Watch how crazy Nikola Jokic is. First of all, he’s acting as the point guard, way out here. And the Nuggets have Murray around this screen curling inside. As we let it roll, Jokic throws a nonchalant behind the back pass on the money to Jamal, buuut as you can see he gets fouled and the shot doesn’t count so there’s no assist for Nikola.
Although Denver lost the game, you need to see the Joker doing some insane things on the court. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it.
The very next possession they run the same exact play with Murray curling off of the screen, but the Mavs cover that, so Brown screens for Jokic and dives inside, Jokic delivers a beautiful lob pass, another one here and the dunk.
This is an inverted pick and roll with the center doing the playmaking. Unbelievable.
And follow him, as they get the switch right here on the pick, Jokic goes down to the left block and you can see the huge advantage for him against Josh Green. So Luka doubles him and check out the genius of Nikola as he looks for the kick out but flips a baseline behind the back pass to the cutting Jeff Green for the layup. Incredible no look pass with 2 guys on him, this is amazing.
And on another switch and mismatch that they’re able to get here, watch the patience by the Joker slowly backing down and seeing how the defense reacts.
And the Mavs send a double here, and Dinwidie splits the difference keeping an eye on 2 guys.
So Jokic drops another no-looker here, completely sending Dinwidie swimming out to the three point line, just look at this. And without even moving, Gordon finds himself wide open for his easiest points of the night.
This is another insane display of point center as the Joker gets the rebound and takes off in transition. Look at the dexterity as goes through this double, shoots this silky smooth floater and hits nothing but the bottom of the net.
Speaking of floaters, this guy destroyed the Mavs with the same exact setup and result.
Watch how easy he makes this look. The high pick with Hyland, the bounce pass and Jokic flips it up and in plus the foul.
Again, same play, the pick, the pass, and another floater. Watch the time here, as this is the very next possession, sticking to what’s working best, and we got another bucket.
Fun fact, Nikola Jokic is leading the NBA in floaters this season, and you can definitely see why. This is unstoppable.
And as you can see, the Nuggets had a lot of wide open opportunities off of these doubles on Jokic that they couldn’t convert at the end of the game.
Eventually they lost a hard fought game, and all credit goes to Luka and the Mavs but I just wanted to shine some light on the Joker since he’s not really been talked about this season, but the level of play is just as incredible as ever.
Let me know in the comments if you need a point center like this on your favorite team.
That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.

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