Stan Van Gundy

Look, I watched Denver just taking them apart, even when they had everybody in the first half of that game.

I mean, if I'm Denver, I probably, like, falling to four and getting the Lakers at five would not upset me, to be honest.

You know, now you have to play...

Obviously, OKC in the second round.

But here's the bottom line.

You got to beat.

You're going to have to beat Oklahoma City to get to where you want to go.

I don't care who you are.

So when you play him, to me, doesn't really matter.

Yeah, I think when you try to manipulate that stuff, you're sending the wrong message to your team.

I mean, no matter how you try to put it,

You, anytime you as a coach with a very good team, a title contending team, that you look like you're scared of certain people, that's not a good message to your team.

And I don't think that's how David Adelman will approach it.

I think Denver Nuggets, you've got the best player in the world.

You're healthy.

You're coming together.

I think they're in bring it on mode.

Let's just get healthy and get ready to go.

And I like that.

I think trying to manipulate your playoff matchup