Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hilariously reveals big Nikola Jokic-DeAndre Jordan difference

Jamal Murray wants his running mate back.

The Denver Nuggets faced one of their biggest challenges of the season this week, as they had to take on a difficult back-to-back slate without their star big man Nikola Jokic. Jokic isn’t dealing with any sort of injury, but he got sick on Monday and was forced to miss Tuesday’s game against the Boston Celtics and Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Nuggets battled with the defending champs on Tuesday night, but eventually fell short in a 118-106 loss. The team responded in a huge way on Wednesday night, jumping out to a massive lead over the Clippers and running away with a 126-103 win even without Jokic.

One of the guys that has been filling in for Jokic while he has been out has been veteran big man DeAndre Jordan. after Wednesday’s win, point guard Jamal Murray joked about the difference about running the Nuggets’ signature two-man game with Jokic versus with Jordan, via DNVR Nug

Jamal Murray on the difference between running the two-man game with Nikola Jokic vs. DeAndre Jordan:

“Well when I’m with DJ I’m keeping it.” pic.twitter.com/azU8vxTsXN

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