A LEGENDARY Defensive Performance by the Timberwolves 🔒⬇ | 2024 WCSF Game 2 vs Nuggets
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it's like im watching late 90s and 2000s basketball. the grit on defense is insane and looks more entertaining than watching both teams doing 3 point shootouts.
alexander smiling while defending murray is so damn refreshing. pride on their defense!
Wolves pack😂
@@401Orishas sure is 😂 hunt together!
Murray is overrated trash.
100% agree
Ironically enough, the only way you can break this defense is by chucking threes beyond the arc like Steph Curry. Doesn't matter how good your team's defense is as long as you keep making them contested quick-release threes, the defense is bound to break.
MAN this is the HIGHLIGHT im looking for
Horrible defense 😮
@@jefflai5924 and denvers wasnt much better
💯🔥
@@jefflai5924very good defense by twolves
Facts
my man listens to his people. came with the right video after all people asked.
Best defense I've seen
That's why He's the G.O.A.T... THE G.O.A.T!!!
Free dawkins man you’re a legend .
It’s gonna be a longgg series for Murray 😭😭😭
came through IMMEDIATELY. Respect all around
Craziest defensive performance ever seen since small ball era.
The help, double team, rotation, switching, everything is so fast and furious but perfectly organised and disciplined.
Truly a pack of wolves.👍👍👍
Small ball is actually dead because giannis towns Jojo and jokic killed it
I think these Timberwolves are gonna get the Ring!
Kyle Anderson looking like prime pippen 😂
If I average at least 15 points a game and will only average 7 if I play both ways? But the only thing the fans demand are the 15 points? And you are going to pay me 10 million for playing less than 70 percent of 82 games? What will I do?
Clue averaging 7 is out of the question.
Look at the Bucks. Those bone heads, after winning a chip, traded D for offense.
They sent the whole of their Defense to defend in Boston.
The Buck's Defense is still playing. The Bucks new offense has gone fishing.
That's what happens when a GM listens to people who only watch the movement of the ball.
THE PACK OF HUNGY WOLVES
Dads everywhere yelling at their kids “See what happens when you play defense” when they watching the Timberwolves.
Underrated comment
Facts
Defense wins championships is the saying but I will also say that teams/players that enjoy playing defense also leads to championships.
No. Its all referees doing. Now nothing is foul. Its them, players were adjust to that before.. Now? Nobody knows how hard to play..
When they are. Not "they watching."
Wow. This is the kind of basketball that's been missing for years. No flops, no easy layups. It's fun to watch. Hope the NBA keeps this way.
It’s kinda crazy there were no Tech called that game!!
If Timberwolves win. Things will change
@@AnkrahJordanAnkrahI said this the other day, Steph changed the game to be offense driven…now these guys are gonna bring back defense
Not enforcing the rules?
Thank you Minnesota for bringing back that rough physical 90:s old school gritty basketball
@KewPie-ym2vuTimberwolves got that 04 Pistons Swag
@@malikwilson7387 Exactly what it reminded me of.
this is what we want in NBA. the intensity is coming back.
This that pistons defense , 90’s had hand checking . These guys doing this without hand checking that’s how athletic these guys are and ant is 6’5 230 , jaden is 6’9 , Alexander is 6’6 Naz like 6’9-10 and Kyle is 6’8
Ngl, the lockdown defense is more entertaining to watch than just the scoring parts!
This is like I was watching 90's basketball. Immediately more emotions and the match looks better, not worse. Points have more value when defence is strong!
That’s what these millennials don’t get!
90s basketball had illegal defence which made it much more of an iso ball game. Also the pace was so slow which is the main reason the score was low. I loved to watch 90s basketball but the current version is more complex and interesting to me.
@@maartenvzget off the drugs. ISO ball in the 90’s 😂? This era of the NBA is the definition of ISO ball and launching 3’s. The wolves are bringing back real defense and a team first concept. Ant is their closer when the game needs to be finished.
It’s like 90’s but the players are actually good on offense.
