opinion. ESPN has only one good crew in Mike Breene. TNT is the better broadcaster.
When comes to play analysis, Legler miles ahead of all others. Mike Breen is legend, but would pair him with someone like Legler, to give more details of plays. Yet, my absolute favorite is Greg Anthony.
@@nathansorley1906hahaha Mike Breene with Doris Burke and JJ Reddick? Nah you’re tripping. Breene carries both of them. Doris sucks.
@@nathansorley1906 doris sounds like a man
@@nathansorley1906💯
Jokic showed why he’s the MVP. Hope Denver can continue to kill the media hype and fake narratives with more wins
The media hype is entirely behind the nuggets and the NBA is too - they gifted them the only four day layover in round 2 playoff history to get right and made sure the Wolves playbook got replaced with Darvin Hams drop coverage and overhelp
@@Cashinn_Outt1754damn I've heard some lame excuses,but that BS takes the cake
🤣🤣🤣 @@dalegriffin6768
They are openly being racist
Media pushed him, now he is coming back
Legler is one of the rare ESPN people i like to listen to so hearing him doing the game was great. I had my fill of Reggie and Crawford.
He started a podcast this season (both audio & YT) called The ALL NBA podcast.
He actually called the game instead of trying to brainwash fans into believing a narrative.
Crawford is not bad at all… Reggie is a casual
I wish I could have like this one million times
Lol y’all don’t like Reggie cuz he actually called it how it was game 2
for 4 whole days ant was the goat lol
Truly. Guys were making videos even discussing the winning the title. Kneejerking off the chains.
Still is
@@Daniel-nz9mlJokic ain't the joker, you are 😂🤣
@@-ac-8296Y’all finna be crying when Wolves win in 6😂
They cannot stop history, Jokic will go down as the Goat, Nuggets in 6
“Will the real Jamal Murray please stand up?” And he STOOD UP 🎉👏 Denver’s team experience is taking a front runner here
Not making excuses, but he shouldn't have even played tonight. Absolutely insane he only got a 100k fine.
@@brianfitzsimmons6074😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@brianfitzsimmons6074 it’s not that serious. It’s not like he’s constantly in trouble and this could be an isolated incident because he doesn’t have a history of bad behavior. If this were Draymond green or Patrick Beverley It will be a different story and rightfully so. They have rap sheets.
@@tristinhall1275 He did 3 ejection worthy things including throwing not 1 but 2 things at a ref and on the court in the span of 5 minutes lol he shouldn't have been able to suit up.
@@tristinhall1275he had three separate techs that should’ve been called, I’m glad he wasn’t suspended, but come on. If this was in the regular season he gets at least a game for that behavior
Where is Perk and SAS now? Sweep? Nahhhh.
Gotta remain humble and calm
People still don't understand the refs control everything in basketball, game 2 they allowed contact so Nuggets couldn't get going, game 3 a bunch of tricky tack calls so Golbert is pretty much useless, Wolves need to put in Reed at the 5 for more offense
We want them to say sweep / means no chance of a sweep - lol
I haven't heard all of Perk's picks but Stephen A literally had gotten every single pick wrong besides the Boston vs. Miami game 3 and 5.
Dallas Nuggs win, lets talk about how Celtics lost not Cavs win and Lakers and Suns coaches, that bias is just ugly
Could be but that was more the nuggets showing their championship grit, they dissected the wolves man
What grit when they're down 0-2? MJ and Kobe would never. Stop glazing underperforming Jokic.
Same way the Wolves dissected them in game 2 🤷♂️
@@CarlaJenkinsTVunderperforming that he had 24/14/9 with 3 blocks and 3 steals
Kobe blew a 3-1 lead, so isn’t that even worse
@@CarlaJenkinsTVYou don’t have to comment if you’re gonna post like a low IQ clown.
We now have a series 🔥 media callling for a sweep lit the fire
League/refs won't allow a sweep that's millions of dollars they'd miss out on. Refs handed a win to Denver tonight by totally shifting the ref style without warning, resulting in early foul trouble for Wolves and stripping them of their D
@@lightbeforethetunnelwhat early foul trouble ? Lmao stfu did you even watch the game.? Jamal cooked that’s why they smacked them
@@lightbeforethetunnel 🤣🤣 Stop the crying. Y’all lost this game because you got arrogant and thought you were about to sweep the defending champs. The nuggets then brought y’all back to the planet of reality.
