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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIN**|**23**|**21**|**14**|**22**|**80**|[](/MIN)|
**DEN**|**26**|**29**|**32**|**22**|**109**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/MIN)**MIN**|**30-81 (37.0)**|**11-36 (30.6)**|**9-16 (56.3)**|**5**|**38**|**18**|**11**|**6**|**6**|**16**|**80**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**41-90 (45.6)**|**16-39 (41.0)**|**11-17 (64.7)**|**11**|**54**|**24**|**10**|**6**|**4**|**20**|**109**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|31:11|7-17 (41.2)|4-9 (44.4)|0-1 (0.0)|1|11|2|0|1|0|1|18|+22|
A. Gordon^^PF|23:19|3-7 (42.9)|2-4 (50.0)|5-6 (83.3)|2|5|1|1|1|0|3|13|+15|
N. Jokic^^C|28:29|6-12 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|5|14|6|1|1|0|6|13|+15|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|31:23|6-11 (54.5)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|1|1|0|0|0|15|+21|
J. Murray^^PG|33:09|9-22 (40.9)|4-10 (40.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|8|8|1|0|1|3|24|+24|
B. Brown|25:20|5-8 (62.5)|2-4 (50.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0|3|1|1|0|1|1|14|+11|
J. Green|22:41|0-4 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|1|1|1|3|0|+11|
C. Braun|19:27|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|3|1|0|0|1|0|3|+12|
D. Jordan|5:56|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|2|0|0|2|4|+7|
R. Jackson|4:15|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|+2|
P. Watson|4:15|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|+2|
I. Smith|4:15|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|+2|
Z. Nnaji|4:15|2-2 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|5|+2|
V. Cancar|2:04|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-1|
**Totals**||**41-90 (45.6)**|**16-39 (41.0)**|**11-17 (64.7)**|**11**|**54**|**24**|**10**|**6**|**4**|**20**|**109**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***
**Inactive:**
**[](/MIN)MIN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
N. Alexander-Walker^^SF|23:30|2-6 (33.3)|2-4 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|7|-6|
K. Towns^^PF|29:34|5-15 (33.3)|1-7 (14.3)|0-2 (0.0)|1|10|2|4|0|0|2|11|-11|
R. Gobert^^C|25:43|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|2|13|0|1|0|2|3|8|-28|
A. Edwards^^SG|27:41|6-15 (40.0)|1-4 (25.0)|5-6 (83.3)|0|2|5|1|2|1|4|18|-12|
M. Conley^^PG|24:57|3-5 (60.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|3|0|0|0|0|8|-18|
K. Anderson|25:57|5-11 (45.5)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|3|0|2|1|1|11|-15|
T. Prince|21:17|0-4 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|-14|
J. McLaughlin|10:18|0-3 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|0|0|2|0|-8|
J. Nowell|21:54|4-10 (40.0)|3-6 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|2|1|0|0|1|12|-13|
A. Rivers|16:12|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|0|1|0|0|0|3|-12|
N. Knight|4:33|1-4 (25.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|-5|
J. Minott|6:19|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|2|1|1|0|-4|
W. Moore Jr.|2:04|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|+1|
**Totals**||**30-81 (37.0)**|**11-36 (30.6)**|**9-16 (56.3)**|**5**|**38**|**18**|**11**|**6**|**6**|**16**|**80**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Jaden McDaniels***, ***Naz Reid***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIN**|36|5|3|1|28|12|12|[](/MIN)|
**DEN**|48|12|16|32|26|11|17|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 6** | **Times Tied: 0** | **Gametime: 2:22** | **Attendance: 19628**
*Officials: Rodney Mott, Pat Fraher, Josh Tiven, Lauren Holtkamp*
by NikolaiBullcry
47 Comments
CB had the most dominant 3-point game I’ve ever seen.
Nuggets blowing a team out in game one of the playoffs? This aint the Nuggets I am used to.
Rodney Mott can still fuck off very much.
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Peddle to the metal, don’t take the foot off the gas, win every game with this kind of energy, I want to see the third line finishing out every game with Mal and Joker cheering from the bench, fuck yA, let’s go NUGS!!!
