Jokic gives a show against Lakers, ‘forgets’ MVP and makes warning in the NBA

Jokic was elected the MVP of the western conference and did not hide his happiness in having achieved a historic sweep against the lakers last Monday night, the 22nd. In another great individual performance, the Serbian grew in the second half of the game, reached 30 points and saw the denver go to the grand final of NBA. After the game, the star evaluated how he played the playoffs so far in the season.

Only against the Lakers, Jokic managed to score 101 points, an average of 25 each game against his biggest rival. Nikola didn’t seem to care about his individual performances, even after he was named Western Conference MVP. The Nuggets ace just wanted to talk about how natural it is to play in the playoffs and how much he wanted to win.

“I think that’s why the playoffs are so cool and interesting, because you don’t care how tired you are. You don’t care about minutes, fouls, shots, percentage. You just want to win a game. A few plays today we weren’t playing well on defense, but you can win every way possible.“, he stated.

Despite being the MVP of the western conference, Jokic lost the title of MVP of the regular season to Joel Embiid. The comparison between the two is constantly made and has even been criticized by many. Nikola left his vanity aside and insisted on praising the basketball presented by his rival. In addition, the star made a point of saying that the choice was the best for the moment.

“To be honest, I don’t think about MVPs anymore. I think people are mean and say Embiid shouldn’t have won. I think he should have won. I think he was playing, if you watch it, extremely hard basketball all season. … He was really amazing in 82 games or how many games he played“, he completed.