@@lightbeforethetunnelnba wants to give it to Denver but also wants some drama.
Yeah Legs is good at what he does overall
Knowledgeable and passionate!
Dear NBA, More Tim Legler less Reggie Miller on commentary. Thanks.
Different networks. Would rather have Reggie because that means we get inside the NBA.
Both are great. Less Doris Burke
@@rileygarcia1 Reggie has a favorite player in every series that he slurps off the entire game. It gets tiring.
I'll take Gilbert Gottfried doing his best 2 girls 1 cup impression over Reggie Miller.
@@FloridaMan___Tim is trash compared to Reggie. Don’t even compare idiotaaaa
Porter junior gave the Nuggets a TON of momentum in the first half
So did the refs
So did the refs!
@@lightbeforethetunnel casual
He's a difference maker Every team wishes they had a guy like MPJ as a role player
@@lightbeforethetunnel ref went so hard that the Wolves shot 5 more free throws than the Nuggets this game. 😪
Denver adapted well to the timberwolves aggressive defense. They used it against them to draw fouls and they also stayed calm and werent trying too much like they did last game. Also people forget denver came back from being down 3-1 twice in a row in back to back series in the 2020 playoffs before losing to the lakers in the conference final. They arent new to being down like this.
Completely different team and seires. It's one game we will see
Good luck doing that same performance on Sunday. You won’t shoot like that 3 games. Wolves had their worst shooting performance all playoffs 😂
Rudy Gobert is such an overrated, worthless player.
Business like win tonight
Denver didn't adapt anything. The refs did. They totally changed the style away from physical playoff ball to softer-than-regular-season, to extend the series for more money.
Legler speaks I listen
Simple
Great NBA mind
Then check out his podcast: 1hr of hoops 4x week.
@@croweziecEhh overrated
Faded hair Jokic is a problem! 💪😤🔥
i wonder how he look if he let go long hair like Dirk in 2011 playoffs
You acting like Diddy @@coops1992
He’s abitschthug
Tim Legler was amazing on the broadcast
I loved Tim doing the call for game, wasnt a very exciting game but he did a great job
Denver played with desperation.... Minnesota played like they were up 2-0
Wrong. This is what nuggets vs wolves looked like for the last five years.
Please let Legs call more games he is intelligent and fair to both teams
JOKIC FIRST PLAYER WITH 200 Pts 100 Rbs 75 Ast IN FIRST 8 GAMES OF A POSTSEASON ALL-TIME!
Jokic is very good, but people should stop looking at simple statistics so much. We are in an era of really inflated starts, so the numbers just don't mean the same, to be honest.
@@jvjjjvvv9157 IF WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, JOKIC IS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME BECAUSE OF HIS IQ! LEBRON DECLARED FOR JOKIC THAT HE IS ONE OF THE BEST EVER TO PLAY BASKETBALL! AND NOT JUST LEBRON!
@@jvjjjvvv9157 So why others don't do it? If stats are inflated, they are inflated for the whole league.
@@minnussin reality, this is how the stats were for the majority of NBA history. Stats were deflated during the dead ball era of the late 80s to the mid 2000s, the rest of the history of thr NBA is full of fast pace basketball.
@@minnuss Yes, the stats are inflated for the whole league. For everyone playing in this era. That's why I said it makes no sense to simply compare the numbers from this era to numbers from different eras, with no context. Because then it would seem that everyone is much better now, because records get broken every other day. Which is what my comment was about. Because I am responding to a guy who says that Jokic is the first EVER to do something. Do you get it now?
FINALLY someone talking why Nuggets wins instead of why Wolves lose.
Well technically, this is the first time ANYONE could've talked about Minnesota losing lol
@@jaytee4374 I commented in general. So much series in past (previous one for example) with LA when thay talking ALL the time about them, none about Nuggs, no matter who wins. Ok, Big VS small market but in that volume, disrespectful. In this series again, previous game... One horror game from Denver (first one was more equal) and instantly MIN are new champions and DNVR, actual ones, are history. Just BAD sport journalism driven by wrong narratives :)
@@mrBassArtesoft
Game 3 showed me that the Nuggets players and coaches studied film INTENSELY. It's like they knew what the Wolves were thinking and stayed one step ahead.
