Ivica Zubac has spent two decades in basketball, from the hills of Zagreb, Croatia, to the beaches of Los Angeles, and still never once in a giant’s life has he played as a guard.
Never once been the one, on defense, getting screened. Never once been the man at the point-of-attack. Never once been the one chasing around pindowns.
Until now, against Nikola Jokic and the revolving carousel of this Nuggets circus around a 7-footer as a lead ballhandler.
“That’s what happens when you play against him,” Zubac said of Jokic after Game 2.