Draymond Green says Nuggets win Game 7 vs. Timberwolves with these KEY adjustments

Draymond Green says Nuggets win Game 7 vs. Timberwolves with these KEY adjustments

welcome to the brand new Draymond Green Show YouTube channel hit subscribe so you don’t miss out on any of our content the game was pretty much dominated by a couple runs that the timberwoods went on uh Denver started off great I think they went up N9 to two uh 11 to2 something of that nature and then from that point on the Denver Nuggets went on a 22 to zero run in the first quarter and that kind of took took control of the game and I thought that was very interesting to see because usually when you’re going into a game like that a game six closeout game on the road you expect the team that’s facing the close out to punch first and I saw where coach Malone said they punched first second third and fourth and I actually disagree the Nuggets actually punched first with their first start 92 112 whatever it was because the goal is always you want to make them take the first time out and so the Nuggets did that they made them take the first time out and Minnesota came out po C and they fought back and not only did they fight back but once they cut the lead and they tied the game you’re like all right now let’s see where it go from here right like Denver got a punch back and then Minnesota punched again and Minnesota punched again and again and again and again and again and I thought that was uh very interesting and it said a lot about the Minnesota timber wolves but not more than kind of already have learned uh we’ve learned that Ant-Man is taking that step as a leader as a vocal leader and I know um I know Mike connley is a leader on that team Mike Conley is the veteran leader of that team no doubt no questions ask Mike connley is the veteran leader but Mike connley is not the leader of that team the leader of that team is Anthony Edwards and it’s interesting as I’ve told you we’ve been in that situation before where when we were young guys and we first won our first championship I was year three clay year four step year five by no means were we the veteran leaders of that team of the 2017 team of the 2018 team 2022 we were but all those years prior we weren’t the veteran leaders of that team by any stretch of the imagination but we were the leaders of that team of those teams and what we’re watching is Ant-Man is 1 million per the leader of that team and that team takes on his personality and you know that team doesn’t take on Mike Conley’s personality team takes on Anthony Edward’s personality now I’m sure Anthony Edwards leans on Mike connley a lot because what Anthony Edwards doesn’t have his The Experience Anthony Edwards don’t have I’ve been down in a series and had to fight back he don’t have um I’ve seen this x amount of times Mike Conley has that so I’m sure Mike is giv ant tibits and like yo look for this and think about that and that’s incredible you got to appreciate that because as a young leader that Ant-Man is and has become you need some of that you can’t it’s hard to do it without that you have to have someone that can give you that and I’ve spoke about Ant-Man winning the media battle uh you know winning the battles on the court I’ve spoke about all of that you saw last night if you watch any other stuff after the game Ant-Man speech to cat and he tells cat cat all day we’ve been telling you just make the right play make the right play Swing the ball somebody D swing the ball quick make the right play he said and I’mma tell you tonight you made the right play every single time now if you look on at the look on cat face you could take that one or two ways you could take that ass like why he talking to me like that he trying to Big Bro me could take it as that or you can take that ass the young fella is pumping confidence into these guys and for a guy like cat who has not won anything in eight nine years whatever he’s been in the league has not had a leader like that in eight or nine years that he’s been in the league outside of the one year with Jimmy Butler that went miserably for him appreciating being appreciated when it wasn’t one of the best games of Cat career by what people would say the standards are of a best game because what people would say the standards are is cat has had 40 and 20 he’s had this he’s done that he’s had 50 all of that but what he did for that team yesterday facing close out facing the elim mination the end of their season what he did was he came out and set a tone how did he set the tone he set a tone when he first started guarding Joker at the beginning of the game you saw right away that joker was being guarded this time he was been guarded this game you saw right away that it wasn’t going to be as easy as it was in game five when he had Rudy on him and you know uh I was on TNT I said then like yo they got to go back to cat guarding him like cat can can guard him now no he’s not going to shut him down no none of that but he’s GNA make it tougher on him and that’s all you can ask for him to make it tougher on Joker than it’s been so here’s the thing Joker can’t really back cat down cat is way stronger than Rudy so Jo Joker is trying to back him down he can’t really so if you pay attention anytime that he get cat in a bad way it’s when they get Joker on the move and they got him on the move and now he gets cat in a bad way he gets some finishes some And1 now so if I’m Denver my mindset has to be with that matchup a few things one as I said we need to get him on the Move more when he got C on him try to get cat in some foul trouble cuz cat will foul so let’s get him on the Move how about this we we sitting here breaking down cat uh having to stop Joker who’s a center and a defensive player of the year is on your team and he is Center very interesting how the cookie crumbles um wow unbelievable it’s like if Marcus Smart One Defensive Player of the Year back then which he did and then they’re like but Jaylen you got to go guard step but Marcus Smart’s a point guard Marcus Smart you w Defensive Player of the Year you gotta guard step right