Nikola Jokić on Nuggets Going to Minnesota Down 2-0: 'Hopefully we can put up a fight'
2024 ж. 5 Мам.
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Nikola Jokic speaks postgame on the Denver Nuggets confidence level after a blowout loss to gown 0-2 to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen the nuggets with this core have their back against the wall like this. I am absolutely shocked. Ant has outplayed Jokic too. Bravo Timberwolves
They took the 2020 Lakers blueprint
The Nuggets built a Laker proof team. This is what happens when you build vs 1 team. even the Clippers did a while back
@dawg2067 somehow Lakers want the credit, huh? Pathetic
@@violet69967 lakers have nothing to do with this
@@sen73nced the Timberwolves built an exact same roster as the 2020 Lakers and it’s the blueprint to defeat the Nuggets
Lot of Minnesota Lakers in the comments 😂
And your a sad nugget fan cope 😂😂😂
@@DontaiDonn wrong
That’s where the lakers were originated
And Zero Denver fans cause they never existed until this season.
@@DontaiDonn There goes one right now
Came out the gates swinging down 0-2 heading into enemy territory is definitely not where anybody saw the series going. I knew that this Wolves team was gonna be trouble but I didn't think they'd get embarrassed like this.
Nuggets got embarrased they swung at nothing
Here's something nobody else will tell you: LeBron and the Lakers wore the Nuggets down. That "gentleman sweep" wasn't easy as it mighta looked.
@@JayeTomlinson naw nuggets were terrible in that series too.
@@NotTheWheel I'm talking about how much energy was exerted
Embarrassed is a good word I believe they would rather go on vacation than to Minnesota
Bro was too invested in the Kentucky Derby
Underrated 😂😂😂
I'll never understand reporters asking "whats your confidence in coming back" mf he on the team.. watchu think?! Yea he thinks he can come back. Reporters continue to ask losing teams this question, and its such a stupid question every time. YES, HE THINKS HIS TEAM CAN COME BACK, HE PLAYS FOR THE TEAM HE BELIEVES IN HIS TEAM
Duh, that’s the point. They’re gonna need a quote about him coming back and having confidence for the purposes of making it a series. Even if it’s already supposed to be a given that they’re confident in coming back it’s good to have a quote
Pointless It would have been funny if he said...nah...were absolutely screwed and probably get swept
Just like the Chris Paul interview 😭
Nuggets will come back and win series!!!
" . . AND THE TIMBERWOLVES PROBABLY PLAY EVEN BETTER AT HOME! ! "" :D
If Jamal can't get going, its going to be a short series.
Jamal, mpj, jokic, all had a bad night
Nobody is talking about how abysmal Jamal Murray has been in the playoffs this season - 37.5 FG% is disastrously bad! He is the most overrated player in this league. And yet Mike Malone continues to rely on this useless player. These American coaches are too soft. I used to watch European football; they have the most competitive leagues there. In Europe, if a star player isn't performing, he gets benched. But American coaches don't want to hurt their players' egos. Don't be fooled by Murray's game-winners against the Lakers. If he actually played well, the Nuggets wouldn't be in a position to have to hit game-winners in the first place. He's being exposed this postseason for the average player he is. There is a reason he isn't an All-Star. If I were Mike Malone, I would bench Murray for the remainder of the series in favor of Justin Holiday and look to Julian Strawther or even Hunter Tyson for some inspiration from the bench. I know it sounds absurd, but Murray is a liability for this Nuggets team - he's selfish and takes too many shots (but can't make 'em).
@@Maver1ck101 "useless player " ??? You usually watch baseball, huh?
@@Maver1ck101hes been playing badly in large part because he’s hurt (how much is because of that is debatable). But I think if the nuggets are going to win or were ever going to win, they would need Murray involved in a big way, so you’d at least have to take chances with him. “Most overrated player in the league” is bogus
@@Maver1ck101 I’m glad you’re not Malone because Jesus this might be one of the most delusional post I’ve seen 😂😂
Everyone acting tough when they up
The fans are but the timbs are not they said they see no slips in denvers game and they just missed shots and they gotta be ready to take a punch game 3
@@LowoksksksjndjsjsjdjsjdjdjxjsjAnd they will!!
@@Lowoksksksjndjsjsjdjsjdjdjxjsj agree 100%
Because of his humbleness..he is the only person in their team thay I respect..
The refs let the Nuggets get away with too many frustration fouls... luckily the Wolves kept their composure
Yeah when he saying hopefully, they are getting swept
What he is pretty much saying is hopefully his teammates will show up next game if you read between the lines. 😂
@@toxicmasculinity6554 sweep
Hopefully that's about it😂
This aged poorly.
