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Nikola Jokić had a evening to be wide awake.
The two-time NBA MVP delivered a ancient efficiency to aid the Denver Nuggets affect a 130-110 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday. Jokić imposed his will on a Wizards front court docket that did not possess the scale to ache him defensively, dominating in all aspects of the game.
By the dwell of the evening, he completed with 21 aspects and 19 rebounds to plod alongside with 15 assists. He also connected on all 10 of his enviornment-scheme makes an try to vary into the first participant in over 40 seasons to position up a minimum of 20 aspects, 15 rebounds and 15 assists while shooting 100 p.c from the enviornment, per StatMuse.
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The first participant to document
20+ PTS
15+ REB
15+ AST
100 FG%in a game, in over 40 seasons. pic.twitter.com/riyFgCmNAB
By recording a triple-double against the Wizards, Jokić formally accomplished the feat against every NBA team that he’s confronted in his occupation. He joined LeBron James and Russell Westbrook as the simplest players within the league’s ancient past to invent so, per the NBA.
X users had been impressed by his extraordinarily efficient game.
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Jokic finds out that he’s had a triple-double against every team within the NBA however the Nuggets. pic.twitter.com/zjt9zDohUC
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Jokic has 19 PTS, 19 REB, 14 AST… and is 9/9 from the enviornment 😳
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Bleacher Listing @BleacherReport
Jokić tonight:
🃏21 PTS
🃏19 REB
🃏15 AST
🃏10/10 FGHas now scored a triple-double vs. every team he’s played against 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ZSACn9GFNh
Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nikola Jokic has completed it.
He now has a triple-double against all 29 teams that he’s played against.#TripleDoubleDay pic.twitter.com/nnGaCSgOKD
The Athletic @TheAthletic
Nikola Jokić makes the superhuman appear routine 🃏
One other triple-double. A supreme 10/10 from the enviornment.
Is a third MVP award in his future? pic.twitter.com/WDMCS3e6NJ
Jokić also got some aid from the the rest of the starting up lineup, as Michael Porter Jr. scored a team-high 22 aspects and grabbed 11 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting. Jamal Murray dropped 18 aspects and dished out eight assists, shooting 52.9 p.c on his 17 shot makes an try.
The Nuggets moved to 37-19 after the victory and sit down 2.5 video games out of the No. 1 seed within the Western Conference.
