Luka Doncic: I tried to convince Nikola Jokic to create an Instagram account but he said 'no chance'
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JD Shaw @JShawNBANBA’s best from March 18:
– K. Durant: 38 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast
– L. James: 36 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast
– N. Jokic: 32 pts, 10 reb, 8 ast
– C. Wood: 32 pts, 13 reb, 7 ast
– S. Barnes: 31 pts, 17 reb, 6 ast
– L. Markkanen: 31 pts, 10 reb, +21
– D. Sabonis: 30 pts, 20 reb, 5 ast – 11:41 AM Noah Levick @NoahLevick
Updated Sixers-Mavs observations, including:
-“Careless” turnovers one negative from another great Embiid night, but they’ve been rare this year
-Embiid on goal of being “extremely fresh” for playoffs
-Defense on Doncic, Harden’s impact, more
nbcsports.com/philadelphia/s… – 9:33 AM Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
The New York Knicks part ways with Croatian forward Luka Samanic #NBA
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/13… – 4:42 AM Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Markkanen (31pts, 10reb) sends Cavaliers to win versus Nuggets and Jokic (32pts, 10reb)
Bogdanovic (30pts), Bitadze (23pts), and more
Full European recap
Highlights, results, standings #NBA
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/13… – 2:56 AM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Luka Doncic shot 5/20 for 17 points tonight. How did philadelphia slow him down? The team explains how they did so in the win. #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/lists/sixers-d… via @SixersWire #NBA – 11:32 PM Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Luka Brajkovic is going to make so much money in the German League. Just an absolute monster inside. – 11:20 PM Michael Singer @msinger
“I think we are really good at turning the ball over,” Nikola Jokic said after Denver’s demoralizing collapse on Friday night.
denverpost.com/2022/03/18/nug… – 11:13 PM John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Dont think he’s an NBA guy but Luka Brajkovic is a 10-year starter in the Adriatic League. – 11:06 PM Michael Singer @msinger
Nikola Jokic said it’s much easier to think about as if Jamal Murray’s not coming back this season, but added if he does, it’s gonna be great. – 11:04 PM Dave Early @DavidEarly
“Joel Embiid, DeMar DeRozan, Ja Morant for me, those are my top three and I’ll probably go Joel. Jokic, you can throw throw Jokic in there. But I’ll probably go Joel.”
-Sounds like Kevin Durant gives his vote for MVP to Joel Embiid. pic.twitter.com/755IgFVoMG – 11:01 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
KD said that if he had an MVP vote — he would probably give it to Embiid right now.
He said DeRozan and Ja would be in his top three. He’d also throw Jokic in there. – 10:56 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Kevin Durant says he thinks the MVP race this year is between Joel Embiid, DeMar DeRozan, Ja Morant and Nikola Jokic. Says his pick is Joel Embiid, but says the award can go any way. – 10:55 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Kevin Durant asked to pick the league’s MVP, said he’d go with Joel Embiid, but said his top four are Ja Morant, Jokic, Embiid and DeMar DeRozan. – 10:54 PM Dave Early @DavidEarly
Kevin Durant says it’s not frustrating for him to think that getting injured may have cost him the MVP. He thinks Joel Embiid, DeRozan, Morant, Jokic are the top. And he thinks Embiid will get it. – 10:54 PM Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
That was a really tough loss for Denver. But plenty of storylines. Bones closed over Monte. Cavs dared anyone but Jokic to beat them the entire 2nd half and it paid off. – 10:20 PM Joe Vardon @joevardon
Massive win for the Cavaliers in overtime over Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets. Ol’ pal LeBron led the Lakers past Toronto, so Cleveland regains its 1-game lead over the Raptors for 6th. Lauri Markkanen w/ season high 31 pts. @The Athletic – 10:17 PM Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
Big-time hustle by #Cavs Caris LeVert to snag that offensive rebound over Jokic. Animated Michael Malone made a motion that everyone on the Nuggets just looked up and let LeVert out-work them. We’re tied again. – 10:06 PM Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
If 4 guys are gonna deny Jokic the ball, one of the other Nuggets on the floor needs to make a shot. Bones cuts the defense up, gets the bounce pass to Nikola and they get the bucket. – 9:55 PM Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
“They give him (Jokic) calls” say the Cavs announcers as Denver fans pick their jaws up off the floor at this presumption. Cleveland is challenging the call that Jokic got, wanting an offensive foul. Go off I guess – maybe they’ll get it. – 9:46 PM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Cavs take a timeout to review a foul called on Markkanen. Could turn into an offensive foul on Jokic. Big decision. Cavs up 1 with 2:44 to play. – 9:46 PM Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
J.B. Bickerstaff is challenging this foul against Lauri Markkanen on Nikola Jokic’s shot that is currently leading to free throws. He will have one timeout with 2:44 remaining. – 9:44 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Full credit to Philly. Whatever issues Embiid and Harden might have been having seemed to go away from the 2nd qtr on, and their zone which seemed to morph from a 2-3 into a 1-3-1 was something Mavs could never solve. It certainly got Luka out of his comfort zone. – 9:43 PM Michael Singer @msinger
Nuggets starters are 1-of-13 from 3-point range tonight. They haven’t burned Cleveland for overcommitting to Joker. – 9:41 PM Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
#Sixers coach Doc Rivers on what went into the decision to go to a zone defense vs. the #Mavs. Luka Doncic shot 5-for-20 tonight. pic.twitter.com/aN81xraWYB – 9:40 PM Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Cavs are doing everything they can to keep the ball out of Jokic’s hands. Should not be hard to punish the defense for overloading as much as they are. – 9:33 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Impressive win for the 76ers, who beat the streaking Mavs behind 32 points and eight rebounds from Joel Embiid, 24 points, seven rebounds and 13 assists for James Harden, and holding Luka Doncic to just 5-for-20 shooting from the field. Up next for Philly is Toronto here Sunday. – 9:19 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
Kevin Durant has woken the Nets up. He’s got 34.
