For Pete's Sake

NBA fans full of jokes about effort shown by players in Portland-Denver game

The Denver Nuggets rallied in the fourth quarter and beat the Trail Blazers 108-100 in Portland on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

That’s kind of a blasé description of the game, right?

Well, it matched the action at one point. Twitter user Rob Perez shared a clip of Hassan Whiteside playing defense on Denver’s Nikola Jokić, who was trying to score.

Trying might be too strong a word for either player.

Take a look:

NBA fans made jokes and poked fun at the players:

Many fans couldn’t help but note the similarity to a Will Ferrell movie:

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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