DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had plenty of postgame jokes — about the bench and especially about Paul Millsap.
The Denver big man was simply in a playful mood after another come-from-behind win.
Jokic had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Mason Plumlee provided a boost off the bench and the Nuggets wore down the Brooklyn Nets in a 101-93 win Thursday night.
For that, Jokic credited the bench’s second-half performance.
“Not that much in the first half,” he quipped before patting Plumlee on the back and adding, “but they were phenomenal in the second.