Inside the NBA reacts to Heat vs Nuggets Highlights

MUST SEE TV EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS. LET’S GO TO MIAMI. DENVER, WHICH WAS ON TNT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. MIAMI HAS BEEN ON A LITTLE WINNING STREAK OF THEIR OWN. DENVER HAS NOT LOST SINCE THE ALL STAR BREAK, AND JOKIC HAS HAD A TRIPLE DOUBLE EVERY GAME. >> OH FEET WORK. >> FINDING HIS WAY TO THE HOOP. THEN KCP IN THE CORNER PUMP FAKE STEP BACK KNOCKS IT DOWN. >> THIS WAS A GREAT WIN FOR THE NUGGETS IN MY OPINION BECAUSE OF OH NO WAY. THE LACK OF JAMAL MURRAY TONIGHT . >> AND JAMAL

MURRAY WITH THE BUZZER BEATER THERE. BUT AS YOU’LL SEE LATER HE DID WALK OFF WITH A LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN. >> OH GIVE ME THAT ON THE HAWKS WITH THE STEAL THE BACK TO HIM. >> YOU KNOW WHAT’S AMAZING. NOBODY MENTIONED HIS NAME BUT HAMID KARZAI HAD A HELL OF A ROOKIE YEAR. >> YES HE’S YEAH HE’S IN THE TOP FIVE OF ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. TOP FIVE. HE’S UP THERE. HE’S BEHIND VICTOR AND CHESS. >> YEAH. WELL THAT THAT’S THREE. THAT AIN’T FIVE DUDE. YOU CAN’T COUNT I GET YOU A CLICKER. >> THIS WAS THE,

UH, INJURY HERE FOR JAMAL MURRAY COMING DOWN ON AARON GORDON’S. >> SO I REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD WIN BY THE NUGGETS. BECAUSE THOSE OTHER GUYS REALLY STEPPED

UP BECAUSE JOKER DID HAVE A MONSTER GAME. HE DID NOT. OH, PULL UP FOR THREE 1811 SEVEN FOR JOKER. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HALFTIME DENVER WAS UP FIVE AFTER BEING UP SIX AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER. ROSE ZIAIRE WITH THE STEAL. >> AND GARY TERRY ARE 4-0 WITH 19. >> IN THIS ONE. THAT WAS HIS ONLY THREE. THEN PORTER JR WHO LED ALL SCORERS WITH 30. >> I

THINK THAT THIS WAS A GOOD CONFIDENCE BUILDER FOR MICHAEL PORTER JR. OH DON’T GO FOR THE STEAL. JOKIC DOUBLE JOKIC. >> OH HOW DOES HE EVEN GET THAT ONE? >> YEAH ME TOO. THEY YOU PLAY DENVER. YOU’RE BASICALLY 95% OF THE TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE ARE JUST TOO LITTLE. AND YOU SAY, WELL, WELL WE’RE GOING TO GO SMALL AGAINST THEM. BUT THEIR BIGS ARE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WITH GORDON AND PORTER THEY HAVE ATHLETICISM. SO YOU CAN’T REALLY PLAY SMALL AGAINST THEM. >> MIAMI CAN’T PLAY. >> YOU CAN’T PLAY SMALL AGAINST THAT GUY AT ALL. >>

OH AND JOKIC HITTING IT WHEN IT COUNTS DENVER WINS THIS ONE A 103 TO 97. AGAIN WE WILL KEEP OUR EARS OPEN FOR JAMAL MURRAY. HOPEFULLY THAT ANKLE IS HEALED BECAUSE HE IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TEAM IN THE LONG RUN. BUT MICHAEL PORTER JR LED ALL SCORERS AND HE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR CHRIS HAYNES AFTER THE GAME. MICHAEL PORTER JR 30 POINTS, 11 REBOUNDS FOR TRIPLES DID THIS HAVE AN NBA FINALS TYPE FEEL GOING UP AGAINST MIAMI FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE. >> YEAH MAN, WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING THEM

AGAIN. >> YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING US. SO THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING REALLY WELL AND WE JUST WANTED TO COME IN HERE AND PLAY OUR GAME. AND LUCKILY GOT THE WIN. WHAT WAS THE TEAM’S MINDSET WHEN YOU SAW JAMAL MURRAY GO DOWN WITH THAT ANKLE INJURY AND WASN’T ABLE TO RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF? >> YEAH, MAN I MEAN OBVIOUSLY JAMAL IS ONE OF OUR LEADERS. >> SO UH, YOU KNOW HIM GOING DOWN. GUYS GOT TO STEP UP. AND WE HAD TO BE REAL DEFENSIVE MINDED BECAUSE WE’RE MISSING A BIG

PIECE OF OUR OFFENSE. >> SO, UH, I THINK HE’S OKAY. HE TRIED TO GIVE IT A GO A SECOND HALF, BUT HE COULDN’T DO IT. BUT, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF PIECES ON THIS TEAM, MAN. REGGIE STEPPED UP AS WELL AS OTHER GUYS. MIKE I SAW A REALLY COOL MOMENT IN THE SECOND HALF. UH, WHAT’S WHEN WENT UP FOR A DUNK ATTEMPT IN THAT SECOND HALF. MUFFED THE DUNK ATTEMPT. HE GOT PULLED SHORTLY AFTER I SAW YOU AND REGGIE JACKSON KIND OF SHAKE HIS HAND AND SAY IT’S OKAY, WE GOT YOU. WE BELIEVE IN

