Episode Details

Mitch and Pat do another statistical deepdive to offer their preview for the Wolves vs Nuggets series. Their seven questions:

1. What does each team’s superstar player have to do for them to win the series?
2. Who is the series X-factor (player whose ceiling will tilt the scale towards winning and whose floor will tilt the scale towards losing) for each team?
3. What has the teams' previous matchups (last year’s playoffs and this year’s regular season) taught about how these two teams matchup?
4. What are the traits of Denver that make them a champion?
5. What is the Denver Nuggets’ most exploitable team weakness?
6. What is an intangible that has your attention coming into this series?
7. With all the above information sorted, what is your series prediction?

Lots of research deep dives for this one - enjoy!