Jusuf Nurkic speaks to the media for the first time in Portland - "It's the perfect place for me, they need me, I need them"

Nikola Joki gets animated while addressing his teammates at halftimesince that moment the Nuggets have outscored the Lakers

Russell Westbrook full press conference exchange with reporters

MSG broadcast has a hard time tracking down Jordan Clarkson for his post game interview as he says hello to familiar faces in 27pt return to Utah Thanks fans for his time there It's not the first time I've been hot in this building I'm just glad it happened here I love this city

Deni Avdija lobs it to Robert Williams III who tips in the alley-oop and Nikola Jokic casually goes coast to coast and scores at the other end as Blazers are confused whether who should pick him up

Nikola Joki gets the bucket to start the game as OKC and Denver are now live

Joel Embiid comes up to say hi to Nikola Jokic after the game