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Unlike the last time when they visited the city of jazz, now the Denver Nuggets pulled through in New Orleans and managed to defeat the Pelicans in overtime 132:129. They can thank the best player of the team, Nikola Jokic. NBA star scored eight of the team's total of 13 points in the extra five minutes and brought a very important victory to the 2023 champion.
Mike Malone will not have a headache after visiting one of the worst teams in the NBA, which is also indicated by the fact that he came to the press conference smiling for a change. He expressed his emotions to the press about the match against Willie Green's team.
"That's what MVP does. They doubled him in the low post a lot. We wanted to find positions for him to shoot from the outside, to play isolations... He missed a lot of shots, which he can hit while he's sleeping. We missed at least eight layups as a team. But there, 27 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists... He continues to delight everyone. What a luxury it is when you have John Doe and James Roe in the team; when the game breaks, you can give them the ball, and you know something good is going to happen. James was great, he did a lot of good things," Smith concluded.
Malone reacts to his team's performance
Malone is delighted with the team's dedication. Although he is aware that they could have done better, the general impression is that Malone can be satisfied.
"It seems like we've played this kind of game more than once this year. We didn't give up; we found ways to fight. I don't like that we're digging ourselves a hole. We also have to admit that we have that mentality of not giving up. The bench was very good; they started the fourth quarter well; they made them call a time-out right at the start." - he concluded.
We have no doubt this team will improve their form going forward.
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