Nikola Jokic presents Nathan MacKinnon with his MVP trophy before the Avalanche home opener tonight

Nikola Jokic plays his best defense of the night running back after a made Jaden McDaniels basket to meet him face-to-face

Nikola Jokic hits the floater over Rudy Gobert for his first points of the night

Nikola Jokic with a beautiful bounce pass to Christian Braun for the two-handed dunk as Jaden McDaniels tries to contest him with a replayBraun also points at McDaniels while hanging on the rim receiving a technical foul

Jaden McDaniels hits the pullup jumper over Nikola Jokic

Jaden McDaniels soars up high and finishes with a powerful dunk over Nikola Jokic with replays

Nikola Jokic scores the And-1 layup on Naz Reid and shortly after scores the easy 2 off an assist by Cameron JohnsonThe Timberwolves went on to empty their bench as the Nuggets will be now down 2-3 in the series