With all due respect to the greatest NBA coach who ever lived and those five championship banners hanging in that rodeo barn San Antonio calls home, there is no way the Nuggets can lose to the Spurs in a seven-game series unless center Nikola Jokic loses his cool.
I’m not afraid of Gregg Popovich or LaMarcus Aldridge, but do fear the Joker might go all cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs if referee Tony Brothers walks through the arena doors for a playoff game between San Antonio and Denver.
So the lone question I had Friday for Jokic was if he could keep his head under the duress of the NBA postseason, when teams can get eliminated as easily for lack of composure as lack of talent.