After missing the previous four games over a nine-day period, Nikola Jokic returned to the Nuggets as the team embarked on a monster seven-game road trip in Miami.
Nuggets Center reported to have sprained his wrist midway the team’s home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on November 18. Jokic played until the end of the game, but he was seen as enjoying it in the second half.
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Before the injury, the reigning MVP was having average stats The pinnacle of my career of the 26.4 points and 13.6 rebounds at the same time, giving 6.4 support for high photography efficiency in his career 59.3 percent from the field and 41.0 percent from outside the arc.
How did Jokic perform in his comeback?
Despite all the off-court talk in the lead-up to this game, the final on-court competition turned out to be a match for key players without the Heat like Jimmy Butler (tailbone), Tyler Herro (illness). ) and Markieff Morris (ancient).
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While the Nuggets also lacked key players like Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., they rallied behind their superstar Jokic and comfortably won the game 120-111.
In the second leg, the Serbian big man did not miss a beat. He did most of his damage early, with 17 points and nine rebounds as Denver opened the game with a massive 63-43 in the first half. At one point during the first quarter, he beat the entire Heat team 7-6.
From his close-range headers and shots in the paint to his spectacular passes, Jokic is back good and real.
For the second leg, the defending MVP scored a near-double of 24 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists in just 33 minutes of effective 8/12 from the field.
He was one of seven Nuggets players to score twice as many points as Denver went on a six-game losing streak and scored their first win in more than two weeks (November 14 vs. Trail Blazers).
