MINUTI	35
POENI	29
SKOKOVI	9
ASISTENCIJE	5
ŠUT	9-14 | 64.3%
TROJKA	3-3 | 100%
SLOBODNA BACANJA	8-8 | 100%
BLOKADE	0
OSVOJENE LOPTE	1
IZGUBLJENE LOPTE	7

ESPN je detaljno zabeležio Nikolinu tehničku na kraju ove utakmice:

Scott Brooks stepped onto the court after a timeout with 32 seconds remaining and was bumped into by Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who was on his way to the bench. Jokic was assessed a technical foul in a strange occurrence that helped the Wizards to a 109-104 win Monday night.

„That’s something you don’t do,“ Wizards star John Wall said. „No matter what’s going on between the players or teammates, that’s something you don’t do to a coach. It’s like me calling a coach a certain name. But hopefully he’ll apologize.“

Whether it was intentional by Jokic — or even embellished on the part of the Wizards coach — depends on who’s asked.

„It was an awkward, weird situation. I don’t think [Jokic] did it on purpose, but it happened,“ Brooks said. „I’ve never had that happen before.“

Bradley Beal made the technical free throw, increasing the Wizards’ lead to 105-102. Beal then sealed the victory with a driving layup.

After the game, Jokic said he was upset about being pushed from behind just before the timeout and was just making his way back to the Nuggets’ bench.

„I tried to look at the score and hit … the coach,“ Jokic said. „I’m sorry because I put my team in a bad position.“

Jokic’s coach had his back.

„I just watched it 10 times. Nikola said he didn’t do it intentional,“ Michael Malone said. „Nikola is walking off the court. Scott Brooks is walking on the court. There’s contact made. It was embellished a little, to be honest, I think.

„I don’t think it was intentional either. Scott Brooks is a very good coach and a good guy. Things happen in the heat of the moment you can’t always explain.“

Jokic broke out of a scoring slump with 29 points. His running layup early in the first quarter ended a string of six straight quarters without a point.

„I scored, and we lost. Maybe it’s better for me to not score,“ Jokic said.

Tri trojke i osam slobodnih bacanja bez promašaja, uz reprizirani najveći broj izgubljenih lopti u dosadašnjoj karijeri, 7.

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