MINUTI	34
POENI	39
SKOKOVI	12
ASISTENCIJE	6
ŠUT	16-29 | 55.2%
TROJKA	3-9 | 33.3%
SLOBODNA BACANJA	4-5 | 80%
BLOKADE	1
OSVOJENE LOPTE	3
IZGUBLJENE LOPTE	2

Nikola Jokic’s impressive numbers took a backseat to his coast-to-coast dunk.

Cheered by the sellout crowd for his jam, he was also teased by his teammates. To him, the slam was a thing of beauty.

„Poetry in motion,“ the 7-footer said.

Jokic scored a season-high 39 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, reserve Paul Millsap added 18 points and the Western Conference-leading Nuggets knocked off the Charlotte Hornets 123-110 on Saturday for their 10th straight home victory.

That’s two straight games where Jokic’s now had a memorable dunk .

„If I’m not tired and 100 percent sure I’m going to dunk it, I’m going to dunk,“ Jokic explained. „But two points is two points — however you score.“

His slam in the third quarter led to some good-natured ribbing from teammates such as Torrey Craig, who also had a high-flying dunk.

„He’s feeling pretty bouncy lately,“ Craig playfully said.

Jokic took it all in stride.

„Just because (Craig) can jump high, doesn’t mean he can dunk better,“ Jokic said.

Jokic turned in another impressive stat line, also adding six assists, three steals and one blocked shot. He was 16 of 29 from the floor and 4 of 5 from the line.

„You try to play him straight up, he’s going to do what he wants,“ Hornets guard Malik Monk said. „We just tried to play him straight up and he just exploited us on that. He’s a great player. I can’t say anything bad about him.“

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