I know it took OT, but these recent scoring games have me more in awe of Donovan Mitchels 71 vs the Bulls. Team was down 20, and obviously it was close throughout. They needed every bit of 65 of those points just to win. 

friendfromlowry wrote:

Bam with 83 points. Attempted 43 free throws 

On my bench in fantasy

“We need more teams!” said the NBA. As the Brooklyn Nets just scored 24 points in the first half.  And the Pacers and Wizards have lost 13 and 14 straight games.

friendfromlowry wrote:

“We need more teams!” said the NBA. As the Brooklyn Nets just scored 24 points in the first half.  And the Pacers and Wizards have lost 13 and 14 straight games.

Jazz and Nets lose by 34

Bucks and Grizzlies lose by 32

Bulls lose by 40

Pacers lose by 21

Any Hawks fans out there? 

Lol. It's 103-48 now. Atlanta is down 3-2 and playing at home and this is what they're doing? Did they, as a team, decide that they'd probably get beat in Game 7 in NYC and decide to just get it over with now, so they have the weekend free?

I love Jokic. I think I have been touting him as the best C since Shaq for like 10+ years. I feel I have been vindicated in that early gamble, but his legacy is taking some MAJOR HITS in the playoffs since the title (though he has generally been good, and last year OKC was 7 games). Woof. He was dominated by Rudy this series.

He def wasn't his best, but "dominated"? Did you watch? 

25.8 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 9.5 assists

Now go look at Rudy's. 

Denver has personnel issues, Jokic isn't one of them. 

Automatik wrote:

He def wasn't his best, but "dominated"? Did you watch? 

25.8 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 9.5 assists

Now go look at Rudy's. 

Denver has personnel issues, Jokic isn't one of them. 

I did. He was awful. I don't care about the number Rudy puts up on offense. He dominated Jokic on D. Did you watch? Those numbers are below his season averages (rebounds about equal), despite playing way more minutes in playoffs - in the first round vs Minnesota without its starting backcourt.

Rudy held him to obscenely bad shooting games. 8/20, 7/26, 8/22 in the 3 straight middle game loses. His best shooting game was a 9/15 for 60%. He was 7/37 from 3pt range and had 9 total Off Rebounds, 5 of which came in one game, with games of 1/0/2/0/1. That is just a really poor series for someone who we talk about as a potential T-10 all time guy. 

Ughh yeah. I'm still bitter. I guess I just have a different definition of dominated. 

The supporting cast really pissed me off + the litany of injuries. 

Christian Braun 5 years at 125 mil is goddamn horrific. He's not close to being worth that. 

I am not saying Jokic was the "problem". Its a lot like the early LeBron teams with a super/alltime/MVP star. They had no one. And I argue the most important piece to the Jokic locomotive is Aaron Gordon - losing him kills the team more than Murray. 

Dominated is probably incorrect, but it was the worst I have seen Jokic play in like 5+ years, so it was the only word that came to mind. I just didnt expect him to go and win it by himself going against Rudy like I almost always do (including last year vs OKC).

Rudy is one of the few who can guard Jokic. I still put him top 5 on the league

sportchampps wrote:

Rudy is one of the few who can guard Jokic. I still put him top 5 on the league

Rudy top 5 in league or were you saying Jokic?

Jokic is T-3 at worst. I still think he is the best player in the world currently. Just pointing out he had a bad series for a player of that level. 

Rudy still a top-5 defender, despite all the jokes about him the previous years where guards went at him on switches. 

Ironman92 wrote:

Rudy top 5 in league or were you saying Jokic?

Jokic