“After Game 1, the talk nationally was that the Lakers had been good. No one said that Nikola had achieved a historic performance. The articles weren’t about the Nuggets. » After the victory in Game 2, Mike Malone could not help but tackle the American press which continues to underestimate and underestimate his team. We’ll see if that has an effect on the media, but what is certain is that his Nikola Jokic has again achieved a “historic” performance!
If Jamal Murray stole the show from him in the last quarter, the Serb became last night the second player in history to sign four triple-doubles in a row in the playoffs! Only Witl Chamberlain did as well, and that was in… 1967! The 2021 and 2022 MVP ends this second round with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists! It’s his 7th triple-double in this campaign, and his 13th career in the playoffs, and only Magic Johnson and LeBron James are ahead of him in the standings.
“For those who don’t know, this is his 13th triple-double” insists Malone in a press conference. “It’s just amazing what he continues to do, every night, in the biggest competition in the world…”
Jokic gets the better of Davis
But Jokic doesn’t care that we don’t talk about the Nuggets or him. “We don’t need the media. We don’t need their attention. We just try to win matches. We’re quiet, we don’t talk a lot… Maybe some do, but we don’t trash-talk, and all that. »
And when he is asked about his defensive performance since he limited Anthony Davis to 4 of 15 on shots, and that he received the traditional “chain of the best defenseman in the game”, he still does not draw the cover to him. “It’s not just me. I had support behind me, and on the sides. Frankly, it’s not just me. Just look at the 4th quarter. It is a collective performance. »
