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00:00Intentionally so Spencer Jones that has been an issue with his play he's got three fouls here as Powell puts
00:08it away hey tired of replacing your roof every couple of years break the cycle get your roof for a
00:13lifetime from Redhawk roofing go with the pros Redhawks roofing now the sharpshooter coming in Tim Hardaway Jr. for six
00:22years in Dallas as Spencer Jones goes out to your point I do think that's a that's the next step
00:29in Spencer Jones
00:30learning how to be the next level defender right he brings such physicality such toughness but how can you do
00:36that without getting called for fouls you'll get the log to Christian Brown is a beauty and we got a
00:53foul to boot Nikola Jokic passing you talked about the precision can't get any better than
00:59than that it's just right exactly where it needs to be and for every teammate that he has in these
01:06situations too he just knows exactly where to put the basketball to make them most comfortable let's toss it over
01:11to Hastings
01:11and Katie alley up it to Hastings that play right there exactly talked about earlier right quick double team and
01:19Murray he gets it out of his hands quickly and now it's an odd man attack to the basket that
01:25happens a few more times this game's over
01:27well an odd man attacking the basket and that man is Nikola Jokic one of the best playmakers in this
01:32league too so even more of a threat
01:35that's trying to get two back flag is in the lane and he puts it to bed Cooper flag 14
01:43points now and 5 of 10 shooting
01:46Jokic has 13 assists his season right you know is 17 now Murray back to you swing it
01:54Hardaway did not pull the trigger and Jokic wondering no call
02:04this ball Jokic has it two Mavs to beat Jokic still going and Jokic is going to get a technical
02:13here
02:19and Adelman is living everybody yelling at the officials here
02:27you want to get a yell in I'm good
02:3280 to 75 Denver before we go to break let's head back to Chris Dempsey for the Intermountain Health
02:37sportswear Chris is still buzzing here at Ball Arena this is why Jokic was mad Katie Wengie there's a grab
02:44right there
02:46clearly
02:48there's ball
02:50but then he gets it back
02:52there's another foul right there
02:54and they get the money's worth on that didn't they I mean it was Chris Marlon Katie Wengie
02:59now Scott Hastings now Jokic has a 17-footer and he buries it
03:05well Nicole Jokic and Jamal Murray on their way to special games here and Jokic
03:13and Jokic is just losing his mind out here and I don't blame him he was mixed up with Bagley
03:18there
03:20he could call that every single time against Nicole Jokic on the other end that's the way that he's defended
03:25each time down
03:27let's get to Hastings on this subject matter guys 23 minutes 15 shots now what is it 12 13 rebounds
03:3514 assists
03:36think of the times he's touched the ball in those 24 minutes look how many free throws he's attempted
03:43zero
03:45that's one of the most usage players in the league and and it's getting ridiculous and it's been like this
03:52for a handful of games
03:53and I don't blame you for getting mad especially that replay you just showed
03:58yep if you can't see that and you're an official you shouldn't be here
04:03and I know we're showing it and replay in slow motion but when there's multiple fouls multiple possession
04:09I think the most frustrating part for not only Nicole Jokic but David Adelman and the entire Nuggets team
04:14right now is he's officiated differently than everybody else the way that he is guarded as a big man
04:20it shouldn't be different but it is for some reason Murray turns the corner
04:27and the pass is off Dallas out of bounds
04:33last thing I'll say just because I'll tell you what you can send clips you can send clips into the
04:38league office
04:39and there's one that that is apparent just because he's bigger and stronger doesn't mean that players should be able
04:44to get away with more defending him
04:46it's not the way this works don't get over the top and misses
04:51Jokic 13 13 and 12 so far zero free throws
04:58Bagley drops it in slowly but surely Dallas catching up
05:04here they come
05:09camp johnson
05:10nope third quarter the nuggets have stalled out a little bit here
05:20Marshall left it short another rebound out to christian brown over to murray he fires a triple
05:25got it
05:28jamaul murray about his first points
05:32here in the second end he's got 36 now
05:38looks at his hands almost if to say I still got it
05:42yeah if he starts blowing on his fingers then we know he's really hot now you'll get chances
05:47you'll get 10 on a swivel
05:50you'll get into the lane
05:55run two-man game with murray
05:59murray around the corner
06:01makes the pass
06:02kristian brown for three
06:04that's good too
06:06well the nuggets have made 13 of 28 threes
06:1146 percent and the crowd here at ball arena loving every minute of it
