Jamal Crawford on Nikola Jokic: He has blended the old fashioned of the 90's and this new era


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Jamal Crawford says there’s nothing Nikola Jokic can’t do 🙌
“He’s the one man on this period who’s blended the old fashioned of the 90’s and this new era.” (through @PatMcAfeeShow) pic.x.com/hBZgBhSFUe1:37 PM

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Lev Akabas @LevAkabas
2 of the ten highest-paid NBA gamers (wage + endorsements) stay within the playoffs: Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic pic.x.com/Pn6y9nRfr19:39 AM

Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Nikola Jokic put up among the finest non-Wilt stat traces in playoffs historical past final evening. pic.x.com/r01XMi1mVP8:45 AM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Watching this again and Gordon does so nicely to go reverse wing off the field out. As a result of Holmgren scrambles to guard the paint Caruso has to decide on between AG and Jokic and clearly selected Joker. Gordon’s open and the remainder is historical past.
pic.x.com/2oY21o5Wbv7:56 AM

Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
I get fouling up 3, very a lot a proponent of it. However it’s situational, it’s not common. Can’t foul up 3 with 11 seconds left on the clock with Jokic out of the sport. That doesn’t observe for me. An excessive amount of time, too advantageous a state of affairs. – 4:20 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
👀 OKC crowd chanted “free throw service provider” whereas Jokic was on the free throw line! pic.x.com/Lfn5Kiecpm3:55 AM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic compares ‘free throw service provider’ chants to taking part in in small gyms in Serbia
“You may see the man that’s telling you…”
eurohoops.internet/en/nba-news/18…3:16 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Underrated a part of the ultimate play: the ball dropped to Braun, and the pure response is to get the ball to Jokic or Murray. As an alternative, he acquired the ball up the ground to Russ who made an amazing resolution to arrange AG.
It’s tremendous cool that the Nuggets are profitable in several methods than – 2:54 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic posts 42 and 22 in Recreation 1 win sportando.basketball/denver-nuggets…2:53 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic posts 42 and 22 in Recreation 1 win sportando.basketball/en/denver-nugg…2:44 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Nikola Jokic is one of the best participant of the playoffs.
Shai at No. 6. pic.x.com/OWMntOnEDV2:38 AM

Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Nikola Jokic says he didn’t hear the “Free throw service provider” chants however admits “that’s sort of humorous.” – 1:33 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
♨ Jokic vs. Shai was an absolute MASTERCLASS, with Jokic and the Nuggets profitable the primary battle!
OKC – Denver Nuggets 0-1 pic.x.com/c2LAkJw0HA1:32 AM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
OKC acquired the foul recreation horribly incorrect continuously giving it instantly. Particularly when Gordon caught it within the backcourt and Jokic wasn’t within the recreation, what the heck was the logic there?? – 12:29 AM
Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
I completely hated fouling up 3 with 11 seconds left within the recreation.
Particularly with Jokic on the scorers desk – 12:28 AM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
OKC’s mistake was fouling Gordon with Jokic out the sport. Ought to’ve let it play out – 12:28 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Joker in OKC:
42 PTS (18 in 4Q)
22 REB
6 AST
2 BLK
Solely Wilt has extra 35/20/5 playoff video games. pic.x.com/vjlruWNYYG12:26 AM

