NBA Playoffs Weekend: Tackling Tuesday

What A Week it has been and oh man the big game that was played fighting into a Playoff spot has been man talk about the battle of the final playoff spot it was so great. They way the energy was shown and on top of that there was a lot of urgency and energy in the game especially where the game even went to overtime and man I was like you talk about a game that was full of energy and resilience, and urgency aw man we got one heck of a game where they showed what was on the line based on how they play and on top of that the game went to overtime and it even went down to the wire until the end where it was really great.


The Timber wolves and The Nuggets was the game I was really looking forward to because they had the same records and tied in the final playoff spot rank and it was a tie breaker in a win or go home scenario.  Seeing the game where it was nervous because I was really hoping to see The Timberwolves back in the playoffs but when I saw another tough team in the Denver Nuggets fighting for the last spot it was very intense to watch but very worthy of watching, because it showed urgency and energy and even teamwork, the one thing Jimmy Butler mentioned in his interview. e Seeing the energy and even the flow of the game told a story of who wanted it more. The game was mostly neck and neck and even where teams saw their leads slipped through their fingers, because teams were fighting to gain the lead as well.

The reason I felt this game had so much energy and resilience is because the Timberwolves were facing a drought, a playoff drought where the team was fighting and is desperate for the team ending their drought. It reminded me where a guy who is stranded in the desert or woods looking for water and food and does whatever it takes to find resources and food, or in a group analogy taking teamwork to move something heavy or even fish or hunt for animals, or even move something heavy across or even out of a room, but it took energy and even took intensity and the fight to win and making the presence felt for the victory to even happen. The fact that the playoff spot was on the line and they had the tiebreaker also displayed great energy in the game as well.

One Player I had to give Kudos to in this game is Tahj Gibson, he played a fantastic defense and even playing great lock down defense towards the end of the game when the situation called for it as well. For my own experience the way I saw his energy the question is how intense are you, when you face a critical fighting situation. What I mean by fighting is is how focused and determined are you when you are fighting for a prize or even a reward?