@@worldlfree 90's basketball wasn't like this. Sure, you had good defensive teams like the 90' pistons, 93' Knicks, and 98' Spurs...but that's 3 teams and they were only like that for a short while. It's not indicative of an entire decade. In addition to this, the offense back then wasn't gifted all the advantages they have now. The Timberwolves are playing better defense than any team in the 90's did.
This has to be the greatest defensive performance I have ever seen live. Even without Rudy Gobert, the Wolves had Denver in JAIL all night long.
Rudy Gobert is losing his speed a little bit. Without him, they are better and faster in defense.
@@kondoric hes gonna be dpoy this year. they need him to win the championship
Oh my mama if deffense was played like this it will expose more teams like tonight
Thanks timberwolves for making NBA great to watch again, this defenses is what lacking for the last decade
Murray is up against some Rea Dawgs now
As a man who grew up watching Bad Boy Pistons,90s Knicks defense….this is beautiful 😢
It seriously felt like there were 7-8 Timberwolves on the court at times
Bc there was...the other 3 were wearing black and stripes. 4:28 and 6:08 are just a couple examples. Those are fouls that should change the momentum of the game. The fix is obviously in for ant.
@@Nugschris cant blame the ref if malone and murray disrespect the ref and nothings happen. The ref defintely helping nuggets
@@hfwong7621 that was two times. Minn fouling pretty much every time down. It's obvi to anyone who isn't rooting for minn
@@Nugschris cry
I was just thinking the same thing. Had to be at least six of em out there. You ain’t gonna convince me otherwise
As a Suns fan it was terrible when we were against it, but now from a neutral perspective, its amazing how hard and well drilled they are. Great teamwork..
They completely shutdown the pick and roll of Jamal and Jokic.. 😂
Jokic even got destroyed by Slo-mo man
I’m not even a Kevin Durant fan but he’s by far looked the best against this defense, 3 good games out of 4. Btw since 2011 teams that have beat Kevin Durant in the playoffs have gotten to the finals or won the whole thing.
It’s crazy to see how unstoppable that was vs LA to can’t even getting to it properly against wolves, they moving different
@@abtocool6350yeah it's funny how everybody clowned him for getting sweat but what if they sweep the nuggets? Are we going to have the same reaction that we had to Kd getting swept? The KD hate is crazy
@@Lemonpepperwett The media probably won’t, Murray is getting clamped the fuck up and they were cooking Devin Booker for it and jokic actually looks shook and sped up and I was wrong Kd also lost to the champs in 2010 as well. I’m going for the mavs this season but if they get passed the thunder, luka and kyrie are going to have to work for their buckets if they have to see the t wolves.
Seeing NAW smiling while on defense was something I didn’t know I was missing all my life until now
Yeah i loved it. Totally something i would do!!! Both sides of ball are equally fun. If you a player does not think that, they don't love the game.
I can’t stop watching this defense omgggg 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This clinic is next level.
Literally, Malone don’t even know what’s going on right now 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wolves pack for a reason😂
If they allow this kind of physicality good luck beating the wolves
fvck mike malone good to see him eat a mouthful of humble pie
Wolves are having a feast with the main dish being jamal murray 😂
@@edgybravo4287they weren’t allowing if for the nuggets. Why you think they were down so much
this is why you need young players in the league. It is a completely different level of energy on the court.
Thats why so called SUPERTEAM got Demolished in this year playoffs LOL 😂😂
@@moongakpark5214idk why ppl thought ts would work maybe it can but idk these young guys can play all night on both ends of the floor they got diff type of energy
@@moongakpark5214What Superteam? Which team are you talking about. The Suns or the Clippers because neither were Super Teams. Clippers were missing Kawhi and the Suns have no defense or playmaking, just three scorers.
Ant-Man gets all the credit he deserves for being the best on the team, Towns is his second sword, Conley is the team's clock because he manages the times, Gobert is the defensive wall... the Woves also have 4 luxury starters, they have an excellent second unit that is fundamental, because they do a "dirty and silent" job that is phenomenal and is giving them excellent results, Anderson, Reid, McDaniels and Alexander-Walker are worth gold
Ant always shouts out to the crew before addressing himself!!
