![]() ![]() While conventional NBA stats and storylines continue to perpetuate an extreme offensive bias, perhaps no player's reputation benefits more from it than Jokic. The headline of the game's recap read: "Spurs overcome Jokic's triple-double to top Nuggets 128-120." While Keldon Johnson scored 23 points in the win, Jokic had 37 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Jokic allowed 43 points on those shots, the most allowed by any single defender in any game this season. ![]() San Antonio took 32 shots with Jokic as the closest defender, the highest such total for any defender in any single game this season, according to Second Spectrum, and it worked. Should the NBA reconsider how it determines its scoring leader?.Supercuts of defensive fails often can be misleading without more context, but in this case the numbers back up Jokic's weaknesses on the defensive end, and that's an understatement. In some clips, Jokic looked too slow, and in others he appeared apathetic as the younger players blew past him or went over him for easy buckets. On March 10, Denver entered its road game against the Spurs as heavy favorites, and they left disappointed after San Antonio targeted Jokic's rim protection to great effect.Īfter the game, a compilation of Spurs players making easy layups over Jokic went viral. Those questions were amplified following an embarrassing road loss in San Antonio earlier this month. The film features the late Ray Liotta in his last role before he passed away, as well as actors Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.ĭespite how bloodthirsty the bear appears in the film’s trailer, in reality bear attacks on humans are rare, according to the National Park Service.Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has emerged as one of the most dominant players of his era, helping resurrect the relevance of centers in the modern NBA.įollowing their 129-106 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, the Nuggets have won 50 games, and their star center is once again in the middle of the league's MVP discussion.īut while the 7-footer is an offensive savant whose elite playmaking has fueled the Nuggets' rise to the best record (50-24) in the Western Conference, there are questions about his value on the less glamorous end of the floor, and whether his defensive play is good enough to help his team make a deep playoff run. The bear continued to exchange hands, traveling to Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, before eventually being bought by the mall, claims the blog. Eventually the bear made its way to a pawnshop, where it was bought by country music star Waylon Jennings. The Georgia medical examiner who performed the bear’s autopsy contacted a taxidermist to stuff the bear, then donated it to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. ![]() In a blog, the mall says the taxidermied bear passed through many hands before coming to Kentucky. The Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall claims to have the bear’s stuffed remains on display, complete with a name tag offering the bear the nickname “Pablo EskoBear.” Matt Stone/Courier Journal/USA Today Networkīut even after its narcotic-fueled death, the bear has continued to have a striking legacy. The Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall in Lexington claims to have the stuffed remains of the "Cocaine Bear" on display. ![]()
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