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Quinn: SGA is very strong, but overall, Jokic, who has been dismissed from get out of class and has no helper, is better

4:10am, 20 May 2025【Basketball】

05, May 19th, the Nuggets defeated the Thunder in the Western Conference semi-finals 93-125, and were eliminated 3-4 in the total score.

After the game, CBS reporter Sam Quinn talked about the performance of two MVP candidates Jokic and Alexander in this round of the series:

"A player (Alexander) has a healthy and complete 68-win team, and he is against an opponent with a defensive level below the league average. The third person of the other (Jokic) team only has one arm left, and no one in the team can make a stable shot. The head coach was fired a month ago. SGA is indeed very strong, but overall situation is that Jokic is better."

In this round of series, Jokic played 7 games, averaging 28.4 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.7 breaks and 0.9 caps per game. The five data are the highest in the team, with the shooting percentages of 48%, 33.3%, and 81.3% respectively, with a plus-minus value -40.

In this round of series, Alexander played 7 games, averaging 37.6 minutes per game to score 29.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.6 steals. The shooting percentage is as high as 52.9%, the three-point shooting percentage is 33.3%, the free throw shooting percentage is 82.5%, plus-negative value +69.