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Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Nikola Jokic on his struggles:
-It’s a little bit of everything
-OKC defense is great, very physical
-I missed a few open looks
“I need to do a better job.” – 7:38 PM
Nikola Jokic on his struggles:
-It’s a little bit of everything
-OKC defense is great, very physical
-I missed a few open looks
“I need to do a better job.” – 7:38 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Asked David Adelman about Nikola Jokic’s focus on the officiating in this series:
“I know there’s frustration there. When he’s in drop coverage and somebody drives him and they make contact and that’s a call, and here’s a center who’s a bigger man and feels like the same contact – 6:39 PM
Asked David Adelman about Nikola Jokic’s focus on the officiating in this series:
“I know there’s frustration there. When he’s in drop coverage and somebody drives him and they make contact and that’s a call, and here’s a center who’s a bigger man and feels like the same contact – 6:39 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
What a response from the Thunder.
Down 1-2 on the road to Jokic and the Nuggets.
Going down 8 points in the 2nd half.
Hostile road environment.
And the playoff’s youngest team responds by winning the 4th quarter 29-18 to tie the series 2-2 and take back home court advantage. – 6:19 PM
What a response from the Thunder.
Down 1-2 on the road to Jokic and the Nuggets.
Going down 8 points in the 2nd half.
Hostile road environment.
And the playoff’s youngest team responds by winning the 4th quarter 29-18 to tie the series 2-2 and take back home court advantage. – 6:19 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Jokic last three games:
5.3 TOV per game
5.0 AST per game
on 33/18% shooting. pic.x.com/bHgPXhqQfV – 6:19 PM
Jokic last three games:
5.3 TOV per game
5.0 AST per game
on 33/18% shooting. pic.x.com/bHgPXhqQfV – 6:19 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Final Rotations for the Nuggets as they lose to OKC 92-87.
Nikola Jokic: 27 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 7/22 FG
Aaron Gordon: 15-16-6
Everyone shot poorly outside of Gordon. Not just Jokic. Nuggets as a team gave too much in Q2/Q3 to come back. Had nothing for Q4.
2-2. pic.x.com/QfH95kYqNs – 6:17 PM
Final Rotations for the Nuggets as they lose to OKC 92-87.
Nikola Jokic: 27 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 7/22 FG
Aaron Gordon: 15-16-6
Everyone shot poorly outside of Gordon. Not just Jokic. Nuggets as a team gave too much in Q2/Q3 to come back. Had nothing for Q4.
2-2. pic.x.com/QfH95kYqNs – 6:17 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Jokic missing both free throws and Caruso of all players getting the rebound is the ultimate Ball Don’t Lie. – 6:02 PM
Jokic missing both free throws and Caruso of all players getting the rebound is the ultimate Ball Don’t Lie. – 6:02 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Jokic misses two big free-throws….OKC gets a bucket……huge, huge swing…..should have been 2…now it’s 6 – 6:01 PM
Jokic misses two big free-throws….OKC gets a bucket……huge, huge swing…..should have been 2…now it’s 6 – 6:01 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Should OKC hold on to win this and tie the series at 2-2, the Nuggets have very little chance to win this without Jokic starting to play a lot better – 5:57 PM
Should OKC hold on to win this and tie the series at 2-2, the Nuggets have very little chance to win this without Jokic starting to play a lot better – 5:57 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
OKC heading under 5 minutes with three-point lead.
Nuggets closed better in two close wins over Thunder.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, it’s time to show and prove.
Nikola Jokic will show up.
Gilgeous-Alexander bucket. OKC up three with under 5 left in game. #NBAPlayoffs2025 – 5:55 PM
OKC heading under 5 minutes with three-point lead.
Nuggets closed better in two close wins over Thunder.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, it’s time to show and prove.
Nikola Jokic will show up.
