What's in a Game?

Giannis is on the move to South Beach. LaMelo has moved to Minnesota. What does these moves mean for these teams and the Nuggets? While the Nuggets traded out of the first round to acquire more future seconds, they also made two selections in the 2026 2nd round. Will their moves be competitively or financially motivated? Taking stock of where the Nuggets find themselves after draft night.

CTFazio joins to break down his top candidates for the Nugget's 26th first round pick.

Will and Grace discuss changes at Altitude Sports before diving into the NBA Finals. The New York Knicks are the team of destiny. Today, we are discussing the single most insane game of these playoffs and possible NBA Finals history.

We breakdown the dilemma Denver faces with Peyton Watson and Cam Johnson, and Stan Kroeke’s bank account. After Josh played dumb not knowing the Mr Nuggets nickname, is the writing on the wall for AG's time in Denver coming to an end? Are there any decent returns?

Will and Grace attend the Nuggets' funeral. The Denver Nuggets were eliminated from the playoffs in a fashion worse than most fans could have imagined. What ended up being the problem with the Nuggets in the end? Turns out it was everything! Coaching, roster, start performance, injuries, bad match ups. The offseason of big questions and change starts now.

Nuggets went from being up 19 in game 2 to seize control of the series before blowing the lead and the game. They followed that up with an embarrassing performance in game 3 to go down 2-1 to the Wolves. The stakes for the Nuggets going into game 4 have never been higher. Nuggets offense has vanished vs a Rudy Gobert led defense. Falling this short of expectations will have the Nuggets FO and Owners asking big questions.

Matt Brooks is back! We're going over big questions for the upcoming series vs Denver's familiar foe, the Minnesota Timberwolves. How does Denver deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves frontcourt? How will Adelman handle the non Jokic minutes? How will Denver guard Minny? We'll look into all those questions with clips from past match ups and get into the nitty gritty.

00:00 Matt Brooks joins

02:52 How does Denver deal with the frontcourt?

05:48 Jokic vs Rudy match up and stats

10:02 Jamal vs coverages + getting space on Jaden

19:12 Jamal having an easier time vs Jaden?

23:03 Minny Roaming defense

25:38 Implications of Jok torching Julius, Rudy + fronting Jok

28:24 Roaming off Christian, cutting during post ups

34:13 Jok lineups vs smallball

46:15 Jok lineups vs smallball

47:50 How should Denver handle non Jokic min?

50:08 Rudy, Naz, Julius triple big lineup?

54:37 How will Jamal handle Minny’s small-ball looks?

58:14 Jamal three point shots

01:02:58 Guarding ANT Drives

01:05:05 Looking at Nuggets zone coverages

01:11:51 Series X factors

01:16:39 THJ as an X factor

01:19:36 Matt signs off, follow his work and social accounts

01:21:45 Who guards Julius Randle?

01:24:55 Will Spencer or Pwat be back?

01:27:17 What would have been the factor if Nuggets sweep?

01:36:24 Jamal getting downhill vs the Wolves

01:44:41 Denver is 7th in DREB%

01:46:49 Cam and CB challenges

01:49:17 No Pwat vs McDaniels a factor?

01:52:26 Series Prediction

We go through Denver’s recent win streak before asking the biggest questions surrounding the team and their most important players heading into the the post season.

00:00 Ten Game win streak

10:02 How has Denver been playing?

16:40 Defense with and without AG

23:28 Do you want the 3 seed?

36:13 Feelings on the Spurs match up

42:31 Best match up for Jamal?

48:59 Worried about coaching mismatches?

57:01 Adelman great at ATOs?

01:01:42 Denver’s best playoff outcome

01:06:14 Jokić turnovers vs defensive balance

01:12:52 Jamal 3 pt vol vs defensive integrity

01:16:44 AG health and impact

01:20:46 Cam physicality vs offensive flow

01:27:38 CB hitting shots vs POA defense

Nuggets finally have their starting unit back together and PWAT has also joined the party. Even though they're managing the loads of returning stars through a gruesome late night back to back, Denver is on a 4 game win streak and looking to continue. The seeding picture in the west is down to the wire. Nuggets nation has been excited to get Pwat back in action, how has he looked? Will and Grace will also briefly look at the small ball looks and Jamal's case for All-NBA.

Covering Cam, Spencer, and Jokic's recent performances vs the Rockets and Spurs. In their impressive wins on a difficult back to back there are many positive takeaways and even some surprising stats to look at.