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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.