Nikola Jokić scores 48 points, Nuggets blow away Hawks 141-111

Nikola Jokić scored 48 points in 35 minutes, while adding fourteen rebounds and eight assists as his Denver Nuggets blew away the Atlanta Hawks 141-111 Sunday inside State Farm Arena. Denver arrived in Atlanta after sustaining a stunning 122-113 defeat against the Washington Wizards in the Nation’s Capital. The defeat wasted a stellar 56 point night from Jokić. Meanwhile, the Hawks were without Bogdan Bogdanović and Jalen Johnson. Meanwhile, Jamal Murray was held out by the Nuggets due to a hamstring injury. However, Trae Young says it was not an excuse for the performance this evening.“That didn’t give us an excuse to lose,” Young said during postgame. “I mean, we still should have went out there and played better. When you step on the court, you feel you have a chance to win. So we still had a chance to do that tonight. That makes [this loss] hard, so I don’t think it’s going to carry over the next game.”De’Andre Hunter led the Hawks with 20 points off the bench. Dyson Daniels scored 18 points in 33 minutes. Larry Nance Jr. scored 16 points while starting tonight’s game. Trae Young scored 15 points and 10 assists for the Hawks.The Hawks...