The shot itself, a turnaround, fall-away 3-pointer in the corner with 1.1 seconds left and Jamal Murray’s hand right in his face, was impressive enough.

Coming off a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, where their game-winning attempt rimmed out, the Denver Nuggets were doing all they could to make sure they did not lose another heartbreaker.

In a Christmas classic likely to be remembered as one of the great games of his career, Jokic amassed 56 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists.

Denver is 2-0 against Minnesota this season, though Anthony Edwards only played in one of the games.