“Nikola Jokic has been an absolute NIGHTMARE!” – ESPN on Nuggets comeback to beat Raptors 125-119

“Nikola Jokic has been an absolute NIGHTMARE!” – ESPN on Nuggets comeback to beat Raptors 125-119

Everybody sleeps on the nuggets and they’re going to wake up in June and they’re going to be having another parade they’re 8- one since the allstar break taking on the wraps this evening raptors have dropped five of six nuggets dug themselves significant early hole Jamal Murray hits the three from nicoa

Yic they Trail by 17 which is the largest deficit at the half at home this SE they sign up for 48 Steve got to sign up for 48 nuggets within 14 yic he had 19 in the third just like Kevin Durant did in the Highlight we showed you

Earlier and there went over Cleveland Reggie Jackson from three they Trail by five heading into the fourth you got 12 minutes to sort this out here they come Murray in the lane looked like he wanted to try to Dish instead threw it up and it drops nuggets Take the Lead

Joic give me that the block let’s run Murray Aaron Gordon great find good finish and the Nuggets now up five they’re going to finish this one off with a Michael Porter Jr look from the corner buckets and the Nuggets had the largest comeback win of the Season

They’re 4 standing brought to you by Health one the Nuggets now move in front of the tea wolves they were already in front now a full game and a half behind Oklahoma City you like to see that so what happens when you when you win nine

Out of your first 10 coming after the allstar break big and they’ve won them big the only one they lost to was ot to Phoenix so the Nuggets playing well but they’re about to be challenge got to go at Miami yeah that’s GNA be tough and look they’ve done all that and they’re

Still like everybody at the top is winning all the games and so uh as well as the nuggets have played they’ve they’re almost required to win all these games to keep them uh uh to keep up with the Timberwolves and the Thunder okay this is an underplayed very cool story

Because we know about Michael Porter Jr’s injury history right right with his back well his younger brother jonte Porter he had some devastating knee injuries I mean I think he had backto back AC isues do you know where he reap uh probably Gold Crown yes Gold

Crown f sure did well here he is playing tonight against his older bro and 14 for jonte 19 for Michael Porter and jonte has the advantage from the three-point line he had 43 what happens when you shoot at Gold Crow field outs that that that the Gold Crown like four leaf

Clover luckiness um look that Michael Porter was really really good today and you’re seeing a lot of as to the reason why not just three-point shooting look at the drive stop want a dime knocking a shot um little shots of the that’s what he’s added to the Arsenal this year

Those little stop and Pops yeah I mean you know it’s cuz Defenders are going to fly out at him at the three-point line and so what you have to be able to do in these instances is is take advantage of that Defenders on their toes drive by

Them and then if the second line of defense comes in then you can stop and pop or now you can a playmake or you can get yourself all the way to the rim and he’s doing a lot more of that you know what I really liked I I I like he hit

What I think was probably the biggest shot of the game they were 102 to go Toronto had one last little run that kept getting up five get up six and they had cut it to two and Jamal hit him crosscourt on an open Corner three and

Buried it 102 that made it 124 119 so five-point lead with about a minute pretty much seals the deal speaking of Jamal Murray 26 points tonight 21 of them in the second half is anything said in those huddles at all or is it just you know what to

Do yeah uh things are said but I mean actions got to follow you know what I’m saying so we’re talking about getting defense in the game and we weren’t getting defense into the game so um I think as a collective group in the especially in the third we just

Came out and just try to chip away you know it wasn’t pretty um but we did a good job of just staying with it uh they they made some uh some shots down the stretch that kept them above whatever um and we just we just stay I think we

Start to make some shots and get some stops and um one thing led to another and we’re right back we uh right back in the game so but we got to start lot early on the road especially we can’t come out and just expect to do that

Every night you know what I’m saying so we’re going to come little aggressive next game for sure Jamal obviously you averaged 10 assists in the finals last year but Michael Malone was really praising your passing this season and in the clutch tonight in what ways or if

Any ways do you feel your passing and playmaking feel on that part of the game has improved um honestly it’s just be more aggressive to score you know it’s not looking for the pass first um I think when I put pressure on the rim or

On the three or with with Pace I think um just making them making the defense have to react to me first and then I got yogic on my team so um my job is a little easier um but yeah that’s I don’t overthink it I’m always been a pass obviously I

Wouldn’t be able to play point if I couldn’t pass right so uh now it’s just looking to mix it put it together and uh pick my spots especially with how good of our team is um I don’t have to go and score every single time so um I thought

Everybody did a good job of just sharing the ball and and uh waiting for their turn that lead down to five going in four quarter maybe just to shap that confidence a little bit yeah uh I think just just playing hard for those 12

