Regardless of being the reigning NBA champions, the Denver Nuggets aren’t thought of the most effective staff within the league this season. They did lose some key items within the offseason, however that hasn’t affected their degree of play this marketing campaign.
That mentioned, staff famous person Nikola Jokic seems to agree with the vast majority of the general public. The Serbian huge man claimed that the Boston Celtics deserve the unofficial title after going through the staff on Thursday.
“They’re a very good staff,” Jokic advised reporters postgame. “They’ve mainly a solution for all the things, matchup-wise, defense-wise, offense-wise. They’re actually a well-built staff, and so they’re taking part in actually good, you recognize. That’s why they’re the most effective staff within the NBA proper now. It’s actually onerous to play towards that staff. They’re lengthy, tall. They defend actually good. They’ve actually good gamers. It’s a terrific staff.”
Although Jokic thinks the Celtics are above everybody this season, that did not cease him and the Nuggets from beating the C’s to comb the regular-season sequence. Jokic posted one other triple-double this season, scoring 32 factors, grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing 11 assists within the 115-109 win.
The Celtics nonetheless maintain the most effective document in the complete NBA (48-14), wanting like a critical candidate to return out of the Jap Convention this marketing campaign. The Nuggets boast a 43-20 document, sufficient to rank third within the West behind the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Though they have not been as dominant as final season, the Nuggets are nonetheless taking part in at a excessive degree. Jokic has taken his sport to the subsequent degree once more, and no person appears to have the ability to cease him. After their regular-season sequence ended, the one option to see these two conflict once more is in a hypothetical NBA Finals.
If that is the case, then the Celtics can have the prospect to verify what Jokic advised reporters.
