The Denver Nuggets played against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday at the Warriors home ground Chase Center. Nuggets won the game (119-103) making it their fourth win against the team this season. The Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had another electric performance to contribute to the win.
After the game, the Warrior’s Draymond Green praised Jokic for his performance on his podcast ‘The Draymond Green Show’. While also praising their team and Jokic’s 32-16-16 performance, Green said:
He [Jokic] gave me total and complete hell tonight and I had absolutely no answers. And I’m just gonna laugh about it, because either you laugh or you cry about it.
Draymond Green said
The former MVP scored his fourth triple-double of this month. He had 32 points,16 rebounds, and 16 assists. During this performance, Jokic also made history by joining Russell Westbrook and LeBron James as the only players to have scored a triple-double against every team in the NBA.
Draymond talks Nikola Jokic after Nuggets left the Chase Center with the W.
“He was brilliant. And he’s in incredible shape – y’all should’ve seen him run the floor.” pic.twitter.com/ByR3BT0Z63
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Green also talked about the player’s incredible physique:
He was brilliant. And he’s in incredible shape, y’all should’ve seen him run the floor.
Draymond Green continued
The forward also expressed his respect for Jokic:
I always enjoy the honor of playing against the Joker. A guy that I got a tremendous amount of respect for.
Draymond Green added
Draymond Green and Nikola Jokic shared a laugh after Warriors vs. Nuggets game
After the intense matchup between the Warriors and Nuggets, the opponents Warriors forward Draymond Green and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic were seen sharing a laugh while hugging it out post-game. During an episode of Green’s podcast, he revealed what the players were conversing about.
Draymond Green and Nikola Jokic shared a cheerful moment post-game (Image via NBC Sports Bay Area)Green asked Jokic to be a guest on ‘The Draymond Green Show’. He also mentioned his former teammate’s failed attempt to get Jokic on his podcast:
I don’t know if any of you saw the clip of Joker at All-Star with Andre Iguodala asking him about the podcast, and Joker’s running from him.
Draymond Green quipped
Jokic expressed guilt about the incident by responding:
Oh my God, I’m a bad person. A really bad person.
Nikola Jokic responded
The players were laughing about the whole situation. Green also said that if Jokic ever appeared on the podcast he would only talk about horses and nothing about basketball.
