The Nuggets and Celtics are widely considered to be the 2 title favorites, and this last matchup taught us important things about a potential finals series.
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What we learned is there is no defense for Jokic postups lol your only hope is to send him a late double off of the furthest shooter and hope they miss
Yeah he’s unguardable, one of the offensive GOATs.
You can’t even stop him by fouling him cause he’s a good free throw shooter too
If that was true the nuggets would win more
They are coasting@@windowsguy1828
@@windowsguy1828fuck you talking about casual?
Best Talent vs Best Teamwork ends with Best Teamwork winning every time. It's a team sport for a reason.
Especially when the best teamwork has the best talent.
@@1stAmendmentorDie1776 That would be a tough reality. We'd always know who's gonna win if that happened so I'm glad it hasn't
@@TheeKing7 It happened in the 90s... It happened in the early 2000s... Its happening now...
@@TheeKing7 I think we mistake athleticism for talent. And by we i mean you.
@@1stAmendmentorDie1776 It's not at all about athleticism. The Celtics starting 5 are statistically better than every other starting 5. I don't know what metric you use but talent is decided by stats.
Denver's offense ultimately takes the character of its best player, which makes it so scaleable against other great teams
Perfect way of putting it!
Jokic is that guy
No doubt
What we learned is that it took the 5v8 for the Celtics to lose vs the Denver Bumgets. At the start of the ball game, Tony Brothers has been letting Jokic push Porzingis around without calling offensive fouls. Tatum drives the ball and no fouls are called. Meanwhile, the Celtics gets 3 technicals for clapping their hands. That's all we need to know about this game. The Celtics will defeat these bums in the Finals when they have the homecourt advantage and Tony Brother's isn't refereeeing anymore.
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@@juandelacruz3718how many wide open corner 3s did tony block again?
as a suns fan, seeing the way jokic and murray cooked us last year despite booker having an all time great series was insane. if healthy they probably repeat. the celtics can blowout however many mid teams they want in the regular season and end up with one of the best reg seasons ever, when the playoffs come no one should be trusting a tatum and brown led team over a jokic and murray led team
Their execution as a duo is just unmatched.
Yeah, Booker was playing out of his mind, and the Nuggets still won.
A 40 and 35 on 90 and 88 true shooting and they won by 5 points on both games. Durant also had 35 on 76% ts.
@@samuelraji8343keep in mind they won cuz murray and mpj had awful 2 games
Nothing but fax, u know what your talking about brother
I'll be really happy if this is the finals match up. That was a fun game.
Same here!
Na pelicans vs Celtics would be better
@@diegochavez6203 Go watch curling, please.
No it wouldn't 😂@diegochavez6203
@@diegochavez6203 only a pelicans fan could say something that stupid and only a minority of pelicans fans would
finallyy bro we been kicking our feet up nd rubbing our hands waiting for this one
Bro 😭
What we learned is that it took the 5v8 for the Celtics to lose vs the Denver Bumgets. At the start of the ball game, Tony Brothers has been letting Jokic push Porzingis around without calling offensive fouls. Tatum drives the ball and no fouls are called. Meanwhile, the Celtics gets 3 technicals for clapping their hands. That's all we need to know about this game. The Celtics will defeat these bums in the Finals when they have the homecourt advantage and Tony Brother's isn't refereeeing anymore.
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@@juandelacruz3718 salty celtics fan found
I think I first learned about the variance of 3pt shots in Bill Simmons Book of basketball. He said that the weaker team in a matchup should shoot more threes, because they might get hot and steal a win. If they go cold and lose, they were probably gonna lose anyway. But the stronger team should not shoot as many threes, since they are favored to win, and the high variance of 3s mean they might go cold and shoot themselves out of a game they should have won. He said something similar for pace. Weaker teams should push the pace because in a small sample size like the playoffs, more possessions with variance might let luck tilt things in their favor. While the stronger team wants to slow it down, and make each possession count, since they are already favored. The regular season is long, 82 games. Variance evens out as much as it can. But the playoffs are short and intense, and variance plays a big role. Analytics always complains about small sample size, but that is what the playoffs are and will always be. So teams need to focus on how to play and win in the small sample size of the playoffs, not how to dominate in the very different regular season.
But if the Celtics shoot 40 3s a game their variance goes down compared to the Nuggets 20 3s. Maybe that's why they had a much higher percentage 3pt percentage this game.