"Hopefully," that's not the word you want to hear from a competitor at any level of sports.
Bad thing about having overconfidence in a team, are the shadows and what teams lurk there.
Showing support to Warriors coaching staff that past. I see you Jokic
i believe they will bounce back
Put your money were your mouth is and put up 1k on the nuggets and I’ll put up 1k on the wolves
@@chrisambriz8875shut up
@@chrisambriz8875ok it’s a bet
Bro lost his 1k
my man needs his summer break xD its been long ass couple of seasons.. we need to chill a bit and let FO cook us some decent backup role players
Excuses
I’m happy for you Jovic ! You’ll have more time to spend with your horses
Game 1 was competitive. Game 2 was uncharacteristic. Emotions boiling over because they’ve met their match and it led to a blow out. Strange.
Jokuc is carrying his team man give him props
Am Absolutely sure this isn't Over, it seems like it is but Nuggets win the Next Game, we shall see a different Story, if of was 3 up that would be harder but 2, isn't a its over, its always Hard to simply get over Champions
I said nuggets in 7 after game 2, I was wrong nuggets in 6
Everyone is hating on this man for what?
Bc he’s overrated
@@DaveBtm998Denver is, he isn’t. He managed to win a championship with this shitty team. How is he overrated? Ffs
@@DaveBtm998God you're stupid. Smh
@@tradingmetamorphosis7197 OHHH now we move the Goal-Post.. Jokic is still perhaps the best player in the league at worst top 3.. But last yr all the media and fans were sayin Denver might be a dynasty due to their ages the starting lineup all were and still in their prime. All i heard is Jokic is the best offensive player ever i heard ppl say hes a top 5 C ever etc. Dnt solely blame the team Jokic is getting out played by Ant and KAT.
@@tradingmetamorphosis7197He won an easy ring last year let’s be real. Not a lot of competition. Everything went their way but now that they’re facing a real threat they don’t look great anymore.
"Jokic got JUKED! !"" :D
''ANT MAN STOPPED THE JOKER! . . . NO JOKE!! . ."" :D
"Peace has cost us our strength, victory has defeated us." - Joker
-DEFENCE-. Absolutely true. This game should be a lesson how you play DEFENCE- for the new generations to come in the game of basketball. With all respect to Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray... and others, Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards, Naz Reid, Alexander-Walker, Jaden Daniels,Kyle Anderson, Rudi Gobber, Mike Conley are in the different level- much higher level- completely shutting down sloppy and sleepy Nikola Jokic
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They’re not going to get faster in 4 days. And the crowd in Minnesota is going to be nuts
Imagine if Bron brought this sad depressed energy to his press conferences. Jokic constantly gets a pass for being ugly.
What do u expect after 0-2 ?. Both AD and Bron ran out like from press like little bitches. Blaming refs after they blew out 20 points lead. Stfu pls
Nah we on his overrated no. Defense playing ass too but Murray has been atrocious too which doesn’t help
What do you expect after 0-2 as reigning champions ??? Both AD and self proclaimed king bitch out after 20 points blew out. Ahahahah king blaming refs. STFU pls
It's very exciting to watch instead of Lakers, Minnesota is way better..
Did.....did the wolves break the Joker? Holy shit I think they broke him!
The biggest loss for Denver was losing their GM to the wolves he built the team to a chip and is doing the same thing for Minnesota
As hardcore Nuggets fan I have to admit...the Wolves are better on all accounts Offense, Defense and depth of the bank. If they continue like in this game ,they go through every opponent in their wake....easily.
This is the problem with the nuggets, their star player doesnt give a shit wether they win or lose he just wants to go back home to serbia and take his paycheck (no disrespect to jok) so they dont have the drive to come back and win the series, I can see them winning one or two but our team hasnt made it to the west finals since 2004 and our team just got that higher purpose
Bro he cant win by himself,what can he say
You all do not understand this man and Murray are playing injured.
🎻🎻🎻
The sooner the season ends the sooner i can go be with my horses
That hopefully sounds so hopeless...
Exactly. Because the pro athlete is sitting around wishing instead of making it happen. They are cooked. He’s ready to go play with horses.
Respectfully the nuggets struggled with the lakers other than the 3rd quarter. And the Timberwolves are a way better constructed team than the lakers so I don’t necessarily know how anyone thought the nuggets would easily win this series. They may not even get over 1 or 2 wins.
Because they think jokic is the best in the world so expectations are high 😂😂😂
Gobert didn't play ..let that sink in
When he does….. trust me my friend it’s OVER
Which should solidify he’s irrelevant. Softest big man in the league. They blew out the champs with him out the game.
