Nuggets Locker Room WANTS the #1 Seed in the West

Nuggets Locker Room WANTS the #1 Seed in the West

Kcp Aaron had uh was 11 points in the second quarter um he’s such a like unique player and such a mismatch nightmare what does he add to you guys um just in that Dynamic um I would just say you know just the person we need inside uh he’s if yoga is not running

Down the middle of the floor to post up AG is down there um him and uh Y and AG have a special relationship uh just playing that that uh High post and uh that dunker um and I feel like just for him just being aggressive for us is is

Good you know a lot of mismatches a lot of people don’t want to switch uh onto him U so when we do get the switch we we make sure we export it he start 7 to 10 from three and cool up what was the biggest difference from what you guys

Were doing defensively uh I would say just just more pressure uh running them off uh who whoever the guy was run off a hard contest when uh the guy wasn’t a run off uh and then I think we just for us we executed the game plan uh as far

As like uh just running them off like I said standing in front of guys and just getting great contests that was the difference when you guys were down 15 called the timeout you know I’m sudden went on that big run with that was defense the difference uh

Yes like uh it was it was just the pressure we applied uh we got stops when we needed them uh we defensive rebound got in transition uh and we we we capitalized on just uh the mistakes that made uh and then the defensive rebound we had to go

In transition what does it feel like out there when you guys are in a real flow like you got it today just oh it feels great uh you know the game is fun you know everybody’s having fun out there uh and enjoying themselves uh but for us you know it

I think doing that how how we play you know moving the ball sharing the ball with each other I think that helps everybody out you know and just keeps everybody happy I would say how often is basketball fun uh I mean it’s you know we we take

This job serious you know this is uh especially uh after Allstar break these are games that we we don’t want to drop uh we wanted to try to win as as many as possible uh so you know for us uh they’re not all fun but when you get

A chance and like to have a blowout game like that uh everybody’s knocking down shots and just you know you you cheer for the guys that’s coming off the bench you know that’s that’s a fun that we we we we have out there so like it’s it’s still serious business but like just

Supporting our teammates uh through a blowout um and just just enjoying the uh the fun how much is the health you guys when when you have a back to back or a couple games in a row when you get a blowout you can kind of stay off your legs for

Corner uh that’s good that’s good for us for uh uh for sure uh we knew we had a back to back uh I I I didn’t think uh we didn’t I don’t think we we knew we was going to blow him out but like just uh that third quarter what second to third

Quarter man we really turned it up uh and got after it uh so sitting for the fourth quarter is always great you know rest your leg for the back Tob back you know be ready to uh start fresh uh tomorrow you might play these guys in

The playoffs that they good team um is it tough going into a playoff match up when you didn’t really get a representative of them cuz neither team has been fully healthy in in the games you guys have played uh I mean for for I mean I think it was anybody just I mean

For just next man up mentality you know for either team you know it’s uh injuries going to happen throughout this game uh so feel like we got next man up mentality with can have uh a significant drop off uh still got to have the same type of know energy effort um uh into

The game have you guys found another GE since the allstar break considering how many games are left uh yes I me for us is it’s crunch time uh we want to be number one seed uh and we don’t want any of these games to just just slip by us

You know we we came in after the allstar break uh everybody had the same mentality the same uh you know goals and mind and that for us is to get back to that number one spot and then to try to go back to back think of the Arena you said

You took a heat check out there one point how’ the ball feel coming out of there uh it felt great uh I mean for me man it just felt great just to see the ball go through you know it’s been struggling for the last month or two you

Know just trying to just see it go through you know uh but just to see it go through tonight uh made me feel better uh and uh just hoping it continues uh man just just for me just just continue to shoot the ball uh when I’m open I’ll take my shots when they

When they there uh and just be confidence when I shoot him what do you think about with the heat coming here tomorrow uh I don’t know feel like it’s going to be another you know Finals game who knows uh we’ll see how you know they

They they come in and then they start uh so I mean for us it’s we trying to win no matter what who’s stepping into this building uh no matter who we playing against uh we trying to get that number one seed uh going into this playoff how

How often it all do you think back to the finals uh not as much uh cuz we new goals trying to win another one uh but you know just just reminiscing off know what happened in the finals how we played you know the aggressiveness that