Kenny Beecham @KOT4Q
With Jokic off the courtroom and Denver not having a timeout. I in all probability play it straight up as a substitute of fouling there. – 12:23 AM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Aaron Gordon made that second free-throw……
However had he missed, Nikola Jokic had crushed Chet and Hartenstein to inside positioning and would have been there for the rebound – 12:23 AM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
wow, they couldn’t get Jokic again into the sport….why did OKC foul? – 12:21 AM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Thunder foul on the in sure.
Jokic hits 2 free throws.
Thunder up 117-116.
Thunder ball.
12.9 seconds to go. – 12:20 AM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Thunder foul up 3. Jokic on the line to make this a 1 level recreation. – 12:18 AM
Micah Adams @MAdamsStatGuy
Jokic.
Giannis.
Shaq.
Wilt.
The one gamers in NBA playoff historical past with 40-20-5 in a single recreation. – 12:18 AM
Zach Kram @zachkram
Nikola Jokic is the primary participant in NBA historical past with 40 factors, 22 rebounds, and 6 assists in a playoff recreation – 12:18 AM
Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
Jokic is giving these people who work! God Bless America Large Fella!!! – 12:17 AM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jokic makes this a 1 level recreation. – 12:15 AM
Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
Yep this OKC/Nuggets goes to be a Bodily one!!! Jokic out right here throwing elbows however that’s what the Thunder make you do as a result of their going to the touch you up each possession – 12:09 AM
Micah Adams @MAdamsStatGuy
SGA is unbelievable.
Had a historic season.
And the MVP is an everyday season award.
Not ‘what did you do in a single playoff recreation’ award.
This recreation has no bearing.
Clearly.
However I imply… cmon.
Jokic is this whole group. It’s EVERYTHING. – 12:07 AM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Foul on SGA.
Problem by Daigneault.
Seems to be like Jokic pulls SGA’s arm.
This *ought to* be Jokic’s sixth foul. – 12:07 AM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Nikola Jokic getting “free throw service provider” chants from the OKC crowd. – 12:04 AM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Free throw service provider chants for Nikola Jokic pic.x.com/bvhV8JIC2j12:00 AM

