After losing 113-118 to the Warriors in the first round of G3 in the playoffs, the Nuggets have fallen behind 0-3 in this series, and being eliminated is almost a foregone conclusion. However, Nikola Jokic has tried his best, and with a 37+18+5 stat in G3, a career stat equals Tim Duncan and Hakim Olajuwon!
In the long history of the NBA, no team has turned the tables without falling behind 3-0 in the big score, and even only 2 times have teams dragged the series into the "seven-game game", and the Nuggets' hope of advancing after losing in G3 is almost gone. Especially with the Warriors' new all-Star starters Andrew Wiggins and "true core" Drummond Green scoring just 15 points and 11 rebounds, it was disappointing that the Nuggets still failed to win their first series win.
However, the Nuggets' performance in this game is still remarkable, the whole team played 50.0% shooting rate and 42.3% three-point shooting rate has been very good, of which Jokic is a dominant performance. He hit 14 of 22 shots in his 38-minute playing time, including 2-of-3 three-pointers, 7 from nine free throws, and a full statistic of 37 points, 18 rebounds, five assists, and three steals, and his scores and rebounds were far ahead of the field.
This is the eighth playoff game of Jokic's NBA career to get 30+ points, 10 rebounds and 5+ assists, and the NBA history list is tied for Duncan and Olajuwon, tied for 14th place in history. It is worth mentioning that only 4 interior players in the history of the NBA have won the Finals MVP no less than 2 times, including Duncan and Olajuwon, and the other two are Shaq O'Neal and Abdul-Jabbar.
In the three games of the series so far, Jokic averaged 29.3 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per game with 52.2% shooting, but unfortunately the help provided by teammates in the case of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter's season reimbursement was very limited. We can't expect the Nuggets to turn over, but the 27-year-old second-round No. 41 show has the ability to lead the Nuggets to make bigger waves next season!