Attention, attention, the best is back! After a month-long absence due to injury, Nikola Joki\u0107 returned to the court tonight. And of course \u2013 he dominated it. The Clippers fell in Denver after a convincing performance in which there were no signs of injury on the Serbian ace: 122\u2013109!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coach Adelman did not spare Jokara, keeping him on the floor for almost 25 minutes, which speaks volumes that the injury is in the past and that there is no concern about how Nikola\u2019s knee will respond to exertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And he responded with a brilliant performance, scoring more than a point per minute in that time, recording 31 points, with excellent shooting of 11\u20138 (3\u20132 from three), along with 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and as many as three steals. Everything is, therefore, the same as before\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the whole story of Joki\u0107\u2019s absence from the court, a good\u2014and somewhat unexpected\u2014thing is that the Nuggets, although devastated by injuries, did not collapse and become cannon fodder for other clubs, but, despite a few losses, still managed to preserve 3rd place in the West and have one win more and one loss fewer than second-placed San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be noted that tonight good performances for the home team were delivered by Tim Hardaway, who scored 24 points, Murray was solid as usual with 22 (9 ast, 4 reb), and Watson was also solid with 21 (3 reb, 4 ast).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the defeated Clippers, better than the others were Hartden with 25 points (9 ast, 5 reb), Lenasrd with 21 (6 ast, 3 reb), and Collins with 18 (6 reb, 4 ast). The captain of the Serbian national team, Bogdan Bogdanbovi\u0107, did not play in this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n