On April 8, Beijing time, the Nuggets overturned the season's regular season record at home with a score of 122-109 to lock in the second in the league, Nikola Jokic once again played a stand-out performance, in 35 minutes of playing time efficiently got 35 + 16 + 5 data, a data in the NBA active players second only to one person, and this person is not LeBron James.
In this game, Jokic played 35 minutes, hit 16 of the 24 shots, shot 66.7% of the shots, including 1 three-pointer, 2 free throw shots, got 35 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, the plus-minus reached a staggering +37, not only the score and rebounds were far ahead of the players on both teams, but also the only player in the game with a plus-minus of not less than +20.
This is the 16th regular season game of Jokic's NBA career to get 30+ points, 15 rebounds and 5+ assists, and officially completed the surpassing of Bob Petit, Kevin Garnett, Nate Thurmond and Billy Cunningham in the NBA history list of this data, occupying the 15th place in NBA history.
Among the NBA active players, only one person has won 30+15+5 games in the regular season than Jokic, and that is The Alphabet Brother, who has played in 37 regular season games. It is worth mentioning that in the list of active players in this data, Russell Westbrook ranked third with 14 times, while LeBron James has only played in 9 regular season games in his 19-year NBA career so far, and Joel Embiid, who has competed with Jokic for regular season MVP in these two seasons, has only played such a statistic in 9 regular season games so far.
With Jokic leading the team to topple the second-place Grizzlies in the league, the Nuggets locked up playoff qualification for the season ahead of schedule. With Jamal Murray and Michael Potter only playing in nine regular season games this season, the Nuggets were able to play this season's record, inseparable from Jokic's dominant performance. So far this season, Jokic has averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game in 74 regular season games with an average of 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game in 58.3% shooting, becoming the first player in the long NBA history to score 2000+ points+ 1000+ rebounds and 500+ assists in a single season regular season!
Compared with last season's regular season, jokic this season has improved to varying degrees in terms of points per game, rebounding and shooting percentage in terms of average playing time per game, and has also led the Nuggets to the playoffs in the face of serious injuries, so Jokic is eligible for the regular season MVP!