NBA Today | Nuggets are in championship form! – Perk on Joker’s 35-pt double-double in win vs Wolves

NBA Today | Nuggets are in championship form! – Perk on Joker’s 35-pt double-double in win vs Wolves

Welcome to NBA Today presented by Levi she is chanaa gum he is our senior writer Brian wior we have Austin Rivers Kendrick Perkins I’m Malika Andrews we have a jam-packed show to get to after Anthony Edward’s dunk submission for dunk of the year right against the Jazz

We thought how much could he still have left in store for Nicola yic in the Nuggets I couldn’t wait to see how this one would go down but remember the Timberwolves were down several players here no Carl Anthony towns no Rudy goar no Nas Reed so Anthony Edwards who is

All of 6’4 is taking this jump ball over height against Nik yic and they showed a whole lot of heart Kendrick Perkins in this game particularly ant and look when yesterday when you ask is he going to play all he was questionable we was like Wendy was like oh he’s playing because

That’s what he brings to the table night in and night out but team whack body yolic look at what he did last night he stood on business he had it on his mind he wasn’t looking to facil he did what he was supposed to do and that was dominate offensively at all

Aspects being aggressive especially without Rudy go BR and call Anthony towns in the middle to stop 22 points 10 rebounds in the first half no assists though that was a little bit of a rarity ni for who for going ahead to the third quarter here though questionable coming

In didn’t look questionable here Chen you know the movie The Greatest showman right now in the NBA this is thank you of course you do that if it’s a musical it’s going to be Malika Andrew’s favorite show but this right here is the greatest showman right now the second

Half of the NBA season his ability to play through the dislocated finger I mean readed defenses that’s joic with the pump fake all the way to the step through he makes you believe no matter who is missing I’m still going to bring my team every night to compete I love

That energy too he had 14 points in the third the Nuggets had 17 points total but Brian wior you decided that sometime in the fourth quarter when the Nuggets were cruising eventually getting up to an eight-point lead you decided that it was okay to turn off the final seconds

Of this game did I didn’t regret it because the Nuggets won there you go well it came down to the wire a little more than we thought it would Nicola yic the somore sling in shot form this time final seconds though here huge three-pointer here from Jaden McDaniels to really give

The Timberwolves a chance here down the stretch the final seconds here the Nuggets going to foul are they going to foul no Anthony Edward gets a shot off oh wouldn’t quite wouldn’t quite get it to go now the Minnesota Timberwolves they one game behind the nuggets for the

Second seed in the Western Conference oh man just just a front rim off with a win percentage though just shy of 700 the nuggets are on Pace to win four more games than they did last regular season which is pretty incredible because of course they went on to win it all that

Year they also have slightly better both offensive and defensive numbers than last year which is a little bit scary we haven’t seen repeat champions in The Last 5 Years years but I really think that Denver is looking like the team that maybe could put all of that to rest

But perk are this year’s nuggets are they better than last year’s championship team they are they are and and it’s because of the starting five and it’s the pieces around Jamal Murray and joic and it’s Michael Porter Jr over the last five games he’s averaging a dub

And last night was a prime example of four quarter minutes right and he had those timely three-point shots this this dunk at The Rim snatching the screws out the basket he finally looks healthy we have to remember when this kid was coming out of high school and when he

Was in college he was the number one player in the country it was just injuries that slowed him down but now we’re seeing him more comfortable Michael Malone has more faith in him like he’s taking these these shots in the in the crucial moments of the game

And it’s like soon as I thought Minnesota was going to run away with this game once they got the league I’m like no here come joic and here’ll come a little spring go Michael pora J right but it’s still pretty incredible to think that that the that the Minnesota

Timberwolves on the second night of a back to back were putting in that type of work against the defending champs because despite the losses we mentioned the wolves are still just a game out of first two more matchups to go against the Denver Nuggets left on the schedule

You can look here Minnesota was short-handed of course last night the second night of a back toback still they were one shot away from sending this to overtime against the defending Champion so CH of any of the teams in the Western Conference do you think that Minnesota

Is the biggest threat to the Nuggets absolutely because they were built when healthy by Design to rival the nuggets and they have the ability I mean we’re talking about a night where they’re missing a number of their stars but they still had heart and that heart came from

Anthony Edwards and so to me this Timberwolves team I know the Clippers maybe if it was a month ago would say oh it’s absolutely the Los Angeles Clippers based off of their defensive prowess based off of the next steps that we have been witnessing with that guy right

There the greatest showman currently in the NBA this is the team that I would be most worried about when fully healthy because their offense may not be perfect I believe carony towns fully unlocks it especially as a stretch big but they’re long and they can compete with the best

Of the best we just saw that yesterday now the nuggets have always been the favorites for me I know they’ve been a little bit slow starting the season but we all knew that if they were able to continue what they had they would still be favorites but they’ve actually gotten

Better that’s the truth of the matter I mean Jamal Murray was coming off last season and injury season now he’s just completely comfortable and you nailed it perk Michael Porter J J when I watched the Nuggets play in person he was the one that blew me off the floor 610 able

To shoot I mean it just feels like they have refined their weapons and they go with what they know and what they know is that they’re a team that can compete when they turn the lights on after All-Star break yeah I mean I I definitely think Denver’s still the

Favorite in the west I think they are the best team in the NBA even with Boston’s record and what they put in the regular season I’ve seen Denver uh reach a different level when they get to the playoffs especially when they have adversity they have the the best player