06:16nougat's getting back to getting out and running in transition in this third quarter late christian
06:22brown shooting 40 percent for three in the month of march at home knocking it down
06:29it is time now for our drive of the game brought to you by your local forge stores ready set
06:34forward
06:34how about payton watson getting some minutes in the first half blows by cooper flag
06:41waving bye bye gas pedal acceleration right here on payton watson's vehicle
06:48taking it all the way to the bucket
06:51you know they're trying to bring payton along slowly remember he was out extended time he's back in now
06:58missed 19 straight games nuggets were barely above 500 in his absence at 10 and 9
07:06it's a 10 point lead for denver and clay thompson doing what he does
07:11yeah no hesitation from clay thompson if you give him an inch he's gonna take that shot
07:1539 percent this season so it's still good for distance
07:23and we got another whistle
07:26and i believe this one is in favor of nicole jokic right here
07:32so watch nicole jokic banging down low with bagley and can't do that bagley with the grab
07:39and jokic going to take his first free throws of the night third foul on bagley
07:46okay just saying yeah i like getting to the free throw line occasionally
07:55now get this low zero down lease on a built ford tough f-150 for just 479 a month
08:04scott hastings brought this up earlier with just less than five minutes remaining in this third quarter
08:08these are nicole jokic's first free throws of the game folks
08:13and he makes them both so good news for david adelman and the nuggets lead by nine
08:20jokic i know you're keeping track 15 14 and 13 assists
08:25going for another monster triple double
08:28passed into the corner middleton boy he was open for a moment
08:33and jokic taps the rebound and bagley comes up with it
08:40middleton on the run
08:45chris middleton a multi-time all-star still knows how to score the basketball yeah tough break right
08:51here too because nuggets are trying to get out and run they've been so successful in fast break
08:55situations and usually nicole jokic is able to tip that rebound to himself misses that one and then
09:00your defense is out of position middleton taking advantage beating christian brown in the basket
09:05right there fourth foul called on christian brown he's got 10 points murray the high man with 36
09:12cameron johnson's got 12 for denver if you're looking for for things to clean up if you're the nuggets
09:18here as we round out this third quarter going into the fourth quarter you have to be able to defend
09:23absolutely particularly the one-on-one defense have to do a better job of sitting down and guarding
09:28i think that's one of the issues with the small ball one of can they defend bigger players without
09:34let them all hurry around jokic gets it quickly jokic into the lane
09:39sets up payton wants it for food and he drills that that's the play scott hasties we're talking about
09:45murray double get it to your kids let jokic be the playmaker
09:50the lead jumps back up to nine brandon williams handling at the point now see the three-point story
09:57favoring denver
09:58i like bagley i'm not sure he's a great starting center in the league but as a backup center
10:08he's pretty good
10:16the nuggets are going to play here 93-86 it's a quick one murray
10:22we'll get it back once it one-on-one against christy
10:27murray on the brutal drive had to fade away no good
10:33dallas has it
10:34and a nice bucket by williams wow yeah the handles by williams right there fun to watch
10:45now you can see why nimhard is not playing as much this kid that's electric
10:56and williams at the line
10:59where's you know dallas traded luka donchich to the lakers on february 25th kind of changed the
11:04course
11:05of their season
11:08you might know they're in gordon sitting out tonight and arresting him on back-to-backs which
11:16i think is a great idea preserve that man right there injury management for his hamstring injury yes
11:23yes can't can't take any risks with having aaron gordon healthy and they're going to call a screening foul
11:30on hardaway
11:37this third third quarter has not had a lot of rhythm to it has it been kind of clunky and
11:41the nuggets
11:42that's getting in foul trouble at the nine minute mark and going into the penalty has just made it
11:46untenable a lot of whistles being blown
11:51well dallas has it dallas hanging around
11:56bruce brown and
12:00chris middleton yak it up a little bit there
12:07middleton basket counts file is that three and ones in a row
12:12that's unbelievable dallas mavericks
12:16the third quarters have been really sketchy for the denver nuggets they play a great second quarter
12:23and then yokich
12:26it's interesting yokich gets cold for the touch fouls
12:30there's no such thing as a touch foul we could talk about that all night long and we have
12:3693 quarter 93 92 nuggets by one here led by as many as 11.
