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Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. credited his teammates with serving to him as his siblings confronted some “unhealthy and unhappy stuff” during the last week.
Porter’s brothers Jontay and Coban have been each within the highlight in the course of the week forward of the workforce’s opening-round playoff sequence in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Michael Porter Jr. of the Nuggets performs the Memphis Grizzlies at Ball Area on March 25, 2024, in Denver. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Pictures)
Jontay Porter obtained a lifetime ban from the NBA after it was revealed he guess on basketball video games, together with on his personal workforce, the Toronto Raptors. Coban Porter was sentenced to 6 years in jail over a deadly DUI crash.
“Some unhealthy and unhappy stuff occurred to a few my brothers,” Michael Porter Jr. stated after the Nuggets beat the Lakers on Saturday evening, 114-103 to take a 1-0 sequence lead. “However I’ve bought 15, 16 extra brothers in right here. So I knew I needed to be right here for them, are available in right here and do my job and attempt to put together to do it at a excessive stage.”
Porter scored 19 factors, grabbed eight rebounds and had two blocks within the recreation.
Nuggets ahead Michael Porter Jr. goes as much as shoot in opposition to Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell in the course of the first-round playoff sequence, April 20, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photograph/Jack Dempsey)
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He added that it was nonetheless troublesome to place his thoughts relaxed and deal with basketball with every thing else happening.
Two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic praised Porter’s efficiency amid the robust week.
“That’s why basketball is such a lovely recreation, that you just don’t take into consideration nothing besides what’s happening on the ground,” Jokic stated. “Earlier than and after, after all, the stuff hits you. However I believe all of us reached out to him and naturally, household is the very first thing. However we’re some type of household, too. So, hopefully he’s going to search out peace and he’s going to be in a great place, mentally.”
Nuggets ahead Michael Porter Jr. is pressured by Los Angeles Lakers ahead Taurean Prince in the course of the playoffs, April 20, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photograph/Jack Dempsey)
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Porter averaged 16.7 factors, 7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per recreation for the Nuggets. He performed in 81 of the workforce’s 82 video games.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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