NBA FINALS: HEAT VS. NUGGETS

June 9, 2023

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Denver Nuggets

Game 4: Postgame

Denver Nuggets 108, Miami Heat 95

Q. Can you describe the defensive effort in that final quarter?

KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE: It was great. We wanted to come in and try to not only get one game, but get both of them. And we did exactly what we wanted to do.

Game plan was just to communicate, make sure we get to the right spots down the stretch. Game 3, we knew we had a lot of slippages, and tonight we wanted to correct them.

Q. Bruce had 11 in the fourth, 21 overall. He doesn’t do that, maybe you guys don’t get the win. Can you talk about his performance tonight?

KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE: I felt we would have still come out with the W the way we were playing throughout the game. But Bruce was amazing, getting to the rack, pull-up three, an and-one and also knocking down those free throws. He was big for us making those points in the fourth.

Q. And Aaron Gordon, he took advantage of what he had defensively in front of him.

KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE: Oh, yes. I always tell AG, man, continue to play his game. When you’re shooting threes, no up, no in, so make sure you get that ball up so it can go in. He did that tonight. We were so proud of him to continue to be confident and shoot the ball.

Q. What was the feeling in the locker room postgame?

KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE: We're excited, but the job’s not done. We’ve got one more. We’re just going to take it back home and try to close it out.

Q. What do you remember about when you were one win away from a championship?

KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE: Just the excitement. Like you said, coming into the locker room knowing we're up 3-1. Here we can enjoy the moment. But we’ve got one more to get back in Denver.