ESPN reacts to Denver Nuggets beat Charlotte Hornets 111-93 to improve 24-11; Murray 25 Pts
How about that to kick off the New Year hello 2024 the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets at home 111 to 93 welcome to the Nuggets locker room report presented by your Front Range Toyota stores Katie wiy Bill hanslick and Chris Dempsey Denver Nuggets held the Charlotte Hornets to just 93 points
That’s the lowest point total they’ve held an opponent to all season long I’m going to ask you hands what was great about the defense in they played bold defense they got tough I mean they they’re Swit in was so good it it was completely you know Charlotte just could
Not get good shots and everything was on the perimeter and uh they gobbled up rebounds just talent-wise nuggets just got way more Talent than Char I was going to say no because he’s right they did play good defense there’s no doubt about that the Nuggets played good defense it’s the Charlotte Hornets
People like it’s that’s what it is and the reason why they’ve now lost 11 straight games is because uh they have difficulty scoring into basketball and so um if you uh happen to be against a team like this you just keep them in that space and the Nuggets kept them in
That space and you know one no Lamela ball no Terry roer that’s are top two scor got throw that give the defense a some credit oh the defense was great okay so it was a little bit of deja vu when we entered the third quarter here
At ball Arena this is the Futures in your hands presented by Ball Corporation because we were thinking about what the Nuggets did in Charlotte on December 23rd where they held the Hornets to just nine points allowed that entire period but this third quarter was almost even better because of the point total that
The Nuggets put up in that period and they held the Hornets to 17 points demp what did you see in that third quarter that was Denver’s best basketball well so I this is where I think the defense really helped them uh you know I I
Thought there was a lot of you get the stops you get out and run um you get steals you get out and run uh and then you start you’re not playing against set defenses put Charlotte in rotation they could not get get organized defensively and then you just pick them apart and I
I thought that that was you know at halftime we talked about getting a little more pacing and having your defense get you out into transition and um getting you these types of shots I think they did that in that third quarter only only did that as I said in
The thing Joker finally shot the ball Joker you got to shoot some he makes every shot I think he was bored with that but you know they attacked the rim 11 out of 11 from the F line too I mean it was a perfect offensive quarter for
The Nuggets okay here’s what I’m going to say about Nicole yic in joic We Trust like he’s going to if Jamal Murray who we’re going to talk about here in a second gets going yic is going to feed him he’s going to find him he’s going to
Make the right play I understand what you’re saying but joic knows let me add one more thing ktie so it was tied at at half 49 to 49 Jamal had it going if you want to win Joker’s got to contribute on did which he did and that’s why they got
The he knew he knew they needed a solid six minutes of really great basketball and that’s what the Denver Nuggets did in the third quarter in particular here’s Nicole yic first half versus just the third quarter alone his teammates were almost forcing him to shoot the
Basketball who was he he was 21 of 22 coming in over the last three-ish games at five out of six that’s 26 out of 28 Maids devs holy cow yeah and I I I think in some of this you you see that he got himself on the move and they got him on
The move because one thing Charlotte in that first half when he was stationary on the Block they were just sending guys you know had weird time like he just they compelled compelled him to get rid of the ball which is the right play to continue to move the ball on uh but you
Really wanted him to shoot the ball and I thought they got the Nuggets got him on the Move catching on the Run getting straight to the rim it doesn’t allow a defense to hone in on you Jamal Murray hit five three-pointers in this game that’s a season high for him and when he
Shoots the the three ball well the Denver Nuggets are successful this was his night tonight five of nine from the three-point line he was going really all game long Demps that that couldn’t look any better that graphic couldn’t look chef’s kiss look any better he made the
Threes he got to the free throw line the assists were there uh you know um Katie I think right after he came back you were um saying that this is he’s playing at an All-Star level and that’s what this is he only played 27 minutes and he
Did all that I mean but what was your favorite what was your favorite Jamal the steel to the picks ismith on a pass picks it goes down it doesn’t go to the rim he just I’ll just stop here and hit this three that’s how hot he is right now and you
Know he’s in total control of everything that’s happening on the basketball court he played great C people wonder you know what’s shifted with him and I really do think that a big part of it is him being healthy he was dealing with all of those negging injuries early on in this season
And now that he’s back he looks better than ever we’re seeing playoff Jamal in full form let’s take a look at our breaks plus stop at the game Plick favorite Jamal Murray play of the game look at the pressure the passing Lanes they had switched so Jamal wasn’t on is
But he read him like he read him like a novel say excuse me I’m going to stop here and hit this yeah that’s just well done right there and you know might as well heat checking right I mean you’re you’re hot from the three-point line might as well Chuck another one up there
And he knocked it down and um it was it was great you know Katie the other thing it was so inter Charlotte used three timeouts in that third quarter about the first eight minutes can’t take them with you had no bearing all right we’re going
To take our first time out here in the Nuggets locker room report when we come back we’ll get head coach Michael Malone’s thoughts on this Denver Nuggets win a big one here at ball Arena to kick off the new Year the cumulative third quarter score war between you guys and the Hornets the season ends up at 70 to 26 uh did you have to sort of give them a kick in the rear again at halftime in this one or what was the messages no a completely different halftime you know
In Charlotte that was the case but tonight um just stay the course you know um you can’t you can’t pull that card every night I mean so it was just sayy we have to take care of the ball we had seven turnover for 10 points in the
First half um we play really good defense of first quarter second qu we didn’t play any defense so just challenging our guys to do what we do and what our expectations are and obviously to your point I think we started at that third quarter on a 30
To6 run guys were uh locked in and our defense was leading to offense we took care of it in the second half and um you know that’s that’s stand nug good basketball we’ve talked about switches being flipped before is this just one of those instances where you realize that
The team has has done this before where they have kind of kicked into into gear and then you kind of lean back in the first half and not not as like frustrated in that in that sense um what was the question good question um you lost me
Definitely lost me on that one but uh I think for our our veterans I think we realized at halftime hey you know what um we have to bring it I mean that team’s not just going to go away you have to put them away and um I think to
The starting group to their credit they went out there and I and I think Nicole especially I think he became a lot more aggressive in that second half and that was great to see he he actually looked at the basket scored and um and then we started firing at all cylinders and when
We do that when we defend and we have Jamal and Michael and um nicoa playing at that level then then we’re allowed that allows us to go on runs like that so I give our our starters credit for you know hey man let’s pick it up and
They did we’ve seen nla do that before he only attempted one shot in the first half is that him just trying to get teammates engaged involved you know I thought it was a couple of different things I think one you know Jamal was uh was aggressive and effective to start
You know and uh so that was he was you know getting a lot of those looks and then the the way Nola is defended in certain nights in the post to double team and what teams are doing more and more Vic is you know in the pocket when
He catches in the pocket they’re really collapsing so now it’s it’s that shot we’ve seen him shoot so many times is not that easy of a shot now because you have so many people collapsing so I I trust Nia but you know when he’s aggressive even with all that being said
He still has to find a way to be aggressive and so we started putting him in more picking rolls getting him in the pocket you know keep the floor spaced and flat and uh and that’s kind of what got him going in helped get the team
Going as well do you or or anyone else need to say something to to him at half time of a game like that when when he’s not looking at The Rim as much no I mean it’s um again I I trust Nicole we’ve got nine years together and um I was going
To keep on calling his number I mean like I was calling play calls for him the post-ups weren’t yielding field goal attempts because of the double team so okay let’s let’s make sure how do we get him a look and that’s probably the best
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ESPN reacts to Denver Nuggets beat Charlotte Hornets 111-93 to improve 24-11; Murray 25 Pts
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