Beijing time on March 7, NBA regular season continued, in a Western civil war, the Nuggets faced the Pelicans, after the start of the game, the Nuggets immediately occupied the initiative of the game, the first quarter of the game to achieve a 16-point lead, the second quarter of the Pelicans counterattack, a single quarter to recover the 11-point gap, the third quarter of the game, the Pelicans a drum beat to the score, and directly lead 10 points, fortunately, in the last quarter, the Pelicans in jokic single quarter 23 points of outstanding play, the score was difficult to drag into overtime, In overtime, Jokic still played well, and in the end, the Nuggets won the game without any danger.
In this game, Jokic's performance was impressive, he scored 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks in 16 of 22 in the whole game, especially in the final quarter and overtime, Jokic scored 30 points, and he became the first player in NBA history to score at least 40 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in a single game. He also became the second player in NBA history after Chamberlain to cut a 45+ triple-double with at least 70% shooting. It is also the first player in the league after James in 2010 to score 40+ triple-doubles plus four blocks in a single game.
After the game, Jokic was also interviewed by the media, he said: "I was in good shape during that time, I was able to hit the shot, I was very aggressive. ”