What we learned is that it took the 5v8 for the Celtics to lose vs the Denver Bumgets. At the start of the ball game, Tony Brothers has been letting Jokic push Porzingis around without calling offensive fouls. Tatum drives the ball and no fouls are called. Meanwhile, the Celtics gets 3 technicals for clapping their hands. That's all we need to know about this game. The Celtics will defeat these bums in the Finals when they have the homecourt advantage and Tony Brother's isn't refereeeing anymore.
Very interesting, thanks for the insight.
@@juandelacruz3718 ain't no way 💀 the refs clearly favored the Cs, and the blatant no call on Jokic layup in the 4th is the only reason the Cs were even competitive 😂 well that and the Nuggets shooting 19% from 3. Blowout any other night. Ez season sweep tho
how are they favoring the Cs when they were getting 3 techs in the first half for clapping their hands? LUL@@daddyfuse50
5:19 Jokic looks to left, then turns to Holiday then he looks to the middle watching Tatum and Porzingas get something going. So while the cut is happening he turns back to the ball and anticipates the pass very early. Celtics made it way to easy to read for him. Denver knows the Celtic"s offense better than the Celtics.
I just don't see how a team is gonna beat the Nuggets four times in a playoff series, NO PLAYER can even slow Jokic down rn. In all their loses in the last playoffs, the other team just shot the ball uber-efficiently from three, but they can't do that consistently.
We learned Denver is best team and play best team ball so if you are an iso team good luck you will wear yourself out just winning one game against them mean while they are just fluid and get a good shot every single possession.
Celtics vs Nuggets is going to be a NASTY matchup. I don’t think there’s a team in the league that can beat the Nuggets in a 7 game series, but it’ll be a hell of a showdown
What we learned is that it took the 5v8 for the Celtics to lose vs the Denver Bumgets. At the start of the ball game, Tony Brothers has been letting Jokic push Porzingis around without calling offensive fouls. Tatum drives the ball and no fouls are called. Meanwhile, the Celtics gets 3 technicals for clapping their hands. That's all we need to know about this game. The Celtics will defeat these bums in the Finals when they have the homecourt advantage and Tony Brother's isn't refereeeing anymore.
@@juandelacruz3718 Your ridiculous cut & paste is getting old. Blaming the officials ain't gonna save your team, bro.
@@juandelacruz3718classic celtics fan
Jokic does so many things well but his post game is ridiculous. He could average 45 a game and foul out half the other team if he wanted to.
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We learned that we can take Tatum out of the MVP discussion (he shouldn't have ever been there to begin with, but whatever). He teammates are WAY too talented and productive for him to be a legit candidate. We also learned that the MVP should be Jokic's award to lose, but the voters are a fickle bunch. I predict most of the sports media will be campaigning hard for SGA in the final weeks of the season. Shai is an incredible player, but Jokic is the MVP this year, barring a Denver collapse down the stretch.
Yeh nobody was talking about Tatum for mvp then one day all of sports media started calling for it, especially the ex players. A lot of people don’t love the best players being non Americans.
@@shedflips I love if that was the case, but damn its so dishonest specially Perkins and how Jokic got robbed MVP last year. Its bold racism that to mock everyone who have different color than them.
Was looking forward to this game since the last time they played 2 months ago and it didn’t disappoint. Would love this to be the finals matchup both of them are clearly the two best teams in the league and intrigued by the potential adjustments both teams could make in a 7 game series especially on the celtics side.
Yeah I think this finals series would be an instant classic, so many advantages on both sides.
Ill say nuggs in 5
This game and this season series is why people get pissed that Embiid doesn't play in Denver.
Maybe Celtics fans prefer to face Embiid over Jokic
Jokic and Gordon are so entertaining to watch
Those two are on the same wavelength for sure
What we learned is that it took the 5v8 for the Celtics to lose vs the Denver Bumgets. At the start of the ball game, Tony Brothers has been letting Jokic push Porzingis around without calling offensive fouls. Tatum drives the ball and no fouls are called. Meanwhile, the Celtics gets 3 technicals for clapping their hands. That's all we need to know about this game. The Celtics will defeat these bums in the Finals when they have the homecourt advantage and Tony Brother's isn't refereeeing anymore.
Facts both were so clutch in the games closing
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Jamal Murray doesn’t get enough credit for where the nuggets are at, nuggets was a first round exit for 2 years while he was sidelined, criminally underrated scorer/point god
its insane he was never an all-star
@@uuh4yj43can't be an All Star sharing the ball with Jokic, while Shai and Luka get the ball so much that of course their numbers look better. To me, Murray is better than Shai, and if I was Murray and Team Canada says that Shai is going to be the n.1 option, I would leave. Murray is a complete guard: amazing handles, he can dunk, shoot midranges, shoot 3s, he can playmake, play good defense ( I know Shai lead in steals), etc. And he does it at a high level.
