In the late-night aftermath of the Nuggets’ 107-104 home victory against the Pacers on Tuesday, Denver coach Michael Malone answered reporters’ questions about the game in a crowded hallway just outside the tunnel leading to the locker room.
Points of discussion were plentiful. Is Paul Millsap now proving his worth? How impressive is Will Barton’s rebounding? Is Nikola Jokic playing his best basketball? Each question quickly followed another — sometimes jumbling together as reporters battled for talk time. That’s when Malone turned his attention to the media scrum.
“I like it, everybody is on point,” Malone said.