Malika Andrews is joined by Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson to recap all the action and postgame festivities from last night’s NBA Finals Game 5 finale which saw the Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat, 94-89, to claim the 4-1 series lead and win the 2023 NBA Finals.
0:00 Denver Nuggets win first championship
1:27 Perk’s word of the day: Resurrection
2:20 Nikola Jokic impact on the NBA
3:07 How will this Nuggets run be remembered?
4:29 Bruce Brown
5:33 Aaron Gordon
6:13 Nikola Jokic on being drafted during a commercial
6:31 Don’t Stat Me! with Perk & RJ
11:24 Top of the Top: Denver Nuggets
14:14 Celebration time!
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43 Comments
Why would you put KP on your show?
The Sombor Shuffle has had a name for YEARS. Y’all whack trying to change it.
Kobe & Dominant 1 went 16 and 1 tho 😂
Perk is big body small brain
“Don’t bet against the white boy”
2x mvp 1x fmvp Nikola jokic
If not, it’s up there with the Kawhi, Steph runs
This might be RJ’s best segment breakdown
This is one of greatest basketball teams of all time especially considering who they went up against the Timberwolves, then Devin Booker and KD, AD and Lebron, then Jimmy and Bam.
Great segment RJ
being at the Xmas day game vs PHX this season & seeing that Aaron Gordon dunk on Shamet something told me this group was special & this was their year..
they’ve been on the doorstep for a long time, it was just a matter of getting healthy.
12:12 Jesus bro… 😂
Wasn’t that dude hating on the Nuggets and joker 2 weeks ago?
Congrats to Nuggets, but more like the easiest post season run ever.
So all it took was a championship for jokic to get recognized for how good he really is.
What I respect most about Jokic is that he won a championship with the team who originally drafted him. He didn't abandon his original team to go win a title with other "superstars" on an already established team.
The moment between A.D. and Jokic when nailed the dagger at the buzzer is my favorite moment all season. AD looking like "you've gotta be kidding me" and Jokic just shrugging. 😂
Lol. That was hilarious. And Malika is looking adorably scrumptious today.
The stat line for jokic run is giving me chills. Love you Jokic!
Great script they have for stuperkins.
Love Perk’s word of the day and he’s so right, the Resurrection of the NBA big. Centers do matter. With Wemby entering the League, other teams will look at Denver and Jokic and realize, maybe we ought to draft Zack Eden… 🥱
The most juicy part of this segment was seeing perk stutter, dumbfounded, and looking so funny after everything bad and wrong he said about Jokic. Hahaha
Park wasn’t he stat padding? Smh
Wow, I didn't get it at first but RJ really put into perspective just how amazing Jokic's run was. I'll give it up and say this is the greatest run ever
I think an argument can be made that in the modern era NBA, Jokic had perhaps the most dominant post-season performance.
People acting like the nuggets went 16-0, nahhh mann best record held by the 2017 warriors going 16-1!.
You robbed him from the MVP.
Yes Nuggets will repeat Champion next year as long as no injuries to all starting five players.👍👌👑
"We're not satisfied. We want more." They will get more but this is a tired refrain. But that's his one note like a high school coach.
God, Perkins is insufferable
Resurrection comment is kind of false. Joker doesn't really represent your old school center position. He represents PGs more than the centers. Maybe you can say that he resurrected the playmakers with some size. But the thing is there is only one other example of that in the past, and that person is Magic. So in a way, Joker is Magic, but more versatile, more crafty, bigger, and more efficient. This is the delayed start of his prime due to injuries of his teammates. In terms of skill level, nobody is close to what Jokic puts on the table. So, he is most likely gonna continue to add trophies to his resume.
Shutup perk
I hope they do repeat. One of the best seasons ever!😁
Denver Nuggets are the epitome of teamwork💪
This was the best analysis hands down 😂
Kendrick Perkins with the flagrant hypocrisy when he advocated for Jokic not to be an MVP because of racism in the NBA.
Man I thought Kawhi and Giannis runs were dominant, Joker’s numbers makes theirs look small
we must never forget the campain Kendrick Pekins started to rob Jokić the MVP only because he is white.
Didn’t Perk say Jokic only won MVP cause he white? and that he stat pads? lmaooo
Congratulations Denver Nuggets 🏆💍👏👏👏👏.
Congratulations Denver Nuggets 🏆💍👏👏👏👏.
Perkins word of the day should be sorry
Richard: I'm in the screen and you're still bigger than me hahah
This must pain the racist Kendrick Perkins so much to see Jokic getting this recognition.
Jokic is unbelievable. Best in the world. All time great.