Nikola Jokić, NBA and MVP
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Take a look at Jokić's range breakdown, per NBA.com shot tracking. These percentages are mind boggling. The guy has made 86 of 110 shots from the touch-range of 0-9 feet. The 15-19 foot range is, analytically speaking, the worst shot in basketball, and Jokić literally hasn't missed from there yet. He's a perfect 7 for 7.
Jokić had a fantastic scoring night, going for 55 points, and while that is a spectacular number, it's still six points off his career high of 61 and wouldn't even crack the top 25 highest point totals in an NBA game — so why was this game so special?
In NBA history, only one player has ever done each of these in the same season: - 50+ point game - 30/15/15 game - 25+ point game without attempting a single free throw That player is Nikola Jokic, who did each of those in the last eight days. pic.twitter.com/5qM2zRDfhz
Follow along with the NBA.com live blog, bringing you the best of a 12-game Wednesday highlighted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Thunder hosting Luka Dončić's Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers got a painful wakeup call on Wednesday. They entered the contest with the Oklahoma City Thunder having won six of their last seven games, but they were annihilated in that one. OKC won, 121-92, and it wasn't even that close.
As always, big man Nikola Jokić was the star of the show for the Nugs, finishing the night with 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, but it was forward Aaron Gordon left with the biggest highlight of the game, slamming down a thunderous dunk to posterize Quinten Post.
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