Ryan Blackburn reacts to the Denver Nuggets 126-121 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the much anticipated battle of Nikola Jokic vs Joel Embiid. Jokic had a strong performance with 25 points and 19 rebounds, but Embiid ultimately got the better of the matchup while earning the win. Ryan discusses what happened, how the Sixers broke Denver’s defense, where Jamal Murray and the Nuggets bench much improve, and more on the latest Pickaxe and Roll episode.
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We could have won this ryan no fr it was bad playing by jamal
I dont think Jokic hasnt played his best this year yet!!!
Jamaal was terrible.
Jokic didn't and hasn't played his best yet. He can and is better than Embiid.
Jamal is disconnected. Jokić not shooting enough..Embiud shoots without hesitation. Going for free throws. And Nuggets free throws is beyond salvation. Philly was on back to back night. 3 point defense not existent. Boston thrives on 3 point. Who runs second unit, Reggie? All Nuggetsy are good.
The truth is Murray is paid like an ALL NBA player and he isn't even an an ALL STAR ….. same with MPJ. I can argue KCP and Gorden are slightly overpaid. Murray's next contract needs to be 5y 28 to 30mil per. Dudes god mode in the playoffs but regular season he's just not that good.
This season I feel like the microscope has been too much on Jokic and not enough on Murray. People are very quick to criticize Jokic whenever he leaves an opportunity for that to be true. Murray isn’t in good enough shape right now, it’s clear, it has been clear. He had a great stretch in this game at the end of the second but other than that he wasn’t good enough in this game.
Jokic’s game opens up a lot when Murray is his best self and Murray just isn’t in good enough shape. It’s probably why the bench unit isn’t working as well with the Murray stagger, he just looks tired all game. The nitpicking of Jokic is frustrating when you have a second player like Murray who should be a clear all star based on his playoff output, and hasn’t been that this season and then is often glossed over by media. The conditioning of Maxey and Murray was on full display last game