While fans may be looking to see Nikola Jokic get his revenge against Luka Doncic and the Lakers, there's a chance that may not happen on Friday night's revenge. The Denver Nuggets listed Nikola Jokic as probable with a right elbow contusion and left ankle impingement against the Lakers.

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An NBA Hall Of Fame veteran recently claimed Nikola Jokic is outplaying everyone in the MVP race including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The NBA's top-two MVP candidates—Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—faced off in back-to-back games between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday and Monday. Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander got to directly go up against each other, and each prove their merits for the award.

Nikola Jokic got his revenge on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Monday night as the Nuggets beat the Thunder, 140-127, to level up the regular-season series at two wins apiece. He also tightened an already incredibly narrow MVP race.

Nikola Jokic sat in front of his locker, calmly scrolling through his phone, seemingly unimpressed that 30 minutes earlier he made NBA history.

The Oklahoma City Thunder took down the Denver Nuggets on Sunday by 24 points, but now the two Western Conference powerhouses head into an immediate rematch on

The three-time NBA MVP had the league’s first 30-20-20 triple-double in the Denver Nuggets’ 149-141 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic is having one of the greatest individual seasons in NBA history. Many have compared what Jokic is doing to some of the accomplishments Wilt Chamberlain did in the 1960s,