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Nikola Jokic almost apologizes for being an exceptional “quarterback”

From its second outing of the year, Nikola Jokic has given us an exceptional pass! A real quarterback pass, from around twenty yards, to send Aaron Gordon to the alley-oop. A real “touchdown” that televisions and social networks played on repeat. Except that Nikola Jokic went to sit on the bench as if it were a trivial pass.

“I didn’t want to make a lofted pass,” explained Nikola Jokic to Denver Post after the victory against the Grizzlies. “I just wanted to throw it for Gordon to catch because I saw he was well unmarked. It’s not something I try to look for. I can’t work this kind of action. »

And yet, from the sidelines, he sent Aaron Gordon to the alley-oop. The synchronization between the two is perfect, and it results in one of the longest alley-oops possible!

A brilliant pass when he loses nine balls!

“When he tries to get the ball back from the referee, it’s because he saw something before we even saw it”says Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who had his back turned at the time of the alley-oop. “I just watched the action again, and it was a crazy pass, and a crazy catch from Aaron. »

For Jamal Murray, it’s just reading the game: “If you see no one is looking, throw the ball. It was a great pass, and you have to believe it when he makes passes like that. »

In the end, Nikola Jokic recognizes that it was a very nice pass, but also and above all, that it really hurt the Grizzlies since the Nuggets had just made the break (76-68) at that point in the match. “It was actually really perfect. It was a good pass, and even a very good pass. Behind them, they called a time-out, and I think that hurt them the most. »

For the record, Nikola Jokic lost 9 balls in this match. It just goes to show that his genius can also experience big failures.

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