By HoopsHype | January 15, 2025
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Michael Malone on Nikola Jokic’s injury: “It was just something that popped up last minute. … I haven’t talked to the training staff yet.” – 11:35 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Denver’s kinda getting bullied tonight.
Jokic not playing obviously changes the entire calculus, but the Nuggets haven’t done a single thing to bother Jalen Green or Fred VanVleet tonight. – 10:47 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Jalen Green hits an And-1 and raises his hands to the crowd to egg them on. Boos rain down.
Tough night here at Ball Arena without Jokic. – 10:06 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Alright Nuggets fans, it’s time for Game 40 of the season against the Houston Rockets. No Joker. No Gordon. Back-to-back. Facing an elite team. Pretty TOUGH circumstances tonight.
Let’s basketball. – 9:09 PM
The Nuggets just announced Aaron Gordon (right calf injury management) and Nikola Jokic (right elbow inflammation) are out today. Jokic hurt his elbow in warmups, I’m told. – 8:14 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet 🇷🇸😤 Nikola Jokic can’t stop making history in the NBA ! 😯 The previous fastest player with those numbers was Larry Bird with 799 games!
🅰️ Nikola Jokic also joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only centers in NBA history to record 5k AST. pic.x.com/LhkkAnnbSU – 2:01 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Denver’s gotten pretty lax in this third quarter. Jokic doesn’t want to contest the threes by Kleber and Washington, and I don’t blame him. But the offense has bogged down. Mavs packing the paint and Jokic not going at Kleber or switches.
Denver’s got a B2B tomorrow. I get it. – 11:04 PM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto There’s in your bag and then there’s whatever Jamal Murray was in the first quarter. Murray drops 19 points on 7-9 FG and adds 3 assists. Nuggets up 36-21 after one in Dallas.
Nikola Jokic makes his only shot, tallies 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Denver’s 6-12 from 3PT. – 10:05 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop Good stat from Bulls PR: Josh Giddey is one of 4 players with at least 400 points, 250 rebounds and 225 assists this season.
Good company: Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis – 10:03 PM
Nikola Jokic just got his first two points with 2 minutes left in the first quarter. He does, however, have six rebounds and four assists. And the Nuggets lead 32-15. – 9:58 PM
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