I agree with your first point, jamal is a great player and he is important for their success but the nuggets only went out once in the first round with a rly rly bad team, the nuggets had monte, rivers, barton and campazzo in their playoff rotation, also mpj didnt play, so ots wrong to say it was only murray missing which caused the bad result, todays team is much better...
I'm a big fan of Murray and the real reason he is not an all star is because he tends to not play well against teams that are not very strong. He is a playoff perfomer and an all star when it matters the most. Anyway, I like him like this than playing well on regular games then disappearing on playoffs (Tatum, Booker, CP). I'd want him performering like a superstar on the playoffs like he did last year. This guy is the bane of Lakers I'm telling you he suddenly becomes prime steph curry.
@@huntermach7356 You're sick in the head if you believe jamal murry>SHAI
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This finals matchup would go crazy
Great breakdown man. I love your videos.
Gentlemen's Sweep in the Finals if these teams meet. DEN with the back to back.
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seems legit. Even with HCA , i do not see Boston winning more than 2 games
@@OrthodoxTsaristI disagree. Role players play different when you compare home and away. If Boston was to go up 2-0, they can still one in Denver and go back to the crib and finish it off. Both teams have to havens their business in their respective conference to see who gets the championship cigar and champagne.
You are right Celtics come out get game 1 then nuggs win 4 straight
@@HealthISWealth738 On your Xbox, I agree. We have seen teams win series in the regular season, play that team again in the post season and get sent home.
I watched the whole game but still love your breakdowns, keep it up! Let’s go Nuggets
Explainations and breakdowns like these, makes the defense plays they do look like an art! Great breakdown and this two teams really did an epic match!
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Damn jokic is him huh. Celtics has like 4 all stars and he humiliated them😂
The Celtics live and die by the three ball. They shot themselves out of the ECF against the Heat when their threes went cold.
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Ive been checking youtube all day yesterday and today waitng for this video😅
I have been watching NBA since 2016, has there ever been a two man game as good as Jokic and Murray??
Steph and Dray 👀
@@HoopVenue Yeah but Draymond (who's a disgrace to the NBA) is not a threat to score. But that's also a great 2-man game.
Steph and Dray but Jokic and Murray is much better since Dray is not a threat to score but to pass
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It amazes me that there’s people out there who think watching a Nuggets game is boring
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Great breakdown
Both very good teams, with tons of talent. Fun to watch
Yo bro your so good at this shit ! How did you do it ? Are you freestyling or do you write this stuff
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Hey @hoopvenue You do in depth breakdowns that are so much more thorough than other channels. Why havent you revisited the bucks since dame and giannis are finally getting some chenistry going, and now that their defense finally looks like trouble. They shut down the wolves. Theyre one of the only teams that shuy diwn the nuggets. They have an upcoming game with the celtics too, and that could be another oredictir of how an eastern conference plays out.
great analysis
Don't forget: This Celtics team was built, with the additions of Porzingis and Holiday, to beat/compete with the Denver Nuggets. How do those two additions look against Jokic and Murray? Porzingis can do nothing in the post. Holiday can't stop Murray.
So many teams thinks “3 is more than 2 so shoot the 3” but nothing will beat a team that’s fundamentally sound and understands the mid range and paint are crucial for long term success
Aaron Gordon makes the Nuggets so good
i love it full analisis!
great breakdown
Thanks!
holy shit this was intense, bro can you do every game please.
One thing not mentioned about this matchup, and why it's not as close as it looks on paper: Denver has 2 proven closers in Murray and Jokic, Boston only has Jrue Holiday. I like Jrue but Boston needs more than Jrue to match Murray and Jokic in the last 3 minutes of a quarter.
Gr-8 analysis! Thanks!
in basketball history only the Warriors were able to win a title mainly with 3pt shooting (and it is still debatable cos Bogut was huge with rebounds and KD added reliable mid range solutions). So...
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As a Celtics fan we learned 2 things imo: First thing is that Jokic is simply unguardable. We put KP, Horford, Tillman. Jrue etc and he torched them all And the other thing is the Celtics can DEFINITELY hang with Denver. Team shot 29% from 3, 64% from the line, 12 turnovers and Tatum was a complete non factor offensively and we only lost by 6. Still like our chances in a 7 game series with them. PS: That Tatum corner 3 still hurts man.... We couldve have genuiently won despite having a season low shooting from 3 and from the line. That's ultimatly the encourging thing
Same here. That was a winnable game. Just need to clean up our game.
