Earlier, the Nuggets played the defending champion Bucks on the road, and the Nuggets have been firmly suppressing their opponents throughout the game, and finally won the Bucks 136-100 without bloodshed, extending the winning streak to the fifth game. And this game, is also the two popular MVP head-on, nugget core, last season just won the first MVP of his career Jokic, only played 28 minutes, 9 shots 7 with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, +24 plus and minus is also equal to Aaron Gordon, tied for the first place in the team, while the Bucks core alphabet brother, in 30 minutes of playing time, shot to 19 times, more than twice as much as Jokic, hit 9 goals, including only 5 of 1 three-pointers, He had 29 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, plus-minus of -15.
This season Jokic's probability of winning the MVP came to 43.3% of the first place in the league, and the alphabet brother was temporarily in second place with 17.3%, and this two ushered in a head-to-head game, Jokic is not inferior to the alphabet brother in terms of data, but also helped the Nuggets to achieve a 36-point victory, this "MVP showdown", Jokic can be said to be a complete victory over the alphabet brother.
After winning this victory, the Nuggets temporarily ranked fifth in the West with a record of 28 wins and 21 losses, and only 1.5 wins away from the fourth-place Jazz. This is indeed not easy for the Denver soldiers who have been missing major generals this season, because the core of the backcourt this season, Murray, is still recovering from an ACL injury, and Porter Jr., who is in the offseason with a maximum salary extension, is trapped by a back injury and only plays 9 games and is out indefinitely, suddenly missing two offensive cores, but also allowing Jokic to be a father and mother, and has made full contributions in attack, defense and organization.
As of now, Jokic has averaged 26.2 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.4 steals for the Nuggets, shooting 57.1%, 37.5% and 80.9% respectively, and the 37 double-doubles and 12 triple-doubles are the first in the league, and the game contribution value is also proud of the league with 23.5. As the absolute tactical operation core of this Nuggets, Jokic's importance to the team is definitely not only the statistics on the books, but also his high-level strategy, the coordination with the defenders, and the card position to fight for rebounds, all of which have played an extremely important role in this Nuggets.
And today's contest with the Bucks, even the Bucks' reporters can't help but "turn back": "Today we are witnessing the NBA's most all-round big man game, but I am not talking about Giannis Antetokounmpo." This sentence has fully reflected Jokic's full influence in this game. As early as last season, Jokic has shown all his eighteen martial arts, with Murray, Porter Jr., Patton, these powerful players on the side, he also played handy, and this season in the case of Porter Jr., Murray can not play, he can still play dominance, and let the Nuggets still get a good position ranking, but also let the outside world very support Jokic defend the MVP award this year.
Unfortunately, even if Jokic is impeccable in terms of personal data and team influence, but the US media do give him some less publicity, perhaps they are not willing to accept an Eastern European fat man who does not have super athletic talent, playing the data that can be comparable to Jordan, James and other superstars, hoping that Jokic can take such prejudice as his motivation to continue to move forward, and use practical actions to continue to win proof for himself!