Re: 2021 NBA Season

The Jamal Murray injury was an unfortunate event for the Nuggets and this will be a big challenge for the big man of the team, Nikola Jokic.
The season is almost ending and he is one of the top to achieve the Kia MVP trophy. Without his partner and their deep chemistry will he have the same performance to reach his goal?
Kia MVP Ladder: Durable Nikola Jokic faces biggest challenge yet

He already stepped up his game that is why he's in the MVP race. Is there more to it?
For me as a Nuggets fan, it's a no. But, he could always play at his best for every game. He's already doing that.

The ones who need to step up are his teammates. Porter Jr. already made his move. I hope the others will follow.

I really thought that they are going to struggle without Jamal, but Denver keeps on winning with Jokic raising his game a bit. So yes it will be a big challenge for him, but since he is playing consistently, not sure so I agree that it's more of his team mates that needs to step up the plate because we are now entering playoffs and the mentality will have a complete shift. It's either others will embrace the challenge or melt under the spotlight again.

Sad to say but they will struggle soon, Jamal has a big impact on the game since the joke became a passer with Murray on the floor everything becomes easy for other teammates since the defense will need to gamble who needs to be guarded unlike now they are very predictable, yes they will win, but when it really matters they will need Jamal to be in the floor, I hope he will come back with the same energy next season.

This is true. They were potentially a contender with Jamal in their line up but this injury really messes up their momentum into being a contender for the chip. This situation would likely be an event in which other players need to step up because having Jamal injured means that they need to fill in a very big gap that he left. Jokic will now play more post up in the upcoming games and the offense will basically revolve around him.