Michael Malone PostGame Interview | Washington Wizards vs Denver Nuggets
He made them all um never forcing it 15 assists 19 rebounds uh and and what’s unique about him is that he can impose his will in so many different areas you know some guys were great scorers you know but Nico he can score he can rebound he can playmake um he could just
Impact the game across the board and uh as we always talk about just a definition of greatness uh you know but you know Jamal 18 8 and4 only one turnover Michael 22 Aaron 7 got in foul trouble and then all the contributions Off the Bench but yeah another special
Night for Nia and you know U just another triple double that’s almost what you come to expect from him when when he throws the the outlet pass without even bringing his arm down after a rebound where where does that sort of rank for you among some of the other types of
Passes that he can pull off whether it’s the behind the back stuff or the no look where does it sort of reside well I mean it’s funny man cuz like when he gets the ball he had the three quarter Court pass to Aaron for layup um like any great
Passer his head is always up he’s surveying the floor he’s seeing who is open where the defense is and um he just has a tremendous IQ and he sees a lot of things before they happen so the outlet passes the behind the backs over the heads um eyes closed eyes open whatever
You want to call he is one of the best passers to ever play this game and that’s saying a lot cuz this game has seen some great players in it’s very long history Zeke and pyton had four block shots a piece and they were electric how much stop you put in a
Block shot what it does to a take well I think it can be a real momentum changer I mean uh and it’s funny you know you go back to Bill Russell and the reason they talked about Bill Russell being a great shot blocker was when he blocked the
Shot he kept it in bounds and that fuel to break and I thought we had a bunch of those tonight big where we blocked shots and we ran off of that you know what I mean so yes everybody likes somebody blocking a shot to the third row hitting
The Popcorn Lady in the ass but I would rather keep it in bounds and get out and run and um and that we had really good examples of that tonight but you know we talked pregame about Zeke and you know what he did tonight is what you need
From Zeke Naji tremendous effort he attacked the basket he rebounded he was a rim protector pton Watson same thing so I have 10 blocks in one game um is is obviously a tremendous number for us and Jamal had two that how impactful was Mike around the rim I think five
Offensive rebounds and um he was almost perfect inside the arc yeah I mean Michael just uh 11 boards total to your point 25 on the offensive end 22 points 22 and 11 um obviously CB had his first double double Off the Bench but Michael um two seven from three so if the three
Is not falling for you find other ways to impact the game and uh and I thought on top of the rebounding I thought Michael had some really good basketball plays tonight not forcing the issue coming off drawn to making the pass to NOA and those are all signs of his
Continued maturation as a player but uh yeah it was it was a good performance by Michael as well as everybody that I got a chance to play tonight how is kcp by the way uh we’ll have to go back and see obviously uh that happened early in the
Game he fought through it definitely on the shooting hand affecting his shot and uh I think it was just a smart decision at halftime you know up by 23 um maybe we can try to find a way to calm it down and see his availability for tomorrow night but I’ll go back and
Check on him and uh talk to our docs do you know if it was the same finger that he dislocated a few games ago or is he dealing with two different fingers I I don’t want to I don’t want to speculate without knowing for sure U but I’m I’m
Not positive if it’s that same finger you’re talking about or if it’s unfortunately a new finger Christian said at practice the other day that he took time just away from everything um over the break can that make a big difference I know like younger players you want to work on the game but
Sometimes can taking time away also really help I think so because Christian is a guy that’s in the gym every single day and you know sometimes uh I think it can be therapeutic it can be healthy to get away from the game I also think getting away on the break and getting
Off of his feet I don’t want to make excuses for Christian Brown but he missed the entire preseason that’s not ideal going into a season where you’re trying to build on your per performance from last year and I think his ankles haven’t been right the whole year and uh
Tonight I think you saw a refreshed recharged healthier Christian Brown and he was outstanding rebounding attacking defending uh just doing everything that you’ve come to expect so for him to get 12 and 10 and do it in the manner in which he did uh was just really happy
For him one more question I think he only missed that final game before the allstar break but how much did those couple extra days off uh H uh help but Jamal as far as getting back to full health and being able to be effective in
His return yeah well I mean he I think he missed the majority of the last three games you know he played in the Laker game at sack didn’t play um I think he tried to play in the uh Milwaukee game and him and kcp were short uh lived in
That game but yeah I think for all of our guys you know Jamal coming back getting some rest and uh you know 188 and four with two blocks three Steals and only one turnover that’s a a hell of a performance and what I saw tonight from Jamal was not fighting the game you
Know he’s playing a pick and roll they’re up they’re showing him a crowd the amount of great pocket passes that he made tonight to NOLA who either scored or got somebody else an open shot so Jamal had eight assists but he probably had around five or six hockey
Assists behind that so U yeah I think the break was really uh effective and uh for all of our players especially Jamal and everybody else that we talked about go thanks every
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