12:42can you get a loop this time down
12:45dallas has played a good quarters now
12:47look it's going to work inside turn shoot got it
12:5617 now for yokich 15 rebounds 14 assists
12:59i got a wide open look that's no good another rebound to yokich
13:07not out of the realm he could go 20 20 20 tonight if he plays long enough
13:13now payton watson has it watson sling it into the corner bruce brown for three yes
13:19that's how you make a defense pay for sending a double team to nicole yokich posting up inside
13:24bruce brown ready to shoot at bruce brown doing his thing
13:30milton shrugs off bruce brown's got it
13:35six point lead for denver just over two minutes to go here in the third
13:42payton watson euros into the lane something he has worked on and something he's improved at
13:49just payton watson's ability to create his own shot it has been so good this whole season that he's
13:55been available 11 points for watson then puts six nuggets in double figures and a nice shot there
14:03by clay thompson
14:08194 yokich on the run and he's fouled
14:14let's go back to payton watson
14:17coming off that handoff from nicole yokich and that's what you need to do
14:20turn the corner take the defense one-on-one hope that you maybe draw some help but peyton watson
14:26taking advantage right over clay thompson and getting crafty with his finish i remember when
14:30christian brown initially came with the nuggets he really didn't have the euro and he worked on that
14:35and he got really good at it it's like the same with peyton watson
14:39look at nicole yokich another triple double he drops in it hey if you're injured no attorney is
14:44more qualified to know to speak about your injuries than the doctor who's also a lawyer
14:48dr joseph ramos ramos law dot com what are you laughing at kevin i just you are just having
14:55some fun tonight the series you were wondering about rome you're a man of many talents and you
15:04on a swivel on a swivel no no okay i do you got the highlight you got the graphics you've
15:09got the
15:10advertising read then we're back to the game action you just you got to keep up folks you got to
15:14keep up
15:15with chris marlowe we're going we're going going seeing being and doing as my mom used to say
15:24julian strother's on he's guarding smith williams down the middle to powell
15:30oh look like he's hit no call yokich has another rebound bruce brown all the way
15:36and he gets it in there because julian strother is knocking down threes and he runs to the corner the
15:42spacing of the floor allows bruce brown to be able to create like that in transition
15:46nuggets making a nice push here 24 fast break points for denver now bruce brown recognizes this
15:54early that the lane is going to be open because there's nobody stopping him here well and they all
15:58run the floor with nicole yokich but because again you have shooters in the corner you have that spacing
16:03it creates driving lanes right in the middle of the paint that bruce brown right there
16:08clears the path katie nugget shooters tonight pretty good they've made 15 of 33s that's 50 percent
16:15meanwhile the man's eight of 26 they've been held at 31
16:19i saw an interesting note from dan hyatt the nuggets are very good with eight o'clock tip-offs
16:30late tip-offs the nuggets this season you probably know this 14 and three
16:36it is interesting that they've struggled a little bit in those matinee matchups those earlier games
16:40they sure have a team of night owls
16:44nuggets 34 points in the first game 34 in the second 36 in the third
16:51so far murray's been the star tonight along with his pal nicole yokich
16:57murray sitting on 36
17:00yokich 19 15 and 17
17:04well maybe yokich talking to the officials has paid off a little bit here he's getting to the free
17:10throw line now fouls on williams his second i also think too if you bring an issue to someone's
17:19attention enough you make yourself heard it's going to be more noticeable when it's happening out there
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17:43You say making your point do you think it's better if you admonish the refs harshly or just go up
17:48and talk to him
17:50I think there is is a a path to walk in that situation
17:54I think it probably starts with the initial conversations. Hey, will you watch for this?
17:58I'm feeling this way, but then when that gets
18:03Your point might need to be made a little bit louder nice play by Powell
18:07Once again, Dallas without Derek lively and Daniel Gafford lively out for the season
18:15Gafford's got some shoulder injuries. Jokic commits his second foul. Excuse me third foul
18:33And a rebound for Watson
18:42Strader
18:44Julian strother from deep
18:51109 98
18:54Nuggets here late third quarter to get it done
19:00And there's a little bit of
19:04Accentuation there, but a foul on williams well played tim hardaway jr. Well played
19:09And as a shooter that knows what it's like to have to run around those screens chasing a player like
19:14clay thompson because that's how tim partway juniors guarded
19:18Hit that screen
19:20Make your point
19:21And middleton
19:24Didn't like it who would 109 98 final 12 seconds here in the third
19:33Nuggets survive in the third back
20:00Nuggets survive in the third back
20:00And watson throws it down
20:00It's precision it is it's precision it's goggles it's all the vision it is so elite
20:06Payton watson knows it
20:07He knows that if you set a great screen a lot of the times you're going to be the open
20:10player cuts right to the spot
20:12You could find him perfectly mind goggling it really is
20:21So it was 93 92 at the 307 they correct
20:28And the nuggets since then on an 18 to 7 run
20:42It drops home
20:46Jokic
20:48No
