INDIANAPOLIS – Nuggets veteran Paul Millsap has had heart-to-hearts with Michael Porter Jr. before, so there was no reason to suspect this was anything different.
On the heels of his career-high 25-point night, Porter thought he was going to get an earnest conversation with the Nuggets’ elder statesmen. Instead, Millsap took the rookie to school.
Millsap gave Porter a bear hug and a playful shove, sending him to the middle of the visiting locker room, where his teammates were waiting to douse him with a cooler full of ice-cold water.
“Paul just told me he was proud of me, but I thought he was being serious,” Porter said, after his 11-of-12 shooting night catapulted the Nuggets to a 124-116 win over the Pacers.