Nah you should be worried... the Nuggets didn't play well at all
You need to take into consideration that the nuggets shot even worse both games and they still won by 6. You live by the three you die by it, unless you adapt your game and utilise attacking the rim you wont win shit against denver
All facts!
@@milkymace9502 you’d think that and we certainly did last year but recently we’ve been attacking the rim alot more which is encouraging going into the offs. Heavy Post scoring as well with KP/JT/JB also another route for baskets closer to the rim. We’re no longer as one dimensional
CALL ME CRAZY BUT I TRULY DO BELIEVE NUGGETS VS HEAT REMATCH THIS YEAR IN THE FINALS💯😮💨
Hopefully no
GOD I hope not
Unless you are a heat fan and maybe a Denver fan for another easy match up no one else wants that.
I will say that Boston still has an increably high floor because everybody on their starting 5 can post up so I do think Joe Mazzula needs to utile that more come playoff time But yeah Boston has front court problems
The only way to stop Jokic........PRAY......
It’s also insane to forget Jrue Holiday can really get deep into an elite offensive bag when he needs to. That behind the back almost jump step back into the corner 3 was just filth. However, Boston always seems to fall in love with one particular style. I want to say a couple years ago it was the isolation; and these last few years, it has been the 3. It was a huge reason they fell down 3-1 in the CF & a huge reason why they lost this game. The game will slow down drastically come playoff time; it’s hard to create a new identity. KP has never been a back to basket kind of player; so do they start posting up Tatum/Brown more? These are the decisions Mazzulla will have to think about because he’s got to be seeing a negative trend here. You gotta trust Denver to make a deeper run if the two don’t meet because 1 relies on hot shooting & overall talent (and grant it, which has worked to this point); but Denver can shoot, but still dominate the paint.
Also, Boston Live by the 3, Die By The 3 ball tactics won’t work in the playoffs where every team seem different from reg szn unless you have Curry on yr team. And Im a Boston fan but i thought Joe wudn’t learnt that by now.
17:30 JT shoulda stayed near the basket for a hp bucket for the tie. Not to mention him being 6"8 and they had the numbers. Imo Good Stuff King
I find it so cool how the rest of the crowds around the league really adopted OKC’s don’t sit till we score our first point approach. It’s dope. We got 2 instant regular season classics between arguably the best 2 teams in the association. Can’t be disappointed if this is the Finals matchup.
This is facts
This is... not an okc only tradition haha. Lots of teams have done it for years. Sonics before okc I'm pretty sure, nuggets been doing it forever, and it definitely came from the college game
ATL was doing this in the Josh Smith days. Definitely not just an OKC thing
It was a great battle. Could have gone either way. The home stretch is gonna be interesting!
Bro im high asf rn and as a nuggets fan this was the most beautiful breakdown I ever heard😂
16:25 - Dunk of they year! Monster put back dunk by Air Gordon.
What I’m seeing here is that Denver plays pretty much the perfect version of their game. The way they’ve been playing recently is their ceiling(a championship winning ceiling.) The Celtics have not reached their ceiling. If the Celtics can figure it out and elevate their game, they are the better team. If they can’t, they’re going to have a rough time against this offensive machine.
If you watched last year's playoffs, you know this isn't Denver's ceiling. Jokic will again elevate his game from where it's at now and so will the rest of the team.
@@giffengood I don’t mean their ceiling in terms of in game play. This wasn’t either teams best game at this moment. What I mean is the Nuggets game plan is the best one for their roster. Each game is only about how well they execute.
This is not their ceilling yet. Remember Jokic and Murray are both playoff performers.
@@horsemanOfApocalypse that’s literally what I said. “A championship winning ceiling.” I’m not saying this game is their ceiling.
It's amazing how Porzingis is the major piece to the celtics offense/defense (besides the heavy iso ball game) considering he just arrived. They better pray his legs hold out in the playoffs.
I like how Jokic just falls over at 1:12
Defense can’t beat Denver. You need a better offense than Denver. When the Celtics make threes they can win but when they play Denver they’re typically on a bad shooting night. They need to stop worrying about Jokic he’s gonna score regardless of how you defend him. You need to beat them on every offensive possession. The three ball needs to be a majority of shots and they have to make a convincing 50% of them. Denver doesn’t have bad shooting nights because each player has a different way to score. Gordon can dunk and Murray can shoot if Jokic needs them. When it comes down to it Celtics need a good shooting night and they can score more points. Denver needs to play like normal and hope the Celtics don’t have a good shooting night.