20:49Actually looks pretty good from rc. It's not that bad. Okay, that's the end of the third quarter
20:54The nuggets putting on the reds
20:57111 100 you're watching altitude sports on nine news you're home for nuggets basketball
21:05So
21:27And we welcome you back to ball arena once again a sellout crowd the nuggets putting up 43 in the
21:35third
21:36In a game with no rest they're looking pretty perky scott aces came over
21:41Said hello during that timeout and circled a couple things on my statue
21:46Nicole jokic folks 17 assists
21:50zero turnovers
21:52That's a pretty good assist to turnover ratio absolutely ties a season high for assists
21:59for jokic
22:03Now julian straw there's a round flag
22:06Don't fall away left it short
22:11Jokic career either wonder is 22
22:15A chance to get that later in the washington and washington off the glass
22:23Dallas one of those teams it's going to get a nice lottery pick
22:28This time around they're 23 and 49
22:3113th in the west as you look at the numbers to washington who's been solid
22:36Now
22:36Murray pulls up in the lane he short gets it back
22:39Powered up yes
22:41But jamal murray still chugging
22:48113 102
22:54To fall away that's no good
22:58So this is the one issue
23:00If the small ball lineup has it it's rebounding can they rebound well enough with bigger teams well and one
23:06of the reasons that
23:08Dallas took as quick of a shot as it did right there was because they had the positioning to get
23:12that rebound
23:13And that's sometimes a better option that's a better shot in the past is assuming they're going to catch it
23:18off the rim if it doesn't go in
23:27Washington at the line
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23:48Drops it in
23:53And the Nuggets lead is nine
24:06That's a whistle tonight katie wenji on a late game that's never good
24:12It just ruins the flow of the game but i will say it hurt the nuggets a lot in the
24:16third quarter because
24:18It didn't allow them to get out and run it didn't allow them to play at the pace
24:21They wanted to play at when the team is shooting free throws it allows them to get back and set
24:25defensively and that does not work in denver's favor
24:30It's
24:31Murray double
24:33Scott's watson
24:35Watson against flag wants it over flag missed it
24:39That's such a tough shot what flag is so long
24:42made watson pick twice
24:46DJ washington on the run he throws it out
24:49They do it
24:50Nuggets have worn four straight home games
24:53Three consecutive games overall
24:56And watson into the lane
24:59And pj washington claiming
25:01That watson was pushing off but he'll draw the foul
25:05And free throws coming up
25:08An efficient night for peyton watson too
25:09He's got 13.6 of nine from the field and i loved the mentality that he is really attacked with
25:14For denver especially given the fact that he wasn't in phoenix last night
25:18So he was in his own bed probably got a great night's sleep
25:22He he's brought the energy so far for denver in this game
25:25What time did you get to sleep last night?
25:27Oh 4 35
25:29What about you? 4 16
25:32This exact same time as scott hastings scott hastings wasn't yours 4 16
25:374 16 was when i
25:39Wow you two are in sync i texted dmacc at 4 12
25:45Turned my lights off set my alarm
25:48And last time i looked at my phone it was 4 16
25:52I think you left out the best part of that story is when i called you 4 16 i said
25:56go to sleep big man
26:01Long range three is no good
26:05Watsons got it over the strawler he says he fires it's no good and dallas has it
26:16Flag baseline
26:20And washington an easy bucket there
26:23Nuggets not out of the woods yet for this one
26:27As dallas continues to play hard nine point lead
26:31At bruce brown getting sent to come on here pretty soon
26:38Murray and murray drops it in
26:41It's just unbelievable the decision making that jamal murray
26:46As he gets into the paint he reads the defense right on time right on target that's 40 for murray
26:51as middleton gets three back
27:01All right
27:07Murray steps back on middleton
27:12Jamal murray is having a night to remember
27:16levitating levitating at 43 right now
27:23Middleton right back at you they're having a good battle here
27:28Murray's the season is 52 regular season 55 career high regular season
27:34And it's 120 to 111
27:37Johnson and brown will be in when the ball is dead
27:40And murray heat check the war no good washington the rebound
27:45Murray thought he got caught on that too
27:49And that's gonna be nuggets basketball as middleton hits to death
27:54You know what i love most about murray's night too so far it it hasn't he hasn't pressed
27:59hasn't forced the issue that that shot was a heat check that we just saw but
28:02Everything has been within the flow of denver's offense
28:05He's done a great job of getting his teammates involved at different times
28:08It just feels so natural such ethical basketball there's the line for murray
28:13That is a beautiful thing you saw peyton watson go out 15 points for peyton might be it for him
28:19tonight
28:20Let's get in the number six players in double figures strother has he he can join
28:26Spencer jones with the left hand a little motoring there from the stanford drag great pass from cam johnson too
28:33to get spencer that look
28:35The nugget's always one of the best assist teams in the league now marshall lets it go that's no good
28:41rebound murray he's everywhere
28:49And cooper flag
28:52With great hustle kids got a lot of potential
28:58Dallas that time sending that double team to jamal murray too right away as soon as he passed half court
29:03Mike's got 14 and murray down the lane so jamal murray continues to sparkle
29:10He's got 45 now
29:1445 for jamal murray
29:19He leaves christie in the rearview mirror and the nuggets lead by 11.
