Nikola Jokic darts a no-look pass between two defenders on a break, leaving everyone including Kevin Durant mesmerized.
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Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are neck-to-neck against each other in this year’s MVP race. Both their teams have similar records as well, in their respective conferences with reigning MVP’s Nuggets having a few more losses more than the Sixers.
The 6th seed from the Western Conference visited Wells Fargo Center on Monday to face the 3rd seed in the East with both teams looking to get on a winning streak as the NBA approaches the end of the regular season.
And from the get-go Sixers came off as the more desperate team to win as Embiid and Harden-led team outscored the Joker’s team 37-22 in the first quarter. But Jokic and Co didn’t let them carry that momentum in the next quarter as they outscored Philly 31-21 and reduced the deficit to just 5-points.
Nuggets’ 4x All-Star not to anyone’s surprise was leading his team on every column of the stat sheet with his unmatched basketball skills and court presence, but it was one of his dimes that stole the show in the evening.
Nikola Jokic threads a no-look pass impresses even KD
While the 76ers have Embiid to take care of the business in the scoring department and Harden for taking care of play-making, both of them aren’t incapable of doing each other’s job either. But the Serbian international has to do it all himself, and he never shies away from the responsibility. Have a look at this mesmerizing dime.
Even Kevin Durant was nothing but impressed by the Joker’s tricks.
And the Unc is in the praise train as well.
And so is NBA Twitter.
While that pass is, without doubt, the definition of finesse, Slim Reaper’s praise coming for the Joker has much more to do with it. The Sixers’ big man and KD have gone back and forth verbally against each other in every single match they have played this season.
