Postgame Interview | “It was embarrassing” – Michael Malone reacts to Knicks DESTROY Nuggets 122-84

Postgame Interview | “It was embarrassing” – Michael Malone reacts to Knicks DESTROY Nuggets 122-84

Assist 19 turnovers obviously that’s a extremely rare ratio for you guys what was it offensively that that wasn’t working for you guys outside from the Knick’s defense oh we didn’t make shots I mean you know they made 15 threes we made five uh you know ni was 13 for 18 and

Aaron was 5 for 10 uh but aside from those two you’d be hard pressed to find anybody shooting the ball well tonight so combination of their defense combination of us um just maybe not being ready to play the way we needed too uh combination of this being um the

Last dayve an 11-day road trip I think you put all that into the blender and uh tonight is what you get did you feel like the legs were an issue from the geckos I think end up 235 and fast break points they were they had some open

Looks from three especially in the first quarter and a few minutes in the second too yeah I mean we we played like a very tired team we had 19 turnovers for 26 points so you’re not going to beat anybody on the road especially a good

Team like that uh if you turn the ball over and fuel their break 23 to5 in transition points as you mentioned so uh yeah not not our best performance we’ll go home and regroup and get ready for Philly obviously it’s not the way you wanted it to end but how would you kind

Of sum up the effort and intensity that you saw from your team on this road trip overall o overall I thought it was a very good road trip you know obviously very disappointing ending to it you know you never want to lose a game uh you

Never want to get blown out you know which is what happened tonight but um you know you live to fight another day and that’s what we’ll do we have three games left this month you know at home against Philly Milwaukee then at OKC so all of our Focus right now is

Getting home getting some rest tomorrow and uh you know thankful that the NBA gave us a matina game on Saturday Coach OG was I think plus 39 at six deal did it feel like he was he was a different oh yeah yeah I mean the reason the crowd

Is chanton OG uh he was outstanding they’re 11- two with him in the lineup now uh he brings defense he brings offense he brings toughness he brings physicality uh he and the rest of the guys in the New York Nick uniforms tonight were they were terrific from beginning to end so

Give them a lot of credit for protecting their home court all right thanks everybody appreciate it quick it to the point from coach Malone and he does make a perfect point there when you look at the road trip three out of five is a good road trip especially that one yeah because

You played well you played uh Philly Philly could win potential win it all Boston potential win it all the only team to win in Boston all year Indiana’s a really good team Washington they beat Philly tonight the only uh not so good team Washington uh and then you get beat

By a you know a Hungary Knicks team yeah Knicks are good so and and I think until tonight defensively they’ve been okay the last three games I mean you hold the Celtics way under their average you hold the Pacers way under their average um the Wizards are the Wizards everybody

Holds them under under an average so but you play well defensively there too um and then you know you kind of had the fourth quarter in Philly and then pretty much every quarter here today um so so not bad overall yeah well the Knicks made a bunch of shots 15 threes for the

Knicks five for the Nuggets downtown breakdown presented by Starry lemon lime soda the official soft drink of the Denver Nuggets you see the numbers 15 of 38 for the Knicks yeah I mean and and they earned those three-point shots I mean it just is um you know Tom thibo

Has not been known for his off like that’s not a thing um but in the last couple of Seasons with the Knicks um he has really supercharged um what they’re doing on the offensive end they’re generating a lot better looks at the three-point line they’re playing at a

Faster Pace as well and so when you marry that with good defense you know they have a really good point differential um they’re going to be something a team to be contend with and and Nuggets we’re just facing step slow so penetration kick out they got a lot

Of good look threes this is what crazy for the second straight game the Nuggets most proficient most accurate three-point shooter Nicole leic he did it in Indiana he did it again in New York tonight two for three from I’m sorry he was two of three from three no other nugget made two three-point

Shooters got a knock down three-point shots for this team to thrive when we come back we blit in New York City you got to hear from the fans too cuz they like to talk uh one Heckler yelling at the Denver bench saying uh go fly back to your stupid

