That was a pretty good game. These highlights, or any highlights for that matter, cannot really do it justice. Does that mean you should not watch this video? Of course not. This video is rated E for Everyone. Everyone should watch it.
Because Nikola Jokic had one heck of a game. A real banger. 29 points. A career-high 14 assists (most of them legit for once). 13 rebounds. 1 dunk. 0 Plumlees. His most voluminous triple-double yet in a career filled with them. Oh, and it was on national TV, so all those casuals who can’t even tell you where Torrey Craig used to play basketball could see what kind of a beast he really is. This is the kind of game that really drives narratives, and the narrative now is: Jokic should’ve been an All-Star.
I was almost hoping that this game would go into overtime. More stats for Jokic, more stats for everybody! Who cares who wins when there was a chance he could go for 30/15/15? Sadly, he made a precision inbound pass (right at the end of the allotted five seconds, I might add) to Gary Harris for the game-winning triple as time expired. Drat! Sure, he got an assist out of it, but think of all the assists he could’ve had in overtime, or double overtime, or more!
We will have to settle for this insanity instead of the insaner potential insanity.