Nikola Joki finds Spencer Jones in the corner for the three-pointer giving the Nuggets their first points of the game

Nikola Joki gets the bucket to start the game as OKC and Denver are now live

Nikola Joki gets animated while addressing his teammates at halftimesince that moment the Nuggets have outscored the Lakers

Nikola Joki fires a near full-court outlet from the baseline to Jamal Murray who drives for a crafty reverse layup

Nikola Joki throws the outlet to Bruce Brown who banks in the logo three to beat the 1st quarter buzzer and give Denver the lead DEN 30 - NYK 28

Nikola Joki and Jamal Murray run the two-man game leading to a Joki shot over his defender

Nikola Joki nails the three-pointer off the inbound to cut it to a one-possession game