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 of time 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 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

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic admitted he doesn't know how legitimate the team's recent winning streak was.

The Denver Nuggets fell just short of getting their win streak to double digits as it ended at nine games. They won eight straight games heading into the All-Star break, winning their first contest with the regular season resuming.