How Dwight Howard STOPPED Nikola Jokic
00:00:00.000 | Talk about the challenge Nicola presents on the floor and kind of talk about the challenges it presents guarding him.
00:00:06.140 | It was so much fun playing against him, even at that stage in my career, because that was my only job was to lock in on defense on him.
00:00:14.860 | I saw when you gave him a lot of space, he's able to attack, get comfortable, go either way, up and unders, get up to his pull-ups, anything.
00:00:22.200 | I'm like, nah, I can't let him do that.
00:00:24.280 | So as soon as I see the coach look down to the end of the bench and say, let's go, I'm looking down at the end of the bench too.
00:00:31.240 | And I'm like, oh, you going in? Let's go. I'm ready.
00:00:34.020 | And that's the whole, my whole mindset is I'm going to mimic him. I'm mirroring him.
00:00:38.140 | And that took a lot of mental energy because he's a tough player.
00:00:41.660 | That's all I was thinking about my whole time in the bubble.
00:00:44.420 | Like we beat them, I'm getting another contract.