Nikola Jokic Talks Game 5 Loss vs OKC Thunder, Postgame Interview

Nikola Jokic Talks Game 5 Loss vs OKC Thunder, Postgame Interview

Nico, you guys went a pretty big chunk of the fourth quarter without a field goal. Um, just what did you feel like uh kind of went wrong during that stretch as OKC made it? I think nothing. I think I think Adri had the open look. I think Jamal had the open look. Uh, Pa had a open look. I don’t know. I think we had open look. It’s not like if we turn the ball over. I think we had the open looks. We just didn’t score. I think in in those moments, have you generally been happy with sort of the offensive process even during some of the droughts that you guys have had in this series? I think I think yes. I think we we’re getting open looks and we that’s that’s what you only can uh think about it just to get open looks. I think uh the open looks open man is always win and uh uh didn’t do it this time. I think we messed but uh we had I think we had the looks that we wanted to have. your line in that box score is a lot prettier than the last few games. I know that’s not the priority, but what what you know, why were you able to get in this kind of a rhythm tonight? You know, what what had you feeling so good? I mean, the ball was going in. Uh I I made five threes tonight. That helps, of course. Um and I think I think the ball was going in and that was uh uh they were still they were still doing what they’re doing. And I think I just [Music] had the ball was going in, I will say. And what kind of confidence level do you have that that you guys are, you know, going to be able to respond from this at home in a couple of nights? Yeah, I mean, we’re not going to go and just give it give it to them game six. I mean, we were playing in front of our crowd crowds. I think only since game the second game was kind of blowout and every every other game was kind of interesting game. We were there. So, I think we have a chance and uh we will we will play our best. Nicole, hopefully. Nicole, what’s the level of frustration with the past two games where it’s so close, it’s it’s there for you guys to finish it and win it, but you’re unable to. I mean, of course, um it happens like some people would say that we not supposed to win game one, but we won and then uh you know game three uh we didn’t play maybe well, but we won. Is it game three or game four? Game three. Yeah. You know, it’s it’s a playoff. It’s a it’s a series. It’s it’s every game is different. So, uh, I think even today we had chances. We were up 12 in one moment. So, we just couldn’t couldn’t couldn’t couldn’t finish, couldn’t make shot, you know? You and Jamal played the entire fourth quarter. I’m curious if that was your choice, David Adelman’s choice. And then also, how does that change the way the game ends for you guys when when you guys are out there the whole the whole time? Doesn’t change. You don’t think about like that that when you when you play. um you know uh I felt it good and I talked to DA and he told me like if you want to stay and stay and then uh I don’t know is that did that change uh whatever but I think we had we had good looks we had everything so I think you know we just didn’t make it. Nicole, last series the conversation was about how hard it is to close out a team. Now the tables are turned and you’re trying to keep them from closing you out. What’s it going to take to to extend it to a game seven? uh hope I mean we’re going to try to give our best and uh give give us a chance uh uh effort effort is going to be there everything you know even like the small details I think they had a couple officer rebutts in the end they score they score uh after those you know it’s it happens it’s a basketball it’s a life thing you never know what’s going to happen so uh hopefully hopefully hopefully we put up the effort and uh we move into game six. Michael Porter is pretty hard on himself when he goes through even a short stretch where he’s not making shots, whatever it may be. What What’s kind of the message from teammates? I mean, nobody wants to miss shots, of course, and he’s probably one of the best shooters in the league and when he’s if when he cannot make shots, he’s definitely frustrated with himself, but he’s open. He needs to take it and we want him to take a shot. So, it’s keep shooting. Anything else? In a game this competitive, is it enjoyable for you or because you lose, is it not? It’s not enjoyable, of course, but I think the game I mean, to be honest, every every close game, every competitive game, it’s enjoyable for me. So, uh, is it the playoff? Is it the first game of the season? Is it whatever? So I I think I play the game every way the same way. I think that’s the key of uh being prepared, be mindset, you know, play every game is the same. So that’s how I’m approaching the games. Thank you. Thank you guys. Oh

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