Nuggets players spotted wearing flip-flops during warm-ups before Game 4 loss to Lakers

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When Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone went into his postgame press conference following a Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, he likely wasn’t thinking he’d talk about flip-flops. 

But after several Nuggets players were spotted during pregame warm-ups wearing just flip-flops and socks, that’s exactly what happened.

With the Nuggets up 3-0 in the series against Los Angeles, the general perception of players wearing flip-flops to warm up seemed to be that Denver was being nonchalant heading into the potential sweep situation.

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Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets warms up in slides before the first half against the Lakers in Los Angeles on April 27, 2024. (AAron Ontiveroz/Denver Post)

However, a Nuggets spokesperson told ESPN that there was a mix-up with some players’ insoles in their shoes on the early bus to the arena, leading them to hit the court without their regular basketball sneakers on.

"I think the bus that the shoes got loaded onto was the last bus," Nuggets starting forward Michael Porter Jr. said, per ESPN. "There was some confusion. So, all I had was slides. They said we could either skip our warm-up or go out there in slides. I kind of knew then that people would probably make a big deal out of it, but it was just because somebody forgot to put the shoes on the right bus.

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"It’s frustrating. Pregame routine is very important, but everyone makes mistakes. Everybody’s human, I’m not too mad."

Denver has begun games in this first-round series slow, but they’ve been able to overcome