On January 16, Beijing time, in the face of the western focus battle with the Lakers, Nuggets MVP Jokic showed great courage, and he bombarded the 14+9+9 quasi-triple-double data in the first half. Shortly after the start of the second half, Jokic had played less than 21 minutes before he reached a triple-double, successfully knocking her eight triple-doubles of the season and the 65th triple-double of her career.
In the face of a big battle with the Lakers, Jokic not only ushered in a showdown with Howard on the inside, the Lakers deliberately re-activated Howard as the starting center, naturally to limit Jokic's play. It's just that Howard even scored 13 points on 6 of 7 in the first half, but Jokic also scored 14 points on 6 of 8, opening up mutual explosion mode with Howard.
More critically, Jokic also competed with Westbrook for the all-around king, and in the first half Jokic had already contributed a triple-double 14+9+9, activating the Nuggets' inside and outside blossoming offensive attack to suppress the Lakers. Shortly after the start of the second half, Jokic had reached a triple-double in less than 21 minutes, which also led the Nuggets to continue to pull the advantage and crush the Lakers.
Jokic achieved two feats:
First, Jokic has scored three-doubles eight times this season, surpassing Spurs Murray and Harden with seven triple-doubles, ranking second in the league after Westbrook with nine triple-doubles.
Second, Jokic contributed a triple-double 65 times in his career, tying Harden and ranking seventh in history.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)