@@mayatorres58583mvps and a ring and you’re a piece of excrement slandering an all time great. Pretty sure you’re irrelevant
Jokic has had his best games against Gobert. Jokic isn’t scared of him and neither is Denver. He can’t score.
@@PullinMyOwn they not stopping Any Man bro
This is what they get for playing in slides against the lakers
🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
Only ppl shocked are nuggets fans. .. ..
“Hopefully”😂😂😂😂
It's over
Two man game ain’t working. Run something else, the offense has been stagnant since the playoffs started.
The only things he cares about are his horses and triple doubles
They didn’t expect this they embarrassed
Hopefully?
Not looking like a good matchup for Denver so far they’re getting bullied bad a lot of it looks mental so Minnesota in 5 imo I honestly thought it would be the other way around
Jokic doesn’t care about the game and it’s showing this series. It was all funny when they won the championship
😮😮😮
@@brunosilva828 what happened ?
@@brunosilva828 told you
Yeah, Jokic should not be saying "Hopefully" the series is over, Wolves getting the brooms out.
The post All Star officiating change was perfect, beautiful and crucial for Minnesota this season, lets pray for a Boston Minnesota finals
This aint a 7th or 8th seed man
The Timberwolves took the 2020 Lakers blueprint and it’s working
This series is done
Joker is going to cut his body fat and build more muscle to come back next season better than ever
Next season, he will be red in the face and out-of-shape again. He doesn't care about basketball.
@@sjb3240he isn’t even out of shape 😂 I don’t think you pay attention at all. Difference between getting out played and being out of shape
@@TumorcoachHard to argue that he's in great shape when he doesn't sprint back on defense, quits on D, and closes out to shooters at grandma speed. If he's in great shape, his speed and stamina aren't going to be total sh*t.
@@sjb3240 cardio wise he’s fine and just isn’t athletic for defense 😂😂 he has no lateral quickness like that and can’t change direction quick that’s just genetics. And stamina has nothing to do speed. I know being not ever being athlete can’t comprehend this but watch and learn when you can
@@sjb3240 also I love when people say this as you’re probably someone who takes the elevator as the stairs are too much work for ya😂😂😂😂
This year Nuggets are different team! Murray, Pope, Gordon, are not the same players from the last year! Not a lot of help from the bench, Christian Braun terrible!
It's LeOVER, used all the luck and refs on lakers. lmao SWEEP
You must not have been watching that series because the refs tried pretty damn hard to give you Lakers a chance. G2 the calls didn’t go Denvers way that’s for sure.
@@PullinMyOwn lmao game 2 refs decided the game
This aged well
@@brunosilva828 luckiest team in NBA history
Legends dont "hope".
He’s not a legend.
Dropping a triple-double almost every single game like it's no big deal to put you in the Legends conversation. But when is person dropping a triple-double every other game says I hope that makes you wonder why I even bother watching basketball. Old heroes like Kobe, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwan, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Vince Carter, Tracy Mcgrady. The only player I see like that in today's league is Anthony Edwards.
Tracy Mcgrady? When did he show up?
@@Chaosattractor225 regardless of whether he failed or succeeded Tracy McGrady is a legend, a dunking machine, a jump shot fade away phenom, he gave Jordan LeBron Iverson all of them run for their money in games. He was a legitimate Superstar, an offensive threat.
Hoping did pretty good for him
You guys can point to the defense of Minn all you want and that’s cool. They deserve credit for their reputation. The last game of the regular season between these 2 is more like what Denver is capable of playing. This team looks nothing like that. Denver is beating themselves more than Minn is beating them. It starts with Murray. Trying to play thru something he’s not capable of doing. He’s throwing all of our offense off, causing all kinds of mismatches on defense, and being an emotional distraction. Yes there was a lot of fouls that should have been called our way that didn’t in G2 (you can’t be that physical and not foul) but you can’t let that define the game. The clip of the heat pack sliding on the floor, I’m not even watching that play, I’m watching how fucking lazy MPJ and Jokic were being, allowing a wrap around bounce back to Slo Motion who gets on easy shot. I turned it off when Gordon tried this no look between the legs behind you bounce pass to MPJ that bounced over his head in the 4th. Denver is making a lot of bad decisions on there own. Yes there defense is making an impact on certain aspects of our game but we’re just not hustling, playing scared, and making bad decisions. We’re being very mentally weak. Jokic obviously has to play better and has done so for nearly his entire career when having to carry the team that’s under performing/hurt. Everybody going into the playoffs believed Denver was still the favorites. The reason for that is because Rudy has never been able to stop Jokic primarily because he’s not a threat on offense…in fact some of his career games have come against Rudy w/ his last 3 games of the regular season going 41 35 & 32, KAT has been mid tier in the league for most of his career & becomes a shooter under pressure and forces bad shots + gets into foul trouble, ANT is great he proved it last year but doesn’t have a reliable #2 and doesn’t have the offensive firepower that Denver does. Conley is an aging vet who is undersized against us. NAW is a journeyman w/ no real success. Jaden is great defense & all but not helping offensively. Naz is great for additional size but a short center who still hasn’t had any success against Jokic. G1 was 7pts…after watching Murray shoot like a bitch again & Naz banking in a deep 3 + Rudy banking in an ugly elbow jumper…they aren’t getting that to drop again so there’s a 5 point swing not to mention however many Murray should have made that’s an easy 6-10pt win for Denver. G2 was just a disaster on all accounts for us. I don’t care how good their defense is, they can’t keep us down like that again. Thanks to all the talking heads and media hype, everybody is bought into the juice that Minn has right now. I get it, we’ve allowed them to do whatever they want. We’ve come back to win from 3-1 in series multiple playoffs. Bouncing back from 2-0 is very much doable.
