{"id":262740,"date":"2021-05-30T18:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T15:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nuggets-michael-malone-rips-soft-starters-after-game-4-loss\/"},"modified":"2021-05-30T18:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T15:13:43","slug":"nuggets-michael-malone-rips-soft-starters-after-game-4-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nuggets-michael-malone-rips-soft-starters-after-game-4-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nuggets’ Michael Malone rips ‘soft’ starters after Game 4 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nuggets’ Michael Malone rips ‘soft’ starters after Game<\/a> 4 loss<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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There was no sugarcoating this performance and Nuggets coach Michael Malone didn\u2019t bother. He ripped his team for their effort in a Game 4 blowout loss to the Trail Blazers in the opening-round playoff series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur starters were awful,\u201d he told reporters after the series was evened at two games apiece. \u201cI thought we had some guys that were tentative, that looked a little scared, who played soft \u2026 we\u2019re going to have to be a lot better going home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Portland\u2019s 115-95 victory continued a recent trend of the Nuggets falling behind early. They were able to rally in Game 3, but not on Saturday. The starters were ineffective, outscored 49-26. They made just 30 percent of their field-goal attempts and allowed the Trail Blazers to shoot 65 percent when they were on the court, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe urgency has to be there. Maybe this will be a wake-up call for our starting group just to play harder,\u201d Malone said. \u201cGood things happ<\/a>en when we play hard, and we didn\u2019t play anywhere close to hard enough tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nuggets coach Michael Malone reacts during his team\u2019s Game 4 loss to the Trail Blazers on May 29, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTheir starters beat us by a lot, and we didn\u2019t respond well,\u201d Nuggets center Nikola Jokic added. \u201cWe need to be much better.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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