Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic hit a game-winning 3-pointer against the Golden State Warriors last night at the buzzer.
The Nuggets erased an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter, capped off by Jokic’s banked-in 3 from the deep right sideline.
“That was the last option with that play,” Jokic said. “I just took a shot. I think those shots are the easiest shots to take. You don’t have any other options. So actually, when I felt it, I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to bank this.’ You can see the flight of the ball and I just knew I was going to bank it.”
Jokic, the best player in the NBA right now, was unstoppable against the Warriors. The big man finished with 34 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists in 38 minutes while shooting 13-of-16 from the field, 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line.
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“The defense was amazing in the fourth,” Jokic said. “We didn’t want to give up. We could easily have excuses to lose that game. … But the guys didn’t drop their heads. We were really aggressive. They scored just four points. That’s really, really good defense, especially against that team.”
The Nuggets went on a 25-4 run in the final 6:34 to steal the game from the Warriors. Denver is now 25-11 on the season.
Jokic is averaging 26.0 points, 12.2 rebounds and 9.1 assists on the season while shooting 56.5% overall, 34.5% from 3 and 82.0% from the foul line. The five-time All-Star has 31 double-doubles and 11 triple-doubles.
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“The thing with Nikola, I love the fact that he gets to his spot, he gets set and he just shoots his shot,” Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon said about Jokic. “He doesn’t let the defense alter it at all. When he shoots his shot, there is always a chance he’ll make it.”
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