Nobody tests the rules like Nikola Jokic. It should come as no surprise that he admired Mark Daigneault’s ploy to do the same last week in OKC.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic were the headliners as the two MVP candidates clashed one final time. But who would've thought that Dillon Jones would steal the show? Especially for not even checking into the game until the last two minutes.

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault was fed up with NBA officials subconsciously giving Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets the upper hand. Something similar had happened against the Golden State Warriors years prior.

In order to slow down the Nuggets, OKC coach Mark Daigneault had rookie Dillon Jones stand at the scorer's table as if he was going to go into the game, but instead of checking in