Superlatives are lacking to qualify Nikola Jokic‘s incandescent performance against the Clippers. The Serb ticked all the boxes for the perfect match, and did so with disconcerting ease. At the end of this thriller therefore, the Nuggets leave victorious, Niko the torso bulging.
The boxscore of the evening’s match, it’s right there!
What is this madness that Nikola Jokic has just gratified us with?! Neck wetting, here are his stats of the night: 49 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, 16/25 shooting, 3/5 parking, 14/16 throwing. Mind-blowing. Surely piqued in his pride seeing Joël Embiid’s match, Niko did at least as hard. The statistical line is crazy, but sparkles more when the guy unseats everyone until the end of overtime. Yes, clutch at will. The brother of Oslo and Helsinki carried his team at arm’s length during overtime, until delivering this fabulous left-handed pass for Aaron Gordon, opened in the corner 2 seconds from the end: filoche. The bad choices have – once again – not been legion. His only party of the evening? The winning shot at the end of regulation time, missed, probably on purpose to complete his triple-double in overtime. What a pleasure to admire this 800kg gentleman, with Natasha’s relaxation in Thick neck, destroy everything that comes in front of him. On this Thursday, therefore, a little email to the employer asking him for a week of paid vacation, just to recover quietly from what we have just seen.
I can’t BELIEVE this mass of Jokic. I refuse.pic.twitter.com/V9IflI6riO
– TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) January 20, 2022
Although he seems to be playing in pajamas, the Serb’s mission was not easy. Opposite, the Clippers still fought like dogs. Tribute to Ivica Zubac who had to fade the other patient, everything by landing a big double-double to 32 points and 10 rebounds on the other side. Tribute also to Reggie Jackson who continues his good season with 28 points and 12 assists, even if the 3/11 3-pointer is like a pitcher of lemon juice on a wound. The two Angelinos clearly kept the sail afloat while the other mammoth wandered around in his racket, responding each time with buckets, a real trench warfare. But Reggie who rolls does not gather foam (?) and the leader was two centimeters away from donning the costume of the hero of the evening by sending a snack shot to the buzzer, which inadvertently ricocheted off the circle, thus offering the victory to the best guy in the sai… of the match, sorry.
The best game of the night was clearly in Denver, and thanks to Nikola Jokic for driving it absolutely crazy. The Clippers did what they could, but Niko was too hot. That’s all.
