Head coaches Michael Malone and Darvin Ham address their teams in the locker room after the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 132-126, in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

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41 Comments

  1. AD on Jokic ain’t gone work lol AD not really strong he just talk Jokic is solid asf can you imagine taking a shoulder to the chest from that guy?

  2. That was artful and how Mike Malone awarded KCP. He knows he's a former Laker and he wants him hungry. Genius. LA is cooked

  3. Refs carried the Lakers in the 4th quarter after Silver made the call to rig the game with a "comeback" (8 free throws in 1 minute) and the Lakers STILL couldn't win LOL. The Nuggets are THAT much better than they are even with fixed games, the refs, the NBA AND Silver doing everything in the it power to carry a half dead old injury prone LeBron to the finals. How embarrassing. You could see the frustration on Lebron's face going into the locker rooms at the end of the game, "I'm gonna call Silver and scream at him…8 free throws in one minute…I need 20!!!" 😂 LeBron is NOT a good basketball player without the refs.

  4. Both of these coaches and teams are exactly what the NBA needs as it’s face. Character, integrity, and team first guys, that hold their players to the same standards. No players waving guns in nightclubs, beating up spouses, whatever, just pros working hard.

  5. Of course you're not giving the gaudy jewelry to Jokic'. I mean, why would you? Just because he's the main facilitator and owned the glass, and had a triple-double. You give it to the former Laker. Laker. Ironic that the chain is gold. LOL

  6. Lakers will never come back to Denver again! Kick those losers out of playoffs nuggets🏀,common now!! 🔥

  7. I find it hilarious laker fans are giving Ham credit for putting Rui on Jokic. Doc Rivers was actually the one to put PJ tucker in that role and have embiid be roaming the paint. Tells you how much laker fans know anything lol.

  8. Not just because I'm a Nuggets fan but you only beat them by outscoring them , otherwise you are getting obliterated. Your defense won't do ish to them. Nuggets mean buckets, not so much fancy defense at all, just buckets, the whole team throw buckets. Lakers are screwed.

  9. I don’t mind the threes too much but I hate when the lakers try n turn into a jump shooting team. Mix it up, attack the rim,take advantage of mismatches, play to your strengths n advantages. When they do that they can beat anybody, it’s all up to them. Lakers can withstand runs and go on runs themselves especially when they come out ready but can the nuggets play a physical close defensive game with the lakers?? We will see

  10. Coach ham try to start gabriel along with ad…gbriel can dfnd jokic also like hachimura..i hope you can utilize him..

  11. Game 2: Lakers
    Game 3 Lakers
    Game 4: Nuggets
    Game 5: Nuggets
    Game 6: Lakers
    Game 7: 🤷🏻‍♂️

  12. lakers shot light out and they still lost. peopl think it's gonna be the second half Lakers the rest of the series when they couldn't miss and Denver was playing bad. Denver still got this.

  13. Lakers key mistake was starting small ball Jokic was feasting on the boards. We need big men to guard him not AD like Wenyen and Tristan would be crucial even Rui in guarding Jokic

  14. Everything talking like Ham figured out the formula for joking like Malone isn’t aware and is not going to adjust as well

  15. Mike Malones speech was better. They won and he still told them they needed to do better while also acknowledging what they did right. This will be a tough fought series, Nuggets are going to have to play with more intensity and energy when on the road. LA road crowd is gonna be tough with all eyes on them. If they can steal just one road win that'll be huge.

  16. "Do what we need to do" wow great motivational speech coach 😅 just keep handing the ball to bron to close the game out, it should be a wrap no CHICKEN

  17. Malone was reading off a stat sheet. Anyone can read stats off a stat sheet.

    Ham was speaking from the heart.

  18. Well Well Well,,, What did I tell you Laker/Bron groupies. The refs been helping Lalers all playoffs and now they playing a team who healthy and can shoot. 👉🏿 🧹🧹🧹🧹

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