(Photo : Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Head coach Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets reacts in the course of the first quarter in recreation six of the Western Conference Semifinal Playoffs towards the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on May 11, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.
After Denver’s tight 108-103 win over the Los Angeles Lakers within the second Western Conference Finals recreation on Thursday night, Nuggets coach Mike Malone voiced his displeasure with the nationwide media narrative circulating for the previous few days.
“The national narrative [after Game 1] was that the Lakers were fine. … No one talked about Nikola just had a historic performance. … The narrative wasn’t about the Nuggets.”
– Nuggets HC Michael Malone pic.twitter.com/zUSjByjZMf
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 19, 2023
“You win Game 1 of the playoffs, and all everybody talked about was the Lakers. Let’s be honest, that was a national narrative: The Lakers were fine. They’re down 1-0 but they figured something out. No one talked about that Nikola had a historic performance,” the 51-year-old mentor stated.
Before the sport, Malone was already taking pictures at media narratives, saying that it was the primary time he is ever been in a sequence up 1-0, and the sequence was over in all people’s eyes resulting from Lakers ahead Rui Hachimura guarding Nikola Jokic for six possessions.
The Nuggets coach continued to reward his star Jokic, stating that he has been unbelievable on a nightly foundation on the most important stage.
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Nikola Jokic Continues to Make History
Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic has been rewriting the historical past books virtually each recreation on this playoffs. In the Game 2 victory, he dropped 23 factors, 17 rebounds, and 12 assists en route to a different triple-double.
He has now tied Wilt Chamberlain for many triple-doubles in a single postseason run. Jokic can also be the first participant within the historical past of the NBA to place up 4 consecutive 20-point triple-doubles within the playoffs.
Nikola Jokic is the first participant in NBA historical past with 4 consecutive 20-point triple-doubles within the Playoffs. pic.twitter.com/Dlc94YaKlV
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) May 19, 2023
The Western Conference Finals shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Saturday.
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