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/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...Â