‘I WAS WRONG’ – Perk & Austin Rivers praise Nikola Jokic & Nuggets for series resurgence | NBA Today
Kendrick Perkins and Austin Rivers join Malika Andrews on NBA Today analyze their biggest takeaways from the Denver Nuggets coming back from down 2-0 to tie the series with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Semifinals.
0:00 What did Denver Nuggets prove?
3:01 How Anthony Edwards & Wolves recover
7:02 Boston Celtics & Jayson Tatum’s ceiling
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30 Comments
Perk is as dumb as he looks
These "analysts" are the worst. Defending champs… Dominated every team for the past 2 seasons, counted out of contention after 2 losses. Absolutely insane. Kendrick Perkins is on par with Skip Brainless as some of the WORST of these commentators.
Anthony Edwards is a great player and an obnoxious idiot. 🤮
Why are black people allowed to be racist?
Booooooty
Denver has the Key .. The Best Center since AKEEM
Jokic is great and he earned his mvp's but shaq and Kobe should have more mvp's too. They earned them but weren't rewarded.
How about stop picking winners, and break down more stats and data. Don't even want to hear them anymore
Nuggets are coming back and taking it calling it right now nuggets figured these boys out
Andrew Tate is doing sports now?
No way Rivers just said Dallas has no chance-.- keep that energy when they make it to the finals
No way they already counted out OKC & Dallas.Malika just said “Boston needs to get ready for a finals matchup against Denver or Minnesota”. As a mavs fan i don’t know how they keep sleeping on this team. They did it to us 2 years ago then we ended up going all the way to the conference finals & lost to a possessed Steph Curry. Dallas is not going away easy
It’s called clock management not wasting time
Rudy Played Very Well In Game 1
So Benching him for Naz in Game 5 is not Needed
Jokic deserves the MVP for sure, and he's my fav player. But I am hesitant to celebrate Game 3 and 4 because of the unprecedented change in ref style mid-series, stripping the Timberwolves of their ability to play D. Playoffs have always been reffed more physical. Always.
So that's a very strange thing the league did for us, and the timing was suspect to the say the least (being down 0-2 as the defending champs with a 3 time MVP).
I only say this because the Timberwolves have a very small fanbase and they're super small market, so SOMEONE needs to stick up for them. I see far too many Denver fans being way too comfortable with how this has gone. Virtually every major, momentum changing decision has gone our way this series (especially since being down 0-2) to the point where any intellectually honest person would at least pause.
Don't get me wrong. I want a ring. But not like this, guys.
That's why Jokic is not only MVP, but heading to top 10 ever status. As someone said, he is playing against his opponents coach, not players. I have never seen a player like this.
PERKINS SHOULD RETIRE! 0% CREDIBILITY!
These guys aren't students of history if they don't realize that a playoff team can look flat and dominated in their first 2 games at home and come back and dominate and win a series. This has been done time after time in the NBA, NHL, and MLB. You win 4, not 3, for a reason. Add to that these guys are battle tested but sometimes it isn't even the champs that do this. I knew the Nuggest would play better and make adjustments. How effective, I had no idea. But no surprise whatsoever they turned this around. Now I expect Minnesota to play well and be competitive in game 5 in Denver.
Perk was wrong? What other breaking news will ESPN break to us? Water is wet?
Ant gotta drop 50 and 10 with 3 steals
IMPORTANT: Denver fans, we gotta keep up the narrative that we're mad the refs are against us! It doesn't need to be true but just do it anyway. Cuz if we can keep the refs calling a super tight soft style like they did in Games 3 & 4, this series is ours.
Playoff ball has always been reffed more physical, so this is unusual they did that for us. So it means we have power now as the defending champs and they listen cuz we have more fans. Timberwolves have a tiny fan base so no one will listen or care when they point out it's unfair. And by the time anyone figures it out, the series will be over!
So its really important to keep up this narrative like we're mad the refs are against US. Post it everywhere you can.
8th appology / retration i head today… stay on parade people🇷🇸🎉💪🃏⛏️
They are definitely not making it obvious they want anthony edwards as the new face of the nba. They talked more about him, just like they do with lebron
Best part about you clowns is you like to run your mouth mouth
ESPN sucks.
Me as a Nuggets fan, all I can say is that we haven´t achieved anything yet ´cause we still have to beat the Wolves twice more if we want to win the series!! And that´s not gonna be easy. So if you're not a Wolves fan, wish us luck! (-:
Goodness Perkins couldn’t be more stupid.
I’m betting on any team that moron Perkins says will lose. Dumb as a rock.
Perk and SAS are both wrong
Nobody remembered Denver closed a series twice down by 3 😅