MINNEAPOLIS – Nuggets coach Michael Malone is adept at dancing a fine line after landmark wins.
He wants his team to savor the sweet victories, but he’s always wary of celebrating anything premature.
Malone didn’t have a choice Saturday night.
Before he could even get a full sentence out in the exuberant postgame locker room, he was doused with water bottles, joyously shoved by his adoring team and drenched by Isaiah Thomas, who dumped an entire bucket of water on him to celebrate the Nuggets coaching staff earning the right to coach Team LeBron in the All-Star Game on Feb.