Nikola Jokic (Denver): “First a teamwork”

Nikola Jokic (Denver interior): ” He (Jamal Murray) has been playing incredibly since the start of the play-offs. We’re just following in his footsteps, he’s a very good leader. Our stats? These are just numbers, all that matters is winning in the end. But it’s not just him and me, certainly Jamal played well tonight, but Christian Braun also had a great game, same for Bruce (Brown) and Jeff (Green). AG (Aaron Gordon) played well too. It’s first and foremost a team effort, I say it and I repeat it: it is the Denver Nuggets who must beat the Miami Heat, not only Jamal and me.

Jamal Murray (Denver point guard): “I felt like I didn’t bring enough intensity in Game 2. Even though I didn’t play that badly, I felt like I should have brought a lot more. Everyone who watches our matches knows that after a performance like this, I generally react. I think we all reacted tonight. Nicholas? You have the impression that everything is easy for him. He gets 21 rebounds and we will continue to say that he can’t jump. He is solid, tough on evil. People say he doesn’t want to score. He gives you 32 points tonight, and adds 10 ists.

“What Jokic and Murray did is what champions, warriors do. These two give a lot of opponents headaches. »

Michael Malone (Denver Coach): “It’s the first time in the history of the play-offs that a duo has accumulated a triple-double with more than 30 points each. It’s just amazing. Nothing surprises me about Nikola, he has proven time and time again that he is built for these types of moments. I’m very proud of Jamal too, who was there tonight. That’s what champions, warriors do. These two give a lot of opponents headaches. For me, it was our best game of the series tonight, by far. Not thanks to the triple-doubles, but to the fact that we confined Miami to 94 points, 37 baskets and 11 three-pointers. I liked our discipline, and we will have to do even better on Friday”.