Amazing analysis, denver has to shoot better if they want to win because wolves are not going to give up many shots for them to be inefficient and still put numbers on board.
@@Chaosattractor225 no doubt.
Good to see that sad look on joker face
Phone jack broke
He said hopefully smh damn ya really won last year and your hopeful defending champs where?
Bro just wants to go home to his horses
Jokic needs a better point guard who is calm and composed rather than the overrated jamal murray who dribbles too much and chucks up a lot of bad shots.
Joker 🃏 EXPOSED !!! NOT 🚫 A Hall Of Famer !!! One and Done 🏆
omg one and done 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nobody believed. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Joker brother is time to do something😅
Hopefully? Yeah we are getting swept
This who y’all love tho 😂
This is y’all MVP? Dude can’t score with volume, turns the ball over a lot, and is the worst defender on the court 😂😂😂
Hard defence and they cant do nothing
This guy's car conditioning is poor. Hurting his team
Betting favs never win 😂 its that easy
Not never but most of the time
Denver shot like shit so everything's possible 🤷🏼♂️
Why are we are not talking about Chokic being exposed?🤨 One of the worst playoff performances in the history of the NBA that I’ve ever seen. Complete choke job from a supposed “3 time MVP” Absolute JOKE
So you haven’t watched much basketball then if that’s one of the worst your drama queen self has seen. Take your purple and gold ass somewhere else. MVP’s and champions have bad games. He’s not a “supposed” 3x MVP he IS that. With a finals MVP and more to come. No he didn’t play well but your trash talking is a joke. Get it the fuck on somewhere else
Hopefully, they get swept.
I bet he doesnt care and wants to go back horseracing
Denver is going to win game 3
It's over
It'll be wolves by 30
@@haidarhakimable Jokic will have 30
@@KK-pm7udAnd he could still lose by 30 because Jamal Murray will shoot below 30%
For sure seems more likely Denver wins game 3. Their playoff lives depend on it
The act is over.
COOKED NUGGETS
Denver went to a basketball game and found out the other guys were playing rugby. Nice work if you can get it.
Chicken nuggets are done
Wolves in 4 or 5. Bye bye Denver
Defense
It ain’t easy going back to back winning back to back fmvp is it? 🤣🤣🤣
Would be easy if he plays with that 73-9 team or having Wade, Bosh, and Ray to cover him up 😂🤣🤣
imagine going back to back to back and winning back to back to back fmvp?😱
Go horsies go!! Dude never care..1,2,3 Kentucky
Nuggets lack any real depth.
And a player who can take over a game … other than Jamal Murray
Wow you’re like the goat of YT comment commentary with your original takes.
That he managed to win a championship with this shitty roster is to be admired And Denver did nothing to strengthen their team for this season
Holy cope 😂😂😂 Jokic doesn’t make his teammates betrer
Bro he is playing with very inconsistent players Jamal plays exceptionally well sometimes but also exceptionally bad and so do Mpj only consistent player is him. In game 2 he played pretty bad but his bad is still decent in comparison to his teammates. Only really great players like top 50 guys ever can win chip with teammates this bad.
Jokic has played like complete sh-t. So maybe he can put up a fight. Followed the league for 50 years in a number of NBA cities and never seen a defending champion lay down and be so pathetic in a game they needed to win at home. Never before. That may be the most shocking playoff outcome I've ever seen. Someone clearly wants to get back to his horses. The 'I'm not really that interested in hoops' take is charming when you win a chip. Not so much when you get your ass handed to you.
