Deandre Ayton talking about taking threes and his matchup with Jokic

Deandre Ayton full highlights vs Houston Rockets tonight 93-99 L - Game 5 - First Round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs18 Points on 914 FG 643 17 Rebounds 10 Off Rebs 2 Blocks 1 TOV 3 PF and a - of 2 in 3811 minutes played

Deandre Ayton contests a three after Marcus Smart went down

Deandre Ayton I'm about to show the world I can guard 1 through 5 I thought it was going to be a secret weapon but I've been practicing it and having multiple reps guarding the best players in the league on isolations And the confidence is way up there

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

Jaden McDaniels hits the pullup jumper over Nikola Jokic

Jaden McDaniels hits the floater Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic trade 3s and Ayo Dosunmu easily scores the layup on Jokic putting the Timberwolves up 18 in the 2nd quarterNuggets timeout