Airport after the defeat today come on is amazing w wow when’s the last time you won a championship oh 62 years ago that was actually since last year 53 years ago 53 whatever it doesn’t make any difference you get over 50 it doesn’t make any I was not

Alive I was two I was alive and I remember Willis Reed limping out yeah it’s been a while since the Knicks done anything that the nuggets have done you’re right all right let’s take a look at the uh highlights tonight Toyota game recap and you could tell from the start

Forth take a look at your Chevy postgame stats the Knicks shoot 52% the nuggets at 40% that is uh something you don’t see too often 19 turnovers 26 points off those turnovers it just is you could be shooting well and that number might get you be basically what

Have Nicks won every single category you you could have and they won every single one but still won a championship since 193 years AG 71 that uh that’ll do it for this segment we come back we’ll head to the N yeah you know I also saw some

Um interesting stats about him uh as the primary Defender um player shooting like 40% against him on this season which is maybe one of the top three or four uh best like you know in terms of lowest field goal um individual Defenders like he’s doing a great job on the defensive

End and it’s stuff like that that that really underscores what the job that he’s doing you want to hear something crazy I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen this only two Denver Nuggets scored in double figures tonight Nicole yic 31 Aaron Gordon with 12 he’s in the Nuggets locker

Room AG to only put up 84 points against that team what made their defense so challenging to go against tonight well they’re a good team and defensively they’ve been really good lately um and I just think we came out flat you know I don’t think we came out

With enough Pop um we can send uh this one to and honestly like we missed some good looks too you know um but I I think we were flat how good does it seem like OG fits within their system OG had a great game tonight um like he’s exactly what they need you

Know um the wing Defender that can play both sides of the floor so um he’s made them better obviously not the way you wanted to end this road trip but looking at it big picture how satisfied are you with the way that you guys came out and competed throughout this long East Coast

Trip it was good I mean came out with uh winning record so that’s always nice but um we wish we could get that one back yeah yeah how much tougher is it to just sort of find the legs when it’s the last game of a long road trip the other five

Gameer earlier in the year that that Houston game there were sort of stretches like that too how how much just tougher can it be after so long on the road yeah it was tough just because I felt like our our communication was lacking um on the defensive end and I

Think that comes down to like just like a little bit of exhaustion and like fatigue a little bit it’s just like harder to like do both you know to play defense play offense and communicate and I think that was uh what we were missing was the communication uh to each other

Tonight when when you have to turn around and play a Mata game on Saturday how do you spend the Fridays at just sleep as much as possible yeah yeah um just active recovery um but I think we’re excited uh to bounce back Nicole had another behind the head pass to you

In this game how have you learned to always be ready when it comes to playing with him I mean since I’ve been here he’s made some remarkable passes you know so you always have to have your hands ready um it’s just insane you know his passing ability his court Vision um

It’s just it’s it’s great absolutely amazing to play with a guy like that are you ever surprised Ed upon delivery no no no sometimes they like surprises like sometimes like it whizzes past me you know what I mean with the guy in like the opposite corner and not

Surpris him but uh these days I’m not surprised with anything that happen that he does what were you thinking when he went down with the eye thing it seemed pretty brutal in the moment yeah I’ve been there been there you know you take a jab to the eye you see stars and then

You can’t really see anything so he’s going to have a sore eye for I’m kind of like a black red eye for um a couple of days that’s not a fun feeling it’s just like like nasty feeling thanks you know it’s Crazy For I forget to an enemy has been defeated my anger is my [Laughter] greaty sh you have defeated an enemy a moment anything Your team has Enemy foree now fore tower has been Destroyed Is my greatest Whatee speee foree For Spee fore no one can escape the WEA I you will never know what I’m just getting started first Blood Al has been defeated an ally has been defeated an ally has been defeated defeated enemy double kill enemy onl enemy Ultimate an enemy has been defeated enemy onslaught nothing like a little danger to stay awake [Applause] damn an enemy has defeated an

Nuggets Postgame | “It was embarrassing” – Michael Malone reacts to Knicks DESTROY Nuggets 122-84