Minutes was uh was the key um and we did a good job at staying with it like I said they made some shots but we knew our energy was a lot better than it was in the first half and we just kept doing that we would be right

Back in the game um I forget I don’t know when we took the lead I kind of zoned out but um I yeah I don’t know really when was it third or fourth fourth Fourth um yeah I think we did a good job but just like I said just not

Playing the score just playing hard by me at least clearly Jal uh earlier before the game I was talking to coach Malone about just managing you managing your team generally but just making sure you hit the finish line so to speak healthy and kind of is playing the best

You can and how much of that is in your mind in terms of how you manage your off days and health and all these kinds of things going down the stretch here I feel like that’s off the court thing you know that’s that’s you coming in off days getting um getting treatment

Preparing yourself before the game obviously I don’t go into the game hoping I don’t get hurt obviously not going to would but I’ll think about after the game you know what I’m saying so um but yeah we want to get there healthy and I think the whole team training stff

Coaching staff has done a great job but just um hearing us out as players and um just reading us last handful of games you’ve been playing 37 38 39 minutes tonight I think 39 is that you know you just talk about it’s more about off day recovery instead

Of games do you feel a difference 34 to 39 minutes and is this like just getting ready for the playoffs where you’re going to play those minutes every um in Denver I do for sure um obviously I think I’m in great shape but playing 12 straight hard minutes is

Uh it’s tough on the lungs um but yeah I’m cool with it I just want to get the win you know what I’m saying playing 32 to 40 minutes to me that’s to me um it’s like no difference I do this for a living um so we all do so I don’t

Really pay attention to the minutes I just want to be out there and you know get enough win minutes to get the win if that Mak sense going going back to your playmaking for a second how is your ability to read the game improved don’t you say like you’re being more

Aggressive but like being able to read defenses and find your teammates how has like your ability to see things develop um I tribute to a couple things um um now I’m not since rehab I’m not um like just jumping for no reason if that makes sense so when I get into the

Pain I feel like I’m uh just just a little bit more like uh not slower but controlled which allows me to read more um two um watching Joker um I think his patience I think his um his timing uh and the way he picks his spots

Between pass and score I think um it’s beautiful I just like to I just watch it’s less about the move you know what I’m saying it’s more about when and where and how um that I try to pick up because dude dude is just incredible and it’s stuff that people don’t realize

Obviously he had I don’t know how much he had today 35 17 to 12 like amazing but but like it’s the other stuff you know that makes that um that makes that possible for him um so I think you know just especially especially I think when I’m scoring too the defense is obviously

Trying to help and then that just opens up things for everybody else I got great teammates that cut and move great shs so I think it’s just a chemistry thing and all the above that I just said also had great s awareness there by Jamal he’s in

More control this year control to win at 125 119 your Chevy postgame stats uh shooting was a problem early but they picked it up late 10 threes fast break do you notice guys since the All-Star break the nuggets are running again and they’re running hard one of the best

Pass break teams in the NBA since I said it earlier I mean Joker I think had six of those 21 devs yeah I I think in fact they’re the number two fast break team um in the NBA since the All-Star break actually Toronto’s number one uh but you

See what uh that can do for their offense when they get the stop they get out you they have Shooters they got guys that can finish at The Rim it’s if you’re if you’re in the opposition and you got to stop the Nuggets coming down

I don’t know what you do let’s go back downstairs Scott hting ready go back on offense Scott Hastings as the big fella Nia talk to me the difference first half second half what do you think that switch was that got flipped you know when you’re losing 20 I think you’re

Just a probably Pride I don’t know you don’t want to get blown out especially not on your your crowd probably just uh we have a we have a word in Serbian in Serbia but it’s really hard to translate it’s the word is inut I really want to

Know how to translate but I think there is no translation so so you had e not at halftime yes basically you get guys you guys can score so easily a time do you think you take defense for granted once in a while because you know you’re going

To be able to get scores down the other end um I’m not sure because I think we we a good defensive team uh and most of the nights our defense is a really high level and uh when it’s a tight game we RI on our defense so maybe it’s just you

Know I really don’t know how to explain it just one of those nights you know they were playing with a lot of um aggressiveness were just running the floor they were playing in transition and we we were kind of always step or two slower even in uh communication

Matching up with the players so it was kind of we were just slower than them in the first half after after all the big internet buzz from yesterday people want to know what what Nicole yok’s favorite dinosaur is how do you guys know that it was on all over the web H

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“Nikola Jokic has been an absolute NIGHTMARE!” – ESPN on Nuggets comeback to beat Raptors 125-119