"Drank beer and flew" - NBA fans go wild over Nikola Jokic's self alley oop & dunk during Goran Dragic's farewell game

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic participated in Slovenian legend Goran Dragic's farewell game this weekend. The event, Night of the Dragon, featured a star-studded lineup of past and present players. During the first quarter of the game, Jokic awed fans as he threw down an alley-oop off the glass.

The game occurred after a black-tie event on Friday night where team captains Goran Dragic and Luka Doncic drafted their teams. With his first pick, Dragic selected Steve Nash. Doncic responded by picking Nikola Jokic, a player NBA fans have clamored to see him compete alongside.

With sides chosen, players hit the court on Saturday for the highly anticipated game that aired on NBA.com. While Team Luka led 4-2 in the game's opening moments, Jokic wasted little time before driving to the hoop and throwing himself an alley-oop off the backboard.

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The dunk caught the attention of NBA fans, who replied in the X comments section.

"Drank beer and flew" - One joked

The NBA community kept the jokes rolling:

"never thought I'd see the day" - One wrote

"nah he really hates America, he don’t even run like that in the L" - Another joked

"Put him in the dunk contest" - One added

Details from the Goran Dragic Farewell game on Saturday where Nikola Jokic threw down an alley-oop

Goran Dragic announced his retirement from basketball in December after 16 NBA seasons. Since then, the veteran guard worked to create a special farewell to his fans.

The result was "Night of the Dragon," a two-night event held at Stozice Arena in Slovenia featuring Dragic and other well-known NBA players. Dragic brought in current stars like Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokcic, as well as NBA legends such as Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki.

In addition, several NBA greats were present for the game but did not participate. Kevin McHale, Alvin Gentry and Miami assistant Chris Quinn were all in attendance.

You can see the full roster of players for the game below:

Team Dragic

#3 Goran Dragic
9 Nikola Vucevic
13 Steve Nash
1 Chris Bosh
31 Vlatko Cancar
7 Klemen Prepelic
30 Zoran Dragic
27 Liga Dimec
7 Primo Brezec
8 Raso Nesterovic
77 Vladimir Radmanovic
5 Predrag Danilovic
11 Sasa Pavlovic
8 Matja Smodis
7 Sani Becirovic
6 Aleksandar Capin
21 Nebojsa Joksimovic
30 Jaka Lakovic
13 Domen Lorbek
15 Erazem Lorbek

Team Luka

77 Luka Doncic
15 Nikola Jokic
41 Dirk Nowitzki
13 Bogdan Bogdanovic
51 Boban Marjanovic
42 Robin Lopez
0 Josh Richardson
4 Luis Scola
6 Aleksej Nikolic
0 Matic Rebec
19 Beno Udrih
11 Jaka Blazic
8 Edo Muric
10 Bostjan Nachbar
55 Uros Slokar
17 Sasa Zagorac
14 Gasper Vidmar
13 Miha Zupan
10 Dejan Bodiroga
9 Miroslav Beric

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