{"id":882522,"date":"2026-10-14T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882522\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T23:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:16:11","slug":"nikola-jokic-breaks-down-viral-preseason-behind-the-back-pass-his-new-personal-favorite-assist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882522\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107 breaks down viral preseason behind-the-back pass, his new &#8216;personal favorite&#8217; assist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2358909\" class=\"wp-image-2358909 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2298717483-Cropped-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2358909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikola Joki\u0107 and Cam Johnson broke down his viral behind-the-back dime against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Joki\u0107 and Cam Johnson broke down his viral behind-the-back dime against the Utah Jazz with NBA staff in recent days, sharing some insight into one of The Joker\u2019s favorite assists of his career.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: &#8220;Where would you rank that in your all-time passes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JOKER: &#8220;Probably right on the top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Joki\u0107 on his UNREAL behind-the-back no-look crosscourt dime, plus Cam Johnson\u2019s full breakdown as the recipient on the other end \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J578tYiuxv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/J578tYiuxv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2110460636186460188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joki\u0107 backed down Lauri Markkanen in the strong side corner during the Nuggets\u2019 preseason opener on Oct. 4, then, after catching sight of Johnson, slung a behind-the-back pass along the baseline, whipping it past three defenders directly into his teammate\u2019s hands for an open 3-pointer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t have to move my hands,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cAmazingly fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joki\u0107 said such passes often come to mind, but he needs to practice them.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y7-vjOeUySk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than a few highlight-reel assists in his career<\/a>, tallying 6,080 dimes, good for No. 41 on the all-time charts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(This one would) be right on top,\u201d said Joki\u0107. \u201cI think that\u2019s my personal favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107 and Cam Johnson broke down his viral behind-the-back dime against the Utah Jazz. Nikola Joki\u0107 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[370535,370534,355,1756,99],"class_list":["post-882522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-behind-the-back-viral-pass","tag-favorite-assist","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}