Micah Adams @MAdamsStatGuy
Most 30-20-5 video games in NBA playoff historical past:
Wilt Chamberlain – 12
Nikola Jokic – 5
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 5 – 11:59 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Chet Holmgren simply missed a dunk in a 2-on-1 towards Jokic. OKC solely up 8 with 5:37 ought to be Denver ball however the zebras are having a gathering. – 11:57 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Nikola Jokic has 29 factors, 20 rebounds and 6 assists…
He’s gotten to those numbers tonight fairly effortlessly
This could inform you simply how nicely the LA Clippers defended him – 11:56 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Nice drive by Chet Holmgren on Jokic, acquired a very good angle off the catch and Jokic I really feel like couldn’t contest as exhausting resulting from foul bother. – 11:55 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jokic has 5 fouls with 6:48 to go. – 11:54 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Nikola Jokic has been hit with a flagrant 1 – 11:53 PM
Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Yeah I feel Jokic will get a flagrant right here – 11:50 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
That may very well be a flagrant on Jokic. Elbow acquired fairly excessive. – 11:50 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Nikola Jokic elbows Lu Dort within the head.
Being reviewed for a flagrant foul.
This will likely be Jokic’s fifth foul. – 11:49 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Lu Dort was elbowed at the back of the top by Jokic. Jokic went over to examine on him. The refs should assessment this by rule and are. – 11:49 PM
Sam Amick @sam_amick
This MVP face-off between Nikola Jokic and Alex Caruso is absolutely one thing… – 11:43 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Caruso for Jokic. Who says no? AK – 11:43 PM
Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Jokic can’t shoot as a result of his elbows are busted and he’s nonetheless acquired 24 factors & 20 rebounds by THREE QUARTERS. That’s my MVP – And naturally OKC continues to be profitable as a result of they’re an unbelievable group. Nuggets should lock this down within the subsequent jiffy to have a good shot. – 11:36 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
The Nuggets are inside 5, however should survive the non-Jokic minutes and that can inform us if we actually have a recreation or not – 11:33 PM
Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne
Jokic has 24 factors and 20 rebounds as we head into the fourth quarter right here in Recreation 1 👀 – 11:32 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
It’s actually exhausting for Jokic to defend with this OKC lineup on the ground….The problem is that the Thunder non-shooters are literally fairly good shooters – 11:26 PM
Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
Some NBA participant goes to be good and patent the twirly signal on T-shirts.
Is likely to be a race between Luka and Jokic – 11:18 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Nikola Jokic picks up his 4th foul.
Joker very a lot disagrees. M
Denver problem.
Jumbotron exhibits the replay.
Loud Metropolis very a lot disagrees with Jokic.
Unsuccessful problem.
Loud Metropolis erupts. – 11:18 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Nikola Jokic has 4 fouls on the 6:23 mark of the third. The decision stands. Nuggets lose their problem. – 11:17 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Nikola Jokic and Hartenstein get tangled and Jokic picks up his fourth foul….Jokic is steamed…David Adelman challenges…play is beneath assessment – 11:17 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
DA was on the ground to problem the decision earlier than the whistle completed blowing. He and Jokic are adamant this will likely be overturned. – 11:16 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
The constructive thus far tonight is the Thunder don’t actually have a solution for Jokic on this collection, the place the Clippers had a number of relative solutions….However the unfavorable is that Jamal Murray is gonna be within the depths of hell on this collection – 11:15 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jokic has 3 fouls on the 8 minute mark of the third. – 11:09 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Alex Caruso in 12 minutes
10 PTS
4 AST
5 STL
1 BLK
+20
X issue
Edit: and he blocked Jokic proper after I tweeted this. – 11:08 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
My God. Alex Caruso blocks Jokic from behind. He has been in all places tonight. – 11:07 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Jokic with two insane passing turnovers. Murray with an insane passing turnover.
Drained mind after a protracted collection. – 11:03 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
The distinctive factor about Nikola Jokic is how a lot of a strain launch he’s. His guards have been in absolute hell towards OKC’s ball strain. He will get again into the sport, the Nuggets enter it into the submit, and all of the sudden, they’ll run a clear offense once more – 10:30 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returns to the sport up 10. OKC was solely up 1 when he left. Large distinction from the Non-Jokic minutes. – 10:26 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Aaron Wiggins hits a pair of FTs to place OKC up 3. Thunder should construct a lead within the Non-Jokic minutes, nonetheless lengthy they final. – 10:15 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
I suspected as a lot, however Nikola Jokic is thus far having a a lot a lot simpler time attending to his spots than he did towards the LA Clippers…… – 9:54 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
A Jokic put again has OKC calling the primary timeout of the sport down 3. 15-12, Denver leads. – 9:52 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Chet Holmgren completely snuffed out a Jokic to MPJ lob slam by blocking the shot mid oop. – 9:51 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
My goodness. Chet Holmgren goes end-to-end to reject a Jokic lob to MPJ. – 9:51 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Isaiah Hartenstein has his first foul on the 8 minute mark, came visiting to double Jokic and acquired a foul going for the steal. – 9:49 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Nikola Jokic will get the scoring began with a troublesome bucket within the lane. Jalen Williams responded with a baseline middy. – 9:45 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
Because the SGA and the Thunder get set to start out their second-round collection towards the Nuggets, their championship hopes get examined by Jokic, Murray and the battle hardened Nuggets: sportsnet.ca/nba/article/th…8:30 PM
Regulation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
If anybody can discover a “Benjamin Button/Jamal Crawford” anti-aging merchandise, Lawrence Frank is looking for it 😆 – 3:31 PM
Todd Whitehead @CrumpledJumper
Buddy is quietly transferring up the all-time 3PM leaderboard and will break into the High 10 subsequent season.
he’s at sixteenth with 2127 profession 3s
15. Paul Pierce (wants 17 to go)
14. KD (65 to go)
13. Kyle Lowry (79)
12. Jamal Crawford (95)
11. Jason Terry (156)
10. Vince Carter (164) – 3:22 PM

Extra on this storyline

He scored 11 of the Nuggets’ remaining 17 factors, besting Gilgeous-Alexander 18-13 within the fourth quarter. Jokic exerted his will. But he by no means misplaced his means as he misplaced his thoughts over questionable calls. Boos cascaded down as he complained, accompanied by interim coach David Adelman’s symphony of seething on the refs. Jokic’s face reddened, however his pulse didn’t race. “I performed in Serbia in small gyms with 30 individuals, and you may hear all the things they stated. Typically I feel that’s worse as a result of you possibly can see the man who’s yelling at you,” Jokic stated. “And I’ve performed in entrance of lots of people with the nationwide group in different nations. I don’t wish to say I don’t get distracted. …” -via Denver Put up / Might 6, 2025
As an alternative, he stored taking part in at his tempo, ignoring voters who will title Gilgeous-Alexander MVP this month and responding to surly followers chanting “free throw service provider” as he sank 10 of 13 from the charity stripe. “To be sincere, I didn’t hear that,” stated Jokic of the derisive critique beforehand directed at Gilgeous-Alexander this season. “That’s sort of humorous.” -via Denver Put up / Might 6, 2025