The inside the NBA guys just called KAT and Gobert 14ft of mediocrity haha, that’s fucking rough
Thanks to the clippers suns game that went long, I wasn’t able to see the first few minutes of the game. Really wanted to see and hear the energy from the arena. Anyone have a link where I can watch the pre game and starting lineup announcements?
Couldn’t hold them under 80. Fire Malone.
CB got so much dog in him there’s a whole ass kennel in there
Lol, I have to try and sleep now.
SlowMo is a cheapshot pussy. Rudy should have chinned him properly. Christian was so cool. Just pulled him down like an Aikido master.
I kinda think Bruce Brown won that game for us??
Super munder
Credit to all the guys who were on Conley today to take him out of the game with a -18. Tremendous guard defense and excellent rebounding to follow along with some good shooting from the guys. Loved Jamal and Mike today, bench guys were amazing and provided for some great build of confidence for upcoming games.
they can’t just turn on the switch like that broooooooooooooooo
Jokic scored 13 and we won by 29. That’s a good sign.
Today was great.
Game was so hype! Had the cool wrist band, went in the GIF booth, had a churro, made friends with a 3 year old, the suns lost and we got a munder.
15 more wins to go!
wolves got the scouting report from joe mazzulla’s quizlet
Me likey this. Jok dominated with 13 points and then the rest of the team dominated in the second half. Perfect playoff game we’ve been waiting for, for two years
Don’t let the win distract us from the fact that Jokic absolutely assaulted that guy for his last foul…
To be fair he did Edwards dirty though 🤷♂️
#M U N D E R G E D D O N
I had so much fun
Not tryna complain much after such a dominant W but if anyone could help me please rationalize why DAJ played as much as he did and why Jokic was subbed back in instead of Zeke or TB when nuggets were up 28+ that would be great
Great win, dismantled and straight up raw dogged them. Should be a sweep, which will be great for resting the guys before we play the Suns/Clippers.
Speaking of rest though, what in the actual fuck was Malone doing at the end lol. The bench isn’t going to blow a 30+ pt lead with 6 mins left. Also kept Jamal in too long. Maybe it’s some old school showing respect to the opposition or something, but just not smart at all.
Does anyone have a clip of Jokic’s one handed layup? It was so sick
LMAOOO
Wasn’t enough for Anderson to get punched out by Gobert, now he’s trying to get punched by CB too.
Crush is too kind
That was a complete and utter dismantling
Looks like there was too much honey for BHB to collect
Good god I didn’t think we could turn it on like that in game 1. Expected us to come out slow and build up. I’ll try and hold back my annoyance with some of the rotation decisions as playoff Murray might be fine to lead the second unit. It’s just weird how crazy different he is in the playoffs. I was trying to explain to my wife who’s a relatively new Nuggets fan that somehow Murray actually gets more impactful than Jokic in some playoff games
I was watching the highlights on YouTube. I’m glad I didn’t watch the TNT broadcast. Those commentators sound awful.
If you’re complaining about malone in a 30 point win, eat shit!
Is defense, what we’ve been harped on all year, fucking baller. To hold a team to 80 in the playoffs by the best offensive team ever is so exciting.
Green, Brown, and Braun were +11, +11, and +12, respectively.
Going up 2-0 for the first time in jokic era will feed many denver families
Poor Vlatko was -1. The only Nugget who was negative. Even TB was +0 because he DNP.
We didn’t lose a quarter tonight! Represent!!
Before the game, I kinda wanted to see AG on Edwards. But after watching kcp make him WORK, I’m good with playing it straight up
AG 5/6 from the free throw line tonight 🙂 good sign
How long do I have to wait for that one dude on r/NBA to post the Jokic defensive lowlights compilation from this game. I don’t have all night!
>”Malone doesn’t make adjustments”
… sees AG in trouble against Gobert, puts in, of all people DAJ, who proceeds to make an impact.
Collin got the chain!! The whole team was rewarded DPOG!!
Lmao game 2 on the 9pm eastern slot already 😂😂
Yikes look at those heavy minutes from the suns lololol
How happy is Jokic? 13pts in a 29pt win in the playoffs? He’s in heaven rn
Ngl tho, even as a bloomer I didn’t expect that kind of ass whooping.
Does anyone have a link to that photo of the starters on the bench when they’re winning easy, maybe against the Bulls?