Games like the one he had on Wednesday night against the Clippers are the reason why Nikola Jokiu0107 is well on his way to his second straight MVP award. He had 49 points on 16-of-25 shooting with 14 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals.
And the Nuggets needed every bit of that stellar performance to eke out a 130–128 overtime win over Los Angeles. Jokiu0107 scored nine of Denver’s final 11 points in regulation (and assisted on the other basket) and scored 11 of his team’s 16 points in overtime.
His biggest play of the night, though, was his assist on Aaron Gordon’s game-winning three-pointer.