Brendan Vogt

Their two best players did not.

Tonight, everyone else played well again, and their two best players were great.

And what was the result?

More of what we saw at the start of the season, which is arguably the best offense of all time.

80% of his work was done after the first stint.

As far as reminder games go, the box score is kind of modest.

But it was one.

For all the reasons you outlined in your big takeaway, the importance of him setting the tone, especially just because the group looked really...

just kind of lost playing around him, but without him playing that way.

Just absolutely incredible.

One more stat on Jokic tonight, just because it's very relevant for the last couple of weeks.

Only two turnovers tonight.

Only two turnovers for Jokic.

That's really important.

Because statistically, this slump Jokic is in, that he was in, I put quotes on it because it was more of an eye test thing and the swelling of this certain narrative coming out of the All-Star break where he didn't play very much, didn't take it very seriously.

Statistically, that slump, in hindsight, is actually going to look fine.

Remember, he put up some pretty big numbers in some of these games.

But it was the... It was him limiting his turnovers and just really wanting it and dictating the action right out of the gate.

And...

If you had just watched that corner, you're probably not surprised to find out that Denver scored 157 points.