In the NBA plays on their team um that’s just the bottom line he’s the best player he’s the most efficient player and he’s a guy that dominates the game not just through scoring but using the assets around him I do love the emergence of Michael Porter Jr with that

Being said do I think they’re better than last year I don’t I don’t think they’re I think the loss of Bruce Brown and Jeff Green is vastly underrated I love P watt he’s a young talented player I think he’s going to be big for them in

The future but I think Bruce Brown and Jeff Green they’re playing experienc playoff experienced guys who have played on playoff teams when it comes to the playoffs it’s going to it’s going to hurt this is a team that got 13 bench points last night they don’t they don’t

Get a lot from the bench scoring Bruce Brown used to have 18 himself in playoff games Jeff Green would come in and have a huge impact I I love Michael Porter Jr’s health I love how he’s playing I love how he’s shooting the ball I’m happy that’s one of my best friends but

I don’t believe in terms of overall team I think there’s a little bit more vulnerability vulnerability to this team especially when we see last night case in point first off they just lost to Dallas and then we just lost we just saw them lost to a Minnesota Team without

Two bigs uh Minnesota has been built to compete against this team by the same guy who built Denver by the way Cony Tim connley so I think all in all I love Denver as a favor but they’re definitely more vulnerable this year I think teams can compete Clippers included I know

They’re a mess right now but this this game actually showed their vulnerability a little bit because I actually think Minnesota probably walked away from this game not feeling so bad about itself no um they got trusted on the boards but because they were missing all their big

Sure this was a game all the way down to the last second on the second half of back toback and they found some some schemes defensively that gave Denver a little bit of problem you know yok only had two assists in this game now they obviously stole shut over 50% they still

Won the game good job but but Denver has some some vulnerabilities another thing is just they’re they’re rebounding Off the Bench they don’t have great size why why are you look so confused Kendrick well because they’re V look they’re vulnerable on the road but they’re not vulnerable at home and right now the

Denver Nuggets especially with their record they’re looking like they’re going to have homecourt advantage throughout the postseason so if we’re talking about their lack of experience or lack of death for as their youth on the bench I’m not worried about that those guys are going to play better at

The crib and I said this at the beginning of the season I said it it would be wise if the Western Conference if teams in the Western Conference would keep Denver Nugget the Denver Nuggets from having that number one seed that is going to matter they are an exceptional

Team at the crib there no sorry home playoff advantage through the west but the NBA Finals through Boston they season swept in they s him okay the the road through the West the road to the championship it still goes through Denver but the fact of the matter is

Anthony Edwards was 0 for four in the fourth quarter he hits one or two of those shots we could be having an entirely they were double and triple teaming him entirely different conversation all right I want to go from one Bright Young star in Minnesota to two in

Texas vama they squared off last night in San Antonio we’re going to pick this one up early in the first quarter how do you feel about those those Spurs uniforms the warm-ups Brian think the Spurs were this color I didn’t either it’s the month of March so it’s the

Rodeo in Texas you got to you know what I’m saying they got we’re going to pull up to that but you’re saying it’s cult look at this 66 feet more than 66 feet to DK Jones Jr and it’s a chest pass Malika Aly pass don’t just making it

Look easy but then uh what about what about this one oh my goodness which is better oh I might go with the chest pass because those are hard to actually execute but like I don’t like how disrespectful it’s just too easy for him he just just toy it with you got to make

That shot and he did he had 18 points 10 rebounds 16 to six is 18th triple double of the seasons the oh he got that up in this one yeah I know Victor you got to watch out for him but Kyrie Irving remembered it here you go Kellin Johnson

Hitting the three Victor had 12 points 11 rebounds six blocks but Kyrie Irving he really did take over down the stretch of this game I mean it’s about Madness Malika and what he’s doing for the league with both hands is straight Madness you can’t block them off you

Can’t block them all it’s tough to block this guy come here oh my God come on he just is a wizard Dallas gets the win 113 107 so Luca he did shoot just 22% in last night’s triple double the lowest shooting percentage in triple double history in the NBA among players who

Take at least 25 shots Luca he poked fun at his lackluster shooting performance though this morning on Instagram he posted a couple of these videos he does this before most pream kicking kicking the the ball in from the three-point line and then he said I should have used

My feet in the game sure that’s how it works uh however impressive that pregame trick shot was though it’s still all about the full court alley you pass for me so let’s see where that ranks on the alltime list of long Jo Sh foreign Spee Nothing yet first blood they must see I only destroy an ally has been defeated you have been defeated an ally has been defeated power our base is under attack you have defeated an enemy enemy ultimate you have been defeated an ally has been defeated enemy onslot our base is under Attack enemy ultimate an ally has been defeated deat Spee spee speech Spee Speech I never fight just for the sake of fighting my battles need to have meaning First Blood an ally has been defeated I yearn for a worthy opponent an ally has been defeated enemy double kill your tower has been destroyed EV None Shall Pass through Me an enemy has been defeated enemy un enemy double kill for the battle you have been defeated our base is under ATT eny an enemy has been defeated enemy Domina down inside me been Defeated an ally has been defeated enemy double kill our base is under attack you Have than spee Fore Ready For

NBA Today | Nuggets are in championship form! – Perk on Joker’s 35-pt double-double in win vs Wolves