Are they gonna be able to keep all these amazing players for next year? I very much doubt it..
gober wall over which jokic regularly throws somewhere between 35 and 45 :D
@@elmehdinafia1237 i hope they do, they have something really special ging on in minnesota
@@rubentimmer4329 yeah but KAT, Gobert and Ant salaries are so huge I don't know how they can keep their bench!
A. Walker and Mcdaniels were just killing it, Naz R. also had some though plays, but those two just showed defensive masterpiece, brilliant footwork and hustle
Jokic was exhausted from the 1st quarter. Swarming defense from the opening tip through the last buzzer. Minnesota is a serious contender this year ABSOLUTELY.
Defense without fouling and hurting other players, fookin amazing
2 years of process and developing by Finch, this is art.
@@lockdownfan9853 definitely a masterclass defensive performance by the wolves
Even I feel like I'm being choked lol, so suffocating, no space whatsoever.
They immediately rotate to another man on doubles/switches, its beautiful, no uncontested shots.
You can tell Jokic and Murray are tired and frustrated as hell, especially the latter 😂
Yes, it's claustrophobic to watch
This video will be a nightmare haunting the nuggets for years
Mike Malone will literally share this vid link to all of Nuggets' players after the game 😅
@@syarbel9352 and then do nothing at all in game 3 🤣🤣
Thats the kind of defense that wins titles! Great Video!
MAKE DEFENSE GREAT AGAIN!! As a guy who prides himself on defense at the rec, thank you for this.
Dude Murray cant even get a shot of I'm dead, timberwolves have everything
That's what happens when you go from Reeves and Dlo defending you to THIS
@@elmehdinafia1237 Nothing to do with the lakers and everything to do with the timberwolves
@@isaacwilliams7217 all I'm saying is that the Lakers guards are mediocre defenders while Wolves guards are top of the league defenders..and that makes all the difference
@@isaacwilliams7217I’m still mind blown from this stat, but since 2011 teams that have beaten Kevin Durant in the playoffs have gotten to the finals or just straight up won the whole thing. With this information alone it feels like there going to the finals but if they don’t that would break that Kevin Durant cursed stat.😂
@@abtocool6350 Not since 2011, but his whole career outside of 2013. 2010-2023, besides 2013. Ironically the same is true for LeBron James. Outside of 2006, every team to beat LeBron has reached the finals. One of those streaks has to end now.
Take a bow Chris Finch. You didn't just build a great defense around Towns, you managed to get Towns to play great defense.
yeah towns ain't no weak ass now. compared to his early days in NBA. Finch did a great job
There is no way Denver can win even a game.
I have never seen anything like this defense, omgggg 😳😳😳😳
Wolves pack😂
No, I wouldn’t say that, there’s a chance we sweep em but unlikely
Best defense since the 2004 positons
Not true
Denver won a game in minnesota. They dominated and blew them out... mistly because refs were calling fouls
This was one of the best defensive performances I’ve ever seen. Just non stop for 48 minutes of constant badgering. What a time to be alive.
THANK YOU MINNESOTA, for RESTORING SOME HEART AND PRIDE in the NBA!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The defense this playoffs has been insane. Clippers vs Mavs, the Knicks, The Timberwolves, etc.
That’s what basketball game should look like
Absolutely enjoy watching it 👍
The first channel to made defensive highlight,, besttt nba highlight ever🔥🔥
This video is excellent. So much insight that we don’t get from the regular video.
Wolves defense was suffocating. The 1st half was a ferocious display of team D. They basically had all the Nuggets in a straight jacket
Wolves pack indeed 😂
None of this can matters if the refs can’t be consistent. Defense like this was being played with handchecking fouls on every play but the t wolves shot 8 FT compared to the nuggets shooting 2. They were calling touch fouls on the other end.
