“Wemby is not Nikola Jokic’s opponent!” – ESPN reacts to Denver Nuggets’ 117-106 win over Spurs

“Wemby is not Nikola Jokic’s opponent!” – ESPN reacts to Denver Nuggets’ 117-106 win over Spurs

Two for two so far on this four game Road Trip the Denver Nuggets get another Victory this one against the San Antonio Spurs in Austin Texas at the Moody Center Greg papovich legendary coach checking in with Nicole yic and Jamal Murray congratulating them on their performance on their win tonight’s game

Welcome inside the altitude Studios Katie wiy Bill Hans Lake Chris Dempsey let me just say this ain’t Texas nuggets did hold them they did they sure did they did and the Denver Nuggets get their 20th Road win of the season that’s one more than they had all

Of last season and that was a point of emphasis coming into this season was we want to be a better Road team how did they show up tonight well I I thought spectacular you know coming out of the gates offense all cylinders defense shutting them down they built a 19o lead

At the end of the first quarter and D they you know San Antonio reeled him in a few times there but the Nuggets kept pushing it back up yeah that was all really all that was required in this basketball game you got off to such a good start um both offensively and

Defensively uh they put it on cruise control a little bit in that second quarter uh but they they kind of evened it back out in that second half and you know the San Antonio Spurs they they are on a total different life cycle and they’re just trying to lay a foundation

For what they’re going to be in the future I think one of those things actually will be a good offensive team uh but right now they’re just not ready for a team like the nuggets and they’re not a good defensive team period no they’re bad they can score a little bit

But no D well Nicole yic took full advantage he had 31 points tonight the last 12 games that he’s played against the Spurs he’s averaging 30 points a game how did he dominate well he he just did his thing most of them around the paint mocked in one three but uh maybe

My favorite shot of the night he had a kind of a floater Bank one-handed bank shot when we bana just went after it you can jump high but you can’t jump that high that little push shot there was good Joker you know he only had to play

31 minutes with that 31 points ktie just just another outstanding Joker night yeah and just not you see this right there Victor with minyama for was tall as he is um is just too light to be able to handle on Nico yic who was going to pound on you before

Uh he he takes that shot and I mean they tried a number of different things San Antonio did defensively against Nia yic um having wiama off ball and bring him trying to bring him over as a help Defender sometimes as a primary Defender just all the things but um what papovich

Knows is he can’t stop him and and he’s he’s a huge yage fan I mean this is that exchange between the two of them happens every single time these two teams play because of the mutual respect they have for each other yeah I mean pop

Just that you good point pop is such a purist when it comes to basketball he likes it played the right way with the passing the good shot selection and Joker gives you all that mean let’s be honest how can you not be a fan of Nicole yic you’re crazy you should be a

Fan you’re crazy if you’re not a fan of Nicole yic let’s talk about the Denver Nuggets bench they are our ball future is in your hands feature in this postgame show Reggie Jackson Christian Brown Payton Watson Justin holiday they stepped up big time 47 bench points and

D you mentioned this it wasn’t like it was garbage time for these like they were very when the Nuggets needed them to be yeah this was a really real performance by all of those guys and you needed we talked prior to the game about the Nuggets seem to catch a good

Performance from one or multiple of these guys almost every single night Christian Brown uh again uh he did it all you know I mean look he was he played with confidence in the Miami game that fourth quarter especially and that just carried right over into this game

Hands really did I mean bench gim credy I mean the the lead was nine with about nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter so were were they going to have to roll AG uh Michael Porter and Joker back in or not and the bench just rose up give

Them rest yeah I won’t lie to you guys Chris memy was rooting for the San Antonio Spurs when we came in here to get ready for the postgame show just because of our fanatic Sports boat picks Mr Two Out Mr two out of three got

Two out of three again was going to get over were three and a half blocks and wemi was sitting on three blocks he was sitting on three and Demps just wanted one more block so that he could be correct in his fanatic Sportsbook pick I

Was uh two out of three again J how about the spread just barely just barely 11 on that 10 and a half or you don’t you got it yeah you’re Mr two out of three so you got right let’s call a pretty good percentage sore pick yeah

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Report Christian Brown four steals for him in tonight’s performance the Nugget beat the Spurs by 11 hanging in the balance do we get them in do we get them in do we get them in and to the group that was out there to their credit they were able to you know

