NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[SpursFan86]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048405656403685434

There you have it. Minnesota is fucked…but if they can somehow pull off one more win we might be guaranteed a WCF appearance tbh.

 

[MannyIG]

Man never in a million years did I expect this out of the Denver/Wolves series. Just massively weird.

 

[CGD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048405656403685434

There you have it. Minnesota is fucked…but if they can somehow pull off one more win we might be guaranteed a WCF appearance tbh.

Damn, that is devastating. Feel bad for their fans.

 

[O_V]

The argument for suspending Rudy is fucking stupid. He clearly wanted to de-escalate. If you’re enforcing a rule meant to de-escalate a fight by suspending someone who may have technically broken it to de-escalate a fight, then it’s a stupid rule that shouldn’t be enforced.

If you suspend Rudy, then why not also Jokic. He went out of his way to confront McDaniels for doing the most basic thing in the sport - putting the ball in the basket. Maybe that’s a bad look, but Jokic ran cross court and put hands on McDaniels. That’s way more severe than what Rudy did.

There's a black and white rule about one behavior. There's not about the other. Jokic was ejected, and got his technical.

If it's a stupid rule that has to be changed, that's one thing. But you can't say that you're not going to enforce it when you've enforced it over the history of the rule.

That said, if you stepped away from the bench area to get away from a fight that was in the bench area, I don't see how that's covered by that rule in any way shape or form.

 

[Fabbs]

That video would make suspending Gobert and fining Jokic even worse, even if the NBA tries to claim ‘letter of the law.’

You can’t suspend Gobert who tried to break up a potential fight and only fine Jokic, who tried to start one. If Gobert’s suspended (which would be stupid), you at least have to suspend Jokic too.

Instigator is Jokic. Walks into McDaniels.

 

[BatManu20]

Sucks for Ant. Hate to see injuries at any point but especially at this point in the season. That said, I'd much rather face MIN without Ant or Donte than DEN tbh.

This actually gives Ant's knees some time to recover though. If they can find a way to finish off Denver, I think Ant could return later in the next series.

 

[timtonymanu]

Sucks for Ant tbh. Hate to see injuries at any point but especially at this point in the season. With that said, I'd rather face MIN without Ant or Donte than DEN tbh.

This actually gives Ant's knees some time to recover though. If they can find a way to finish off Denver, I think Ant could return later in the next series tbh.

I would just shut it down. Even if they beat us, they won't get past OKC anyway.

 

[ginobilized]

Gotta take care of our games and see which team limps from the wreckage (that many here including myself predicted) from the Wolves-Nuggets bloodbath. Wouldn't surprise me to see more casualties of war from that series on the Nuggets side. Winning 3 consecutive games is no mean feat. Game 5 in Denver will be a weird one as the inevitable suspensions will re-shape that one. Game 6 back in Minny is the the real one if necessary. This version of Jokic is not what we've seen in recent years. I do love seeing them lose. Fingers crossed that Murray throws another pouting fit and throws something on the court.

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048405656403685434

There you have it. Minnesota is fucked…but if they can somehow pull off one more win we might be guaranteed a WCF appearance tbh.

Go wolves!!!

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

Nuggs fans on social media getting cocky this morning after hearing the Ant news. Bunch of clowns. Would be sweet to kick their asses in the 2nd round.

 

[ginobilized]

If Denver loses in the 1st round to the hobbled 6th seed T-Wolves, I wonder what changes might happen there over the summer. It's becoming apparent that the league requires defense to be part of the equation to winning in 2026. Denver can't do it with offense alone. Not sure how you improve that team's defense. Maybe Udoka becomes a candidate if the weirdest looking coach in the NBA gets fired? I do think Denver can regroup and save face for one game at home and extend the series, especially if Gobert, Randle, etc are suspended a game. I don't think they can do it 2 more times after that. Just one man's opinion.

 

[BatManu20]

I would just shut it down. Even if they beat us, they won't get past OKC anyway.

Maybe. But the fact they had him out there the past 3 games on a knee that's clearly not healthy makes me think they won't hesitate to play him if they think he can do it tbh.

 

[Mugen]

Man never in a million years did I expect this out of the Denver/Wolves series. Just massively weird.

They’re always weird when they play tbh

 

[Mugen]

Hopefully Minnesota pulls out 1 more game