ESPN reacts to Nikola Jokic’s Triple Double powering NBA Champion Nuggets over Cavaliers 130-101

ESPN reacts to Nikola Jokic’s Triple Double powering NBA Champion Nuggets over Cavaliers 130-101

And it was a passing party because well because Nico yish that’s why oh the N oh absolutely and the nuggets in a big way defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers clinch a playoff spot in the process and just do all the things that we know and love this basketball team to do welcome into

The Toyota locker room report Christopher Dempsey alongside bill hansik in hands wow I I don’t know that I saw 21 three-pointers and 130 points coming but that’s what we got today oh we really did Cleveland’s a type of Team they’re six in the league defensively

That loves to take away the pain so they were crowding banging and the Nuggets moved the ball and when they got the open looks they splashed them home yeah and to snap a two- game losing streak the Nuggets finally got over the 100 point mark which they had not done in

The two losses and look they did that from the three-point line uh they made them early they made them late they made them in the middle they they rained three-pointers down on the Cleveland Cavaliers making a season High 21 and shooting a season High 63% from the three-point line that’s the best

Starry downtown breakdown uh uh chart that we’ve ever seen the best one pure beauty right there I mean it those little balls are getting crowded them I know very few x’s on that screen and H they were able to one look when you get a three-point percentage this high

You’re knocking some down in the faces of some players but you’re also generating a lot of good ones right yeah yeah you a lot of Ball moving but once you start knocking it down somebody hits one somebody else hits one then it but when it comes to your turn Aaron Gordon

There he splashed him in it was it was completely contagious from everybody I mean they had one two three four five six six no wait it say start one two three everybody in the starting lineup hit threes Christian Brown made a three holiday made a three they’re like eight

Or nine guys made threes tonight yeah and kavus cwell post six is a season High uh for him and look the leader was the leader he came out aggressive today this is the ball future is in your hands it’s Nia yic and hands you Marvel at

These stats I mean it is 26 points 16 assists 18 rebounds in this game tonight just today unbelievable one last St for him Joker’s plus minus in his 34 1/2 minutes was plus 3 seven how do you plus 37 them says the Nuggets won every single

Quarter um y y you had the yoky doie going tonight the passing the scoring just every rebounding Cleveland didn’t have an answer hands I I wonder if you know after losing the last game and obviously there’s no Jamal Murray in this game either how much did you think

He put on his shoulders to be aggressive from the start and to really get the Nuggets off you make a good point I think a lot this guy Nola hates to lose just hates to lose and so he found a way to kind of get different guys going tonight and man I

Mean look at those stats his fantasy line he’s got a oh gosh yeah it’s off the charts there’s no doubt about it uh one of the things that stood out to both of us was the guard matchup in this game because the Cleveland Cavaliers come in with a guard guards Donovan Mitchell and

Darius Garland who average what 45 points per game between well they got 18 it is our Red Canary assist of the game brought to you by Red Canary we have no doubt we got you um the comparison between these two is it was it was it was crazy Reggie

Jackson and cwell Pope had 41 points between the two of them and uh and Mitchell garet at 18 now to even make that greater like d you said it on the season uh cwell Pope and Reggie Jackson average about 20 so they doubled up their scoring potential yet cut the

Cavaliers high scoring duel less than half of what they normally I mean that that that is a shocking um total right there is is what that is uh when you talk about what they were able to do and this is the assist of the game here oh

Yeah how about this this is just pure beauty Joker said oh oh up now you thought I was going I think I’ll go this way and then this perfect bounces up to his shoulder you didn’t even have a bend over for that exactly right and it’s a pass that yeah

That looks flashy right but also was kind of necessary in that situation with Jared Allen being positioned where he was yeah they they tried to body up on him and Kell P made a nice back door cut had his defender on his backside and said wow yeah that was the ray Canary

Assist of the game all right let’s take our first break here on the Toyota locker room report we come back we will hear from nuggets coach Mike alone on a 29o victory you know that that’s what I loved about tonight was Yes we made 21 threes and last couple of games we

Couldn’t make a three but I think more importantly it was how we generated those looks the ball movement the body movement and everybody really just kind of committing to playing for the guy next to them and making plays for your teammate and and uh and then everybody

Benefits from that so um obviously 36 assists is a great number um the 213s I thought the second half defense was really really good but I think the key stretch for me was the way we closed that second quarter I think it was a 24 to 11 run then we started the third

Quarter on a 13 to3 run that’s kind of when we took control of the game and uh you know Nicole I mean what more can you say about that guy he’s so fun to watch and uh you know just so thankful that he’s wearing a nug uniform man cuz I

