Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic is Larry Bird in the body of Shaquille O’Neal. He has redefined what a big man does in the sport. Today, against the Utah Jazz, there was Jokic again using his skills to control the game.
His plays were exquisite today with the highlight being two inbound passes/assists back to back. From one end to the other, he accurately passed the ball to Michael Porter Jr which led to a bucket, and then repeated it with Aaron Gordon being the recipient this time.
Jokic ended up having 26 points, six rebounds and eight assists. He also played through a bruised right arm but it didn’t look like that when he was cutting through the defences of Utah.
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That shows how good the Serbian is. Even with an “injury”, he controlled the game like an expert puppeteer. The Jazz had no answer for any of the questions posed by Nikola Jokic.
No injury no problem as Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets to a comprehensive victory over the Utah Jazz
When the Denver Nuggets played the undermanned Utah Jazz, Michael Malone didn’t have to worry about his superstar center and a possible letdown. With Jamal Murray scoring 37 points and Nikola Jokic playing with an injured right arm that prevented him from participating in shootaround, the Nuggets thrashed the Jazz 142-121 on Saturday night.
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The third quarter saw the Jazz score exactly as many points as they did in the first half.
Even against Denver’s backups, who played the most of the fourth quarter, the Jazz, down 78-44 at the half, outscored Denver 44-24 in the third quarter but were unable to reduce their lead below 14 points.
With 29 points, Keyonte George led Utah and drove the Jazz’s push in the third quarter, which elevated their game and had the sold-out crowd excited about a possible historic collapse.
Before the break, the Nuggets made 14 of their 20 long-range attempts. The Nuggets improved to 8-1 since the All-Star break after readjusting at the half and playing better on both sides of the court in the fourth quarter after being outscored by 20 points in the third.
The Denver Nuggets are having a great run and won against the Boston Celtics 115-109 in their last game. They will host Toronto next while the Jazz will face Boston in Salt Lake City.
