The Denver Nuggets scored 157 points - the highest single-game total this NBA season - in obliterating the Portland Trail Blazers 157-103. Nikola Jokić led the way with 32 points on 81% true shooting in just 29 minutes. The Nuggets shot 57% from the field and 51% from three.
One night the Nuggets can't buy a bucket, the next they can't miss. Basketball is a game of variance, but when Jokić and company get hot, it's a thing of beauty. 157 points on a back-to-back? That's championship DNA.
The scary part? Jokić played under 30 minutes because this game was over by halftime. He put up 32/9/7 on 81% true shooting and was basically done before the fourth quarter started. That's dominance.
Jamal Murray added 25 points on 6-for-12 from deep, and Julian Strawther contributed 19. When everyone's clicking like this, the Nuggets are impossible to guard. They put up 41 in the first quarter and never looked back.
The Blazers had no answers defensively, and honestly, few teams would on a night when Denver shoots 51% from three-point range. Sometimes you just tip your cap and move on.
That's what sports is all about, folks - those nights when everything falls and you get to witness offensive perfection.
