NBA – On the plane that brought them back from Los Angeles to Denver, the Nuggets decided to give a nickname to Nikola Jokic’s improbable 3-point shot.
On the plane that brought them back to Denver, Mike Malone obviously decided to give a name to this shot, and even this “signature shot”: the Sombor slingshot. This is the birthplace of Nikola Jokic, in Serbia. It was there that the Nuggets went to present him with his second MVP trophy.
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” I remember everything. I was sitting with my staff. I felt like the takeoff was taking forever, and at the front of the plane there was music, it was moving” says Mike Malone. “But in the back…I was nervous about going back. The players said to me, ‘Coach, you can’t go back,’ so I stayed (up front) with my head down. I watched part of the fourth quarter, all our actions at the end of the game, and it was simply incredible. »
And this shot well deserved its own name for Mike Malone…
“Have we found a name for the Nikola shot? » he asks the journalists. “Will there be a historical name for the shot he made? The “Sombor Sling”. Perfect.
Technically, what did he think of this shot from elsewhere? “It’s the shot I wanted to see, but all of our actions were decisive, and even though it could be considered the shot of the match, I appreciated that everyone raised their level of play at the idea to sweep the Lakers” concludes the technician.
| Nikola Jokic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2015-16 | THE | 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 | THE | 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 | THE | 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 | THE | 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 | THE | 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 ★ | THE | 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 ★ | THE | 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 |
| 2022-23 | THE | 69 | 34 | 63.2 | 38.3 | 82.2 | 2.4 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 24.5 |
| Total | 596 | 31 | 55.3 | 34.8 | 82.9 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 20.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
2023-05-27 06:41:00
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