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Down the stretch yeah earlier this season uh Michael Malone said in reference to some of the road struggles that um it was offense that was the biggest culprit um they just weren’t being able to get them uh their personality up there in the basketball court they did that especially in the
Second half today uh they really found the groove and and uh look I I don’t think that there’s any coincidence that this is also the time where this team is most healthy and they’re just playing and being able to um have the same lineups out there a long time they’re
Getting comfortable how about Jamal Murray in the second half this game specifically the third quarter where he scored 16 of his game high 32 in that third quarter he was efficient he was deadly from the outside finishes four of six from the three-point line he did a
Little bit of everything look at that nine assists and five boards yeah I I like that bottom number I mean he went all ballistic in that third but in the fourth quarter they got after him a little bit harder and he said fine I’ll just make passes including the one the
Joke on that uh High picking role they love running and that gave them the lead that they never relinquished yeah you know he just looked for a shot more in the second half and you know it was what he wasn’t going to do is have a as inefficient a
Shooting performance as he had in Toronto the other day um so you knew he was going to come out really try to get to his spots really establish himself as a shot maker in a very high efficient uh efficiency shot maker today uh he was
Able to do that uh and in that second half I I just love how you know he still didn’t Rush the game um but he was much more aggressive and uh you saw the fruits of all that you know this is how about between Joker and Jamal 16 assists
One turnover that’s efficient that is really good peanut butter and jelly hard at work in this game we mentioned Jamal but Nicole yic Three assist sh another triple double by the way he’s gone four straight games now without a triple double it’s like crazy right 31 points
Left 11 rebounds seven assists he also had a pair of steal or three steals they credit him with in this game and he made all the necessary plays when they needed them most so Nicole leic they only make one of them and he proved to be a
Difference Maker look at that block shot that was critical yeah you know uh Joker getting so efficient but how about him knocking down couple three-pointers at Key time there were sort of a momentum swing and Brooklyn’s starting to get away a little bit and boom Joker knocks
Down threes well nobody has more double doubles in the league you know nobody has more triple doubles no I mean he’s the consistency is just off the charts with with Nicole yic and uh 25 double doubles I mean you just know what you’re getting from him every single night he
Steps on the court it’s going to be a double double and we’re not talking 10 points and 10 rebounds we’re talking major statistical production on that also always equals victories future is in your hands presented by The Ball Corporation take a look at this future screen here they’ve scored now the
Starters tonight 20 99 points to the bench’s 23 points we’ve talked so much about the bench and the way they’ve improved over the last couple weeks well tonight they got doubled up boys uh 4723 they were outscored in this game yeah D so pton Watson had a really nice game he
Made like I don’t know four out of five shots yeah and so if you take that out it was a tough night uh for a lot of the guys off the bench but the end of the day you win the game and if we’re being honest look Brooklyn’s got three players
On the bench who used to be starters in the NBA and so um you’re they’re built differently they’re they they don’t have one overarching star player uh I think seven of them scored in double figures the team wide and so um you’re going to be able to catch these nights Brooklyn
Is where bench players score a lot of points just because uh the opportunities present themselves um they’re all kind of comparable players and I think that’s what we saw um with this Brooklyn Nets team ver bench versus the Nuggets bench all right nuggets survived Brooklyn they
Won four straight on the road a Shar yeah this is uh you know it wasn’t um know we got off to such a great start tonight and then like the bottom fell out for a while and I didn’t recognize a team on the floor and um I thought Jamal Murray was
Great you know I think he kind of helped will this team to a win tonight um so we’ve won three in a row three in a row on the road uh 9 and8 now on the road and uh we have to finish it up in Charlotte tomorrow night um but very
Proud of our group you know things weren’t going our way um you thought you had the game won then certain play would happen you know and that’s why you got to play All 48 minutes but very proud of the group to find a way to win I think
That’s the key about you know being a good team you have to be able to win a lot of different ways and I thought tonight we showed that even when we’re not at our best you know we have some pretty good players that can find a way
To make big plays to get timely stops to make clutch free throws whatever it may be and to get to win as much as Jamal’s dealt with the injuries and the minutes restrictions and everything how nice is it to sort of just get a reminder at
This point in the season of of what he can do when he gets hot in the second half like that yeah I don’t need a reminder I mean I’ve been with Jamal for eight years now I I fully know what he’s capable of so I’m just really was so
Impressed with his game tonight I mean 32 points 26 in the second half as I mentioned nine assists only one turnover but you know he goes four six from the three-point line 11 19 team from the field and I thought on both ends he was
A defensive player of the game as well I I felt he was just leaving all of himself out there and uh you know that was that was great to see from him talk to Nicole after the game about the young guys on the bench and they growing I
Said what do you do in a night where they may struggle just a little bit do you you know get on them do you motivate him he goes no you just get some details in them and then let them learn how to play through it would you agree with
That assessment yeah I mean that unit’s been playing at such a high level and tonight wasn’t necessarily their night uh which is going to happen especially when you’re playing as many young players as we are but like that play late in the game you know I put Payton