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29:53The denver nuggets leading 124 to 113
29:59Jamal murray
30:00James with 30 or more 21
30:04He's had an incredible night so far his fifth game of this year with 40 or more
30:1245 is tied for six most in his career
30:15And flag puts it in he'll develop into a pretty good three-point shooter as time goes along
30:23As we mentioned earlier just 29 percent on the season
30:34Murray double through the number around the building
30:40Murray lets it go
30:45The top shot it's very tough falling away like that all your momentum is going backwards
30:51Jokic is back in and you saw that that's good news
30:55christie for three
30:57And jokic the rebound only pass sis boom
31:04As murray scores and is fouled
31:10The telepathy between these two nikoli okich and jamal murray not often you get to see jamal murray leaking out
31:16like this
31:17When you've got a player that can pass the ball the length of the floor like nikoli okich can and
31:21can gobble up the rebounds the way he does
31:24jamal murray saw an opportunity and took full advantage
31:28So murray's got 47 now looking for 48
31:34As we mentioned season high is 52 got a shot at that
31:47127 116
31:54And now 118
31:58Dallas is hanging around here a little bit
32:00There's a better job getting stocks
32:08Down the middle to brown and bruce couldn't finish it
32:16Nuggets have had three straight games prior to this one katie where they've scored 120 or more and shot 50
32:22percent
32:23Or more and I think they're on that pace again tonight shooting 56 percent well the
32:29Nuggets offense continues to be historic continues to be number one in a variety of different categories the points per
32:36game
32:36The three-point percentage think they're second in field goal percentage right now but they it's so efficient and so
32:44fun to watch
32:46Cooper flag
32:50Corner three that's good christie
32:53No quitting the maps they pulled it within six
32:59In the last night the nuggets with three minutes to go
33:04Led by eight christian brown no
33:08And it's off jokic out of bounds so the place set up perfectly there just needs to be an elevated
33:13level of focus here because second night of
33:15Back-to-back again tough travel night last night you don't want to get lackadaisical here too comfortable you have
33:21to execute on both sides of the floor
33:23I'm worried about the negative four minutes gas here in minus five minutes let's hope that doesn't happen
33:35Tom called on bruce brown
33:38Going to be side out of bounds
33:42Now cooper flag goes out replaced by washington
33:47Cooper flag one of the odds-on favorites for rookie of the year for jason kid
33:5221.7 assists six rebounds for the kid
34:01Bagley attacks
34:03And he missed it but nobody on the weak side boxing out
34:07Again the nuggets so eager to get out and run they have had success with that tonight 27 fast break
34:12points
34:12But you have to secure that defensive rebound first before you can do that
34:15But it's led by 11 at the 7 14 mark
34:2124 113 but the lead is shrinking
34:25Murray in the lane can't lay up no good
34:34Corner three coming up christie
34:37Timeout denver and this lady there's completely gone away
34:43Well max christie hits a triple and suddenly the nuggets lead is one
34:53Is the king of restoring order and he has had a heck of a 24 hours for the denver nuggets
35:00Taking on the phoenix suns his second fastest triple double of his career
35:06And then tonight another really quick triple double working inside working outside assisting rebounding
35:13fingerprints all over both of these games and you compare the numbers between last night and tonight the minutes played
35:19the points
35:20eerily similar and
35:23Extremely dominant chris marlowe. Yeah, you pointed out something katie zero turnovers
35:28Zero turnovers tonight for nicola jokic. So the crowd a little bit antsy now
35:33An 11 point lead has been cut to one
35:36And last night it was required of nicola jokic and jamal murray to go to that two-man game late
35:42and jokic hits that game winner
35:44Tonight what will be required? Let's go over to hastings guys
35:47But it's gonna be important here the last 420 listen murray was rolling for a heavy heavy night
35:53But they say we gotta get back to the actions. We got to get back to moving the ball setting
35:57screens
35:57Get everybody involved
35:59with the ground right into the bucket
36:02And he is fouled
36:05Yeah, having yokich be the facilitator really works for denver
36:17So as you may know minnesota and houston battling tonight
36:2395 all headed to overtime
36:27And christian brown misses
36:32And the reason that that is so relevant is because the west is so close in minnesota right behind the
36:38denver nuggets
36:39houston rockets right behind the minnesota timberwolves every game matters down the stretch here
36:46free throws there
36:49And a two-point lead
36:52He's got to get serious about defense here in the last four minutes
37:00Williams
37:02And a foul
37:04The defense in in clutch games and just clutch games in general has been a topic of conversation this season
37:09for the denver nuggets right and
37:11Because of all the injuries that they have had
37:12I don't know if we have a true picture of what this team looks like in the clutch
37:17You see nicole yokich right here playing back a little bit
37:20Gets a hand out
37:22And commits a foul
37:23Yeah, so that is a concern
37:25Jared dudley the defensive core for denver but these games at this point of the season when you have your