Jamal Murray has been even worse.
He played one bad playoff game in two years and people act like he is trash. Casual fans...
We can tell you’re not that interested in hoops horrible game stop taking your time out to right goofy shit like this
Everybody here is hating on Jokic, but how come nobody is talking about how abysmal Jamal Murray has been in the playoffs this season - 37.5 FG% is disastrously bad! He is the most overrated player in this league. And yet Mike Malone continues to rely on this useless player. These American coaches are too soft. I used to watch European football; they have the most competitive leagues there. In Europe, if a star player isn't performing, he gets benched. But American coaches don't want to hurt their players' egos. Don't be fooled by Murray's game-winners against the Lakers. If he actually played well, the Nuggets wouldn't be in a position to have to hit game-winners in the first place. SMH If I were Mike Malone, I would bench Murray for the remainder of the series in favor of Justin Holiday, and look to Julian Strawther or even Hunter Tyson for some inspiration from the bench. Murray is a liability for this Nuggets team - he's selfish and takes too many shots (but can't make 'em).
Hes one of the most competitive dudes on the floor.. how can you change up so quick when the whole team was ass lmao
“You’re not purposely losing so you can get back to the horses, are you?” We need real reporters.. same dumb questions come on..
Antman owns jockitch
Who is jockitch
New meaning of "Joker" lol, T wolves sweep
💀
Everybody here is hating on Jokic, but nobody is talking about how abysmal Jamal Murray has been in the playoffs this season - 37.5 FG% is disastrously bad! He is the most overrated player in this league. And yet Mike Malone continues to rely on this useless player. These American coaches are too soft. I used to watch European football; they have the most competitive leagues there. In Europe, if a star player isn't performing, he gets benched. But American coaches don't want to hurt their players' egos. Don't be fooled by Murray's game-winners against the Lakers. If he actually played well, the Nuggets wouldn't be in a position to have to hit game-winners in the first place. He's being exposed this postseason for the average player he is. There is a reason he isn't an All-Star. If I were Mike Malone, I would bench Murray for the remainder of the series in favor of Justin Holiday, and look to Julian Strawther or even Hunter Tyson for some inspiration from the bench. I know it sounds absurd but Murray is a liability for this Nuggets team - he's selfish and takes too many shots (but can't make 'em).
Ridiculous assessment by mr. nobody 😂😂
Star players don't get benched in Europe for not performing
because there is no other guys to developed offense but I agree. ig he getting shutdown play someone else
Jamal Murray is a fraud LMFAO, bro's only good against the Lakers.
Isn’t Jokic supposed to be an MVP? A whole lot of excuses for his dogsh*t play
But joker the goat 😂😂😂😂 they said they were unbeatable and joker is the best player in the world and Europeans are taking over the world 😂 hilarious
He played one bad playoff game in two years and people call him trash. Casual fans... And yeah Europeans are taking over
@@atomicfantom6392 Yea takin over in the comment section. No one thinks hes trash but yall gotta stop acting like this man is perfect. And yea BLACK oversee players is rising up manly its only Luka and Jokic. The rest are black and still 2 WAY- ATHLETICISM is king not P.E.R/triple-double meat riding sports statistics
@@denjiurameshi4699 Hell nah. Joker is not stat padding like those athlete bums. He is shooting well above 50% and putting those numbers. I don't remember when he played bad in the playoffs since yesterday. And what do you mean by black overseas players. I mean if you only white players play for USA they wouldn't even qualify for the World Cup lol
@@denjiurameshi4699 Besides Giannis athleticism didn't won championship in years. Note that Milwaukee had a strong team that season.
Europeans are terrible defenders.
Overrated. Does not deserved 3rd MVP this season if 2nd round exit. Bird, Magic and Jokic, who does not belong in the three? Yes all 3 are 3 time MVP, but only Jokic has one championship.
The MVP is a regular season award, and Jokic is a great post season performer. One bad game doesn’t change that, stop it.
Jokic doesn’t deserve 3 MVPs at all
Maybe you forgot that it’s a regular season award. And no he’s not overrated whatsoever. You’re just jealous of some international guy having success and looking for an excuse to put someone else down. You don’t belong talking basketball with those made up takes.
Fraud alert
^ dumbass alert
Jokic has one bad game and all the sudden he’s overrated. NBA fans are so weird bro.
Three bad games in a row* 🥱
@@owmegwoagm 32 8 and 9 what a horrible game. Delusional
@@fartinggamer4204 44%, 7 TOs and the worst defender on the court... literally dogsh*t performance
same thing for run and dunk man