Would hate to play against that guy or game plan against that guy but we needed this we needed this this this win and not just the win but more importantly how we got the win you know I thought the energy the positivity that the connectedness it was just uh you know

For me I know it sounds cliche but that that to me was Denver Nugget basketball coach is that the value in yic playing through pain obviously there’s a counterargument you guys are close to the playoffs how it’s important you know who you are but you just said you guys

Needed this and needed a good process and he goes out and obviously I would say helped oh yeah well that’s an understatement yeah he helped a little bit um well I I think for for nicoa for myself um for our training staff I think everybody’s dealing with different bumps

And bruises right now and you have to get to the point where you ask yourself at what point is he not in position to play and Nia obviously after nine years and everything he’s done for this team and franchise he’ll tell us hey man my wrist has bothered me my back back is

Bother my hip is bothering me so much why I can’t go out there and do my job and then when that that that happens obviously we will not play him um you know but I think having lost you know the Phoenix game and losing the Minnesota game uh this was a chance for

Us to kind of get back to playing our brand of basketball and get that bad taste out of our mouth and obviously Nicole’s a big part of who we are can’t wait to get Jamal Murray back because we know when we’re whole uh you know we

Have a very very confident group but um a good win for us against a very good basketball team coach you mentioned several times over the course of the last couple games about how you love the shots that you guys were getting they just weren’t going down then tonight

They go down how proud of your team are you of the process of just kind of sticking with it no matter what is is happening out there on the well yeah that’s that’s a challenge because you know now with seven games to go you can’t overreact and and I have to make

Sure me as a head coach us as a coaching staff that hey man we getting the good looks hey keep on shooting it you know and for our players to stay with it obviously Michael you know he’s going to make shots but I mean Reggie goes five

Of five I thought he was outstanding tonight Reggie Jackson his energy man he was just uh kcp goes six of nine Christian two of three you know we just had a lot of guys make shots uh and that that helps you out that gives you

Confidence and that gave us a bit of a pep in our step but you know you’re going to go through you know parts of the Season where you’re not making shot so what are you going to do feel sorry for yourself just keep on playing and uh

And today was an example of us just kind of fighting through it and uh you know we found a rhythm you talked the pregame about Nia’s pride and and wanting to play every night you guys have also won 80% of your games since the start of the

Last season after a loss year at home you just do not allow losing streaks to kind of occur what does that say about nicool not only as a superstar in this league but at this point in the season to come out with that kind of focused

Effort well yeah I think it speaks to you know why he’s the you know going to be a three time time MVP um it speaks to his understanding that it’s not just about NOLA and that’s what I love about him probably more than anything is how selfless he

Is it’s not about him getting 26 18 and 16 it’s about he was so into the game tonight so into the huddles talking to guys being vocal on the court that shows you the investment that shows you how much he cares about this team understanding like the message out of

The All-Star break come on I didn’t tell to send a text message him taking ownership of this team tonight him showing up and saying okay I’m going to do what MVPs do I’m I’m going to help lead us to a win because we’ve lost two

Games in a row with seven eight games so it speaks to his maturity his leadership his uh accountability ownership everything that you would apply to truly great players over the last 10 years you’ve seen them Joker play as much as anybody is he still capable of surprising you of anything he does yeah

I mean that that’s one of my challenges is that um for this team for nicoa for Jamal for any of our guys never to take them for granted you know really it’s like I I I don’t take my job for granted Jo the national anthem every night I

Always think about cherish and savor every moment in the NBA Chuck Daly passed that along to my father passed it along to me I am a really lucky guy to coach this team for nine years now and you know Nia you we’ve come to expect greatness every night

But within that greatness he’ll do things whether it’s the behind the back pass whether it’s you know just the moves he makes in the post the finishing finding pton Watson along the Baseline as he’s being double teamed first half we play a lot of offense him catching

The ball in the elbow moved behind it got whatever he wanted second half he put a more in the post got where whatever he wanted so his ability to control the game is is second to none and uh I will never ever ever take Nicole for granted is hot shooting or

Even cold shooting contagious well last two games it was contagious we definitely somebody you know uh passed the bug around the room but um I think it can be contagious I I think there can definitely be a hey man we’re we’re we’re having one tonight everybody’s feeling good and now

Everybody’s looking to make that next play to get the other guy an open shot and uh so I think it can be contagious but more importantly what I love about it is that it keeps great energy in the ball I mean when that ball is flying around like that we become really hard

To guard like any other team you know think about Golden State when they were in their Prime I mean they making 25 threes T nighted damn seem like and everybody’s a part of that and that’s a fun way to play uh and that’s what it seemed like

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ESPN reacts to Nikola Jokic’s Triple Double powering NBA Champion Nuggets over Cavaliers 130-101