like yeah so that’s an interesting little you can’t help yourself huh that I mean that’s just a little interesting you can’t help as a I’m a basket fan all right like I’m a basketball fan and I tell y’all all the time I love the game within the game more than anything when I’m watching these games I’m watching the game within the game and I can’t help but notice like there’s a center that won defensive player of the year for the fourth time for the fourth time tied with the likes of the Great Hall of Fame B Wallace the Great Hall of Fame the kimbe Mumbo ahead of the likes of the great David Robinson the great hakee the dream elahan the great Dwight Howard like ahead of the likes of those guys and we had a center and we asking cat go guard the center and we got the rigning four time defensive player of the year on our team now for our loyal subscribers and listeners we’re always appreciative of you I hope if there’s one thing you’ve taken away from this podcast it’s to watch the games within the game and if you’ve learned that then you’re sitting here just like me you can’t start to believe that the two the the defensive player of the year in the MVP matched up in the second round and we saw years ago guards stop guarding guards like we saw that years ago we spoke about that we haven’t seen cers stop guarding cers so we’ve reached new territory in the NBA we should all clap it up because we’re seeing a change in the NBA we’re now seeing Sinners not guard cers anymore and if there was some validation of an award the MVP the defensive player of the year for all the marbles what we paid to see like you pay to see the defensive player of the year versus MVP sorry guys you can’t get that that to me is interesting in itself but took me a little off topic let me get back to what I was talking about but I can’t help but think about that one all right so let’s get back to that so let’s get cat on the move and also another thing that I want to do if if I’m Denver is I want to run some ball screens with Aaron Gordon and Joker Aaron Gordon when you come set this screen I want you to set a screen like you’re setting a screen for Jamal Murray set it and hold it make cat have to really try to navigate that screen what’s going to happen is you’re going to get a switch okay now that we got our switch now we work now we got the reigning defensive player of the year on the reigning MVP and that’s the matchup we all pay to see and that’s the matchup if you Denver you pay the SE because that’s the matchup that’s going to allow you to take advantage of the Minnesota timber WS defense it ain’t Nas Reed on Joker it ain’t cat on Joker can Joker get off on them yes but it’s tougher they’re agile they’re mobile they’re they’re active they’re pressed up it’s just a different thing everyone in the NBA has some way they don’t like being guarded I don’t care how great that player is they have something some way that they don’t like being guarded and so cat has length Nas has length but they’re agile Joker struggle more with that than what Rudy Gober has just length but not agile not pressing up because he’s not fast enough and so I’m doing running a little more screen and roll with Aaron Gordon and Joker now spoke about this also on TNT when Aaron Gordon got into foul trouble in game five it was the best thing that happened to the Denver Nuggets because it immediately made joke Joker’s matchup Gober gobear had to take Joker once AG got in foul trouble because they came in with a guard heaven on Earth Joker then proceeded to go for 40 and 13 why because he had the matchup that favors him so another thing if I’m the Denver Nuggets what I’ve learned through these playoff series that it ain’t always your series Aaron Gordon has had some great games this series a couple great games but he’s also had a couple that he didn’t have much impact on the game at all and those games to me were more due to the way Timber wvs was matching up as opposed to more so what Aaron Gordon was doing it’s the way they were matching up that he was able to take advantage of if you need to pull Aaron Gordon some to get that match up you do that because it it sets a precedent and by the way they win this game and move on you you right back to Aaron Gordon you need him but it ain’t always your night ain’t always your series he’s brought you something in the series he’s actually won you a game or two in the series but I’d keep an eye out on that if I’m Denver when I’m running screen and roll when Aaron Gordon is in and I’m running screen and roll with um Aaron Gordon and Joker involving cat and Rudy Gober in the screen and roll and how they going to navigate and guard that I’m making it a single side pick and roll and I’m putting Jamal Murray on the back action so now Ant-Man who’s draped all over him anywhere he moves Antman draped all over him no help responsibility draped all over Jamal Murray now I got Rudy Gober Garden Joker coming downhill at him which Joker cooked him on the floaters when he was getting downhill with Aaron Gordon lob and and cat trying to navigate how to guard that but there’s no backside help because Ant-Man is not leaving Jamar Murray if he does now we got the swing now you PL got Ant-Man planned out of a clo out as opposed to Jamar Murray catch him and he draped all over him now you get Jamar Murray space to work you put Ant-Man in a tough situation you may Ant-Man have to wonder like or decide am I helping or am I stand draped all over Jamal Murray let’s make Antman think a little bit on the defensive end just giving Jamal Murray the ball Antman is great at that he’s faster he’s stronger he’s bigger he’s more physical it’s great at that so if you’re just going to give him the ball and let him bring the ball that ain’t gonna work so get him off the ball run Jamal Murray off some screens off the ball run some Jamal Murray running that way in the MISD Direction Michael Porter Jr come back this way for three you got to loosen their defense up some because the defense that you saw in game six was the defense that got you drugg in game one and two so you got to do some things to