Nikola Jokic hit one of NBA’s longest shots ever, and was screwed over by the record books

It feels like Nikola Jokic is doing things the NBA has never seen before on a nightly basis as he tries to carry the Denver Nuggets up the brutal Western Conference standings.

After leading the Nuggets to their fourth straight win on Thursday night against Sacramento Kings, Jokic put his name in the record books for two bits of NBA history.

As time was ticking down to the third quarter buzzer, Jokic attempted a nearly full-court heave that was nothing but net.

The shot was logged in the official play-by-play data as 66-feet , but its certainly longer than that.

The leagues official website also has it 66-feet .

This isnt right.

Watch Jokics shot from the opposite free throw line here, and then well get into the actual distance.

OH MY JOKIC JOKIC JOKIC HITS A NONCHALANT HEAVE FROM 3/4 COURT!! pic.twitter.com/6nn3f6kU4c The free throw line is 18-feet, 10-inches from the baseline on the near side.

The court is 94 feet long, and Jokic heaves it directly from the opposite free-throw line.

If Jokics was absolutely head-on with the basket it would have gone 75 feet, and it feels like the ball had to travel another 5.5-feet laterally if the league adjusts for that.

Jokics shot looks like about 79-feet or so to me.

Will the NBA adjust it? After the Nuggets win, the NBA put out a video of the 10 longest shots over the past decade.

You can see that Jokics shot is pretty obviously further than some of the ones preceding it.

Nikola Jokic's 66-foot buzzer-beater inspired us...

TOP 10 LONGEST SHOTS OVER THE PAST DECADE! Enjoy pic.twitter.com/wmqhftcePY The longest shot in NBA history is Baron Davis 89-foot heave in 2001.

Our friends at Secret Base made a wonderful video about it: Wikipedia has a list of the 10 longest shots in NBA history .

Jokics shot deserves to be on this list: Watch Andre Drummonds supposedly 71-foot shot from 2016 again here .

Theres no way that shot was five feet further back than Jokics.

Jokics shot looks longer adjusting for the angle.

Will the NBA issue a correction and give Jokic the feet he deserves for that third quarter buzzer-beater? We have to wait and see.

Whats wild is the long shot wasnt the only bit of Jokic history made in the win vs.

the Kings.

Jokic finished the game with 35 points, 22 rebounds, and 17 assists in the win.

The last time someone put up a triple-double with 35/20/15? You have to go back to Wilt Chamberlain in 1968.

Thats pretty good company.

Nikola Jokic just dropped the SECOND-EVER 35/20/15 game in NBA history Wilt Chamberlain dropped the first one in 1968.

pic.twitter.com/AOp9i013Zi The MVP race between Jokic and Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is too close to call .

It seems to swing back and forth every week .

Jokic is just a monster.

Give this man the extra feet on his heave, because that was way longer than 66-feet..

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