The Denver Nuggets had been blown out in Recreation 2 of their Western Convention semifinals collection towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Wednesday night time, and head coach David Adelman didn’t mince phrases when discussing the efficiency.
After the Thunder dominated the Nuggets 149-106 at Paycom Middle in Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla., Adelman was requested if the message to his crew was the identical because the one he delivered following Denver’s blowout loss in Recreation 3 of their opening-round collection towards the Los Angeles Clippers. The coach mentioned the distinction between that sport and Wednesday night time is that “we bought punked.”
“Yeah, however we bought punked, and we didn’t play effectively sufficient. They got here out with the correct depth and we didn’t,” Adelman mentioned. “I believed we let some open pictures early within the sport have an effect on us how we performed defensively. It is a crew that does that. There’s a purpose why they’ve historic plus/minus numbers all through the season, is that they put folks away. You gotta have a significantly better begin than that. We are able to’t come out with that sort of mentality.”
Although he didn’t wish to place the 2 blowout losses beneath the identical umbrella, Adelman mentioned he expects the Nuggets to react this time the best way they did after the Clippers loss.
“It’s good to know that you just’ve bought a win beneath your belt, however that’s not what that is proper now within the current. We’ll react the correct method like we did in Recreation 3 in L.A. — deliver a distinct depth, take a look at what they did in another way, react accordingly,” the coach added. “I’d count on a significantly better effort from our guys on Friday night time in Denver.”
