Source: Mike Singer @ Denver Post
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
![Dane Moore](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1268276404669386753/E-mYC4KX_normal.jpg)
For context, here are all of Jokic’s made baskets from that game — notably rarely featuring Kyle Anderson (also points out Garza and Knight got reps on Jokic that game). pic.twitter.com/0jG4gvlEtm – 3:22 PM
![Rob Perez](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1646386007099707392/ZNQScvLR_normal.jpg)
i checked the digital stream in addition to the cable broadcast and it’s doing the same there too. i am slowly turning into the joker over here please help. – 3:17 PM
![Dane Moore](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1268276404669386753/E-mYC4KX_normal.jpg)
Asked Kyle Anderson this morning about why he can be a good option on Nikola Jokic, at least at times, during this series.
(Side note: Love how Kyle stays calling himself a guard.) pic.twitter.com/fEdUFY3FlS – 2:48 PM
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![Michael Singer](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1205177646252011520/DE4iUOSY_normal.jpg)
Nikola Jokic has carried Denver for seasons on end. He drew unwanted vitriol via the MVP race. I asked numerous teammates & coaches about his head space ahead of the playoffs. Call it the Tim Duncan effect, as one teammate did. He doesn’t get rattled.
denverpost.com/2023/04/16/nik… – 11:34 AM
![Dane Moore](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1268276404669386753/E-mYC4KX_normal.jpg)
Today’s show w/ @brittrobson: A Wolves-Nuggets series preview
– The importance of who guards who
– How they guard Jokic
– Wolves bench?
– Does DEN view KAT or Ant as head of the snake?
– Thinking about Gobert as a role player
– Initial series expectations
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bri… – 11:25 AM
![Michael Singer](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1205177646252011520/DE4iUOSY_normal.jpg)
Nikola Jokic has found a balance amid a toxic MVP race & the unending pressure to lift a franchise.
“If you want to be successful, you need to be obsessed with it,” Jokic told me.
But he knows there’s a fine line between obsession & mental health.
denverpost.com/2023/04/16/nik… – 9:34 AM
![Michael Lee](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1644147913369452544/x1ng9s8L_normal.jpg)
After Steve Nash & Dirk Nowitzki owned MVP from 2005-07, the NBA went more than a decade without another international player claiming the title. But now the Nikola Jokic-Joel Embiid-Giannis Antetokounmpo triumvirate is its prime & claiming this time. wapo.st/3ZNhkKE – 8:29 AM
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Jayson Tatum has played in a whopping 75 playoff games. For context playoff games at the same age:
Bron 60
KD 54
Kyrie 52
Mitchell 40
Beal 39
Giannis 35
Joker 33
Book 32
Dame 28
Embiid 24
Trae 22
Steph 19
Sabonis 14
AD 13
Ingram 6
Fox 1
Ball 0 – 11:55 PM
![Kendrick Perkins](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1645640224444149760/xaw2ZnFj_normal.jpg)
Light up the loud and Light up that damn Beam!!!! It’s something about them TEXAS BOYS… Fox showed y’all tonight that his heart don’t pump Kool-Aid. He put on a damn clinic tonight dropping a 38 a piece wing dinner all flats with the W and they were air fried!!! Carry on… – 11:27 PM
![Harrison Wind](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1498379359937171464/0bOclYnm_normal.jpg)
Nikola Jokic averaged 31 points on 58% shooting last playoffs against this Warriors defense with Aaron Gordon and Will Barton as his 2nd and 3rd best players. Rude awakening for Domantas Sabonis tonight. – 10:39 PM
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“Fox put him on his knees like pregame chapel” that’s straight bars right there!!! I love @MarkJonesESPN – 9:17 PM
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Time to move the convo along! Jalen Brunson is no longer the feel good underdog, underrated story. He is who he is and that’s one of the best in the league at his position that grinded his way there like a Jimmy Butler. Carry the hell on.. – 8:46 PM
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That was an old school playoff game right there. The physicality of that game was some Special to watch. Shoutout to Thibs for having the Knicks ready defensively… holding a talented Cavs team to just 97 points was beyond IMPRESSIVE!!!! Carry the hell on… – 8:39 PM
![Michael Singer](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1205177646252011520/DE4iUOSY_normal.jpg)
Have a story coming tomorrow I’m excited to share. It’ll be on the front of our @denverpost postseason playoff preview. A side to Nikola Jokic you haven’t seen before. Keep an eye out for it. – 6:57 PM
![Kendrick Perkins](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1645640224444149760/xaw2ZnFj_normal.jpg)
If I’m Quin Synder I’m not even showing film of this game tomorrow… because what adjustments are you actually going to make. I’ll just simply show a 1 hour video of a Heart pumping blood!!!! Carry on… – 5:10 PM
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Quiet as kept, the silent James Harden is everything the Sixers needed. Not Houston Harden with all the expectations! That calm and efficient 23 and 13 dimes was a loud message for the ones that forgot. Carry on… – 3:53 PM
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Hey @stephenasmith im watching the #SASCast. How come Lil Rel hasn’t done his Big Perk impression yet? Carry on… – 3:19 PM
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Sticking with my preseason Finals pick: Bucks over Denver. Now +850.
3 Denver things to remember
1. Homecourt 1st 3 rounds
2. Higher Jokic MPG in playoffs. He was 33.7 MPG and +12.5 pts per 100. Bumps to 38-39 MPG in Round 2/3.
3. The best guys usually have 1 Finals run pre-28. pic.twitter.com/mWezX3GX7y – 12:08 PM
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If Joker get the best version of KAT and Rudy it’s gonna be a long series!!! Carry the hell on… – 12:17 AM
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Play in and Playoff Jimmy Butler is DIFFERENT!!!! With that being said if Bam don’t step his game up even more offensively they will get Swept by the Bucks!!!! Carry the hell on… Btw I got the Bucks in 6 – 9:44 PM
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When you’re back is against the wall and you are in a must win situation… these are my Top 5 players in Order that I’m rolling with into a Game 7!!! Carry the hell on…#NBAToday pic.twitter.com/A3yZQFw0AR – 4:36 PM
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