As a second-round No. 41 show born in 1995, Nikola Jokic was already the regular season MVP last season, and this season he played more efficiently without a strong helper around, and after the Nuggets reversed the game to beat the Timberwolves, Jokic's data officially surpassed the greatest point guard magician in NBA history - Johnson!
The Nuggets defeated this season's Dark Horse Timberwolves 93-91 after falling behind by 14 points at one point, and Jokic was instrumental, having 26 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 3 blocks in 36 minutes of playing time, with plus or minus of +17, and only allowing Carl Anthony Downs to have 14 points and 8 rebounds from 36.4% shooting in 34 minutes, and the plus-minus was a miserable -23. In the fourth quarter, Towns played 7:33.1.
Many people will not be surprised that Jokic has played such a performance, which is not even good for him this season, this is the first time in this season that he has shot less than 55.0% in a single game in the regular season, and so far this season Jokic has averaged 24.0 points, 14.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game with 60.8% shooting percentage and 42.3% three-point shooting in the six regular season games, and rebounds per game , average steals per game, average three-point shooting per game, shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate and many other statistics have set the highest record of Jokic's 7-year NBA career!
Jokic became famous for his response, but his strength is not only a response, so far this season, he has fully demonstrated his rim talent and unstoppable attack, after getting the regular season MVP, in the case of the second leader of the team due to injury is likely to have been reimbursed for the season, Jokic is "long ball" again! With no other Nuggets averaging 15.5 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game, and 4.0 assists per game, Jokic almost single-handedly led the Nuggets to third place in the West with a 4-2 record, much better than the record of title-contenders such as the Lakers and the Suns!
This is already the 64th regular season game of Jokic's NBA career to get 20+ points, 10 rebounds and 5 + assists, and the NBA history list of this data has officially completed the surpass of Magic Johnson! What is this concept? Magic is recognized as the first point guard in NBA history, but also an all-rounder who can play 5 positions, in the rookie season, he replaced the injured Abdul-Jabbar in the Finals G6 and became the starting center but played 42 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists and led the Lakers to win the championship, and won the Finals MVP around many big players in the rookie season! Jokic, who is under 27 years old, surpasses the magician in this data that represents omnipotence, which is of great significance.
Some people may say that James has already obtained 25+10+5 data in 201 regular season games, but don't forget that Jokic's playing style is very different from James's, and it should be noted that Tim Duncan, who is known as the number one forward in NBA history, has only obtained such data in 66 regular season games in his entire NBA career, and Dirk Nowitzki, who combines regular season MVP and Finals MVP, has only played such a performance in 43 regular season games in his entire NBA career.
After getting the regular season MVP, Jokic is still growing, his three-pointers and rim have been further improved, and his Nuggets are still in the Top Three of the West, and all this is based on the team's second-in-command season reimbursement, so Jokic has the strength to defend the regular season MVP!