The Nuggets beat the Hawks 142-110 at home today, Jokic had a great performance with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, Murray had 16 points and 6 assists on 6-of-11 shooting, Pope had 24 points, Porter had 20 points, and Reggie came off the bench with 18 points and 5 rebounds. For the Hawks, Murray had 14 points and 12 assists, Capela had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Hunter had 18 points, Bogdanovic had 18 points, and Jalen Johnson had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
19 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, easily another triple-double. This is already Jokic's 25th triple-double this season, and interestingly, 25 triple-doubles are not the first of the season. At the top of the season triple-double list is not Jokic or Doncic, but Sabonis Jr. So far, Jr. has 26 triple-doubles this season, higher than Jokic's 25 and Doncic's 20.
It's surprising that Xiao Sa can get so many triple-doubles this season, you must know that he only got 32 triple-doubles in the first 7 seasons of his career, and he got 26 triple-doubles this season, which is a very scary improvement. However, compared with Jokic and Doncic, who are 30+ big triple-doubles at every turn, Xiao Sa's triple-double is relatively more cost-effective, basically a small triple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Back to Jokic, after scoring a triple-double today, Jokic's total career triple-doubles have also come to 130, and he is currently ranked fourth in history. He was ahead of Wei Shao with 198, Big O with 181 and Magic with 139. If Jokic counts according to 25 triple-doubles in a season, it won't take Jokic 3 seasons to surpass Wei Shao to become the all-time triple-double king. If Jokic averaged 14 triple-doubles per game in a single season (130 triple-doubles in nine seasons), Jokic still needs to maintain this level for five seasons to surpass Westbrook. Jokic is now 29 years old, and at his age and current form, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses Willis.