The Nuggets were last year's champions, and Jokic is also widely regarded as the No. 1 active player. Although the Nuggets' form has been up and down this year, as the season deepened, they quickly regained their form, and currently have a 20-10 record, still ranking firmly in the top three in the West. Just today, the Nuggets challenged the Nets on the road, and they upset the Nets 122-117, and Jokic broke the franchise record while cutting a big double-double.
The Nets were evenly balanced, with seven players scoring in double figures in this game. Bridges was the leader of the team, and he contributed 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 7-of-16 shooting from the field. Thomas scored a team-high 23 points, center Claxton had 10 points, 16 rebounds and six assists, and Johnson also scored 17 points. Smith, O'Neal and Sharpe all scored in double figures off the bench, but the team couldn't contain the Nuggets duo and swallowed the defeat.
For the Nuggets, the bench actually lacked firepower, and no one scored in double figures. However, the starting performance was really good, and guard Murray made 11 of 19 shots and efficiently got 32 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Porter Jr. scored 15 points, and Aaron Gordon did well, scoring 18 points on just six shots. Jokic Sr. dominated the interior, shooting 12 of 17 from the field, scoring 31 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and his performance was impeccable on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
As a team in the process of rebuilding, it's normal to be blown up by Jokic. Jokic got his own, classic stats. So far this season, Jokic has played 29 games, and he can average a quasi-triple-double of 26.7 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 54.4% and a three-point shooting rate of 33%.
After grabbing 11 rebounds today, Joshua also broke a franchise record for the Nuggets. His career total rebounds came to 6,631. surpassed the 6,630 of the famous Dan Iseer and became the all-time rebounding leader of the Nuggets. In fact, looking at the history of the Nuggets, there are still a lot of excellent stars, in addition to Isemer, there are also Mutombo, Inglish, Camby and Anthony and other players, who were very strong at their peak.
The Nuggets entered the NBA family in 1976 and have existed in the league for 47 years, which is a relatively long history. However, Jokic broke the all-time record in the NBA after only 8 years. So far in his career, Jokic has averaged 20.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game.