Denver Nuggets Advance Past Clippers to West Semifinals

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00:00So about a month ago, the Denver Nuggets make this crazy move,

00:04firing their head coach, Mike Malone,

00:07and the Clippers take them right to the till all the way to seven games.

00:11And wouldn't you know, Denver pulls off the win.

00:13They were not favored to win this series.

00:15So I suppose credit to the decision that the Nuggets made,

00:19but it's kind of funny.

00:20What if they would have lost this game?

00:21And we would have said it was a horrible decision.

00:23Either way, Nuggets are moving on and Clippers are going home.

00:26Exactly. It's funny.

00:27It's the same way it's a make-or-miss league.

00:28The one game or a couple of possessions here or there

00:31completely dictated and determined how good that decision looked

00:35two part ways with Michael Malone.

00:36The Nuggets are moving on.

00:38Nicoli Ogres didn't even necessarily have the most dominant game

00:40we were expecting from him, but everybody else stepped up.

00:43Russell Westbrook really imposed his will on both ends of the floor

00:47and they ran away. It wasn't even close.

00:49And you can talk about what the Clippers didn't do,

00:50what you didn't get from James Harden,

00:51what you needed from Kawhi Leonard,

00:53and that ultimately was their downfall.

00:55But it sets up a really exciting matchup

00:57between who I expect to be first and second in the MVP race.

01:01And I think it's going to be Shea Gillis-Alexander that wins it.

01:03But regardless, there's going to be a lot of storylines

01:05about MVP with this second-round series.

01:07Yeah, and we're going to get to that series here real quick.

01:10Before we get to that,

01:12let's put a bow on the Clippers season here.

01:14Still a lot to like and I think a lot to look forward to.

01:17But, you know, naturally their veterans and their stars are aging at this point.

01:22And Kawhi Leonard, who had a really good series,

01:24unfortunately for James Harden, you know, Gilbert, he did not

01:27and has just really had a tough time in some of these Game 7s.

01:31I mean, Harden's already played for a bunch of different teams here at this point.

01:34I suppose we never know what's going to come from him in the offseason.

01:38And he's a surefire Hall of Famer, too.

01:40It's just he's had some bad games when they've met the most.

01:44Yeah, surefire Hall of Famer and one of the best to ever do it.

01:47An MVP, a guy who averaged over 36 points per game in a season,

01:50which makes it even more inexcusable that he only takes eight shots in a Game 7,

01:54only scores seven points in a Game 7.

01:57I saw a stat that he's 26 games in his playoff career,

02:00he has more turnovers than made field goals,

02:02which seems impossible to do.

02:04But his playoff woes are well documented

02:06and are something that he just has to live with at this point in his career.

02:09He's 35 years old and when you talk about what's next,

02:11he's 35, Kawhi is 34.

02:13There's not a lot that could be next.

02:15They have to bring in somebody younger that can bring in

02:17and be the next generation guy for them.

02:20And it's easier said than done.

02:21Ibiza Zubats is exciting,

02:23but Norman Powell is another guy who's 31 years old.

02:25So with an older core,

02:26their inability to get out of the first round,

02:29especially in a year where a lot of things shook in their favor,

02:31it's a little concerning for the Clippers in their future.

02:33So with an older three,

02:42you know,

02:43it's easier for themselves.

02:45So with a.,

02:45it's easier for themselves to sing.

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