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The Denver Nuggets are once more playoff sure this season, with Nikola Jokic making a robust case for the NBA MVP and the crew securing the highest spot within the Western Convention.
Though the Nuggets are headed for the postseason, the crew has rubbed head coach Mike Malone the improper approach after struggling a 21-point blowout to the lowly Houston Rockets.
Clearly, Malone needs his top-seeded squad to be firing on all cylinders as soon as the playoffs get underway, and never having the ability to even compete with a crew destined for the NBA Draft Lottery is regarding, to say the least.
Malone didn’t maintain again when speaking concerning the disappointing loss and the present mindset of his playoff-bound squad.
“If that is how we will play, we’ll be out within the first spherical. … I simply referred to as our crew ‘gentle,’ and I dared somebody to problem me. Nobody did, as a result of we as a bunch had been gentle tonight.”
Mike Malone did not maintain again after Nuggets’ 21-PT loss to Rockets 😳 pic.twitter.com/iEeEFR9aN2
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 5, 2023
The Nuggets have dominated the competitors this season, with the crew solely having 27 losses thus far.
No crew is ideal, and flaws are all the time evident, even for the highest groups within the NBA, however not ending the season robust or retaining the identical power is inexcusable for a crew anticipated to be a title contender.
Malone is completely justified to query his crew and its mindset transferring ahead, because the Nuggets don’t precisely have an incredible monitor document within the playoffs and can must be extremely sharp to get by way of each spherical of the postseason to achieve the NBA Finals.
Happily for Malone, the Nuggets have confirmed to be a resilient crew and sure received his message and understand how vital it’s to be in high type heading into the playoffs.
