26 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists! Just today, the NBA miracle that has been in the dust for 59 years was achieved by Jokic
At the end of the game, the score of the two teams was finally fixed at 130-101, and the Denver Nuggets, the second in the West, pressed the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third place in the East to the ground and rubbed them! In the 29-point tragedy, the Cavaliers can be said to have lost completely! This also reflects the real strength gap between the East and West teams. The defending champion Denver Nuggets deserve to be a real championship super favorite team, and the third Cavaliers in the East are simply a younger brother in front of them!
After beating the Cavaliers by 29 points, the Nuggets moved to 52-23 and finished second in the West. But they are only 0.5 wins behind the first Thunder, and for the powerful Nuggets, it is not a problem to regain the first place in the West! As long as they want, the first place in the West will belong to them sooner or later. The Nuggets were able to beat Cleveland, third in the East, by 29 points today, while the Thunder were able to beat the Knicks, fourth in the East, with Alexander's jumper in the last minute. The subtlety is self-evident!
In this dialogue between the East and the West, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic once again played a god performance! Played 34 minutes, 11 of 18 from the field, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, 26 points, 18 rebounds, 16 assists and 1 steal, plus or minus +37 won the game! There is no doubt that Jokic was the initiator of the Nuggets' 29-point tragedy against the Cavaliers tonight. It was he who completely broke the Cavaliers' interior line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, leaving them with no power to fight back! All that was left for the opponent was to sigh at the ball, so the 29-point tragedy naturally happened.
According to statistics, this is the fourth time in Nikola Jokic's career that he has scored at least 25 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists with at least 60% shooting, thus surpassing the ancient beast Chamberlain (3 times) to rank first in NBA history! In addition, Jokic also achieved a miracle in the history of the league that has been sealed for 59 years in this game. Because Nikola Jokic has become the first player in NBA history to score at least 26 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in a single game in the past 59 years since Oscar Robertson in 1965!
He shot 11-of-18 from the field, scoring 26 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists, surpassing Chamberlain to become the player with the most 25+15+15 shots at least 60% from the field in history. At the same time, in one fell swoop, to fill the 59-year NBA miracle vacancy after Robertson, such Jokic can be called incomprehensible! It is no exaggeration to say that he has made this season's MVP competition unsuspenseful, because the winner of this year's MVP will be Nikola Jokic, and no one else can play!