The Nuggets showed out in Indiana, but superstar center Nikola Jokic was on another level. Jokic bolstered his MVP campaign with a historical performance. Jokic finished the game with 18 points, 19 assists,

Nikola Jokic had a career-best 19 assists, while adding 18 points and nine rebounds, Aaron Gordon scored 25 points and the Denver Nuggets defeated the Indiana Pacers 125-116 on Monday night.

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 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.

Nikola Jokić might be holding a grudge against tacos. The broadcast of the 2014 NBA draft was infamously playing a Taco Bell commercial when the Denver Nuggets big man was selected with the 41st overall pick.

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

The Denver Nuggets are lucky to have Nikola Jokic on the team. Jokic has blossomed into one of the best players in the NBA during his 10 years in the pros. After all this time, he never forgot one moment from draft night during the 2014 NBA Draft.