Yeah dude I felt horrible for Denver. If I was them I would’ve quit mid second quarter
@@SkolV1k1ngs they did quit they got frustrated refs made it clear early nuggets couldn’t touch but wolves were playing football on the other end.
@@jofieji5312 That’s true but I woulda literally packed up and gone home
Never thought that a defensive play is gonna ba a highlight. Very impressive defense TWOLVES.
So refreshing felt like Pistons way back. Hope that this will trend as the new meta of basketball
5:30 nahhh this is wild 😂🤣Alexander-walker is truly a menace man 😂🤣🤣🧱
This is masterclass defence.. This might be a sweep.
I will go 4-1
I love the energy of the wolves. They have length to contest shots
6:00 the coaches activity is like a football coach
I love how he coaches them up during the game and they instantly respond
This is some high level College basketball in NBA form 😮💨🔥🔥🔥
I am 41. So i watched the entire 2004 pistons run to the finals. Dubbed the best defense ever. They had some amazing performances. But none like this. And without Gobert of all scenarios. They knew they had to step up with his absence and hold down the fort as he was gone for the birth of his kid. I literally could not believe what i was witnessing. This coming from a wolves fan that watched every game of that season and saw some great defensive performances. But this one was the greatest of all time. Literally the best one. With zero bias for saying that.
Now this is real NBA basketball, no room for flops and just grit and grind defense, even the refs couldn't help the Nuggets on this one...
leflop
YESSSSSS!!! DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS!!!
Man now this is entertaining basketball
Right😮im really starting to like the nba again
I have never witnessed a more stifling defense in my life
Really amazed by Timberwolves' defence. They proved themselves the better team than the defending champion. 👍
This is an amazing highlight. The kind of effort trust this team showed throughout the game doesn't show in the box score, but truly a game changer. Nice to see a team so committed to their defensive sets.
Shoutout to Karl Anderson, NAW and Naz Reid - scrappy, doing the little things and playing fundamental 1-on-1 defense (hands up, knees bent ready to slide, boxing out). Clearly, these things Lakers role players lacked. 90s basketball
Watching that second quarter as a Wolves fan had my Jaw dropped for a whole 10 minutes and the entire half time break. This is one of if not the greatest show of defense in the history of organized basketball. Props to the coach for his genius conditioning and prep for the game as well as to the team of hungry men who want to win it all.
Me too! They all look so in sync with one another and more importantly having fun while killing it. So beautiful to watch!
10 minutes defensive highlight reel is crazy. Shoutout to the t-wolves 🥵
Man I love watching this. Wolves really turned it up a notch this playoffs. Active hands all around, no easy baskets, players underestimate how impactful even just attempting to block or putting a hand up to someone shooting is. It changes the shot and bothers the shooter. At times even if the wolves players got beat they still put a hand up and it changes the shot which also gives time for help to come. This is amazing
I am from Europe I think for next Denver Wolfs games I will stay up, and only because I hope Wolfs play same strong defence. It so nice to see defence on such high level.
We don't give two ish about Europe.
@@ethanquenum4778😂😂 rs
@@ethanquenum4778 I just wanted to point out how game was good no reason to have such a strong reaction
@@mh-rl4sz I'm not having a strong reaction. We absolutely don't give two ish about Europe. No one likes you guys. You are absolutely insufferable.
one of my favorite games in recent memory. it's like i'm watching my bad boys pistons again. the modern nba needs to learn that fans still love watching great defense
Greates thing i've seen in a while, they just feel like a wolf pack and they move like every one of them is a all defensive team caliber player, idk who's their coach but bless that man he's wicked
It’s only or this is so satisfying to watch, that how basketball should be played 🙌🏽
Really wished more people watched full games
Can you give me a link where i could watch te rediff for free? Plz
I watched it
@@glodikayembe4728 sportsurge
If i couldve i wouldve
Nba
Smiling on defense is crazy 😅
who the f would have thought that we actually could watch the highlights of shooting bricks under great defense in this CURRENT STAGE of the NBA? YOU ARE THE BEST !!!
