The silver lining from the worst three-game shooting funk of Nikola Jokic's career is that the Nuggets managed to pull out a win during that stretch -- but now their Western Conference semifinal series with the Oklahoma City Thunder is tied 2-2 after another uncharacteristically inefficient outing by Jokic during a 92-87 Denver loss Sunday in Game 4.

Many people were looking forward to the battle of the MVP frontrunners in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, and the series has not disappoint

Nikola Jokic, who finished Sunday's loss with a game-high 27 points on 7-of-22 shooting, 13 rebounds, three assists, four steals and two triples, spoke to reporters after the game to try and shed light on this deflating defeat.