Nuggets will come back and win this series mark it!
I am pretty positive nuggets are winning this series. All these nuggets/jokic haters just appeared outta nowhere and prob will be disappearing pretty soon lol
keep dreaming hahaha
@@EM-mp3bxDenver in 6 or 7 watch
@@NickJaramillo-gi7gs 6 or 7 lol foh
@@EM-mp3bx yep watch and learn
They said he didnt deserve MVP...without a bench he still beat the long and lenghty wolves
Shaq and Stephen A downright embarrassed themselves.
Meanwhile, the "DPOY" shows why he doesn't deserve that
Shiny new things r the espn are for.
But he wasn't without the refs on his side, that's for sure.
Denver bench actually played really well this game, too. Better than the Wolves bench
Well, the silver lining in this disastrous effort was the fact that they acknowledged they never came close to playing their best to the game, and that they didn't play up to their abilities. Saying that about themselves regarding Game 3, and playing their best in Game 4, are two different things. Minnesota HAS to know they can't go back to Denver at 2-2. They must win game 4, which will give them a Game 6 opportunity to close out the series, if they should come out flat again in Game 5. Kudos to Mike Malone for having his team play like the defending champions they are.
That’s the first good game the nuggs have played in these playoffs. Play like champions and this is the result!
Timberwolves showed up at home and expected the Nuggets to just roll over and die. Didn’t happen, they are the reigning champs for a reason.
Tim Legler is only person on espn who can Talk about nba i don’t no why he never took coaching job
It's incredible how fast everyone changes opinions in the NBA. Fans and media are terrible sometimes
Seriously.. they’re so caught in the moment these days.. It’s terrible lol smh
Its every playoffs, every series. Look at Thunder/Mavs Game 1... Mavs are done, Luka done, they cant hang with the Thunder Game 2.... Its over, Thunder are too young, they cant beat the Mavs When Boston wins, its they are lock to the finals Boston loses one, they vulnerable, they are missing something, their ready to be beat Lol
Nuggets have set a lot of records, and imo I think they will be the 7th team ever to come back from 2-0.
Tim Legler is the best head in the NBA
THERE'S Playoff Jamal!
Awesome to hear Tim Legler call the game. Comment on Edwards being in a different elevator than Gordon while hanging in the air was hilarious!
Those physical screens HURT TO WATCH
Refs changed the calling style from game 1 and 2.
It was like going from the UFC to those fake WWE wrestling exhibitions. The difference was jarring.
Your life is sad
Wolves are playing handsy 90s style physical offense. And as Much as I love it. It usually comes with whistles
Yeah keep blaming the refs loser😂
the hackathon was fun while it lasted
Legs is a fantastic analyst.
The NBA needs to fix its wildly inconsistent officiating problem. Game 2 one of the most physical games i have ever seen. Game 3 called tight like regular season. Given these rosters/schemes its pretty obvious which team would be favored. I prefer less physicality because it lets more skill be displayed. But pick something and be consistent from game to game. We got 2 blowouts because of this nonsense.
On one hand I completely agree. On the other, the wolves should have gone in to this game expecting for the officials to call a tighter game after the disasterclass that was game 2. And if they weren't expecting this they should have realized what was happening after 5 minutes of game time instead of trying to double down.
Physical play is historically consistent in the playoffs in the NBA. What isn't normal at all is the fact they arbitrarily switched to softer-than-regular-season reffing for Game 3, without warning. That set up the Wolves, since they came out expecting physical reffing for playoffs and therefore played physical. As a result, they were set up and got into early foul trouble (in the bonus quarters 1 and 2), so they had to back off on D for fear of fouling out... giving the Nuggets open looks all night. This is likely by design to extend the series. Millions of dollars at stake. I can't think of any other explanation other than purposefully setting up the Wolves for early foul trouble and stripping them of their D to give Denver an easy win. The matchup entails that is a super easy way to give them a W.
