Nikola Jokic

Austin Reaves executed a perfect missed free throw before sinking the game-tying bucket to force overtime, and Luka Doncic drained the winning jumper in the extra frame to lift the Lakers past the Nuggets on Saturday night.

Nikola Jokic says his basketball journey began with brutal one against two games against his older brothers.

Nikola Jokic reflected on Denver’s 127-125 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, highlighting Austin Reaves’ late-game play. “He [got] perfect bounce. He got a ball off his rebound on a floater. He made a floater,” Jokic said. The Nuggets star addressed his role on inbound plays in crunch time. “Just to throw the perfect […] The post Nikola Jokic on Nuggets’ OT loss to Lakers and key plays appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

El duelo entre estrellas europeas terminó con victoria para los Lakers The post Resultados y clasificación de la NBA: Doncic anota la canasta ganadora contra Jokic appeared first on Eurohoops .

Nikola Jokic blasts claim that modern NBA teams do not play defense.

The European contingent of the NBA faces a wave of medical uncertainty as recovery timelines tighten for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Victor Wembanyama The post Giannis and Wemby are questionable, but Doncic and Jokic cleared appeared first on Eurohoops .

Denver Nuggets overcame a 20-point deficit to defeat San Antonio Spurs 136-131 at Frost Bank Center Thursday. Jamal Murray scored 39 points while Nikola Jokic posted a triple-double with 31 points, 20 rebounds, and 12 assists. The Nuggets trailed 99-79 early in the third quarter before Murray’s 3-pointer sparked an 11-0 run, giving Denver a […] The post Murray, Jokic lead Nuggets past Spurs with fourth-quarter rally appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Today, the NBA is experiencing another era of incredible concentration of superstars. The league is filled with names: Nikola Jokic dominates thanks to his unique basketball intelligence, Giannis Antetokounmpo demonstrates athleticism and versatility, Luka Doncic turns every game into a playmaking show, and Jayson Tatum is among the league’s top scorers. However, more and more […] The post 5 Most Underrated Players in the NBA Right Now appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Nikola Jokic praised his team’s second-half performance following Denver’s 136-131 comeback victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center on Thursday. “We started to play a little bit trippy, a little bit aggressive… the group was really good. Gave us energy, gave us momentum and we kind of took the tempo of the […] The post Nikola Jokic on Denver’s second-half surge: “We don’t stop playing” appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

The San Antonio Spurs ruled out star center Victor Wembanyama for Thursday night's showdown against the Denver Nuggets because of right ankle soreness.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists, Jamal Murray scored 39 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat San Antonio 136-131 on Thursday night, snapping the Spurs' five-game winning streak as Victor Wembanyama sat out with an injury. San Antonio guard Stephon Castle had 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his third career triple-double. With the Spurs trailing 132-129, Castle had a 3-pointer rattle off the rim with 20 seconds remaining. Murray seal...

The Denver Nuggets were supposed to be exhausted on Thursday night. Coming off a dominant blowout win over the Houston Rockets just 24 hours prior and losing an hour to a time change on the flight to Texas, the stage was set for a “scheduled loss” against the San Antonio Spurs. Instead, Nikola Jokic decided […] The post Nuggets news: Nikola Jokic posts ultra-rare stat line for 2nd time in 18 days appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Nikola Jokic had 16 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds for his 25th triple-double of the season, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 129-93 in a Western Conference showdown Wednesday night. Jamal Murray scored 30 points for Denver, which holds the tiebreaker over the Rockets after winning the season series 3-1.

The thin air of Ball Arena sets the stage for a heavyweight Western Conference battle tonight as Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets travel to the Mile High City to face Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. The Houston Rockets (40-24) arrive in Denver looking to solidify their grip on a top-three seed in the West following a dominant victory over Toronto. Led by the timeless scoring of Kevin Durant , who is averaging 26.1 points per game, Houston has paired elite veteran production with the ...

Bam Adebayo‘s elite-level impact on the Heat has become undeniable, Ira Winderman writes for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Winderman makes a stat-based argument for Adebayo’s stardom, noting that he’s second in the league in on/off differential behind only Nikola Jokic (among players who have logged at least 1500 minutes) and that the Heat have a […]

Lakers star LeBron James remained out Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves because of left foot arthritis and a right hip contusion.