Jokic

Jokic cooking (7:39 p.m.): Jokic didn’t take kindly to the Anthony Davis block on his post-up a few minutes ago.

Jokic doesn’t really see many similarities in their play: “We affect the game in different ways,” Jokic said.

Jokic Has a Hold on Denver: Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets center, may be the best player in the N.B.A., but he avoids the spotlight.

Instead of going through that amount of effort and trying to get Nikola Jokic to sing the blues for all opposing Western Conference coaches to hear, all Jokic needed to do to make the All-Star game was just be himself.

After the Heat believed they’d found something defensively for Jokic, the two-time MVP systematically destroyed their defense for a 32-point, 21-rebound, 10-assist triple-double.

And if Adebayo is already giving up a few inches to Jokic down low, the Heat better be careful he doesn’t get into foul trouble.

An offseason spent focusing on getting more comfortable with the ball in his hands appears to be paying off, though no one is mistaking his game for Nikola Jokic’s on either end.

A pro-Jokic crowd watched him soar for a first-half dunk, and then roared when he buried a 3-pointer.

Asked what it meant to him, Jokic said, “to be honest, not much.

As long as we are winning games (it's good), I think,” Jokic said.

Before the sport, Jokic shared a heat pregame hug — and the basketball — with Ishbia after a Forty eighth-hour kerfuffle over a free ball in Phoenix resulted in a technical foul and a $25,000 effective for the Nuggets large man.

Bruce Brown blames Nikola Jokic for his hangover after the Nuggets were seen partying in Las Vegas last night 😂😠pic.

But if Davis is the board chairman, Jokic is the beast.

But Jokic would not be denied.

But the Nuggets advanced to uncharted territory in the NBA Finals because of Jokic, who was named the Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP.

Can Lebron James and Anthony Davis lead the Lakers to a game 3 win or will Jokic and Murray lead the Nuggets to victory?

Considering the Bulls have no players with the all-around talent of Jokic or the heart of the Heat’s Jimmy Butler, it would be a dangerous miscalculation if he’s wrong.

Deandre Ayton loved watching Nikola Jokic getting rebounds pic.

DENVER, CO – FEBRUARY 7: Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets sports a rare early-game smile during the first quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Denver needed just a few minutes of the third quarter to get the lead back to double digits despite playing without Jokic, who was ejected, and Caldwell-Pope, who missed the second half with a head injury.