Tim Legler

has continued to shine light on the fact that this team is not quite ready to think that their championship window is over.

And that's what this winning streak for me has done.

And, you know, what Jokic has done and the way he's played.

And, you know, not that at any point you ever watch Jokic and you think he's losing anything.

But, you know, there was a time earlier this year, it wasn't quite the same every night than what we were used to.

And now he's playing his best basketball of the season at exactly the right time.

Yeah, he looked to me like a guy that was just a little bit beat up physically and dragging a little bit, and he was having a little bit of a harder time mustering like that.

Because a guy like Jokic, he's not going to overwhelm you athletically.

So he has to be so dialed in mentally for the grind and the challenge, the way that he has to play, the physicality of his game and what he's got to endure because he's not getting easy ones with his athletic ability.

Like, you have to be so dialed in mentally to prepare for that every night, to, like, be that consistent as he's been throughout his career.

And it's almost incredible that he did it as long as he did.

So to hit that, that's what it looked like to me.

It looked like a guy that hit a little bit of a wall mentally and physically.

They had had guys injured in and out of the lineup all year, like key guys.

That probably took a toll on them.

And it just looked like, you know, he needs to, like, hit the reset button and find a recharge somewhere.

And it looks obviously like he's found it.

No, he definitely is.

And I don't think he ever left.

But I do think it wasn't as resounding a position that he held as best player in the world.