The thing is probably like this, today's regular season, the Nuggets won 129-118 away to the Lakers, the first three quarters and a half of the battle is still difficult for both sides to score high, until the fourth quarter remains 7 minutes ago, the two sides are still 104-104 draw, but it is these 7 minutes, the Nuggets hit the Lakers a wave of 25-14, thus successfully winning the victory.
The Nuggets won, Jokic's performance is generally not bad, and the same is true of this game, Jokic got 10 points, 7 rebounds and 1 steal in the first quarter, and in the second half, it was still Jokic, who got 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block - the half-time data is already stronger than many All-Stars.
In the whole game, Jokic played a total of 33 minutes, shooting 15 of 22 shots, 8 of 11 free throws, 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and he became the second player to get "35+15+5+2+2" in a single game this season.
In the last seven games, Jokic's performance has been simply incredible:
— Against the Clippers, 9-of-15, with 30 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks
Against the Suns, he made 9-of-10 and had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals
Against the Thunder, he made 13-of-15 and had 35 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks
— Against the Hornets, he made 9-of-17 and had 26 points, 19 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals
Against the Pacers, he had 37 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block against the Pacers
Against the Timberwolves, he had 14-of-21 and had 38 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal
Against the Lakers, he made 15-of-22 and had 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks
What is the concept?
In the past seven games, Jokic has shot 70.6% from the field and scored 232 points, the first in history that no player except him has been able to score more points with 70% shooting in seven consecutive games
In the past five games, Jokic has scored 174 points, 81 rebounds and 42 assists, shooting 70.2% from the field, the first person in history, except for him in NBA history, no one has ever been able to achieve "160+80+40+70% shooting rate" in five consecutive games.
In the past three games, Jokic has all scored "35+10+5" with more than 65% shooting, the first person in history, except for him, no one in history has ever done it
It is no exaggeration to say that Jokic's performance is historical.
So far this season, Jokic has played in 72 games, averaging 26.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game, shooting 58.3% from the field, the above four statistics, ranking ninth, second, eighth and eighth in the league, and he is also the first player in the past 50 years to rank in the top ten of the league with the above four statistics.
In addition, Jokic's average data this season is close to "27+14+8", and in the history of the NBA, no player has ever been able to achieve an average of "25+13+6", Jokic directly created an incredible standard.
On high-order data, Jokic broke almost everything:
- PER value, 32.9, league first
—BPM, 13.7, League First
—WinShare, 15.0, League No. 1
— WS every 48 minutes, 0.299, league first
VORP, 9.5, League No. 1
It is worth mentioning that Jokic's PER value and BPM are not only the league first, but also the first in history, the first in history before the PER value is the letter brother 31.86 (2019-20 season), and the first in history before BPM is James's 13.24 (2008-09 season).
So on a data level, Jokic is almost the first person this season without a doubt, he is even ranked in the history of the NBA, and a little bit less than enough, it is the record.
After winning the Lakers, the Nuggets' record came to 47 wins and 32 losses, surpassing the Jazz to the fifth place in the West, not bad, but for an MVP, the fifth place in the West is obviously not enough to see.
However, this is not an inexplicable, there are two main aspects.
First, the Nuggets almost directly gave way to a Murray this season, Porter Jr. only played 9 games to be reimbursed for the season, Jokic suddenly missed two top-salary opponents, and among the many MVP candidates, he is a rare single-core team leader;
Second, Jokic's influence on the game is very exaggerated, when he is on the court, the Nuggets net wins 10.1 points per 100 rounds, he is not trying, the Nuggets net loss of 10.6 points per 100 rounds, the gap between 20.7 points before and after, ranking first among MVP candidates.
Data + influence, Jokic naturally became the biggest candidate for MVP, the fact is that he rarely fell out of the top three MVP list this season, ESPN's latest issue of the simulation vote, Jokic also won the MVP.
MVP is of course the target of any player, but for Jokic now, he should continue to win, don't let the Nuggets fall to the seventh place in the West to play in the playoffs, and once it comes to the playoffs, if Murray can make a healthy comeback, Jokic, maybe it is FMVP.