I honestly can't think of any other playoff series in NBA history in which a team has been set up by the refs to that extend through such blatantly inconsistent reffing.
@@lightbeforethetunnel agreed. The nuggets were shafted in game 2. I've never seen such physical play allowed in the playoffs. They're really trying to make ant the face of the league
@@lightbeforethetunnel Thats why you have to be able to adjust, Wolves didn't.
Great to see Legler doing games, he's my fave!
A few things - 1. The Nuggets moved the ball much better. 2. The ref called the game like a regular season game and Twolves could not get away with extreme physicality. 3.Rudy needs to have a kid every game day because he takes away the mobilith of the wolves defense 😂. 4. Wont be shocked if nuggets wins this series. Whoever wins game 4 wins the series.
GREAT JOB TIM LEGLER!! ESPN, FANS WANT LEGLER AS A REGULAR. PLEASE!!
Tim Legler the best analyst in the business
Game 2 will most likely be the last win for Min these playoffs.
What an overreaction.
@@brianfitzsimmons6074bro people going crazy
You're right, last win in your dreams maybe.
That's really up to the refs and the league, more than the players on either team. I mean, the refs literally just handed Denver a game tonight.
@@lightbeforethetunnel LOL, sore loser!
Legs is one of the best sports analyst where have left. Dude has such a brilliant mind
Ant man comin bacc next game wit a vengeance. Book it💯
Jokic would f Shaq Diesal up
when coach Malone said in the laker series. they not n they bag yet. i was like 😳. they n they bag now
Legs was great on the call!
As a wolves fan i give props to the nuggets for their win. I dont think anyone expected them to come out swinging so hard and the wolves were playing like the wolves that were bottom of the league 4 years ago. I wouldnt expect them to come out like that again so it should be an awesome series. If nuggets lose tomorrow the series is over, but if they win we have a new series
Tim Legler is easily the best analyst on tv all these other hot takes clown make the games unwatchable
Legler is great. Unbiased, knowledgeable, and intelligent. The opposite of Miller and Crawford, who were horrible. Jokic had an easy 24-13-9. Hopefully the Nuggets can keep it going.
Nah yall was ready to crown Minnesota champions!!
He keeps using the term "All-Star." Has someone told him that Jamal has never been an All-Star?
He said that on the broadcast that Naz Reid was known for his rim protection in highschool and college which is just nonsense.
If the nuggets win game 4 it’s over with for the wolves
Uh… Jamal Murray has never been to an all star game.
😂😂😂 but he average 25 ppg in the playoffs in his career but no all stars that's crazy
Minnesota unlocked the 2023 Nuggets.
Never underestimate the heart of a champion - Rudy T
It was obvious they were not prepared for this bad coaching
Literally this was 1st game this PO they play as last year when they won with ease
MVP mode activated! 🤩👍✨
4 days rest played a big role. Jokic has been doing so much on the court. I’m curious how quick he can recover. The Timberwolves can more easily share the load. In this game Porter picked up a lot of the load, and that’s what we are going to need to see otherwise Jokic gets worn down and it’s curtains.
As someone who put money on Denver to win the chip. I couldn’t be more happy. NUGS IN 6
Somehow Nuggets found a way to Break Wolves Defense, We GOT Series now!!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness ESPN brought out Legler tonight. Maybe there is a network monitor that shows how many TV's turn the ESPN VOLUME OFF during games because the announcers are so bad. Keep the rifraff back at the studio along with Perk and SAS and the other clowns.
The broom was out for me
Tim Legler forgetting that Jamal has never been an All Star. Jarring to think, but it's true
As important as Jokic is to Denver we now know that Denver will go as far as Jamal takes them. If Jamal plays good Denver wins if not they will most likely lose.
Agreed
Denver without Jokić - lottery team. Denver without Murray - 1st round exit.
Every superstar big needs atleast a good guard. Thats just the nature of the position.
That's just not true. Jokic props Murray up and all Murray has to do is be a top 50 PG. The murray hype is so gross already. Dude is a role player at best.
Hahaha right. Murray is really the key to their success. Ok. Yes you need multiple great players to win big, but they do have a player that happens to be significantly more valuable than Murray.
