On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA has a total of 13 games today, and it is not the Nuggets and Clippers that are the most intense. Clippers and Nuggets can be said to be the old enemy, before that, the two sides have met a total of 2 times in the season, the battle into a 1-1 draw, the last game between the two sides was only a week ago, originally that game The Nuggets had a chance to win, but did not expect that the Clippers in the case of a maximum of 25 points behind to complete a super big reversal, this game, the two teams are already known to each other, depending on who plays well.
In the first quarter, the difference between the two sides was only 4 points, and in the second quarter, the Clippers woke up like a dream, Zubac was very powerful, Reggie also frequently scored on the offensive end and continued to send assists, and the Clippers rebounded by 12 points, leading the Nuggets by 12 points. However, the third quarter became Jokic's performance time, saving Kirch to cut 17 points alone, and at the end of the third quarter, Jokic's stats have reached 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and the two teams have reached an 81-81 draw. In the fourth quarter, Jokic slowed down the offense, scoring no points for the first eight minutes or so, and the Clippers, led by Reggie and Zubac, stretched the point difference by five points and looked like they were about to take away the victory.
But in the second half of the fourth quarter, Jokic turned on MVP mode, he faced Zubac twice, scored 4 points in one go, the third time, Jokic singled Zubac, the referee whistle, Zubac was originally sent off by six fouls, but Tylen Lu challenged successfully, the two sides jumped the ball, Jokic helped the Nuggets get the ball in the competition. After that, Jokic turned around again again to face Zubac and scored 2 points, and the two sides quickly went into overtime. In overtime, Jokic took the lead in scoring mode, but Mann, who had performed well throughout the game, suddenly fired a cannon from the outside, Zubac also threw a shot under the basket, and the Clippers once again stretched the point difference to 5 points.
Jokic grew braver, scoring two points from the free throw and then fouling a defender before passing the ball to assist Morris' breakthrough. The Clippers clearly didn't intend to tie their hands, and the youngster Boston used the Clippers to shake off the defenders to score two points, but Jokic did not hesitate to let go, and the basket was two strong kills, and Zubac cut two more points to tighten the point difference. At this critical moment, Jokic took the ball, because his offensive threat was too great, Zubac alone could not defend at all, the Clippers two went forward to pack the clip, but Jokic's eyes were fast, catching a glimpse of Gordon lurking in the bottom left corner.
Jokic then passed the ball out, Gordon made a slight adjustment, three-pointers, completed the whistle-blowing kill, and in the end, the Nuggets narrowly won the Clippers 130-128. In this game, the performance of Reggie and Zubac in key moments almost helped the team win this victory, the former has been less than 50% of the shooting rate in 14 consecutive games, but this direct 22 of 12, cut 28 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists, Zubac and Jokic in the confrontation is not afraid of the opponent, 19 of 15, a career high of 32 points, plus 10 rebounds and 3 assists, it can be said that the performance of the two people at key moments forced the strongest Jokic.
In this game, Jokic showed MVP level level at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, he deserved to be a league first center, the whole game, Jokic played 41 minutes, 16 of 25, 3 of 5 three-pointers, exploded 49 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists of epic data, plus or minus +15, won his 10th triple-double of the season, 67th time of his career, and scored a new season record. Jokic's triple-double number has exceeded half of all players in team history combined, which is an NBA miracle, and today's Jokic is too inexplicable.
Currently, centers have scored the most points in a triple-double: Chamberlain's 53 points are at the top, Jokic's 49 points are fourth, and ahead of him, there are also Chamberlain's 51 points and Abdul-Jabbar's 50 points. Counting these 10 assists, Jokic reached 2,979 career assists, surpassing Andre Miller (2978) in team history and rising to third in team history. The only people who are now ahead of Jokic are Alex Inglish (3667) and Fat Liver (3558). After the game, Jokic and Gordon embraced each other, which was not comfortable.