He’s 11-for-14 from the field. 10-for-11 from the free throw line. It would have been a hell of an MVP race with Jokic and Embiid if he had stayed healthy. – 9:18 PM Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
There won’t be another clutch Mavs miracle tonight in Philly. Jason Kidd emptied the bench with 2 1/2 minutes left. Tough shooting night for Luka Doncic (17 points, 5-20 FG). – 9:18 PM Michael Dugat @mdug
These are definitely rare, but Luka just bad for the vast majority of the night – 9:15 PM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Luka Doncic is shooting 4/18 tonight. Philadelphia has played him tough all night and they’ve made life miserable for him. #Sixers – 9:13 PM Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Luka was just shooting the ball right at the rim — and then boinked it off his head when one didn’t fall — during that stop in play. Been a rough shooting night for him (4-of-16). – 9:10 PM Rick Noland @RickNoland
Jokic so stinking good. No player uses body better. And his vision, wow!! – 9:09 PM Michael Singer @msinger
Brutal quarter for Barton so far. When the offense is scuffling, the answer is always put the ball in Joker’s hands. – 9:04 PM Michael Dugat @mdug
Mavs were lucky to stay in it as long as they did with Luka’s game tonight. – 9:00 PM Michael Dugat @mdug
Luka playing a bit like ass so far – 8:51 PM Michael C. Wright @mikecwright
Luka Doncic is 3-14 for 13 points. Still think he goes off in 4Q. – 8:49 PM Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Nuggets take a double-digit lead into the half for the 2nd game in a row.
Bones Hyland continues to shine. 13-2-5-3 on 4/5 shooting.
Jokic doing Jokic things. 12-5-6-1 on 6/7 shooting. – 8:36 PM Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Bench went +10 to start the second quarter. Impressive stuff, handing a nice little lead to Jokic. – 8:22 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Halftime deficit? In BOS & BKN, it was no problem for Mavs. We’ll see in Philly as they trail 58-53.Embiid & Harden combining for 23 of Philly’s 32 in 2nd qtr as they overcome a pair of 7pt deficits. Embiid 21, Harden 15. Brunson 15, Doncic 13. 2nd half soon @theeagledallas – 8:18 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Halftime: Sixers 58, Mavs 53. James Harden, after a rough first quarter, made all three shots he took in the second, and also made a couple of nice defensive plays. Joel Embiid was dominant, and has 21 and 5 at the break. Luka Doncic has 13 but went 3-11. Jalen Brunson has 15. – 8:12 PM Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Announcers who say “Nick Jokic” need to stop that, immediately. – 8:11 PM John Schuhmann @johnschuhmann
Nuggets are a +12 in 4:46 w/ Jokic off the floor so far. Just killing his MVP candidacy. – 8:09 PM Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Denver’s been out-executed, out-hustled, and out-scored. But they’re only down two points after 1, and it’s honestly impressive. Props to Bones and especially Aaron Gordon, even after Jokic went out. – 8:05 PM Michael C. Wright @mikecwright
Luka made a business decision on that Embiid dunk. Don’t blame him one bit. – 7:59 PM Michael Singer @msinger
Joker’s crosscourt dime to Austin Rivers draws some loud oohs from Cavs fans. – 7:55 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Jokic created attempts have been good.
Non-Jokic created attempts: less than desirable. – 7:46 PM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Nikola Jokic wins the tip in Cleveland and needs all of nine seconds to score the opening bucket. – 7:42 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
After 1 here in Philly: Mavs 27, 76ers 26. Luka Doncic with nine points for Dallas, and Joel Embiid leads Philly with 7. James Harden, who is shooting 24-for-74 overall and 9-for-33 from 3 over his last five games, has started out 0-for-3 tonight. – 7:39 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs starters: Dinwiddie, DFS, Powell, Brunson, Doncic
Philly starters: Thybulle, Harris, Embiid, Harden, Maxey
6:10 tip @theeagledallas – 6:33 PM Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
Load Mismanagement w/@jphanned is live @Underdog__NBA
• Embiid in/out???
• Suns/Bulls
• Red-hot Celtics
• Ice-cold Lakers
• LeBron?
• We getting Ja vs. Trae?
• Jokic/Mobley
• Justin’s Fastest 5 minutes
Taking your questions til tipoff!
https://t.co/S1L5CfJmz0 pic.twitter.com/8kiBKdPf8l – 6:30 PM Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Matisse Thybulle on defending Luka Doncic: “You really don’t slow him down, because he moves at a snail’s pace. It’s just being physical with him, because he’s such a big guard. The small movements he does is all he really needs to create advantages.” – 12:27 PM