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

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.

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.

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 deficits and come away with victories. The reigning NBA champions, though, didn’t come close this time around as LeBron James & Co. kept their season alive with a 119-108 victory.

Hopefully we can figure that out and make sure it never happens again,' he said. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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