37:32starting five or your five that you want to close games with
37:35These minutes are so valuable because you need to get this experience
37:38This understanding of how you want to operate in clutch situations because you haven't had that really all season long
37:44for the nuggets
37:44The nuggets 19 and 19 in clutch, but they've won the last three straight clutch at home
37:52We've got another chance to do that tonight
37:59And rattling out wow
38:03Well, let's get a bit of a break there
38:09Jokic in the lane
38:10And then he pops in another one
38:1223 for jokic
38:15He has such a great touch inside
38:18It didn't even look like he wanted to shoot that basketball
38:20Looks like he wanted to pass it and was still able to get it up and make it beautiful
38:23Scoring a basket only makes one person
38:25And dallas
38:33There's a reason why dallas has only won 23 games making some mistakes here later
38:40Three and a half to go
38:43Murray 48 points and 17 of 26 8 of 13 shooting
38:51Well, Murray turns the corner to feel
38:55Over to watson back it up on a three
38:57Yes, payton watson
39:00You want execution that's execution right there offensively going to the two-man game nicola jokic
39:06Finding an open teammate off of a great screen when it matters most
39:11Having the others make shots it takes this nugget team to a new level
39:15payton watson the former ucla bruin watch the screen from christian brown right here screens his own player because of
39:21the way that dallas had to rotate
39:23and was in
39:25In that situation he he looks at yokich send the ball over here peyton watson
39:29He's going to be open in the corner and look at the reaction from watson kim bruins roar
39:34This is what he missed this is what he missed i don't know about the roaring
39:38But when he's out and he's missing games and he wants to be out there competing and fighting with his
39:42team
39:42It's for moments like that
39:45So the nuggets make a push here they extend their lead back to seven
39:53Payton watson has been aggressive from the start tonight again sat out last night for injury management back in action
40:00His second game back from injury and he has looked
40:04Like the old payton watson pre-injury payton watson you wouldn't even know that he missed all the time that
40:08he did
40:08He talked about wanting to catch his wind after the last game he looks conditioned he looks confident and that's
40:14exactly what the nuggets need
40:18You know payton watson 18 points he's been good you and i talked last night
40:22Of whether these last few games with yokich could push him back into the mvp competition you said yes
40:29i think you said yes i said yes but i don't think he's ever been out of the mvp conversation
40:34i think people are tired of talking about how great he is which is a disgrace in all honesty because
40:39what he's doing on a nightly basis
40:41There should be no argument who the mvp is but everybody just likes to have these other conversations
40:48by washington
40:52What he is doing now and what he has been doing the past couple games chris to your point is
40:56undeniable you can't
40:58ignore it pj washington having a good game yokich having a great game 23 19 and 19
41:06250 to go murray four to shoot murray holds the trigger
41:18murray 51 points for the blue arrow
41:22i mean this duo i mean this duo that we are witnessing with the denver nuggets tonight
41:27unstoppable package defense scrambling around now now wide open one that's no good
41:40now she marshall in the lane put it up no
41:45nuggets ain't able to secure the rebound
41:51that route is out jokic has the rebound so jokic 23 points 20 rebounds 19 assists and we still got
42:02a
42:02minute 55 to go one more assist would be 20 20 20 for the joker
42:12murray with four to shoot murray steps back
42:14back in
42:16unconscious
42:18murray 53 big ones
42:21what a night
42:42the level that jamaul murray has been operating at he is
42:47otherworldly tonight for the denver nuggets look at the way he creates space with that setback that is
42:52when he is most comfortable that is when he is most dominant that is when he is shining brightest and
42:58when he plays with this kind of emotion
43:01not only do the nuggets fans love it but this
43:03his game you know he's at his best when he's showing off like this
43:07second most of his career one night he had 55
43:12let's go over to hastings hey hey listen one could be true and the other can be true and everything
43:17works
43:17together we had that last report guy said they want to get more people involved what happens
43:22faith watson gets a three christian brown gets their freeze all the all of a sudden get people involved
43:27and then what happens it opens back up for murray again because everybody else was contributing
43:33and now all of a sudden you see these last two buckets by uh jamaul murray to set a season
43:38high
43:39that's such a good point scotty such a good point i mean he was going at it a little bit
43:44where the
43:44nuggets got stuck you go back to what was working offensively sharing the basketball and then jamaul
43:48murray catches fire once again
43:54141 remaining jokic one assist shy of a 20 20 20. there's only been three players in nba history have
44:03ever done that will westbrook and jokic the shot is up jokic another rebound he digs it out he's got
44:12it
44:14over to christian brown
44:20that could have been the assist right there brown hits that three hand off to johnson
44:25into christian brown blows over a guy and that's going to be a charge
