The Streak Is Not The Argument
Forget the self-congratulatory version of this story. Yes, Denver beat Golden State. Yes, that extended the streak. No, that does not mean a smart opponent suddenly trashes the old scouting notes and starts over from scratch. Nikola Jokic is still the center of everything, but that is exactly why the colder question sits around him, not on him.
What Still Gets Circled
A serious opponent does not spend this moment arguing about Jokic's greatness. That is fan TV. The useful prep question is what the rest of Denver looks like once the Jokic-centered ecosystem is forced to prove itself again and again. Streaks can make a team feel cleaner than it is. Opponents are less interested in the feeling than in which surrounding answers still need to be pressed.
That is the part Denver fans do not always enjoy hearing, because a winning run invites broader praise than the evidence really buys. The run is real. Fine. But a rival's first instinct is still to test the non-Jokic parts of the machine and see whether Denver can keep producing order when the obvious center of gravity is treated like a given.
Denver deserves credit for the result. It does not get immunity from the next hard question. Respect is not the same thing as a cleared file.