Video: Nuggets Fans Chant 'Who's Your Daddy' to Lakers amid Beef With Michael Malone | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Andrew Mccoy
Published Mar 23, 2026
The Denver Nuggets continued their domination of the Los Angeles Lakers with a 119-107 home win to open the 2023-24 season.
As the clock wound down on the win, Denver fans chanted "Who's your daddy?" as a follow-up to some offseason talk that followed after the Nuggets' 4-0 Western Conference Finals sweep over L.A. last year.
Dave McMenamin @mcten"Who's your daddy?" chant in Denver. <a href="">
This string of talk began after Nuggets broadcaster Vic Lombardi called Malone the "Lakers' daddy" during their championship celebration last June:
Bleacher Report @BleacherReport"He came into this world as the son of a coach, but in these playoffs, he became the Lakers daddy!"<br><br>Vic Lombardi on Mike Malone 😅 <a href="">
One month later, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was asked about that amid an appearance with NBA reporters Marc Stein and Chris Haynes (h/t Jeff Smith of Sports Illustrated) on the #thisleague UNCUT podcast.
Bleacher Report @BleacherReportDarvin Ham wants all the smoke 😤<br><br>(via <a href="">@ChrisBHaynes</a>, <a href="">@TheSteinLine</a>) <a href="">
"Oh, wow. You're gonna bring up Money Mike, man? The Lakers' daddy? That's what they call him now? The Lakers' daddy?" Ham said.
"God bless his soul," Ham added. "This s--t ain't over. God bless his soul."
This season is far from over, but Round 1 has clearly gone to Denver, who began a title defense about as well as possible with a dominant win over the Lakers.
