MPJ Felt Bad that Nikola Jokic had to go to NBA All-Star Game

MPJ Felt Bad that Nikola Jokic had to go to NBA All-Star Game

Yeah break was good um important for all of us uh now we just got to be focused going on this this stretch right here going on the playoffs I’m about what 30 games left uh 27 27 so yeah we’re refresh and we’re ready to go they work you pretty hard today uh I

Mean just get back into it not too hard not too hard what’s the uh what’s the most important goal for you guys over the course of these next 27 games I would just say uh play style of basketball that we uh feel really comfortable with going into the playoffs

Offensively and defensively and then um you know all the guys just feeling confident we talk so often Mike about how you guys need a physical break but mentally like what can that do for you in the final 27 games yeah it it just make you U re-energize you make you

Excited to go back to playing and competing um and it was really good for us it was good for me as well did you watch any of the allstar stuff yeah I did I got to watch a three-point dunk um a little bit of the Rising Stars game

And then I watched a little bit of the uh the real game what do you think of y’s performance yeah I mean uh I don’t know if the right work um I mean I know he’d rather be on break I think um but I know all those guys felt blessed to be there

Probably as well as yoke but um it’s good he gets a couple days it was probably good he wasn’t here today what’s your take on the allstar game with you know no defenses last CP years I mean it’s hard cuz those guys are in the same position as all of us they

Really just want to relax and then when you got 27 games to go guys aren’t trying to get hurt um but you know as far as the fans I know the fans want to see a really competitive game but dudes aren’t robots you know they want to they

Want to relax and have a little break going into the stretch not risk injuries um yeah but it is kind of tough to watch sometimes as you prepare for this next game does it feel like you guys are on a three- game losing streak or was the

All-Star break like a reset yeah it was a reset said obviously we didn’t want to go into the break like that but it was a reset and we’ll get back on track uh what Friday you guys are or is it Thursday th you guys are are near the bottom of the

League and in scoring efficiency and transition I was just curious if that’s been a football point at all in discussions or if you’ve sort of noticed anything about some of the scoring stuff when you guys are trying to get out and run yeah we uh we we practice very

Little um I think those stats have a lot to do with the Personnel that you got that you have on your team the guys like getting other chance position and things like that um but we work on it in practice two on one breaks three on two

We did that today said this was a time to sort of be focused is it Go time now for you guys yeah cuz you don’t want to there’s no such thing as um just pressing that button when playoff comes so these 27 games are really important

Um you need to feel in Rhythm you need to feel healthy uh you need to feel in shape and just confident individually and as a team has it been hard being the favorite throughout the season being the the reigning champion has it been a different vibe um I mean we know we’re

Getting team’s best shot um every game that’s good for us and um you know like they say it’s harder to stay on top than get to the top so it’s definitely been probably harder um this season than last season but we feel comfortable with our team

How do you feel like the West being as competitive as it is this year helps you guys as opposed to last year when you were just coasting yeah no I mean it was competitive last year too but this year is different I’m looking at the standings and I’m like do you really

Want to be the number one seed do you want to be the two seed like there’s really no Seed where it’s like oh we look forward to this matchup or that matchup every team’s talented um home court advantage is obviously important for us so I think that’s our one of the

Reasons we want to stay as close to the top as we can

Michael Porter Jr. in Denver Nuggets locker room interview after practice. Michael Porter Jr. shares his candid thoughts after a Denver Nuggets practice, focusing on the importance of the upcoming 27 games leading into the playoffs. He discusses the team’s goals, the mental and physical rejuvenation the All-Star break provides, and why players find the All-Star game challenging to engage with, citing the balance between relaxation and the risk of injury. MPJ emphasizes the need for the Nuggets to find their rhythm, stay healthy, and approach the final stretch with confidence, all while navigating the pressures of being reigning champions in a highly competitive Western Conference.

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