ESPN SC | “We live in era of Nikola Jokic” – Stephen A. EXCITED Nuggets CRUSH Grizzlies 128-103

ESPN SC | “We live in era of Nikola Jokic” – Stephen A. EXCITED Nuggets CRUSH Grizzlies 128-103

Memphis Grizzlies they win 128 to 103 for those who need help with math a 25o victory for the Nuggets who are now 3 and0 against the Grizzlies this season welcome to the Nuggets Locker report presented by your Front Range Toyota dealers Katie wiie and Bill hanslick hands big defensive game from the Denver

Nuggets was great to have Nicole yic back seven players in double figures what can you say about this team well you know what I like you said it defensively the Nuggets jumped on them right off the bat they had three steals in the first minute 20 seconds and uh

Memphis couldn’t get a timeout quick enough they jumped out that lead they never relinquished well Nicole yic was back in action for three quarters tonight that’s all they needed from the Joker in this one to get the win big performance from him 29 Points 11 rebounds eight assists what did you like

Most about the way he attacked well I like the end of those things I loved how he he he was just everywhere all night as usual drawing fouls from 3/4 for uh passing scoring but Katie you realize he had three Steals and one floor mop with

About three minutes to go in the fourth quarter got out there on his own mopping the floor in front of the bench the guy just does it all he does it all he does it all he’s a full team player Nicole yic tonight 29 points against the Grizzlies earlier this season you see

His numbers there he’s been very efficient against a depleted Memphis team clearly hands he’s had an aggressive mindset against yeah I mean well you Joker we’ve seen this before out of when he has he got a well I guess he was injured but we’ll call it a rest

Day you can’t say load bage so I’ll say a res no no no he just needed to deal with his low back pain yeah as we all do low back I have low back too but but when he comes back after missing a game you know gives him a couple he’s fresh

Lively and choker was a just beautiful no Jamal Murray no Aaron Gordon tonight for the Denver Nuggets but turns out they didn’t necessarily need him because they had players like Christian Brown step up he is our ball future is in your hands player tonight 17 points for CB 8

Of 10 from the field hands we talked about him in the pregame show about how he’s kind of coming back into himself how did you see that again wow again same thing great play you know and the one he’s developed a neck in that rebound cat for you don’t see that many

Five is that many but three of them were offensive rebounds where he seems to Dart in and just come up with three or four Grizzlies around him and he comes up with the ball gives a nuggets extra possession and Katie he might start lobbying coach Malone and say you know

I’m two and0 as a starter this year two and 0 two starts two two wins I’m not sure he’s got much of an argument there because he knows his role is coming off the bench and making an impact probably two and0 though that’s pretty good yeah 100% when Christian

Brown starts with uh P Peyton Watson was another player that had a stellar stat line line his first double double in the NBA 10 points 10 rebounds P was flying all over the place H how would you describe the way that pton Watson showed up he is super aggressive and blocking

Shots flying around every including that he had five fouls too but that’s okay you can’t take him home you can’t take him home be aggressive pton that’s your game he did that tonight he scored he rebounded uh he ran the court well uh good night for PW yeah the three blocks

Were very impress them as they always are from Payton swatson let’s get to our Fanatics sports book picks the uh our our travel day home yesterday from Portland was a nightmare and so you know it’s a long day of traveling uh did not have shoot around let the guys try to

Get some rest but uh that’s the way you want to start off a five-game home stand very business-like approach very mature approach and uh you know we got contributions across the board tonight and uh that was really fun to watch some guys that you know with you know with

Jamal and Aaron and Zeke all out some guys got a lot of minutes that they hadn’t gotten in a while and I thought they all you know made the most of those minutes so um that team right now Memphis they’re dealing with so many injuries so um you know we we know who

They are what they’re about and you know tonight we caught a break with them having so many guys out but we took advantage of it you know we didn’t mess around with the game and I wish that coming out of halftime we were a little bit more um serious with our approach

Maybe but uh you know we’re able to kind of get back to playing the way we needed to and uh and get a nice win Christian Brown’s making the most of every minute right now I assume that that’s what you were hoping for when you gave him the

Spot start yeah I mean he’s he’s been doing it man I mean he’s just been you know in every area I mean the energy the effort but now that’s also being you know 17 points five rebounds two assists um shooting the ball with confidence you

Know I thought earlier in the year he if he missed a couple he was hesitating he wasn’t shooting the open shot which was kind of there’s a ripple effect to the rest of our offense when you don’t shoot the open shot that kind of you know

Messes everybody else up but yeah I I think Christian Brown on both ends of the floor uh was just incredible tonight uh Nicole just made everybody out there better like he always does but I thought Reggie was outstanding tonight I mean that you know when Jamal was out 14

Games early in the year Reggie that’s how Reggie played every night you know for him to go out there and get 15 points eight assists to two turnovers a 4 to1 ratio is outstanding but then Off the Bench you know pton Watson 10 and 10 three blocks and somebody asked before

The game you know what does pton Watson have to do that’s what he needs to do and uh and not even the 10 points we’ll take that but the rebounding and the block shots if he does that every night I mean he he he can really help this

Team uh I thought Julian staler I know I’m going down the list here but you know for a guy who was in the rotation for the first 35 games roughly hasn’t played in a while I was so happy for Julian tonight and uh really impressive because he went out there and looked

Like he had not missed a beat I ran a couple atos for him and he he just knocked down the shot uh Justin holiday uh DeAndre it was uh really everybody that played tonight contributed in a very very positive manner what’s Nico’s mindset for to play

In games like this in terms of a lot of guys might take the night off given he was questionable coming in he plays so often in these kind of spots what does that speak to about him I’ll be honest man I think Nicole gets excited for ni

Like this and the reason I say that is all right no no Jamal Murray no Aaron Gordon um you know I wasn’t sure if Michael Porter was going to play so knowing that hey Colin’s going to play knowing that Julian’s going to play um like I think nle loves to help those

Guys I really do like saw it in the game in Portland right out of the break and Nicole was out there and Colin played great and Nicole just empowers those guys and and he’s communicating he’s talking to them in the huddles on the court but I I think his mindset is he’s

Going to play his game but he’s also going to really enjoy trying to um help some of these other guys that maybe don’t get regular minutes and to make sure that we’re getting the most out of everybody’s minutes and uh he makes everyone better once again that’s why

He’s truly a great player is he ever going to get that shooting foul from more than half court I thought tonight was egregious I mean it was clearly in the act and I asked sea and I give Shawn right a lot of credit because you know we had a

Really good dialogue about it and I said I’m telling you you’re not giving him the free throws because of where he is and he says you know what you’re probably right I go because if if you’re looking at it from the letter of the law it’s free throws because he’s he he’s

Not playing checkers man he’s playing chess and he knows it’s about to happen and he sees that and he’s already in the shooting motion when the foul happens but you know I get it I mean most people are not pulling up from three court to court for pull up three so I understand

Where the referees are coming and uh but I hope he gets it one day I hope he gets it and we can celebrate you mentioned Julian looking like he didn’t miss a beat what do you attribute his ability to do that to oh I think going down to

The G like it’s funny man like young players especially they look at the g-league as punishment I got to go to Grand Rapids yeah go play we’re a really good team man not a lot we don’t have minutes for everybody and so if you can go play real

Minutes in in a controlled basketball game in Grand Rapids Michigan uh we hopefully trying to do a lot of the same things offensively and defensively go make the most of that opportunity and I think e e e e e e e e e e

ESPN SC | “We live in era of Nikola Jokic” – Stephen A. EXCITED Nuggets CRUSH Grizzlies 128-103