CLEVELAND — Austin Rivers would’ve shared the exact language he heard during the Nuggets’ rousing win over Philadelphia last week, but that would’ve required a censor button he didn’t have.
JaMychal Green, multiple sources said, sparked that victory with an impassioned, profanity-laced rant that emboldened his teammates and fueled their comeback win. Typically one of the quieter veterans on the Nuggets, Green laid into his teammates last Monday night telling them the truths he felt they needed to hear. In retrospect, his intuition was correct.
When Rivers was asked two nights later about the impact both Green and DeMarcus Cousins have brought to the Nuggets, Rivers deemed the pair the “Bash Brothers,” a reference to the iconic enforcers from The Mighty Ducks.