Performance Of The Night: Nikola Jokic

Performance Of The Night: Nikola Jokic

Nikola Jokic is slowly becoming a basketball god; I don’t even know how else to put it. Out of all the performances in tonight’s group of games, his performance is the best one by far. He went toe-to-toe with Victor Wembanyama… AND DUNKED ON HIM!

Did anybody expect The Joker to do that to the San Antonio Spurs’ alien? Probably not, no disrespect to Jokic, dunking on people ain’t his game – especially to do it on a guy like Wemby – but he made it his game tonight.

Besides the career moment, Jokic balled out. In 38 minutes, he put up 42 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, two blocks, and a steal. Plus, he was very efficient in tonight’s win over San Antonio. Went 18/32 (56%) from the field.

He was one of, if not the top two-way players in tonight’s game. There is a reason why he is regarded as the greatest draft steal in NBA history. This win also allowed Denver to reclaim the first seed in the West.

Nikola Jokic is just a different breed; he’s in his prime and could be lining up for a second title run. Nobody had this most efficient game today; not Wemby, not Andrew Wiggins, no one else but Jokic.

We can use all the adjectives to describe his greatness, but in reality, he does this on a consistent level, so we become numb as we take it as normal and a “usual game” for him.