OAKLAND, Calif. — Nikola Jokic scrunched his face and squinted. He scanned the crowd, slowly spinning in a circle as he seemingly tried to spot his family at Oakland Arena. Noticing this, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns tapped his shoulder and pointed toward a corner of the stands, where a fan wearing a No. 15 Nuggets jersey was trying to catch Jokic’s attention.
Jokic waved back, then he stopped himself. It was just a random fan.
“My bad,” Towns told him, laughing.
Less than a week from turning 30, Jokic was without his usual companion at All-Star weekend this year.