Before the start of the 2015 NBA Finals, LeBron James was asked how a defense can slow down Stephen Curry , who at the time was about to win his first of two straight league MVPs.

"The same way you slow me down," James famously said. "You can't."

Indeed, teams have been trying, and failing, to solve the opposing superstar riddle for NBA ages. James was right: you can't stop, or really even slow down, the best of the best when they have it going. And oh my lord did Nikola Jokić have it going Wednesday night when he became just the fourth player in history, and the first this century, to score at 55 points on 78% shooting.

Somehow, the numbers don't do justice to how unbelievable Jokić was in this game. Of the 18 shots that he made, four hit the rim. Not including four bank shots an

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