The Nuggets had CRUSHING losses before they were champions – Bob Myers | NBA Countdown

The Nuggets had CRUSHING losses before they were champions – Bob Myers | NBA Countdown

and it’s brought to you by chime Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves to a 45o victory in game six over the Nuggets he scored a team High 27 in the game and was asked yesterday about how he’s feeling ahead of today’s game seven remember his first ever in Denver I think we’re confident just because we’re a great team and we’re going against another great team and we feel like we just the better team and that’s all the confidence that we need um the two previous games don’t mean anything cuz they beat us on our own court so I mean that don’t mean anything is right now just about who going to play better tomorrow okay so they feel like they’re the better team but will they be the better team today Mr wil it’s going to be awfully hard I I don’t think I see that I there’s a people become Champions and they forget the road that it took for them to get there Denver had crushing losses you were there for some of those back in the bubble so people act like yis just showed up fully formed no h Jamal Murray the injuries he had the rehab he had to come back through the losses they they got beat by the Suns in 2021 badly jic I think got thrown out of that game they have you know I believe in anguish you know this we talk about this all the time you have to have it Minnesota haven’t had that yet Denver’s had it conquered it become Champions and I just don’t see them Malik are ready to give that up yet it’s interesting watching Anthony I love watching Anthony Edwards interviewed I I really like it you know why he’s confident but he’s not arrogant yes it’s authentic it’s authentic and you know we we sometimes mistake those two things somebody say oh he’s arrogant he thinks they’re going to win no he’s just confident he’s confident in their team but you know who else is confident is the Denver Nuggets I mean they have won a championship they’re at home I was at a game late in the season calling a game with Denver and Minnesota and thought maybe there’s going to be a game seven between these two teams cuz that’s what was on the line a late game in Denver I said you want to have that game seven at home you know why wilbon I know you’ve been to all these game sevens there’s 150 of them you’ve been to a third 50 of them because the home team wins 75% of the time that’s a lot so so you add that it’s a lot it’s a lot and you two of them today you add that to the fabric and the mentality of a former Champion the defending Champion Denver Nuggets so I don’t say it’s a knock on Anthony Edwards or this Timberwolves team I they’re fantastic it’s just Denver’s that good well and Nica yic was on the sidelines for the final nine minutes and 52 seconds of that game six and he was just staring stewing and you you don’t see that all the time from the three time MVP but when you do it should give you a feeling inside like this guy is focused and [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is

The NBA Countdown panel of Michael Wilbon, Malika Andrews and Bob Myers preview the Game 7 matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets.

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