Yes, the Nuggets have the home-court advantage, but he’s expecting it to be a tough best-of-seven series.ĭENVER - A wall of video cameras surrounded Nikola Jokic as reporters piled around the two-time MVP after the Nuggets finished their final practice before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.Īll eyes were on him. “So, give me some details on the Nuggets.”Ĭaldwell-Pope shook his head and laughed. How does it feel?” said Jordan, who played for the Lakers and Clippers.
“You know you won a championship with the Lakers. He was referring to how the Lakers and Nuggets met in the Western Conference finals in 2020 on the Walt Disney World campus near Orlando, Fla., and are facing off again while the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat met in the Eastern Conference finals in 2020 and are going at it again in 2023.īefore Caldwell-Pope could finish his thoughts, Denver reserve center DeAndre Jordan interrupted the conversation, joking that the reporter from Los Angeles wanted extra information. The crazy thing about it is that the same four teams that were in the bubble in the conference finals are back in the conference finals again. “We just talked about it yesterday and had a laugh about it. “That’s crazy, right?” he said after practice Monday on the eve of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Lakers and Nuggets at Ball Arena. Now as a starting guard with the Denver Nuggets both teams are in the other’s way of trying to reach the NBA Finals. Even if he wasn’t the go-to guy,” said Spencer, who won a state title with his then-freshman brother at Cedar Ridge High in Newark, Ark.ĭENVER - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could only laugh when he was asked about having won an NBA championship as a starting guard with the Lakers in 2020. “He’s always lived for these kinds of moments. Spencer’s season at the University of Central Missouri had ended two days before despite his 29 points in all 40 minutes against Central Oklahoma, so he had time for the 240-mile trip between the two campuses.īefore the Lakers played Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals in San Francisco, it was the last time Spencer had seen Austin play in person.įriday, Spencer watched Austin play in Los Angeles, in front of the crowd that has serenaded him with “MVP” chants regularly through the season.Īustin hit a half-court shot to end the second quarter, Spencer rising to his feet at his seat one row behind Jeanie Buss, the perfect angle to see it swish through the net. Spencer Reaves got behind the wheel of his white Dodge Challenger and made the drive from Warrensburg, Mo., to Wichita State’s campus in Kansas to watch his little brother, Austin, play in the final conference game of his sophomore season.
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