YOU. WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THEM AT THAT MOMENT? >> YEAH, MAN. I THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. >> SO THAT CLIP WILL PROBABLY BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATER. UM, AND IT’S A BASKETBALL GAME. >> YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN. >> HE SLIPPED. >> HE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF AND AN AND DUNK SOME, BUT HE MISSED. SO, UH, YOU KNOW IT’S ALL GOOD. >> YOU KNOW HE’S A YOUNG DUDE. HE’S HELPED US A LOT THIS YEAR ALREADY. >> WE NEED HIM READY FOR

THE PLAYOFFS. >> AND MAN, I JUST TOLD HIM DON’T TRIP BRO. DON’T TRIP ABOUT NONE OF THAT. >> MIKE. BEST OF LUCK. >> REST OF THE WAY, BUDDY. TAKE CARE. >> THAT WAS MICHAEL PORTER JR’S THIRD 30 PLUS POINT GAME OF THE SEASON. HERE ARE THE UPDATED STANDINGS. KENNY, ANYTHING JUMP OUT? NO NO I THINK THE PELICANS YOU KNOW YOU GOT THE PELICANS AND THE SUNS WHO HAVE QUIETLY PLAYING BETTER. >> HAD A ROUGH WEEK BUT QUIETLY PLAYING BETTER. >> HORNETS ARE NOW QUIETLY A HALF A GAME OUT OF SECOND. >> YEAH. AND YOU KNOW

AND I’M SORRY. AND I NEEDED TO ADD THE MAVS IN THAT. SO THOSE THREE TEAMS AND IF THEY WERE ANY OF THOSE THREE TEAMS GOT TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, YOU WOULD GO, OH OKAY. THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT. SO FOR ME IT’S VERY, VERY INTERESTING. THE WEST I’M HAPPY WE HAVE THE WEST THIS YEAR. YOU’RE RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GOT TO SEE SOME HECK OF A GAMES IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. ONCE WE START HITTING THAT ROAD AND FOR THE DEFENDANTS CHAMPS, THEY NEED TO BE ONE, 2 OR 3. >> NOT FOUR, ONE, 2 OR

3. SOME TYPE OF HOME COURT EVENT. OF COURSE, IF YOU WON TWO, 3 OR 4 YOU GET HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. BUT RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE NOW, PERFECT SPOT, RIGHT? >> NOW TO YOUR POINT, THE CHAMPION HAS BEEN A ONE, 2 OR 3 SEED LIKE 90% OF THE TIME OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. >> YEAH, I WHAT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING IS HOW THE WEST IS GOING TO FALL OUT, BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE STANDINGS LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR, IT’S GOING TO

GO DOWN TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR. I MEAN, YOU COULD LOSE TWO, THREE GAMES AND GO DOWN TO FOUR. YOU COULD LOSE ONE GAME. I MEAN, SO IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING. I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, MAN, THE ONE TEAM I TOLD YOU, I THOUGHT THEY HAD A GREAT TRADE DEADLINE. THOSE DALLAS MAVERICKS ARE SCARY MAN. UM, YOU KNOW LUKA AND KYRIE GOING OUT GETTING THE TWO GUYS THEY GOT GOT SIZE. THEY GOT SIZE PJ AND WHAT HE DOES AND WHAT GAFFORD DOES IT GIVES THEM SIZE. BUT ALSO BECAUSE THOSE OTHER GUYS JUST

THREE POINT SHOOTERS I THINK THOSE TWO GUYS GET THEM OFFENSIVELY BECAUSE GAFFORD I WATCHED HIM PLAY MAN. HE’S A MONSTER ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU STILL GOT TWO CLOSERS IN KYRIE AND LUKA. THE MAVS COULD BE SCARY MAN. THEY GOT THE BAD BREAK AT CLEVELAND THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN STRUS HIT THE HALF COURT SHOT TO BEAT THEM, BUT THEY LOST THE GAME BECAUSE THEY HAD A TEN POINT LEAD. YOU CAN’T BLOW A TEN POINT LEAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF A GAME. YOU KNOW THAT THE HALF COURT SHOT WAS JUST A

LUCKY SHOT, BUT THEY HAD A TEN POINT LEAD. THEY JUST GOT TO TIGHTEN UP THEIR DEFENSE TO YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT HOME COURT ADVANTAGE IS, MINNESOTA OKLAHOMA CITY, DENVER A COMBINED 70 AND 17 AT HOME THIS YEAR. >> YOU WANT TO BE HOME IN THE PLAYOFFS. YEAH. >> BUT YOU KNOW, ADAM, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. >> AND KENNY SHEK O THE WAY THAT I, I STARTED TALKING YOU GOT TO GO TO HELL BREAK. >> YEAH. ALL RIGHT. HEY, MAN . >> LISTEN, JUST BECAUSE THE GREEN JACKET LOOKS NICE. >> OH, THAT’S MUDDY GREEN,

BABY. I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WEREN’T. >> YOU LOOK GOOD, ADAM. THANKS, CHUCK. I APPRECIATE IT. WE’LL HEAR WHAT CHUCK HAD TO SAY AFTER A WEEK BREAK. >> YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR CHUCK NO MORE. WE’RE TRYING TO GET TO THE PUB. SHUT YOUR UP IN HONOR OF ERNIE. WE’RE