Nuggets coach Michael Malone: We can’t check out before All-Star break

DENVER, CO – FEBRUARY 14: Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone leaves the floor after the fourth quarter of Denver’s 121-111 win over the Orlando Magic at Ball Arena on Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)SAN FRANCISCO – Nuggets coach Michael Malone channeled his best Hubie Brown on Wednesday morning at Golden State’s Chase Center.

As the Nuggets were wrapping up shootaround, Malone reminded them that the All-Star break begins Thursday, not Wednesday, when his team will take on the second-seeded Warriors.

“Where is everybody at mentally? My challenge to them at the end was, ‘Be present, be in the moment, let’s concentrate and focus on the task at hand,’”…