Like Emmanuel Mudiay, Nikola Jokic struggled out of the gate against New Orleans and struggled in the first half of the home opener against the Trailblazers. Nikola is clearly having a hard time adjusting to playing power forward. Nikola had a fairly quiet first half but came out like a man on a mission in the opening minutes of the 2nd half.
After scoring a handful of buckets alongside Jusuf Nurkic, Malone finally allowed Joker to play minutes at center and the Nuggets opened up a big lead. Sadly, both Nurkic and Jokic were left on the bench in the final minutes of the game against the Blazers and they mounted a comeback.