@forgettablenba: A Kevin Garnett top of the arc entry pass directly leading to some Nikola-on-Nikola crime. A greenhorn Nikola Jokić fights for his life at the dotted line against his Balkan brethren, jostling for position on the Peković seal. Garnett feeds it over the top unimpeded with Jameer Nelson standing idle with his arms up. Big Pek takes a pound dribble, knocks Jokić off his spot with the help of his leviathan shoulder & tricep, and burrows to the front of the rim for a 5-foot hook. A mid-2010s game where neither team eclipsed 80 points is diabolical. An 82.7 Pace and respective Offensive Ratings of 94.4 and 89.5. It also happened to be one of the rare occasions where Jusuf Nurkić thoroughly outplayed Nikola Jokić who had already usurped him as the starter merely a week earlier as the calendar flipped to 2016. Nikola Peković aka The Godfather is arguably the most gargantuan dude to ever roam the NBA plain. An immovable object that bludgeoned opposing 7-footers in the paint with a light brush of his forearm. Your only hope was to blindside him with length or verticality. I’ll still take my fellow countryman Steven Adams (tautoko) in the strength department though. But Pek wins out in the allegiance-to-Montenegran-Druglords department (allegedly). P.S. Shoutout to all my Crate Day participants today - if you know, you know. Date: January 6th 2016 Score: Nuggets 78 - 74 Wolves Regular Season Records: Nuggets 13-23, Wolves 12-24 Interesting (and uninteresting) Statlines: Danilo Gallinari - 20 PTS / 7 REB / 4 AST / 6-15 FG / 2-2 3PT / 6-7 FT Jusuf Nurkić - 15 PTS / 10 REB / 5 BLK / 6-14 FG Darrell Arthur - 7 PTS / 6 REB / 5 AST / 3 Stocks / 3-8 FG Nikola Jokić - 4 PTS / 5 REB / 3 AST / 2-5 FG Jameer Nelson - 6 PTS / 2-4 3PT Kenneth Faried - 3 PTS / 7 REB / 1-8 FG Randy Foye - 7 PTS / 2-7 FG Mike Miller - 0/0/0/0/0 in 2 secs KAT - 14 PTS / 14 REB / 2 BLK / 6-14 FG Nikola Peković - 12 PTS / 2 REB / 3-4 FG / 6-6 FT Ricky Rubio - 9 PTS / 4 REB / 7 AST / 3-8 FG / 2-4 3PT Andrew Wiggins - 11 PTS / 4-14 FG / 3-6 FT Kevin Garnett - 4 PTS / 4 REB / 4 AST / 2 Stocks / 2-4 FG Kevin Martin - 9 PTS / 3-9 FG Shabazz Muhammad - 7 PTS / 3-6 FG Gorgui Dieng - 0 PTS / 8 REB / 0-4 FG #NBA #balkan #minnesota #nbaedits #ballislife