Hold the Spurs off and keep our lead to 2018 176 and uh anytime we can get those guys rest this point in the season is obviously to our advantage um so I thought our first quarter defense was unbelievable second and third we didn’t play any defense and fourth quarter we

Got back to playing some defense held in to 40% from the field uh 36 assist is a great number 66 in the paint is a great number and the bench was outstanding 47 bench points tonight got contributions from a lot of people how important is it to see consistency from that second unit

Now as you get to this part of the Season there I’m a hard how time you listen I’m listening to the song over there you know one of my favorite songs what song is uh well you don’t know you better ask somebody I’m sorry repeat your question

Ben how important is it to start to get consistency from that second year this part of the year when you’ve kind of had the natural ups and downs with some of the young guys throughout the season just to sort of get a sequence of games where it’s guys are stepping up in the

Miami game guys are stepping up in yeah I I think it’s really important point because um it’s such a delicate balance when you’re trying to win at a high level and develop as many young guys as we are and the only way you can really

Do it is by letting them you know play through their growing Paints the ups and downs that you mentioned um and to see obviously you know Reggie’s not a young guy but for CB for pton even for Zeke for those guys that go out there and just to get more confident more

Aggressive uh in their respective roles with now 15 games to go um and that’s been a big part of us being 11 to1 coming out of the break yes it’s good offense it’s good defense but we’re getting consistency and productivity from the bench and uh you know I’m really impressed with those

Guys and uh once again with 15 to go we got a challenge going to Dallas and it never gets any easier and that’s what great teams do they continue to just you know chip away and and and stay the course the other night AG said he said

This in regard to Reggie but he said this team gets mad at you if you don’t shoot um and how teammates were kind of trying to stress to Reggie that he should stay aggressive keep that mindset is it sort of been the same for Christian in terms of the message from

Teammates and coaches throughout this season when he’s had some of his struggles yeah because I felt you know during the first half of the Season Christian would miss his shot then the next possession that he was open he wouldn’t shoot it and he’d Drive the ball in the traffic and either take a

Tough two which anal analytically speaking is not a great shot or maybe turn the ball over and I remember when I met with him and watch film that was one of the things that was an emphasis like you shooting an open shot is a good shot

Regardless if it goes in or not we need you to shoot open shots and he had that step back tonight and um you know I I was just so happy for him because now he’s shooting it with confidence and he’s mixing in driving finishing kicking defending rebounding as well as shooting

A three-point shot with just great confidence so uh that that’s uh that’s great to see from CB coach you you always talk about trust when you when you mentioned Justin holiday and I thought he came up big tonight he made that that that big three at the end of

The third quarter once again a little momentum Builder going into the fourth made some threes made some good plays had some steals he was uh he was good you know what like uh two plays that kind of jump out of about kind of defined just in the holiday you

Mentioned the three at the end of the third quarter five-point game not then all a sudden he hits that now we’re up eight little things like that can have a huge effect ripple effect and then he misses a breakaway dunk doesn’t drop his head doesn’t feel sorry for himself

Isn’t embarrassed gets back in transition and gets a steal that’s who he is he’s a guy that just plays next play mentality um you know you look at his Line Tonight five and nine from the field three of six from three 13 points and uh two steals so um he’s a veteran

And every time you call upon him he’s going to do something to help your team win the League’s lead shck has three blocks lead tless one late um but you’re CER which people say different stuff about the defensive I think had two blocks and really was dominant against

In the post just describe what you saw from his play from Nia or wemi n yeah I mean I think the first time we posted Nia I think wemy blocked it and then you know Nia is like a a savant okay I see what he did there how can I make sure

That doesn’t happen again how can I use my body get into him collapse him a little bit get that hooko a little bit further out to take away his wingspan shot fakes got him in foul trouble I think that’s the key if you’re going to beat that team obviously getting wiama

In foul trouble and uh you know getting him on the bench but the best way to stop him but that kid’s got a really bright future he’s only going to get better as he gets stronger um but yeah Nia you know 31 fore spee spee fore fore fore foreign spe spee fore spee

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“Wemby is not Jokic’s opponent!” – ESPN reacts to Nuggets beat Spurs 117-106 to improve to 11-1 since break

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