If there’s one enduring lesson about Nikola Jokic’s legacy (which is still being written), and his dominance (which is undeniable), it’s that he derives the most happiness from others’ success.
Fast-forward to that seismic Game 4 in Miami, and Jokic was again gassing up Murray. On a night where the Heat blitzed him incessantly, Murray switched gears and cut the Heat apart with his passing. His 12 assists to zero turnovers marked a high-point of his development and unearthed another weapon in his arsenal. Not only had Jokic proven unguardable, but his point guard had been, too.
In Game 3, when the Nuggets initially wrested homecourt advantage back from Miami, Jokic was not interested in the attention. He and Murray had become the first pair of teammates to ever record 30-point triple-doubles, in any game in NBA history, yet that’s not where he poured his praise. After Denver’s Game 3 win, former Nuggets guard Monte Morris made his way to the court to embrace his former teammates. Jokic reserved his biggest smile of the night for Morris, who was a casualty of the Kentavious Caldwell-Pope trade. The embrace was genuinely heartfelt. Morris’ presence was a testament to how Jokic’s teammates, current and former, feel about him. Jokic’s reaction was as wholesome as if Morris was still on the team.
It was fitting then, that when a Serbian dance party in the Nuggets’ locker room raged into the bleary hours of Tuesday morning, Jokic remained behind the scenes, preferring to let others revel in their triumph.
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