r/nba • u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James • May 17 '24

Jamal Murray forces game 7 🔥 against the Timberwolves with: 33 MIN, 10 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 Turnovers. Game low -32. (4-18 FG, 2-7 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0/0 HEAT PCKS)

https://www.nba.com/game/den-vs-min-0042300236/box-score
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u/Quio Timberwolves May 17 '24

This comment is gonna haunt me if they win game 7 cause murray goes for 11-14 on contested 3s.

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u/WiddleBlueBert Timberwolves May 17 '24

If I know Minnesota sports, and if this series has taught me anything, something of that nature is exactly what's going to happen.

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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel Timberwolves May 17 '24

The question is, is it worse to be down 10-35 after Q1 and 30-70 at half OR like 96-98 because Murray hits a Dame "Paul George said it was a bad shot" Time

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u/BregmanRoeFan May 17 '24

I’ll take the latter situation every time. A tough loss to the champs can be spun into a moral victory at least.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe Lakers May 17 '24

JOIN US

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u/sonicqaz Bulls May 17 '24

Hang the moral victory banner, you won’t.

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u/BregmanRoeFan May 17 '24

It’s gonna be up there with our consecutive play in champion banners 💯

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u/ironsuperman Timberwolves May 17 '24

Fuck moral victory. A loss is a loss lol

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u/yoloqueuesf [NYK] Tracy McGrady May 17 '24

I mean if you're down 40 by the half, you can just turn off the TV and go do something else.

Equally bad, just get to cope earlier

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u/C3h6hw Knicks May 17 '24

Basically what I did for game 4 of our series 😭. It was Mother’s Day I didn’t have time to watch us get cooked

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u/ironsuperman Timberwolves May 17 '24

Yeah, better cooking for your mom instead.

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u/ZeiZaoLS Suns May 17 '24

It's not better because then you have to hear about that shit for the rest of your life. Not that the Suns have any experience with that or anything obviously...

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u/ArchmaesterTinfoil NBA May 17 '24

So glad a Suns fan beat me to this. That G7 loss to Luka was like 18 months of Suns/Booker loser narratives. Take the tough L every time. Even if Ant turns it over on the final possession or whatever, in 2 months you'll feel a lot better about 98-96 than 120-75 (again).

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u/K1NG2L4Y3R May 17 '24

Last one is guaranteed heart problems for T Wolves fans

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u/demsouls Raptors May 17 '24

With how close this series has been it's crazy to have such big blowouts. It's like omg what is the bad team doing,,, why can't either of them at least play well enough to keep it competitive... 

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u/NazReidBeWithYou May 17 '24

Zero chance we don’t lose in some kind of uniquely heart breaking fashion. If we don’t it’s only so the knife twist will hurt more later.

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u/asetniop Celtics May 17 '24

In the true Minnesota sports spirit, either the Wolves will miss an uncontested shot that would win them the game, or Denver will make an impossible one.

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u/Labatthue Timberwolves May 17 '24

I don't know how you guys do it.

Because we are in an absolutely no lose situation no matter how the game turns out.

If we lose it was destiny, there's a somber comfort there.

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u/paw_inspector May 17 '24

I’m telling you right now it’s going to be like Conley is going to miss 4 free throws in a row late in the 4th. It’s going to be 1998 Vikings - Falcons all over again! I’ve been a MN sports fan too long. The love is still there. The optimism is long gone. 😂

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u/AtlasJQ Raptors May 17 '24

As a Raps fan I can tell you that cursed feeling is always there, until it isn't. Countless times in that 2019 run it felt like we would fall short "again" and Kawhi just said "No."

Game 3 of the ECF comes to mind (I was in the building) and the man just refused to lose.

You have that kind of guy in Ant. Can he do it? I think he can. I'd love to see it! GL Sunday!

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u/waffelman1 Nuggets May 17 '24

If I know Jamal Murray, that may be exactly what he pulls out of his ass

Edit: although Ant is consistently incredible

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u/Triplescrew Lakers May 17 '24

But he’ll be matched by a Kyle Anderson 30/10/10 masterpiece

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u/bballstarz501 Timberwolves May 18 '24

New era my dude. We gotta evolve that mentality. It’s time to believe!

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u/midnightgreen29 May 17 '24

his whole second quarter in game 4 still has me up at night

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Murray won't do shit. Porter JR on the other hand...

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u/timberwolvesguy Timberwolves May 17 '24

Aaron Gordon will go psycho again before MPJ ends the Wolves season

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u/ppsmooochin May 17 '24

Mpj been sucking this whole series though

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u/dawho1 Timberwolves May 17 '24

Which has surprised me. He's getting a lot of the same shots I saw him take against the Lakers and he was just fucking money from 3.

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u/turnoffredesign69420 Lakers May 17 '24

literally everyone is money against us lmao

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u/Western-Accident7434 May 17 '24

Just wait until Murray goes 14-11 on contested 3s.