After scoring, Jokic raised his hands and waved them; this was the first time since he joined the NBA that he was so excited about basketball.
If it were a play drawn up by Malone, and he made the shot in the end, at most, it would feel like a weight off his shoulders.
After all, completing tasks assigned by the leader makes you worthy of the salary you earn.
But Hansen's kind of passing the buck, no, not that, an unexpected pass of trust, is just like when Artest received a pass from Kobe and hit a three-pointer in "history," a delightful surprise.
Who wouldn't like a little surprise in a monotonous job?
Malone was initially taken aback by Hansen's decision because passing to Jokic, who only had a little over a 30% three-point shooting rate this season, didn't seem as reliable as Hansen driving to the basket himself.
But now, he just wanted to say: Great pass! Wonderful pass! A divine pass!
Of course, the game hadn't really ended yet, with 2.6 seconds remaining.
