In spite of all that context, the Nuggets haven’t played a game in Europe during Jokic’s peak. Their win in London occurred less than a month after Malone first inserted Jokic into the starting lineup. Abu Dhabi is the closest they’ve been to Serbia as a team since Jokic started collecting trophies.

The second of two exhibition games played by Boston, both ball clubs looked sharper than they did facing one another in their first game of the preseason last Friday.

The Denver Nuggets finished out their time overseas in Abu Dhabi with the second straight game against the Boston Celtics. The Nuggets elected to sit several ve