During the 2014 NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets picked Jokic 41st, but the announcement was made durign a commercial break. The only visual display of the moment was Jokic's name popping up at the bottom of the screen, an afterthought to Taco Bell unveiling their new product, the Quesarito.

The Lakers held Jokic, who entered the weekend leading the NBA in frontcourt touches with 56.6 touches, to 43 frontcourt touches on Saturday. He possessed the ball nearly a third less of the time on Saturday (3.1 minutes) than he did entering the matchup (4.5 minutes) and held the ball for shorter periods of time when he did have it.

There emerged two ways to evaluate the Nuggets’ loss on Saturday: Nikola Jokic’s perspective and the counter-notion that the Lakers just really wanted this one.

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic admitted he doesn't know how legitimate the team's recent winning streak was.

After the Nuggets’ nine-game winning streak came to a halt against the Lakers on Saturday, Nikola Jokic raised some doubts about the legitimacy of the run, suggesting it may have been misleading.

Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets saw their nine-game win streak come to an end Saturday night in Denver against a familiar foe, the Los Angeles Lakers. While the Nuggets were looking like the hottest team in the NBA, the Lakers, who have won 14 of their last 18 games, stifled the home team tonight in an exclamation road win.

Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic had a hilarious revelation after revisiting a draft night moment from the 2014 NBA Draft.

Nikola Jokić had the special indignity of not only being a bit of an unknown on draft night in 2014, but having his selection take place during the middle of a Taco Bell commercial on ESPN. And in