Inside the NBA Previews Nuggets vs. Timberwolves 2nd Round Series

Charles Barkley, Shaq, Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson preview Nuggets vs

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what we just saw here tonight with
Denver the Lakers came to play you know
Charles talks about Denver switched it
worked three games in a row I don’t know
if that’s going to work against
Minnesota but you know they did what
they had to do they they stepped it up
when when necessary played on a team
like that I think my second Championship
we would always you know uh go behind
but then we we hit the switch so you
know Denver a great team you know when
you got others stepping up Michael
Porter 26 you got a guy you got two guys
that you can go to down the stretch and
and and the Joker and and um Jamal
Murray and Jamal Murray does it again
they play great but
Saturday Ernie what is their records
this series uh it don’t matter regular
what did they do they split the season
series each of the last two years two
two yeah well let me say this this going
to be a hell of a series nuggets beat
him last year in the first round 41 yeah
and uh this is going to be big boy
basketball this ain’t this ain’t the
same m Ina team that they beat for cuz
it actually last year those games were
pretty competitive last year but this
Minnesota team man I cannot wait for
Saturday this is this is what we say big
boy grown man basketball I cannot wait
well you know what the funny thing is
well you see look at the T Carl towns
missed three of the games Rudy missed
one Jamal missed one yeah but man it’s
going to be I I’m not sure where the
advantage individually lies a lot of
places because
the the difference in the game for me is
call Anthony towns like
can Aaron
Gordon guard him in the on the box or
when he has his runaway train mentality
where he grabs it at the top and he just
runs to the basket he’s so
physical that’s going to be the test
Aaron Gordon I’ve said that the entire
time going to be able to the reason slow
cat down the reason I’ve said I’ve never
liked Minnesota because
uh cat never uses his height to his
Advantage oh he does now well he’s
getting better at it he still shoot two
minute threes
because like you just said if he just
stands out there and shoot threes that
really helps helps the Nuggets but if he
but he’s a great three-point shooter he
can’t just knock shoot well he he he
might be but listen if he’s a great
three-point shooter that’s fine but I’m
pretty sure that we’ll live with this
three-point shoot instead of taking the
ball to the Box taking advantage of size
and when you take advantage of your size
you get the other team in foul trouble
but to answer your question aim but one
person and that uh who Aaron Gordon
against Anthony Edwards I want to see
that that’s what I don’t know if Aaron
Gordon’s goingon to be I think it might
be someone else who who else it could be
a Carwell po no too little too little
too little stop it Aaron G’s going to
guard Anthony Edwards they are not going
to put anybody going to guard cat uh
that that’s the question and then who’s
going to guard Rudy uh well they don’t
have to worry about still have to guard
him yeah but let me tell you something I
guarantee you Anthony Aaron G is going
to spend majority of his time on an cuz
you can’t listen Carwell first of all
he’s hurt listen play this game yeah but
he got hurt but I’m tell you the one
thing you need against Anthony Ed is two
legs I’m pretty damn sure he’s G to be
all right by by the way cat 42% from
three this year yeah yeah he can’t
abandon his three I don’t want I don’t
want him AB banded but you have to use
your size Advantage Ernie if I know but
I think we’ve seen that too I’ve seen
we’ve seen him he is a different he is
he’s gotten better he’s posting up a lot
more and that’s going to be the
difference of their in their team that’s
the only thing I’ve ever said take
advantage of your size yeah yeah you’re
doing great cat yeah
so also will they double the Joker
against Rudy because Rudy is supposed to
be the defensive player of the year will
they double him which doesn’t allow some
of those three-point shooting I I would
they’re not going to double Joker o
they’re not they going to let Joker get
his numbers cuz number one rud is a
terrific Defender and if you kcp Michael
pora Junior the little brown kid all
their guys could get their shots off a
go off a joker I’m good I don’t have a
spelling B tomorrow I’m good like you
got one yeah and add to the equation
Chris Finch head coach of the Minnesota
Chamber former assistant to Michael
Malone hey have they actually release
what his injury was yeah it was a Tor
patella so so because they said maybe
last night but I hadn’t seen anything
going to need surgery at some point I
don’t know when that is going to happen
but man it could have been both of us
out
today oh you Ernie you’re the worst
Ernie when we get time I want to show
Kenny something earlier later he got to
show me something yeah he was he told me
he was going to do it in the back but he
said he I did it in the back I want to
show it to the audience you want to do
it right now sure okay guys at home this
is called Walking this how you do it do
do it in front of the desk so it’s a
it’s a or just do it back there whatever
all right you walk it you put one foot
here you put one foot here you put one
foot here and you touch the thing if he
fell that would have been hilarious
you’re the one who fell fool okay yeah
yes if you’re if you’re sitting at home
and saying what the heck are they doing
and why is Charles demonstrating that we
has to do with what happened at halftime
as Kenny ran to the board and almost got
there fall gracefully ladies and G
there’s no way to
[Laughter]
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