On the seventh day, God rested. But if the Nuggets are to have any shot at pulling off a little basketball miracle, center Nikola Jokic is going to have to drag his weary bones out of bed Sunday morning, pull on his size XXL SpongeBob SquarePants underwear and go beat the Portland Trail Blazers.
In all the NBA playoffs, no player has been asked to sweat more and rest less than Jokic. If he looks tired, that’s because Joker has been required to not only lead the Nuggets in points (24.8 per game), rebounds (12.6) and assists (9.