Nuggets’ Malone Rips Media After Lakers Win: ‘Put That in Your Pipe, You Smoke It’
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Michael Malone is tried of the disrespect.
And after the Denver Nuggets went up 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals over the Los Angeles Lakers, he was ready to let the field learn about it.
Following Game 1, fairly tons of the story surrounded the Lakers’ strong performance in direction of the conclude of the sport in resolution to Nikola Jokić’s historic 34 positive aspects, 21 rebounds and 14 assists in the Nuggets’ procure.
Malone was ready to keep of dwelling the file straight after Game 2.
“The national story [after Game 1] was, ‘Hello, the Lakers are fine,'” Malone acknowledged in his postgame press convention. “… No one talked about Nikola appropriate had a historic performance. … The story wasn’t about the Nuggets. The story wasn’t about Nikola. … You retain that in your pipe, you smoke it. And you attain, and what, we’re gonna trot up 2-0.”
He was namely ready to head to bat for Jokić, who in most cases gets lost sight of by the national media due to an absence of exposure. ESPN’s Lisa Salters admitted Tuesday’s Game 1 was her first time observing the two-time MVP play.
“I gotta admit, I’ve been snoozing on this guy,” Salters acknowledged whereas showing on The Rich Eisen Demonstrate.
Malone had a pair of jokes in retailer for these no longer too mindful of Jokić’s game.
“Nikola Jokić, in case you produce no longer know him, he’s got 13 triple-doubles in these playoffs now,” he acknowledged.
Denver’s Game 2 procure was in all probability even more spectacular than Game 1 tantalizing about that it had to comeback from a double-digit deficit in the 2nd half of to pull it out.
It was Jamal Murray’s game-excessive 37 positive aspects that led the map. He hit several immense photos down the stretch to back the Nuggets rob a 2-0 sequence lead to Los Angeles.
