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May 29, 2023 · Jokic led the Nuggets in its 4-0 breakthrough against the Lakers, averaging an eye-popping 27.8 ppg, 14.5 rpg and 11.8 apg while shooting 50.6% overall and 47.1% from 3-point range. 14. Putting a ...
- Film Study: How Nikola Jokic drives Nuggets' offense | NBA.com
Play 1. The Nuggets run a “pistol” action to get Luka Doncic...
- Film Study: How Nikola Jokic drives Nuggets' offense | NBA.com
Nov 7, 2023 · Denver was so vulnerable without its best player last season that the Nuggets lost multiple games in which they won the minutes Jokic did play by at least 13 points.
- Sam Quinn
Dec 14, 2018 · On Dec. 15, 2016, the Nuggets made Nikola Jokic the team's starting center, triggering a trade of Jusuf Nurkic to Portland and helping Denver form one of the NBA's best offenses.
- Nick Kosmider
Jun 8, 2021 · Jokic just fit a lot of what the Nuggets were looking for at that point with prospects. “We were looking at the draft board, it was a guy that we felt like would be a good fit,” Connelly said.
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- A Unique and Reliable Weapon
Jokic ranks second in the league with 8.2 elbow touches per game, according to Second Spectrum. Those touches are just when he catches the ball near the free throw line, so they don’t count times when Jokic dribbles the ball into the high post. A lot of those elbow touches turn into hand-offs for the Nuggets’ guards and wings toward the middle of t...
Some defenses do not want the ball to get to the middle of the floor, so they try to deny the hand-off going that way. The Nuggets, of course, have a counter. And it results in some of Jokic’s most brilliant passes. Play 1. Murray catches Mychal Mulder leaning and cuts to the basket after feeding Jokic at the high post. Jokic’s return feed is a bas...
According to Second Spectrum, Jokic has averaged 8.1 post-ups per game, fifth-most in the league. He’s also scored 1.06 points per possession on post-ups (per Second Spectrum), the second-best markamong 21 players who have averaged at least 2.5 post-up possessions per game. The most common way the Nuggets get Jokic into the post is with a back-scre...
Jokic ranks 10th in the league with 4.3 screen assists per game, but the Denver offense really gets fun when he’s the screenee (probably not a real word) instead of the screener. This isn’t about the back-screens that the Nuggets will often set for Jokic to get position in the low post. This is about Jokic acting as a guard, receiving a ball-screen...
One advantage to having your best passer also be your leading rebounder andthe guy who brings the ball up the floor is if the defense leaves somebody open, no extra action is needed to get him the ball. Play 1. After a rebound, Jokic has his eyes on Harris, but somehow sees Barton running up the floor with only the 6-foot-1 Terry Rozier between him...
When Jokic is in the middle of the floor, he’s difficult to double-team. Every teammate is one pass away and the Nuggets don’t have any non-shooters in their rotation. (Harris was having a rough season offensively, but warmed up after the All-Star break.) He sees over the defense and he sees everything. If the Nuggets are having issues within their...
4 days ago · But Denver responded with a 14-0 run that featured 3-pointers by Braun and Porter, helping the Nuggets go on top 65-56 at halftime. Key stat Jokic scored 18 of his 27 points in the third quarter ...
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Jan 5, 2024 · The Nuggets trailed by 18 points with just under seven minutes remaining but ended the game with a 25-4 scoring run. Jokic capped a 34-point night by shooting from just beyond midcourt with 1.3 ...