In and he winds up fing a jump shooter you know that’s he’s not trying to make a mistake but that what a valuable experience to learn from because that that is the um the biggest lesson that you can learn is being in game situations and failing and saying you
Know what I can put myself in that position next time so um and you you it’s really important for me Scott the last thing I’d say with that is e easy thing to say well let’s go with Justin let’s go with this guy but I got to even when they’re not playing
Well I got to find a way to stay with them give them another chance because that is me showing I have confidence in them and I know what they’re capable of if every time things don’t go right and I yank them they they’re not going to build any confidence and that’s a
Greatest gift I can give all those guys so yeah rough night for them but I know they’ll all be better tomorrow night when did Watson um earn that spot to be on the floor for a defensive possession in the final minute yeah he’s uh you
Know just his body of work this year you know with 30 games in now and um he’s been tasked with the responsibility of guarding some of the opposing team’s best players and he’s done a hell of a job and um you know whether you it’s Kevin Durant one night it’s dearon Fox
It’s demard de rozan um you know he’s a guy that we have complete confidence in and uh you know the offense we’re getting from him the three-point shooting that’s all gravy but pton is a guy that can be a disruptive versatile Defender and um putting him out there
With his length and uh you know he’s he’s going to get better and better the more comfortable he gets in those situations have you done anything different with the free throw shooting has Ryan Bowen changed anything with the free throw shooting and was a good night
Free throw yeah and it’s it’s it’s been really good you know and there’s two things with that K not just the percentage but the volume we’re getting there and if you’re get to the foul line what does that equate to being aggressive being physical playing to the basket and
And not settling um you know tonight we only took 26 threes which is not a great number in terms of volume but we made you know I think 11 of those for 42% but we’re getting to the free throw line Aaron Gordon’s been tremendous in that
Regard and I think he has a lot to do with not only the attempts but also the efficiency there he’s stepping in taking his time and knocking them down at a high level but um I kill Ryan bow when we don’t make him so if you want to give
Ryan bow and his flowers go ahead is it is it uh when the team starts the season as as low in percentage as they did can it be a bit of a confidence boost to have to go to the line late in games and and have to make those shots to to ice
It away for Gordon for Jamal to for everyone to go to the wind up well I’d say when when you start the season off rank 30th in free throw shooting there’s only one way to go you can’t get to 31st so um our group is and we talk about it
It’s something that we say fellas we got to stop leaving all these points on the free throw line it’s going to come back and bite you and so you’re to your point yeah when Aaron goes eight of nine and Jamal six of eight that was a huge
Offensive rebound off the Miss by the way you know now we go back makes two now it’s a two possession game but um yeah I think our guys are getting a lot more confident and um the schedule’s been crazy I can’t say enough good things about our group in terms of
Handling this schedule it’s been a it’s very very demanding schedule I think more more demanding than most teams and our guys are 20 and 10 we’re finding a way to win consistently on the road now and um you know that that hopefully we can finish off this three- game trip
With the win tomorrow night in Charlotte which will be a really tough game for Us’s going to S more and more records obviously we watch to play every night tonight he passes a Hall of Famer and Dan Isel for the most rebounds in the career that’s a Denver Nugget um one by
The way he was impressed in his nickname was the horse kind appreciate that but good thoughts on on him passing guys what seem so early in his career that are just Legends yeah I mean and Dan Nell is a legend yeah I mean uh horse missile whatever you want to call him uh
I saw Dan this summer and he is a was a hell of a player even better person you know so I have so much respect for who he is and for Nia to grab 6,631 rebounds and pass him you know we joke about it but it seems like every
Night there is some kind of note with Nicole yic past this guy and when you’re in the same conversation as a Dan ISO you know you’re doing something right and um we all realize how fortunate and blessed we are to have Nia in Denver and
He’s going to be a nugget for life and uh we’re all going to see him pass and break a lot more records dial it’s your former teammate Isel The Missle yeah who pulled down a lot of boards but by by the end of the
Day by the end of his career U safe to say Nicole yic will own every record in the book you know there’s one we haven’t talked about most blood drawn by an NBA player I mean the dude is just car he looks like you took a carving knife to
Him he might have the NBA lead in that one he was bleeding profusely at times tonight hey um a coach mentioned it pton Watson it’s great when you get a younger player to learn on the job and you win the game this happened with under 20 to
Play he fouls cam Thomas in the process of a three-point shot turned into a four-point play Cut the lead to one we thought the game was over that cuts it to one well Payton Watson soon as he got to the locker room we jumped on the
Phone we did this out I love that yeah didn’t mean to scare you all nuggets Nation great team win you know you know what’s funny about that too he missed a free throw right by that too so it’s almost like five points that were created but what you want to learn in
That situation defensively you know they’re going to go with a three stay on the shooting hand stay on the side of them and then that way he came Direct on and you can’t stop yourself so and how well and how about I love that tweet so much because I mean he understood the
Gravity of the situation and um he’s able to kind of you know acknowledge that um get a chuckle out of that and and the team won so you know no harm no foul there no pun intended but still it’s um he is a mature mature mature
Young man and um I think that’s just another example of how by the way you deserve some here as we take a look at our fanatic sports book Wagers Foree okay see speech forign speech go out hi Fu Meet You Spe First Blood yeah An ally has been Defeated An enemy has deated you have defeated an Enemy For Fore an enemy has been defeated you have defeated an ene fore
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