Today Jokic had his seventh triple-double in 12 games this season.

Although the Timberwolves were in a back-to-back game and their physical strength was sluggish in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets were also missing two starters.

The Nuggets’ defensive secret: timely zone defense to take away Wentz’s breakthrough options; tease him from time to time.

For example, in the opening game, Jokic ignored Gobert and leaned to one side. Wentz had a narrow space, hit the ground and passed the ball, and was copied.

Gobert: You don’t treat me as a human being, do you? Direct attack on Jokic - blocked by Jokic.

Jokic's defense has always been criticized by people, such as Embiid; but this season his defensive efficiency is 104, the Nuggets' best. You can say that he is led by his teammates, but which teammate is led by him?

Of course, he can't even change the protective basket, but with the league's top cutting ball + backcourt rebounding + anticipation, he can also use his body to carry Gobert. He's often like a Bucks version of Bogut with faster hands and better anticipation but less shot-blocking.

There used to be a slow-footed, strong white man who relied on top rebounding and stealing the ball to let his teammates block the speed monsters and deal with the slow ones himself. He also made the annual defensive second team:

Larry Bird.

On the offensive end, Jokic fed Hardaway Jr. and Gordon a bunch of long shots as usual, and more than one of them was purely disgusting to the opponent:

DiVincenzo filled in, and he passed to DiVincenzo's opposite Hardaway.

Maidan made up the position, and he passed to Hardaway, who was opposite Maidan.

Both Devine and Madan are smart defenders who are not unaware of the risks, but Jokic did not glance to the left when he caught the ball. "Does he really know that there is someone outside his field of vision?"

Jokic really knew.

It is his daily routine to pass the ball without looking at people, not to show off, but to hide.

The best goal today was Bub → Watson → Jokic → Gordon’s four consecutive passes.

Jokic leads the league in assists and passes the most passes, but he takes the same amount of time with the ball as Pritchard of the Celtics in each game: he passes the ball as soon as he touches it.

The entire Nuggets team is like this. Gordon said that "everyone should learn from him to observe the court."

The Nuggets average the fourth most assists per game in the league, the fifth fewest turnovers in the league, and the fewest fouls in the league: smooth and silky like the "berry banana apple juice shake" Jokic eats every morning.

For the eighth time in 14 games, Alexander did not play in the fourth quarter, and in the seventh game, he scored more than 30 points in three quarters: His dominance was 30 points in three quarters, which corresponds to next door Jokic's seventh triple-double in 12 games.

The Thunder and the Hornets struggled in the first half. In the third quarter, Alexander took the game away with 15 points on 6 of 7 shooting.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Alexander's signature left-hand sudden stop made a mid-range shot. Most right-handed players shoot right and left, which is what Barkley judged Wade back then.

There are fewer right-handed shooters who like to shoot from the right side: most of them need to twist to face the basket, which requires high balance: Kobe likes it and Booker likes it.

In the third quarter, Alexander dribbled the ball with his right hand from the top of the arc, twisted slightly and made a three-pointer.

Play with a back body, turn over with your right shoulder, right foot, left foot, kick the right foot in the air to make a balanced mid-range shot.

If the first left sudden stop looks like Wade, and the last two long-range shots with a twist and a turn over the right shoulder and raising the right leg look like him, the fans who have watched it must understand.

Luka dominated the game with 41 points today: the fourth 40+ and the sixth 35+ in the tenth game this season.

——Next door Alexander had 30+ points in three quarters in 7 of 14 games, and Jokic had 7 triple-doubles in 12 games.

Different ways of dominance, right?

But his highlight today is not his offense.

After all, against the Bucks in back-to-back games, Kuzma was not surprised if he scored 40+: Although he broke through Giannis and made an up-and-down step-back jumper in front of the replacement, it was still pretty cool.

I think what impressed him most today was the defensive end.

The Bucks have Giannis, and in terms of dominance, they can compete with Luka of the Lakers, Jokic of the Nuggets, and Alexander of the Thunder. But today Luka specializes in Giannis.

He copied the ball for the first time today and beat Giannis' ball away.

After that, Giannis just looked up at the basket and was swatted away by him again.

Giannis made a fast break, and Luka stepped forward to block. Giannis pushed, and Luka fell to the ground, which was about to cause a foul.

Giannis's offensive rebound went straight to the basket. Luka's baseline position was about to cause an offensive foul by Giannis.

Giannis still had 32 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists today, but three of the five turnovers came from Luka's defense. Copying the ball can be said to be Luka's cleverness, and going around to commit a foul can be said to be Luka's positional sense. However, to block Giannis' impact from the bottom line, in addition to anticipation and positional sense, it also requires a bit of ruthlessness: When Luka fell to the ground, his head hit Ayton's leg.

Then in the second half today, Luka directed the defense and discovered that the Bucks had moved. He immediately turned around and swooped in, blocking Harris' three-pointer.

——The Lakers led by 22 points at the time.

"That's not necessary, Luka."

In addition to averaging 34 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists per game this season, Luka is also ranked third in cuts, second on the floor, third in shot interference, first in defensive rebounds, and second in steals per game for the Lakers.

In addition to Luka’s 41 points today, he leads the team in defensive rebounds and blocks. Made three mistakes by Giannis. Lead the way to carry Giannis and bring victory.

Nico Harrison, who sent him away because he said Luka was fat and didn't defend, was dismissed from get out of class.

It 's for you, Nico.