loosen it up raise everybody on the floor Jamal Murray comes sprinting up the floor like he catching back cut you got to loosen Ant-Man up son right now he just all over juray Jamal Murray and there’s no way to get him loose if he’s just handling the ball you set a screen and do that so you got to switch it up a little bit you have to don’t just let him see Jamal Murray with the ball already him over him now he got to see Jamar Murray in different spaces got to give Jamar Murray more of a chance because him just against Ant-Man that’s not much of a chance that’s tough very tough it’s a tough matchup said it earlier in the series Ant-Man gonna have to guard Jamar Murray it’s no disrespect to Jaden McDaniels tough match up for Jaden McDaniels Antman different story so need to see a little bit more of that if I’m Denver another thing that I need to see if I’m Denver is defensively stop all the switching they’re switching every pick and roll you got Jamal Murray battling with Rudy goar you got uh Jamal Murray batt getting posted up by n Reed and Carl Anthony towns and like that’s cool I know you ain’t necessarily worried about them scoring but you got Antman Hawk and Jamal and then you got them trying to battle with bigs where’s his legs being snatched so stop all the switching also you like defensively with all the switching now you’re trying to rebound all that you weak you need bigs on bigs keep bodies in front of bodies most guys on the Timberwood team need angles to score keep bodies on bodies so when the shot go up we’re in the position to box out get it and go now Rudy Gober got to keep up now we got cat on the move with Joker but Joker in there rebounding switching all the pick and rolls for what it’s it’s it’s not allowing Denver to set a tone defensively so I think Denver need to go into coverage whatever coverage they feel to need to do but the switching I think it’s making them weak and these ain’t no games to be weak in it’s for all the marbles so I think defensively they need to make that adjustment because I don’t think they’re going to set the tone they need to set going into a home game seven closeout switching a pick and roll it’s not allowing your best guys to guard their best guys it’s not allowing you to rebound your best rebounders to Rebound with their best rebounders so I think Denver got to go back to the basic play your coverages Joker is the king of the kickball if they want to throw pocket passes play your coverage the switching I don’t like it now you can mismatches you got Jad McDaniels going off for 21 taking advantage all the switching and confusion on the defensive end keep bodies in front of bodies make them score on you think it gives Denver a lot better chance to win so with that uh we’re going down on the game seven uh in Denver as we’ve said and I think if Denver can make some of those adjustments which I think they will I’m taking Denver and one of the main reasons I’m taking Denver because these adjustments that I spoke of so you always hear this stat and the stat that you always hear is the pivotal game five the winner of the pivotal game five in a 2 two series goes on to win the series 82% of the time no one ever tells you why that’s the case I’m gonna tell you why the winner of game five normally goes on to win the series the reason is after game four you’re tied up two to two you then make adjustments going into game five the adjustments that you make the team that make the best adjustments usually win the game obviously you got to have great players and they got to play yes team who makes the the playoffs a playoff series is made up of obviously great play by players and a bunch of adjustments by coaches and a like deep playoff series you sweep somebody you’re probably better than them or whatever and it ain’t a million adjustments you had to make but in a series like this all these series that go along it’s it’s a series a game of adjustments and so the adjustments that Denver made for game five having Aaron Gordon handled the ball blah blah blah won them the game Minnesota made adjustments to that game six won them the game well guess what now the winner of game five get to make the final adjustment so a lot of these coaching staffs don’t really aren’t really capable of adjusting on the fly in the game like that and part two a lot of players aren’t smart enough to make those adjustments on a fly like that they need to see it on film and practice it and walk through it and so a lot of teams don’t necessarily have that luxury coaches may not have that luxury but also coaches need to go watch the film they need to figure this out they need to talk to their staff they need to put these adjustments together and then they come back the next game like boom this what we got let’s go well now Denver get to make their adjustment to the 45-point blowout Minnesota won’t have time to make an adjustment so essentially you’re going to need incredible play from Antman incredible play from Joker excuse me cat incredible play from Mike cleen MCD more so what I’m you’re going to need players to carry you whereas opposed to Denver will get players to carry them but they’ll also have adjustments that they’ve gotten that they can hang their hat on that they can Bank on and Minnesota won’t have a a game to adjust to those and so normally the winner game five 82% of the time goes on to win the series because they get the final adust so with Denver getting the final adjustment and I actually think them being able to put Minnesota’s defense in some tough spots with great adjustments I’m taking Denver in seven moving on to face Dallas when is that Tuesday or Wednesday in Denver that’s my prediction on that that is why you see the 82% that is why and yet no one ever tells you why that’s that’s the case 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Draymond Green gives his key adjustments for the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves going into Game 7 of their NBA Playoff series and explains why he thinks Nikola Jokic will prevail over Anthony Edwards.

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