Nikola Jokic speaks directly after the Knicks-Nuggets game

On Monday night, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets suffered their worst loss of the season, falling 145-118 to the New York Knicks at home.

Jokic finished with 22 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and one steal while shooting 9/20 from the field in 32 minutes of action.

After the game, he made a direct statement when he met with the media (h/t DNVR Nuggets).

Jokic: “It’s always good to get hit in the face and just wake up.”

The Nuggets allowed the Knicks to shoot an incredible 60.9% from the field and 52.8% from three-point range.

Via Knicks PR: “Tonight marks the first time in team history that the Knicks had three different players record 40+ points (OG Anunoby), 30+ points and 10+ rebounds (Karl-Anthony Towns), and 20+ points and 10+ assists ( Jalen Brunson) ) all in the same game.”

With the loss, the Nuggets fell to 9-7 in 16 games, which has them as the eighth seed in the Western Confernece.

They will resume action on Wednesday night when they travel to Utah for a showdown with the Jazz.

Jokic is averaging 29.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game. game while shooting 55.9% from the field and 52.7% from three-point range in 13 games.

The three-time MVP is in his 10th season playing for the Nuggets.

As for the Knicks, they improved to 10-7 in 17 games, which has them as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.