Nuggets advance in NBA playoffs; Jokic and Malone reflect

You Nuggets confirmed their favoritism against the Minnesota and advanced to the playoffs of NBA. With the leadership of Jokic It is Murray, Malone saw the Denver team have a little concentrated start and that bothered the coach in some way. Even so, the team reconnected to the match, sought the turnaround and closed the 4-1 aggregate with a 112-109 victory during the night of last Tuesday, 25.

In a press conference shortly after the match, Jokic acknowledged the difficulties the team had during the match against the Timberwolves. The star highlighted that this was a game in which the Nuggets really found themselves lost and under extreme pressure. With that, Denver’s main athlete made a point of praising the work done by Minnesota during the playoffs.

And they still managed to be in every game except Game 1. That was the only game where it was an easy win for us. They did a good job. We were only a little better this time”, stated Jokic.

To give you an idea, the coach of the Nuggets also acknowledged that he was worried about the first frame of the match. Malone assured that he didn’t know what to do to change the scenario, but he highlighted the dedication of his players to get the tie and the comeback. The result placed the Denver team in the next stage of the playoffs, and the coach did not hide his happiness when analyzing the classification.

“I couldn’t identify what was going on. Was it nervousness? Was it the moment? Was it too big for us to try to form a team? I don’t think so. We just showed up like we weren’t playing hard to get. But it wasn’t the physicality and aggression and intensity needed to close the team.”explained before finalizing his review of the game:

“And I couldn’t believe that at halftime we were leading by one. I was like, ‘Wow! We just played that half. And you look at all the numbers and the only reason we went up by one was the foul line“, completed the coach. The Nuggets will face the Suns in the next phase of the playoffs and the dispute is scheduled to take place on the 29th.