44:34and christian brown had a couple of those tonight that's going to be his fifth foul
44:38lots of fouls tonight if you like the foul game you've come to the right place
44:42points and fouls don't let it take away from what we're witnessing right now between
44:46the two superstars on whatever nuggets one two punch incredible tonight
44:54clock is ticking
44:58and another whistle you gotta appreciate how hard naji marshall plays i think that's six fouls for
45:07christian brown too he's he's frustrated with that one given the way that was just called on the other
45:12end i mean you could challenge that you could but then we get home at 1 p.m then rather
45:19than midnight
45:20yeah we're tired 15th game this year that the denver starters have scored 100 or more points
45:28they're sitting on 103
45:33now tim hardaway jr comes back in christian brown done for the night 11 points four assists three rebounds
45:45there's hardaway the former dallas mav he could be the man to hit the three off the yokich assist
45:54that would give him the 2020 2020 that's just a prediction well if we're hoping for things yes
46:01we're hoping for it to go to jamal murray so that he can have a new career okay there's two
46:05records in play
46:06here correct you played out perfectly murray 53 points he needs two to tie his career high
46:15yokich has it under the watson and watson could not score it
46:22but we're going to have a foul well so
46:28a dunk there would have done it
46:33and watson will head to the free throw line washington his fifth foul
46:39and they are going to challenge green light is on
46:47138 to 130 we expected a scoring bonanza and we have got to call time out to challenge a ruler
46:55on a foul on the floor
46:58this coach's challenge of course presented by merit trust credit union where your financial
47:02well-being is our purpose
47:05let's run down the nugget scoring for you johnson with 12. you know yokich 23 21 rebounds 19 assists
47:13brown 11 murray sitting on 53 too shy of his career high watson 18 off the bench strother with eight
47:24flag with 21 washington with 19 marshall with 22 williams and middleton with 11. this is what they're looking at
47:39that looks like a foul it does look like a foul it's got hastings that a foul it's going to
47:44be one of those
47:44this ball is the hand the ball conversations that's been inconsistent go ahead scotty well
47:51officials don't like to be corrected so that you got that going for you
47:57the key is if they do overturn it no foul does peyton watson come back down with the rebound so
48:03will it be
48:03be denver's ball um but yeah it looked like a foul but you know this is this is today
48:14so another item on the 2020-20 game while we wait will chamberlain 22 points 25 rebounds 21 assists
48:21on february 2nd 1968. the defender comes up short of the balls on the wrist and moves off as a
48:30player
48:30to take their hand off the ball therefore this is an unsuccessful challenge we have two shots to watch
48:35dallas will be charged their timeout and lose their ability to challenge further in the game
48:41so unsuccessful challenge
48:45and the explanation to jason kidd the wrist is not the hand exactly and no more timeouts for dallas
48:57jason kidd a fabulous all-time player third career steals third career assists hall of famer
49:09yokich and murray tonight
49:14wow big time numbers for
49:17it's it's nights like these and numbers like those
49:21that make you take a step back and think about what these two have done overall for this franchise
49:26and special nights like this it like gives you chills thinking about how they've evolved and who they are to
49:31this nuggets franchise cooper flag rolls into the key
49:39still not over yet seven point lead in the three ball era can be overcome and jason kidd going right
49:47down to
49:47the wire coaching here
49:51and jokic throws it away and flag goes down
50:03and cam johnson was really just standing there
50:07cam johnson is who they called the foul on cooper flag went up to catch the ball and falls down
50:11on cam
50:11johnson as yoga makes this pass which is his first turnover tonight
50:22so crowd doesn't like it but i think that's the correct call there i'm sorry
50:27seven point lead
50:31cam johnson 12 points tonight his third foul and they're going to try to patch
50:38i don't know if cooper flag is bleeding a little bit from the elbow appears to be
50:49let's take another look here
50:55he's off balance for sure
50:58mike my question is if cam johnson wasn't there would he have fallen the exact same
51:02way you see his leg make contact with cam johnson so maybe that's the
51:07the point that changes it to a foul
51:13cooper flag we'll head to the free throw line
51:1723.7 rebound seven assists
51:21find a way here 46 seconds remain in this game sharpen up tighten up lock in
51:29the field
51:30trying to get cooper the business but it's not really working their hearts not in it
51:34oh i think their hearts in it the fans yes think so
51:42one more coming
51:49flag missed it
51:52murray goes and gets it pass ahead and bruce brown will bring it out
51:57murray needs three to exceed his career high yokich needs an assist for a 20 20 20 triple double
52:10good heads up play there from jamal murray looking up the floor to to push it up to bruce brown
52:15run a
52:15little bit of clock off of there now peyton watson stepping up to knock down these free throws
52:21got to make your free throws down the stretch
52:25there's one
52:27great to have peyton watson backpack great to have everybody back
