Playing back-to-back seven-game series, Denver had Oklahoma hand them a semi-final exit. After proceeding to the WCF, the Thunder showed complete dominance in Game 1. Addressing OKC's win, Mike Malone mentioned how Shai showed he was the true MVP, stirring up social media.

Given Malone's background as one of the architects of perennial top MVP candidate Nikola Jokić, this entire TV appearance turned some heads around the NBA world. And it's the Nuggets who took the brunt of the damage.

David Adelman was thrown into the interim head coaching role for the Denver Nuggets with just three games remaining in the regular season, but he reportedly showed enough in replacement of Michael Malone to land the full-time job.

The former Nuggets head coach raised some eyebrows with comments he made Tuesday night during his debut as an ESPN analyst.

Michael Malone tells Pat McAfee that the Timberwolves need Anthony Edwards to adopt an aggressive mindset in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.