For the past three years, the Nuggets have been better in the clutch than Mr. Goodwrench.
This season, they have struggled to finish. Leave it to Nikola Jokic to change the narrative as he alters our imagination on what is possible on a basketball court.
There’s something sad about how we take Jokic for granted. But his performance achieved such a zenith of brilliance on Christmas, it was impossible to ignore: 56 points, 16 points, 15 assists.
It was not the what, but the when that mattered so much in the victory over the rival Timberwolves.