Nikola lofted the winning shot and then pleaded for it to fall as he tumbled to the floor.

„I was hoping,“ he said. „I mean, you’re happy that you didn’t miss, because then everybody will be mad at you. The whole arena is going to be disappointed.“

Instead, the Denver Nuggets big man sent the fans home with a game they won’t soon forget.

Jokic hit a 20-foot jumper on a broken play with 1.2 seconds remaining, helping the Nuggets rally from a 21-point, fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 100-97 on Friday night.

It’s the largest fourth-quarter comeback in their history, the team said.

Jokic scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, none bigger than his jumper from the left side of the court that he saw go in from the floor. Before his shot, Jokic was trying to get the ball to Paul Millsap, who couldn’t get off an attempt. He passed it back to Jokic.

On the next possession, Jokic drew an offensive foul on Joel Embiid by fronting him near the basket. It was the sixth foul on a frustrated Embiid.

„I’m kind of heavy. He needs to push a lot just to push me out,“ Jokic cracked. „I felt he pushed me too strong.“

Embiid saw things different after watching the replay.

„If you want to call that foul, especially at that time of the game, it’s kind of (expletive), especially because he was hooking me before that foul actually happened,“ Embiid said.

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