Nuggets Edge Out Celtics, Edwards' Defining Block & Curry Faces Injury Scare

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

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Sports, Basketball

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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On this episode of the Hoop Collective, Brian Windhorst, Tim Bontemps, and Tim MacMahon dive into key NBA highlights. They discuss the Nuggets' win over the Celtics, Jayson Tatum's impact on the Celtics' playoff chances, the team's defense strategy against Nikola Jokic, and how the Nuggets' bench outperformed the Celtics'. The episode also covers Anthony Edwards' critical block against the Pacers, Karl-Anthony Towns' meniscus surgery, the Bulls' surprising season turnaround, and Steph Curry's ankle injury against the Bulls. 0:00 Welcome to the Hoop Collective 01:22 The Nuggets beat the Celtics in a thrilling match 11:50 Celtics' Playoff Hopes: The Critical Role of Jayson Tatum 17:58 Breaking Down Celtics' Defense Against Nikola Jokic 27:13 How the Nuggets' Reserves Outshone the Celtics' 38:52 Anthony Edwards Game-Saving Block Against Pacers 46:08 Karl-Anthony Towns to Undergo Surgery for Torn Meniscus 53:06 The Bulls' Unexpected Turnaround 55:02 Steph Curry Suffers Right Ankle Injury Against Bulls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the, which we are doing on Friday morning, about
0:17.0	245 a.m. Eastern Time.
0:21.5	Joining us from Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, where the Denver Nuggets had a
0:26.7	thrilling victory over the Boston Celtics and was surely one of the best games of
0:31.4	the NBA season on Thursday night is Tim Monteps.
0:35.0	Hello everybody and welcome to sleep update theater because I'm sure we'll get plenty today.
0:40.0	The Get Up planning pre-production meeting is in about three hours.
0:47.0	Oh. I will be an active participant.
0:50.0	So I'll be headed for my flight home.
0:52.0	Joining us from Dallas, Texas, where about nine hours ago he watched the Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat and
1:00.1	Luca, I believe had his fifth consecutive 30 30 point triple double, which is some crazy streak that I because the Mavericks are losing.
1:06.9	I don't think he's getting the proper attention and it won't get it in this podcast either.
1:10.1	Ban McMahon.
1:11.3	Howdy, partners, Wendy.
1:13.0	I'll let you know that while you're hard at work in that get-up meeting, I will be just
1:17.9	snoozing away, baby.
1:19.7	Yeah, you've earned it.
1:23.0	Well, anyway, the nuggets earned a real high quality win in a game that lived up to the billing.
1:34.7	Both sides, you know, fully healthy,
1:38.3	at least in terms of active list.
1:40.6	Both sides rested, both sides caring about the game, going after it, everything you could want.
1:49.0	And Bon Temps, if this was a playoff series and this was game one and the nuggets were ahead
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