Tatum is a gifted scorer but his playmaking and decision making are not great which will bite him in the playoffs and may cost the Celtics a championship
Jokic and Murray are the inverted Stock n Malone duo
And another thing that makes the nuggets so hard to stop is if u adjusted something they answer right back
We learned that tatum is a choke artist. Well I already knew but when I told Tatum glazers they try to act like hes that guy. But now they have a recent look
You gotta be a legit clown if your favorite player is Tatum idk how his fans don't see it.
@@denzelmartin6201 4 ECFs , Finals Appearances, most points in Game 7 history , 27 ppg on Game 7s on good efficiency, yeah a terrible player
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the more i watch the nuggets the more aaron gordon becomes my favorite player. its just so fun to watch him fly in and finish the job :D
Jamal might look like an elf, but when he cooks its magical
What a GREAT breakdown bro!! Best I’ve seen about that game! Clear & unbiased. Also KP’s 3pter is so ugly hahaha efficient I k’owtbut damn ugly. And Tatum is a choker. End of story
This video is so true
The Nuggets are fine tuned team. Excellent coaching, Jokic and a legit 8 man deep roster. The Nuggets big 3 (Jokic, Murray & Gordan) are incredibly consistent. If a 4th player gets hot (usually Porter) the Nuggets are unstoppable. Go Nugs!!!
Jokic showing KP what centers should be, rebounding instead of going to Three Point line
Wide open three from Tatum aye I’ll take it but Denver tough
I don't think people realized how close of a game that was, Celtics tried 4 threes in the end and i don't think people realize that it's a completely different game if just one of those fall
That game shouldn't have been as close as the final score says. Refs missed call on Jokic, Murray bad shot selection and turn over.
Whole team shot really poorly from 3, I don't see them doing that too many times in the playoffs.
The the best team in Post Up efficiency and 2nd and Attempts , KP is the best post up player in the league statistically
I think Al Horford should start against Denver
I could definitely see it if they match up in the Finals.
No that gives Jokic an advantage
@@jonathancortes9005Horford is much stronger. Hi is better option.
@@acikusej that's if al can have a good game offensively bc he don't could see a lose if he not making jokic miss alot
@@jameshamilton6114If Al was Al from 2009, he would give Jokic work on both ends. It will take a team effort to contain Jokic.
Great analysis
finals preview
In a series I'm going with the team that is taking higher percentage shots Boston will have to move closer to the basket because Denver still has the Joker and he will find the open man, on shots that don't look like passes but are.
That Jok and AG can’t be stopped by anyone in bean town
Crazy thing about Denver is that even if they're having a bad night, they're still going to beat you.
The Nuggets are surgical. If we can keep Watson and Brain consistently rowdy in their minutes on the floor it’s gonna look bad for the rest of the league.
That game was kinda frustrating. Tatum had a bad game. Cleveland the same Giving up a big lead in the fourth and his not even coming close to hitting the last shot troubled many who, like me, are very critical of him. Tatum looked lost and confused against the Nuggets. 14 losses and 2 against them is not a deal breaker but they've gotten in their heads and if they do meet in the finals they have to be feeling pretty good about themselves. Lets go guys lets get this Chip!!!
Man, I really hope that the Nuggets repeat.
We learned why Joker is an actual MVP and why Tatum isn't 😂😂
Some still don’t understand it, jokic has a counter for anything you can throw at him he like a heavyweight legend ho wr like Ali
That's scary how perfect Denver played and Celtics still could of won porzingas is better than I realized. The only weakness is Jokic resting or a Watson miss wide open 3. Denver should of got a deadly 3 point shooter at the trade deadline.
Celtics vs. Nuggets Finals is going to go 7 games. Book it
Come to find out being able to Score on all 3 levels gives you the best chances to win 🤯
We learned that when it matters Jokic steps up while Tatum shits his bed
Can you make pelicans video we are actually killling it
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I know many people think the Celtics will reach the finals, but I think it will be the Cavaliers instead. Healthy and in rhythm, they have the most dominant starting 5 in the east, but they are usually inconsistent. And the two towers scheme can contain the front court of the Nuggets just enough for the series to be entertaining, the Cavalier have a slight chance to win it all