Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets player and the main favorite for the MVP award, has an interesting statistic in games against the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.
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Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets player and the main favorite for the MVP award, has an interesting statistic in games against the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.
Nikola Jokic has had an incredible season. He averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 9 assists per game. Additionally, he led the Denver Nuggets to the second position in the West, with just one more win needed for the Nuggets to finish at the top of the Western Conference for the second year in a row.
What’s particularly interesting is that Nikola Jokic has recorded the fewest assists on average against the upcoming playoff opponent, the Minnesota Timberwolves. He averages just 4.3 assists against the Timberwolves, with the next lowest being the Philadelphia 76ers at 5.
However, there is a clear reason why that is the case. At the same time, the Timberwolves are second on the list of teams against which Jokic averages the most points. In the 4 games they played this season, the Serbian center scored an impressive 33.3 points. Only the San Antonio Spurs are ahead of them with 33.5 points.
Game 1 of the series between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves will be played on Sunday morning at 01:00.