NBA Player of the Day - Nikola Jokic - video Dailymotion

The Serbian triple-double machine picked up where he left off as the Nuggets beat the Lakers on opening night.

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00:00 [crowd cheering]

00:02 - What are you gonna do with your ring?

00:04 - I'm gonna put it in the,

00:06 with all the other trophies.

00:07 [upbeat music]

00:10 [crowd cheering]

00:19 [crowd cheering]

00:25 [upbeat music]

00:28 - Obviously he's my security blanket.

00:38 I'm a very insecure person.

00:39 So when I started to feel that way,

00:41 I get Nicole out there and I feel better about myself.

00:44 And I'm sure all of our fans feel the same way.

00:46 [upbeat music]

00:55 - I think it's just the experience playing together

00:58 and the coaching,

00:59 coach put us in the spot that we feel the best.

01:02 And I mean, that's why we won the game.

01:05 [upbeat music]

01:24 - Nicole is gonna shoot the open shot.

01:26 I mean, like, I don't think it's something

01:27 where I can tell him,

01:29 I want you to shoot three, threes a half.

01:32 Nicola reads the game better than anyone.

01:34 He shot the ball so well from three

01:36 in the post season and 20 playoff games.

01:38 And he works on his craft.

01:40 I mean, he puts a lot of time into a three point shot.

01:41 So if that big is down the floor,

01:44 like a lot of bigs are,

01:45 hey, Nicola, fire away.

01:46 And now when he makes a couple,

01:48 that opens up the closeout game

01:49 and where he's at his best.

01:51 [upbeat music]

01:54 [crowd cheering]

01:57 [upbeat music]

01:59 (upbeat music)

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