NBA superstars come out big. With Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic also had to work hard to allow Serbia to get rid of an eye-catching Israeli team. Result of the races, the pivot finished best scorer (29), best rebounder (11), best passer (5), best blocker (2) and best interceptor (4) of the match!
Nikola Jokic was clinical in attack, opening his counter with his only 3-point shot of the match. Apart from his three lost balls, he will have been almost perfect, at 11/13 on shots. With his 46 rating, he does better than Giannis Antetokounmpo against Ukraine (41 points, 43 rating).
46 evaluation in 30 minutes
If his coach Svetislav Pesic insisted on the need to keep everyone under pressure, he also knows that he can count on Nikola Jokic to play the others, and this is the main asset of this team.
“To achieve our goal, and win something, it is not possible only with Nikola Jokic. Every team that wins at this level needs other players, like Micic, Kalinic, Guduric or Kuridza. The team remains above everyone. Jokic knows his job and above all he loves trying to make other players better. Because he knows you can’t win anything without a collective attack and defense.” he said after the game.
To secure their top spot, Serbia will have to beat Poland tomorrow night in the Group D ‘final’.
| Nikola Jokic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | DEN | 80 | 22 | 51.2 | 33.3 | 81.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| 2016-17 | DEN | 73 | 28 | 57.8 | 32.4 | 82.5 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 16.7 |
| 2017-18 | DEN | 75 | 33 | 49.9 | 39.6 | 85.0 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 18.5 |
| 2018-19 | DEN | 80 | 31 | 51.1 | 30.7 | 82.1 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 20.1 |
| 2019-20 | DEN | 73 | 32 | 52.8 | 31.4 | 81.7 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 20.0 |
| 2020-21 ★ | DEN | 72 | 35 | 56.6 | 38.8 | 86.8 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 ★ | DEN | 74 | 34 | 58.3 | 33.7 | 81.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 27.1 |
| Total | 527 | 30 | 54.2 | 34.5 | 83.0 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 19.7 | |