I know lebrick fans was praying for a sweep. Whelp 😄
Denver in 6.
Nuggs in 7.
wolves in 6 games
Denver in 6, in 6 games games to Cancun
Lakers in 8
Denver knew via experience how to take advantage of the insane amount days off between games. look at film, adjust, get healed,rested..Wolves spent those days reading their press clippings, not making adjustments because whats there to adjust.I knew Denver would win just didn't know it would be a blowout.. Now the Wolves backs are to the door..but the pressure is still on Denver..
I just hope jamal hit like 50+ game 4
this is what wolves look like in the game they are EXPECTED to win... mental freedom of low expectations on the road, playing thr Champs .. it is easy to play on thise games, no pressure to perform... i knew they would dud at home
Game to game adjustments are what good NBA coaches do in the Playoffs. This is something unfamiliar to Darvin Ham.
They lost 2 games and the Hot Take Flavor of the Week people were ready to Write them Off and Crown the Wolves. Keep calling Ant the Next Jordan. Man you MoFos Never Learn
For all the 🫏's saying D. Ham shouldn't have been fired, this is what a coach is suppose to do to win, make adjustments and bring the best out of your players.
I like this crew better than the one with Doris.
👍
Doris lives in Embiid's butthole, it's disgusting 🤮🤢
Doris is just hard to listen to. People hype her up.
I think it did Murray a lot of good that there was such a long break between games 2 and 3. Hopefully he keeps this going Denver won’t win if he goes back to shooting 30%
Neither would the wolves if Edwards did the same.
People wrote this series off way too fast.. acting like they could win still was stupid
The media bouta switch up now 😂
Wolves were missing lots of open shots near the rim
Anthony Edwards' they put on your brakes kid."You got too Koky .
please replace Reggie or Doris with Legler on the broadcast, pleeeeeease ESPN.
Murray made sure they ain't have a chance 2 trap early
This has been happening the last several postseasons and less so historically. One team blows out one team, the next game they them get blown out. That’s ridiculous for playoff basketball where the best games and competition should occur. Especially happens with Celtics. Must be the 3 pt shooting.
It's adjustments and simply the type of sport basketball is nowadays. Sometimes games just go out off hand and sometimes that sense of urgency makes you ultra focused
There's been close series this playoffs, all of the knicks games have been close, the OKC mavs game 2 was close relax
Target arena was pretty much a church. That place was quiet as hell 😂
Its safe to say regardless who wins this series the winner of this will probably be all but a lock to get to the finals to me personally
Good things you dont set lines lmao. Fifth grader
0:44 Murray an All Star? ...
Yeah... "swagger", the newest analytics column
Two days ago espn telling you Ant Edwards is MJ and this team has Denver figured out, now one game later they lost their swagger lol
Tony brothers took McDaniels out of the game. I literally called it before the game even started
The nuggets got saved they had four days to rest and get healthy. No other series had four days of rest between game 2 and game 3.
This series feels different now. The Timberwolves are still in a good position but they better not play like that again or the title will be " Are the Timberwolves in trouble?
It is way different. This game is like what Denver will do to them when they’re at their best. If it was a close game then the Timberwolves would feel good but this was a bad loss for them
@@PullinMyOwn Agreed. They flipped a switch and the Timberwolves felt it
The wolves didnt attack screens the way they needed to.
I agree the speed of the Timberwolves offense was much slower in game 3
Murray was never selected to be an all-star 😂
Game 1 was pretty close til end of the 4th.
The Nuggets had a hard series against the Lakers , four day's rest and the team is ready to roll.
When Murray Jamaican side comes out there’s no one stopping him
Only reason I kept watching the blowout was cause of Legs, good job commentating my guy.
24 14 9 jokic stats by nick's definition, that is bad!!! sheesh also, from shaq, its normal LOL
Shaq is a buster
Why did Legler keep calling Murray an “all star”? He’s never made it yet.
The is first time Nuggets played good game in playoffs if we are honest. What was missing until know is their trademark offense with many hand offs and screens, back cuts. Minnesota looked bamboozled completely. Its like they woke up finally.
Imagine if Murray was actually consistent.