I love it, no more wide open lay up and 3 point shots
This DEFENSIVE CLINIC will be studied.
Amazing.
3:50 what the ............. J.Murray 😂😂😂😂 help mee.....
Notice his footstep-this is how leg injuries affect Jamal. Any guards who has slightly stronger legs (even those like CP3 won’t) won’t lose balance in this play. And then there it is-> injury, loss strength to stay balance-stop ball.
Had to go back and watch this therapy. (Timberwolves fan)
man dawkins everywhere. defense highlight wotwot
4:12 this is the “dawg” that people refer to.
Shorter, thinner, weaker.
Pure competitive fire.
That 49 point performance by Book in game 4 is looking a little more impressive now.
Maybe. But they allowed for him to do that and shut everyone else down. That is called a planned scheme gameplan.
IVE BEEN WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS LIKE THIS SINCE UA-cam STARTED AND NOT ONCE HAVE I EVER SEEN DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS! SO PROUD OF MY WOLVES, THIS IS SO FUN TO WATCH....PS MAKE SURE YOUR KEYBOARD ISNT ON CAPS LOCK BEFORE YOU TYPE A LONG MESSAGE
Jamal Murray's face on the thumbnail says it all 😂😂
this is the beauty of playing solid defense. idk why nba shied from this. makes watching these types of games more fun and will show how a 2-way player can be
That's not a good defense.
That's a SUPER DEFENSE !!
2024 champions 🏆
Nope
finaly somebody play basketball in nba . bravo for coach of minesota
FreeDawkins knows what the people wants! 🔥🔥
2:08 Reggie Jackson curled up like a baby trying to get that call lol
A good defense is beautiful. 3:25 Murray cuts in, tries to find separation, gets nothing out of Naz. Murray still makes the jump, mid-air feints, Naz fails the first block attempt, then adapts and blocks.
First time anyone has used the word feints when making a description of a basketball play. Makes you look like a 🤡
I had the best time watching Alexander, McDaniels, Naz Reid, Anthony Edwards, Towns, Conley-go off on defense. I missed Gobert but he is likely so proud of his team for holding it down. What a watch! Go T-Wolves! Whole team is just great-even saw the bench-Kyle do some moves out there.
2:18 BRO IS TIRED 😂
Wolves assistant coach really shined
in this game man😂
Last team in the play-off defense like this was 02-04 Detroit (even better in bench). You can imagine a team face this Detroit + junior MJ?
damn this was cool to watch a defensive highlight reel from a team. this is just one damn game and it was against the mvp with a pretty solid team
Because a lot of Denver fans were complaining that Minnesota was getting away with a lot of fouls I watched this video specifically to find contact that looked like it could be a foul. I counted 3, maybe 4 if I’m picky, times where the Wolves got away with some extra aggression. Meanwhile, there were 2 times in this video (that wasn’t showing Minnesota’s offensive possessions) where by the same standards the Nuggets got away with extra contact the other way. The Wolves defense tonight was just on another level and it’s so exciting that fans are into it!
I mean it all depends on how you call it. They were calling touch fouls on Denver and set that precedent early.
Bro are you blind?
@@jofieji5312 yeah they called like three touch fouls on Denver and they also called like three touch fouls on Jaden McDaniels. A lot of Denver fans were upset about the no call when KAT plowed over Murray early in the game but then Jokic did the same thing on the other end of the court and there was no call there either.
@@jeremiahkuehne2400 na there weren’t hardly any touch fouls on wolves even though they were playing twice as physical. Wolves got a way with a crime in that first half. If it’s called fair they would still be leading by maybe 10 but no 30 point lead with 12 blocks and 7 steals while Gobert is at home.
