The NBA regular season continues, and today the Nuggets continue to host the Clippers at home, and they eventually lost to the Clippers 104-109. Although Jokic scored 41 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, he was still alone. The Nuggets' bench performance was terrible, with the bench finishing for just 11 points combined. Among them, Wei Shao scored only 2 points on 0-of-8 shooting.

The Nuggets have suffered two straight losses since the start of the season. It's hardly the Nuggets we're familiar with. The Nuggets have been a regular in the top three in the West for the past few years, but this season the Nuggets have presented a completely different look than the Nuggets before them, which have become more and more dependent on Jokic's individual ability, which is not a good sign. You'll see that Jokic took a lot of individual shots today, and while he wanted to use his individual abilities to help his team win, basketball is not a one-man game, and it is still difficult for his teammates to win games when they are not around.

The Nuggets have obvious problems with their bench lineup right now, they don't have a consistent scoring point, and Wei Shao has been very poor in both games, shooting 2-of-10 in the first game, and 0-of-8 in today's game. Strictly speaking, the current Nuggets team is a team that relies on Jokic to play single-core, and other players cannot provide stable and strong support for Jokic at all. After today's game, we can also feel Jokic's anger in his post-game interview.

Jokic admits that it's not that scoring 40 points means he's playing well, it's that everyone needs to play better. His remarks were almost a name for himself.

The Nuggets lost Pope this offseason and lost a stable shooting spot from the outside, which still has a very big impact on them. Wei Shao himself does not have the ability to shoot consistently outside the three-point line, and even his three-point shooting is very bad. Therefore, the opponent will choose to let him shoot when he is defending Wei Shao and recycle the inside. And the defensive pressure that Jokic has faced this season in the strong interior is huge, and sometimes even faces a few people? At this time, when he passes outside opportunities, if Wei Shao can hit one or two three-pointers, then he can help the team quench their thirst in time, but Wei Shao is really difficult to hit those shots.

The young Wei Shao may also be able to use his impact and bounce ability to score under the basket, but the current Wei Shao can only rely on some shots after his athleticism declines, and when he can't shoot, he looks very embarrassed on the court. The Nuggets' current predicament is not something that can be easily solved. They can't get out of the situation of playing with a tiny minority. Their old system also seems to have collapsed, as there is no outside line to consistently hit the point of shooting. So this year's Nuggets may not be the favorites to compete for the championship.