Jokic in Playoff-mode vs Minnesota: “I don’t think anybody in the NBA can guard Nikola 1-on-1”
Jokic, considered by Bookmakers the favorite for the Regular season MVP award, is producing 26.6 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9 assists per game.
Nikola Jokic was dominant in the Nuggets’ win over the Timberwolves, which put Denver back on top of the NBA Western Conference.
The Serbian ace scored 41 points with 11 rebounds and 7 assists, hitting 16 of 20 shots from the field. A total effort against the league’s best defense, which Coach Malone rightly celebrated in the postgame.
"Nikola always embraces the physicality. He never shies away from it," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. "Rudy Gobert is going to be a Hall of Fame player one day. Rudy Gobert is going to be regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. And it just speaks to how great Nikola is. I don’t think anybody in the NBA can guard Nikola 1-on-1."
Jokic, considered by Bookmakers the favorite for the Regular season MVP award, is producing 26.6 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9 assists per game.