Duvalier Johnson

And you just started to see Jokic cutting more, right?

And catching it on the move and scoring before they could set up the way that they wanted to set up.

Another thing happened tonight, which is Portland did what teams have been doing lately.

They put a smaller guy on Jokic.

But fascinatingly, they didn't go small to do that.

Klingin was still on the floor.

Right.

They just transitioned him off.

They just transitioned him off.

Put Tamani Kamara on him.

I thought Denver did a good job of what David Adelman has talked about lately, which is if it's going to be loading up to deny Jokic the ball or in whatever fashion, like other guys have to take advantage.

And I thought they put Klingin in so many actions and like Aaron Gordon and Jamal were so active in all the right ways.

They didn't let Portland off the hook is the best way to put it for trying to get away with that defense.

Now, granted, they are the Blazers and it's not the Thunder and all that, but

I just thought as a team, they executed in a way of like, okay, this is how you're trying to guard him.

You've just made our lives that much easier over here.

But I think this healthy roster can.

That's what I'm saying.

No, this defense can get in Jokic's head, I think, at times.

But the only team that's consistently, and now we stop him, you could say are the Thunder.