What was the hardest streak in the Nuggets’ run to the title? Asked about the question in Theo Pinson’s podcast, Bruce Brown delivered an answer that was not expected to this question…
“Phoenix was our toughest series” he said, mimicking quotation marks with his fingers, to remind that this is undoubtedly the general perception, Denver having then swept the Lakers in the conference final (4-0) then finally quite calmly (4-1) took the measure of the Heat in the final. “But honestly, our toughest series was against Wolves. »
But why, when Minnesota only took one game (4-1) in this first round?
” I don’t know. Ant (Anthony Edwards) and his teammates. There was something with them. They had good players. Mike Conley, KAT, Ant. I think that was our toughest series. »
It may be that Bruce Brown found himself directly facing Anthony Edwards, who had hurt the Nuggets very badly with 31.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists on average over the five games of this first round.
“Ant was incredibly hot. This is the future” repeats Bruce Brown. “I would say that the two hardest players to defend for this year were Ant and Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander). Ant did everything. On all three levels. »
