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DENVER The Joker did the funniest thing Monday night.
Nikola Jokic played an entire NBA game, 34 minutes of action, and never made me laugh. Never handed the ball to an opposing player who was out-of-bounds. (Love that one.) Never got mad at a ref then raced over to apologize because he said a mean thing.
Goodness gracious. What’s happening here? Right when you figure 2020 has run out of curveballs, here comes the oddest detour imaginable: Is our beloved Joker all business?
“It’s incredible what he can do,” wingman Jamal Murray said. “And he’s so calm about it.”