52:32nuggets being careful with aaron gordon but this is the last back-to-back the last game on no rest
52:37so
52:37we can expect to see gordon with watson in some of the upcoming games wouldn't you say
52:43will be interesting to see the different lineups of the nuggets choose to close with
52:46with a fully healthy roster obviously peyton watson closing this night in place of aaron gordon
52:52with the flag he's got it and the nuggets take time out
53:04the long last couple of minutes here 141 135 let's check in on the playoff push now presented by
53:12xfinity we told you the lakers won today but they got a battle from the indiana pacers
53:20nuggets will move up a half game timberwolves and rockets playing right now yeah in overtime we got a
53:26final on that doug they tell me there's eight seconds left but we need to score
53:34minnesota's up two we're told still close remember minnesota playing without anthony edwards their star
53:41there you go right there
53:44they've had some good wins without anthony edwards to meet the boston celtics
53:48so everybody in the west is leveling leveling up right now trying to stack together as many wins as possible
53:58so the nuggets come back out on the floor six point lead with 30 seconds to go murray and jokic
54:05big stars tonight
54:09it doesn't feel like it it does them quite justice the big stars of the night
54:18murray murray with 53
54:24he's got it they double right away pass down the middle of johnson
54:32hand to foul
54:39good joe's mustache game looking very strong tonight i'll circle back to that in a second but
54:45being strong with the basketball and sure of their passes right there too expecting those double teams
54:49those straps to come really important to make sure that you end up at the free throw line but to
54:54the
54:54mustache point interesting funny hearing from bruce brown saying he's been shooting the free ball better
54:59as of late since he decided to have the handlebar mustache so sticking so he's sticking with it
55:04you're gonna look now you're gonna look like scott hastings here pretty soon if he keeps making his
55:07threes one of his friends i guess what was saying he wanted to have a mustache and so bruce said
55:12well
55:12to encourage you to grow the mustache i'll do the handlebars
55:17bruce brown you can really never judge his impact by just just the scoring or the points of the
55:23he just does big things and little things hey steaks you there yeah i i i'm just wondering and
55:30there's rumors that the bruce is uh auditioned for the newest taylor sheridan uh western uh that
55:37maybe he might be a guest appearance maybe lay up on the glass no scrambling is powell
55:46seven point lead eleven and a half remaining
55:53seven point lead they found murray he could tie his career hub and i don't think it's gonna happen
55:59that will do it what a night for the denver nuggets they complete the diabolical back-to-back
56:07at phoenix no sleep get home late and then home to dallas jamal murray second most points he's ever scored
56:15in a regulation game 53. when you needed your stars to shine adverse situations adverse conditions
56:28jamal murray nicole yogic saying that they were special tonight doesn't feel like enough
56:32the the duo was in full playoff stepping up nba championship form and it it is so fun to watch
56:44so lots of stars for the denver nuggets paid watson played well but how about nikola yogic just missing
56:51a 20 20 20. he's with scott hasty all right nikola back to back you get a win last night
56:58in phoenix
56:58dallas tonight how mentally tough are these games to get ready for yeah i mean it was a tough especially
57:04how they played pushing the pace they're always in transition and uh that's that's what the score says
57:09we didn't play a lot of defense but i'm just glad that we had an amazing game and we won
57:14the game
57:14i was gonna say you've seen it before but he's in the middle of it shooting like he was shooting
57:18what
57:19are you trying to do yeah yeah i mean especially in the first half he was he was really really
57:22on fire
57:23and uh just to get him open somehow and uh he's gonna do the rest how good is to have
57:27uh payton
57:28watson back also yes i mean defensively offensively pushing the pace like he's versatile he can attack
57:33the pain he can finish uh about the rim so really really good good uh um to have him back
57:40you're
57:40actually going to have a day off tomorrow at at home what's your day going to look like tomorrow
57:45i don't know probably around the kids something around the kids i don't know we will see
57:48all right congratulations mr eight 20 20 20 game by one assist everybody chris so the nuggets win they
57:57improve to 22 and 13 at home they go to 46 and 28 overall mavs fall to 9 and 26
58:03on the road 23 and
58:0550 overall and katie what's your final thoughts on this crazy game today after getting in at 4 a.m
58:11this nuggets team proves once again that adverse conditions challenges being the underdog in
58:17situations even though they were favored coming into this game they rise to the occasion and as this
58:22regular season winds down you want to be playing your best basketball and we certainly saw moments
58:26glimpses stretches of the best version of denver nuggets basketball all right the nuggets have
58:31now won four in a row hope you enjoyed that one it was cool at ball arena we are signing
58:38off for
58:39scott hasten katie windjam chris marlowe once again the final score the nuggets
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