Gilgeous-Alexander bucket. OKC up three with under 5 left in game. #NBAPlayoffs2025 – 5:55 PM
Dwight Jaynes @dwightjaynes
If LeBron was fouled like Jokic is he would be at the line 35 times – 5:52 PM
If LeBron was fouled like Jokic is he would be at the line 35 times – 5:52 PM
David Locke @DLocke09
Is there any other great 2 man game in the NBA that can be inverted the way Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic can? – 5:50 PM
Is there any other great 2 man game in the NBA that can be inverted the way Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic can? – 5:50 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Nikola Jokic is 5-17 from the field….Hasn’t been efficient in this series since Game 1 – 5:46 PM
Nikola Jokic is 5-17 from the field….Hasn’t been efficient in this series since Game 1 – 5:46 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Jokic has missed a lot of shots again, but he has especially missed when being guarded by a smaller player in a good situation. – 5:45 PM
Jokic has missed a lot of shots again, but he has especially missed when being guarded by a smaller player in a good situation. – 5:45 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jalen Willaims
Cason Wallace
Aaron Wiggins
Alex Caruso
Isaiah Hartenstein
OKC down 1, Jokic in this game trying to get some distance. SGA at the table with 9:10 left. – 5:40 PM
Jalen Willaims
Cason Wallace
Aaron Wiggins
Alex Caruso
Isaiah Hartenstein
OKC down 1, Jokic in this game trying to get some distance. SGA at the table with 9:10 left. – 5:40 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Sean Wright not giving continuation on that Jokic and-1 is fucking nuts. – 4:42 PM
Sean Wright not giving continuation on that Jokic and-1 is fucking nuts. – 4:42 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Nikola Jokic just jumped up and down at the refs after the foul was called on the ground with a soft foul on Isaiah Hartenstein. – 4:42 PM
Nikola Jokic just jumped up and down at the refs after the foul was called on the ground with a soft foul on Isaiah Hartenstein. – 4:42 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander attacks the rim and gets an and-1 finish over Nikola Jokic, he has 2 fouls. Aaron Gordon is motioning for a flop while getting set up for these free throws. – 4:41 PM
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander attacks the rim and gets an and-1 finish over Nikola Jokic, he has 2 fouls. Aaron Gordon is motioning for a flop while getting set up for these free throws. – 4:41 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starts the second quarter with a floater in the lane, Mark Daigneault rolling with
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Isaiah Joe
Cason Wallace
Alex Caruso
Isaiah Hartenstein to start the non-Jokic minutes – 4:12 PM
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starts the second quarter with a floater in the lane, Mark Daigneault rolling with
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Isaiah Joe
Cason Wallace
Alex Caruso
Isaiah Hartenstein to start the non-Jokic minutes – 4:12 PM
Zach Kram @zachkram
The Nuggets are the 4th team since the invention of the shot clock to score 8 points or fewer in the 1st quarter of a playoff game (joining the 2016 Celtics, 2010 Mavs, and 1988 Jazz).
This is also the Nuggets’ lowest-scoring 1st quarter in any game since drafting Nikola Jokic. – 4:09 PM
The Nuggets are the 4th team since the invention of the shot clock to score 8 points or fewer in the 1st quarter of a playoff game (joining the 2016 Celtics, 2010 Mavs, and 1988 Jazz).
This is also the Nuggets’ lowest-scoring 1st quarter in any game since drafting Nikola Jokic. – 4:09 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
NEW: Game 4 matinee preview for Nuggets-Thunder
What can Denver do to get Jokic going? Plus, some thoughts on MPJ, Christian Braun guarding SGA, and more.
milehighsports.com/game-4-preview… – 2:09 AM
NEW: Game 4 matinee preview for Nuggets-Thunder
What can Denver do to get Jokic going? Plus, some thoughts on MPJ, Christian Braun guarding SGA, and more.
milehighsports.com/game-4-preview… – 2:09 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Randle tonight:
24 PTS
10 REB
12 AST
3 STL
Only Steph and Jokic have recorded this statline or better in a Playoff game in the 2020s. pic.x.com/mTQvofpgQr – 11:22 PM
Randle tonight:
24 PTS
10 REB
12 AST
3 STL
Only Steph and Jokic have recorded this statline or better in a Playoff game in the 2020s. pic.x.com/mTQvofpgQr – 11:22 PM
More on this storyline
Joel Lorenzi: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, asked what the Thunder is doing to make Nikola Jokic less effective. “I’m not sure, but we have to keep doing it if we want to win,” he said with a wide smile afterward. -via Twitter / May 11, 2025
Ryan Blackburn: David Adelman on Nikola Jokic shooting 0-of-10 from 3 in G3: “If Steph Curry shot 2-of-13, would you guys be asking me about it?” Adelman says he liked the looks Jokic got early and that the shot looked good. Says he hopes Jokic shoots another 10 threes. -via Twitter @NBABlackburn / May 11, 2025
The team guided by David Adelman went up 2-1 in a best-of-seven series of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs presented by Google. “They’re aggressive, physical, handsy, in the passing lanes. I don’t even know what they’re doing. If I did, I would not make those kinds of mistakes,” noted the Serbian superstar, “I need to figure out what they are doing.” In a rough shooting night, Jokic posted a 20-point, 16-rebound double-double alongside six assists, two blocks, and two steals over 43 minutes. “Basically, I was the worst player on the court today. But we got the win. That’s the most important,” he downplayed his contributions. -via EuroHoops.net / May 10, 2025