The Denver Nuggets collected the first win of the night when they dropped the hammer on the Los Angeles Lakers in a 117-85 win at the Pepsi Center. Head coach Michael Malone collected the second one as he dropped the proverbial mic at the conclusion of his postgame scrum.
“We don’t want any converts,” Malone told the media, after he was asked if he thinks they won over some of many Lakers fans in attendance. “You are either with us or against us.”
The question gently touched on a harsh truth about games here in Denver—when the league’s most popular teams come to the Mile High, their fans often outnumber the Nuggets faithful inside the Pepsi Center.