We had uh know you can always look back and see that and then just bring that motivation over to the uh when we played them uh so we’re looking forward to it uh and also looking forward to have fun out there too this is how you guys play

These first four games after the allstar break feel pretty close to where you guys were in last year’s playoff uh yeah uh just as far as the energy and effort uh but we still got a lot more more things we need to fix like our transition defense uh defensive

Rebounding where we can get out and transition where we best at uh but like I said just a lot of thing we can uh get better at uh which we need to anything else Co thankk everybody guys turned it up physically you specifically started playing that fo ball how important is

What you do to get this team back in the game well I think it starts on the defensive I think we started getting stop rebounded Sor transition I think when I’m aggressive like that it opens the floor for a lot of I asked coach Malone after the game

What what’s his favorite play you guys R and it’s that play where Joker to you in the dunker spot you’ve really embraced that people don’t like it you’ve taken it to another level how have they done that I love playing in the dunker uh he was on the basine working working behind

The defense opening the floor for everybody being a outlet being a safety off was it important to you guys to beat that team and make sure you don’t get sweat of course of course I think every game is important to us after the All-Star break you look different you’re

Playing different what was it got get your gas up oh um I think we just we know what time it is now you know it’s time to start ramping up I know we didn’t want to be playing our best basketball early in the season now we’re just starting

This no climb that M again you mentioned that play just now the thre Man game between you guys uh you ran at the end of the game against gold s is that kind of like your knockout play in a way play you guys like to run at the end of

Gam well it just keeps things from getting too stagnant keeps the ball from getting pressured too much you know so he gets to work off the ball puts everybody in position a lot options to score thanks a appr I think the box has you missing Two Shots tonight just what

Was what was dialed in for you today nothing I think we were just playing my game and um team played great got on ran uh had a bad first quar as a squad and uh picked it up you guys got down that by 15 call a timeout what what changed was it the

Effort was it a strategy that was different we just picked up our effort and our energy got some stops got on a ran use our home court to Advantage and uh you know that propelled us throughout the rest of the game and uh I don’t

Think we had a bad quarter after that so we dialed in you guys did a really good job of shrinking the floor in the third quarter how many guys now can teams that have guys that can shoot from distance but also have guys that get to the rim how

Hard is that to do like just cover that much ground as a team uh well that’s way there’s five guys out there trying to play defense you got to stun for each stunner and help the helper and and rotate and scramble so I think like I said after

That first quarter we did a great job but just whoever it was I think Murray had a great I don’t know what he had but um he was flying off her her and him so mon played really well um so we just had to lock in and and just help each other

F like AG especially in that second quarter was just very physical going to the front of the rim just what does that change for you guys when he’s consistently trying to get downhill like that uh well he’s he’s tough to guard on there man he’s strong big strong

Athletic can finish um can pass out of there so uh they went sing Single coverage on some of our sets and uh you know he ate and I think he got us you know got us back into it um in the second quarter anything else what’s so how you

Feeling just you I know you sat out the second out of the back Tob back this last one just how are you feeling feel good bro appreciate you asking uh do you look forward to getting back against the Heat at all just some memories there not

Really no just trying to play the game get a dub I know they’re going to come out strong and aggressive and um we got to just be ready to to not match the energy but exceed it and use our home court to Advantage again are you going to play tomorrow

Night I mean that’s not tomorrow I don’t know yet bro we’ll see see Jimmy Butler wasn’t really a small Al what say Jim’s in the the latest follow music video with the with the hair I didn’t see that bro sorry I’m not I’m not really on socials appreciate Y you know what

Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (KCP) Press Conference after Denver Nuggets 117-96 Win over Sacramento Kings. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: “It’s crunch time. We want to be the No. 1 seed.” Aaron Gordon: “We know what time it is.” Jamal Murray: “We just picked up our effort and our energy.” Denver Nuggets are now close to being the number 1 seed in the Western Conference for the NBA Basketball Playoffs. Nikola Jokic had a triple-double in the Nuggets basketball game.

Timestamps:
KCP – 0:00
Aaron Gordon – 6:32
Jamal Murray – 8:14