Last season, if it were not for Murray's ACL tearing, season reimbursement, the Nuggets have a good chance to re-enter the Western Conference Finals, and even enter the Finals stage in one fell swoop, and this season in the case of Murray continuing to be suspended due to injury, Porter Jr., who just renewed his contract in the offseason, did not show his value, only played 9 games for the team, he was indefinitely absent because of a back injury, helplessly, Jokic can only continue his "father and mother" attributes, the offensive and defensive organization to grasp, if not his stand up, The Nuggets may have fallen out of the top nine positions in the West.
This week, the Nuggets played a total of 2 games, a record of 1 win and 1 loss, and in the Nuggets' game against the Clippers on January 20, Jokic scored a big triple-double with 49 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists to help the team win 130-128. In the following game against the Grizzlies, the Nuggets lost by 4 points, but Jokic continued to deliver a triple-double of 26 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in this game. In these two games, Jokic averaged 37.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11 assists per game, shooting 65.9%, 55.6% and 84.2% from the field, respectively, and his personal efficiency was extremely terrible.
Tomorrow the Nuggets will face the challenge of the Weak Pistons in the East, the Pistons have only won 11 games so far, the two sides have not yet met head-to-head this season, but considering that the Pistons are currently experiencing a wave of terrible Western road trip, the last game they just lost to the Jazz by 10 points in Utah Plateau, this showdown with the Nuggets, the Pistons are estimated to be more than a few, as long as Jokic can lead the team to victory, and maintain a stable 2, 30+ triple-double or quasi-triple-double in terms of statistics, He has a good chance of celebrating the 10th week of his career.
As another foreign MVP in the league last season, Jokic has indeed earned proof for himself. As a second-round show, he can gradually sit on the main rotation of the team, and step by step into the league's superstar, but also really thanks to the Nuggets for their own understanding, if they had chosen between Jokic and Nurkic, Jokic would have faded out of the league a long time ago, after all, a slow-moving, slightly bloated interior player like him, placed in most teams is likely to be abandoned. But in the Nuggets Jokic ushered in Mike Malone, who is very good at adjusting interior players, it can also be regarded as finding a big Bole of his career, if it is not Malone fully delegated power to him, Jokic can not show his all-round skills, become the true core of this Nuggets.
As of now, the Nuggets temporarily ranked sixth in the West with a record of 23 wins and 21 losses, although they are just in the position of directly entering the playoffs, they are only one win difference ahead of the Lakers behind them, but when they encounter a wave of losing streak, they will soon be overtaken by the Lakers, Clippers, timberwolves behind them. Earlier in the NBA officially released the MVP list, Jokic temporarily ranked first, and can also be at the top of the list when the Nuggets' record is not ideal, which shows that Jokic's influence is indeed good.
However, for Jokic, these honors are nothing, the top priority is that he still has to think about how to help the Nuggets improve their rankings, if he really wants to play the playoffs, in such an accidental single-game elimination system, the Nuggets who lack of soldiers may not be able to retreat, so Jokic can only force himself to continue to attack and defend at both ends of each subsequent game before the other two main players return to the team.