The Los Angeles Clippers wanted to make Nikola Jokic a scorer coming into their Wednesday night matchup. It made sense for a few reasons. Jokic’s best skill is his passing, and when he really gets going as a playmaker his Denver Nuggets teammates can get red-hot from behind the three-point line. Denver was also playing on the second night of a back-to-back coming off a win against the Sacramento Kings a day earlier with both games on the road. Jokic usually doesn’t want to carry the scoring burden for his team, so maybe the Clippers could catch him on an off-night in game No. 11 of an eternal 82-game
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