@@jofieji5312 they called a phantom elbow against Jokic (which really surprised me because his entire game is throwing elbows and not getting called for it) and then later they *didn’t* call an actual elbow by Murray. It kinda evens out throughout the game but the Wolves probably got a slightly favorable whistle and benefit from the lack of touch fouls being called in the playoffs, but if you also factor in that Malone and Murray both should have been ejected and didn’t even get technicals it’s pretty even
“He’s on him like braces on crooked teeth right now” is crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Kind of surprise people shock with this defense. This is how basically Euroleague play defense.
I don't watch euroleague but I don't think you have perimeter defenders as big as Timberwolves
Ma Daniels is 6 foot 11
NAW and Edwards are 6 foot 5
KAT, Anderson and Reid also tall guys who can play center
They play crazy defense and they are tall and contest every shot. I don't think we ever saw a team like this
@Jackwis owh, euroleague do have size as well. The level of intensity is crazy. Mainly because Euroleague doesn't have as many games as the NBA which make every games and every possessions matters.
This Wolves team is incredible. Took 2 games in the champs house playing some of the best defense I’ve seen in a long time and made it look easy.
If wolves were playing lakers, refs would not allowed them this masterpiece, and this game shows partially how nowaday stars would look like in 90s
Exactly
This is way better than the 90s
Think i can speak for everyone when I say its so good to see incredible defence. Makes the game so much more watchable 👍
I love to see that great defense is valued
5:30 Alexander-Walker is a menace 😂🔥
Now this is basketball
ABSOLUTE CLINIC on the defensive end! Love seeing defensive highlights over ill-advised 3s. Defense is the best offense!
Everyone were hyping The Joker, but now we can see what is done to centers that cant jump, he´s been locked by a smaller guy.
It is not about “can’t jump”, it is about the others losing threat. How TF are you going to win if your guys shoot 2/23 from three excluding Gordon and Holiday, and your Point Guard broke the leg and cannot even holds the ball? It is just simple- if your teammates are bricking all the time, they clamp on you solely, and you eventually miss
@@Kyubey_UwU Man, even if you double Brunson or Kirie youll see their numbers would be big, Jokers numbers are not good enough for the amount of hyping he has, Embiid was broken and was given the same numbers.
Still think the Joker is hyped?
@@gri734 He´s showing his greatness, thats the kind of figures he should do regularlly, now thats ok.
Jamal Murray at 3:50 was WRAPPED
It has been years since I last saw this level of harrassement in an NBA game
That's crazy when you feel you are suffocating watching Wolves defense behind screen🥶
Mike Conley there remembering his grit and grind days in Memphis
Insane defense from the Wolves. Nuggets have been studied hard
Nuggets more likely didn't study the wolves😅
There was a couple games where towns and gobert were both out this season so they had some practice running slo-mo as the rim protector and naz as the faster big man to guard on the perimeter. It's crazy how they can just plug in slo-mo to gobert's role and not lose a step. This defense has been fun to watch all year long. They also really cleaned up some of their sloppy plays (they turn the ball over a lot more early in the season) The only thing is they can just go quiet on offense sometimes, but I've never seen them quit on defense.
And of course, you don't have to be all that loud on offense if you have the other team dead silent.
Yeah when the opposing team only scores 80 points... I mean 🤷🏻
Lakers had this formula and just gave it away man 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
that was with frank vogel coach not ham
Yea lakers won the ring with most of elite defenders that year beating the nugget really missed that lakers team
@@jrbtv3700 … that’s what i meant
@@jrbtv3700 Part of that, yes. But the team was much better back then, with the exact same pieces like Wolves having rn. The only difference was that Lakers' big couldn't shoot 3s.
They can't score in the 2nd half.
Thanks Man FreeDawkins. This is a Masterpiece of a Video. D at its best. Grew up watching this type of D in the 90s
They are actually attacking like wolves 🐺 ❤️
impeccable defense !!... way to go t'wolves !! 😁😎💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻..
This the NBA what im talking about. No blood no foul. Feel the vibes of 90's. And you think MJ cant average 40ppg with soft fouls todays play.
I have not seen Nuggets struggle like this offensively. The Wolve’s effort in defence is refreshing.