Not even the most miraculous shot of his life was enough to earn Nikola Jokic the fourth quarter off this time.
Jokic buried a one-handed, full-court heave at the third-quarter buzzer to give the Nuggets a 25-point lead that almost disappeared Thursday night in a 132-123 win over the visiting Sacramento Kings.
“It’s not really a high-percentage shot,” Jokic said. “But I took it to make it.”
“Jokic has come close a couple times this year, so when it left his hands, I thought, ‘That has a chance.’ And then, boom,” teammate Russell Westbrook said.