00:00Also, you take a look at, you know, your superstar player Ant-Man out there.
00:03He's already been struggling with a knee injury.
00:05How about you throw a knee injury on the other knee at this point right now
00:08and only played 18 minutes.
00:09They still won that game, Joe.
00:11But now you're looking at saying, okay, we just need to get a win
00:13over the next couple games here.
00:15The question is, will they be able to do it?
00:16But, man, that is just terrible timing to have superstars go down
00:20when you have a commanding series lead, Joe.
00:23And when you're playing that well and, you know,
00:26it's all starting to come together for you in Minnesota
00:28and then not just DiVincenzo, who brings an awful lot to that team.
00:33But then, of course, your leading scorer in Anthony Edwards, that goes down.
00:36That's tough to overcome, especially against a team that knows you so well here.
00:42It's, yeah, all of a sudden the rotations get smaller.
00:46Guys are going to be out on the court longer.
00:49Two of the next three are in Denver.
00:52And can they steal one?
00:55Maybe.
00:55But then what, Donnie?
00:56That's the other question.
00:57Okay, so if you do steal one and close it out, who is Minnesota beating down the stretch here?
01:03So Denver has got its work cut out for them, though.
01:07And they better handle business.
01:08Put them down and step on them and be done with it altogether.
01:12But we'll see.
01:13They haven't looked all that enthusiastic to me through four games so far.
01:18You know I love taking the underdog of the team nobody wants to take.
01:21Now, understand this.
01:21Nobody's probably going to want to take the Timberwolves tonight here,
01:24but also at this point.
01:25Is this a game that the Timberwolves look at, Joe, and say,
01:29punting isn't the right word in the playoffs,
01:31but they know they have one chance at home in game six to get this done.
01:34Does it make sense when the shorthanded tonight in elevation try their best and get beat,
01:40as opposed to, all right, we understand the task at hand.
01:43Ant's not coming back.
01:44Dave Vincenzo's not coming back.
01:45We got to save up all that energy for game number six.
01:48Because trust me on this.
01:49If we're taking a look at a game tonight where, let's just say, the Nuggets win,
01:52you know, and then you lose, talking about Minnesota in game number six,
01:55you're not winning game number seven.
01:56It feels like everything is on the line for game six and not tonight, Joe.
01:59Do you agree?
02:01It is.
02:01Yeah, right.
02:02I mean, because that's where the game,
02:04that's where this whole series is going to be decided,
02:05is in game six back in Minnesota.
02:08And if they can't get that one, and I think you'll see a pretty enthusiastic first half.
02:14But if this game starts to get away from them, I agree with you, Donnie.
02:19I think it's, which is why betting the total or even the side at this point,
02:23it's like, I don't know what we're going to get from Minnesota without those two guys in the rotation.
02:29Betting into the unknown.
02:30I'll tell you what we're going to get is some fines out of this.
02:32At least you're showing some fun at this point.
02:33Nikola Jokic fined 50 Gs.
02:35And Julius Randle has also been fined $35,000 for the roles in the on-court altercation at the end
02:41of the game.
02:42Showing some fight those nuggets here, huh?
02:45Yeah, a little late, though.
02:46I mean, you'd heard the game was pretty much over at that point.
02:49And then you throw it.
02:50Like, you got to figure it out, Denver, sooner rather than later here.
02:54I don't know what Aaron Gordon's status is, but they better figure it out, Donnie.
03:00They are plus money to win the series right now.
03:02I don't know if that plus money remains if they win and win big here tonight.
03:09So they still have their word.
03:11They dug themselves quite the hole here down three games to one.
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