Nuggets Secure Tough Victory Against Thunder 140-127

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00:00But Nuggets beat the Thunder 140-127, so they get back after losing to them on Sunday afternoon.

00:06They played two days in a row, both there and OKC.

00:10Joker was at it again, 35 points, 18 boards, 8 dimes, including this one late to Russell Westbrook,

00:20who was having fun in his old roadie on altitude.

00:24Got one-on-one coverage with Hartenstein.

00:27Westbrook, got it again! Westbrook!

00:34How about, listen, how many times are we going to have this conversation?

00:37Those are the two most dangerous teams, and I want to see them play a seven-game series in the playoffs.

00:44Because, you know, just the night before, the Thunder spanked them.

00:50I mean, what was it, 127-103 or something? It was that bad.

00:54And then we went on the show yesterday and said, I took Denver, I said,

00:57they're going to get even with them tonight in Oak City, right on their home floor,

01:00because they are capable of beating this team with Joker, Porter, Gordon, Murray, Brown.

01:09They are legit. And everyone just wants to hand it to the Lakers that they're going to the Western Final.

01:17And, you know, now LeBron's injured, and God only knows what will happen between now and the start of the playoffs.

01:23But, you know, Mike, for me, these are the two teams I want to see play each other in the Western Final.

01:27I think they're the two best teams. I really do.

01:30No doubt about that. Here's Michael Malone before we move on.

01:34Of course, the Joker, he's been putting in a lot of work lately.

01:38Malone went to him before the game and said, how about we give you a night off?

01:42Back-to-back, playing at Thunder, whatever. And Joker said, you got to be kidding me. Here's Malone.

01:48And he won't tell you this, so I will.

01:50You know, I hit him up yesterday after the game, you know, trying to bring up a conversation about maybe we take tomorrow's game off.

01:56You know, I gave him the minutes, 45 minutes, 41 minutes, 39 minutes, 38 minutes, with a really bad ankle and an elbow.

02:05So, you know, this is not a rest game. This guy is beat up. We have 18 games to go.

02:11And what I love about Nikola, he was like, hell no. Come on, man. Coach, I'm playing.

02:17That's not even a conversation. Am I tired? Sure, everybody's tired.

02:20Am I a little beat up? Sure, everybody's a little beat up. But I want to play.

02:24And I think part of that was also, we lost, and he wanted to lead this team and find a way to come in here and get a win today.

02:31And to go 15 of 20, obviously the 18 rebounds and the 8 assists and the block and the steal, the guy is just incredible.

02:39So, as I say all the time, man, very thankful that he's in a Nuggets uniform, because you're watching greatness every single night.

02:47Us guys, seriously, I don't want to get up at 5 in the morning, but I do because I want to ball.

02:53And most guys that love playing and love the game, they want to ball every chance they get, even if they're tweaked.

03:00I know a guy playing right now with a bad ankle, and he's like, I play with it every day.

03:05It's just always sore. It's always a problem. And I just keep playing. And people play through everything.

03:11I remember playing through double fasciitis, both feet, just bone spurs, agony, corns, agony.

03:17You just keep playing because you love the game.

03:19And then there's guys that never want to play because they're prima donna candy asses.

03:27The guys that never play back to back are in the prima donna candy ass club.

03:32Like this guy, you heard him. He's broken down. He's got all kinds of injuries and problems.

03:36Ankle, elbow, he's playing 40 plus minutes every night, and he still wants to go play.

03:43Meanwhile, he doesn't even like playing.

03:45So don't tell me that dude doesn't love ball.

03:47Because people say, and we say it too, oh, he likes the ponies better than he likes basketball.

03:51I think that's a lot of bullshack.

03:53He just won't admit he loves balling.

03:55That pretty much said it all right there, didn't it?

03:58Yep. SGA now averaging 32.9 points per game.

04:03He's scored over 2,000 points this season.

04:05He's having a hell of a year as those two guys are obviously in the mix for the MVP.

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