We are staying speechless to describe Nikola Jokić’s performance in a nocturnal way. He is averaging a triple double for the first time in his career, although he has already approached several times. It operates with elite efficiency, and on Friday night in an extra victory of 149-141 against the Phoenix Suns, Jokić made NBA History when he recorded the first game of 30 points of 30 points, 20 rebounds and 20 attendees.
“It’s a type of legacy that will be good to go, when my career ends on my sofa and think, I had a really good game,” Jokić said after his performance from another world. “At this time, it is just that we have a consecutive in two days. So I’m thinking how to rest, how to recover.”
The Nuggets superstar actually ended 31 points, 22 assists and 21 rebounds, but round numbers are a more forceful statistic. It was another dazzling performance of the Great Serbian man, which made that MVP race between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander be much more interesting while trying to take the seeds to seed No. 2 in the West.
There were many reasons why Jokić’s performance was amazing, so to make it more digestible, here is a look at how his night is broken by the numbers:
1
- Jokić is the first player in the NBA history to register a statistics line of at least 30 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists in a single game.
3
- Jokić is the third player in the history of the League in registering at least one line of statistics 20-20-20, joining Wilt Chamberlain in 1968 (22 points, 25 rebounds, 21 assists) and Russell Westbrook in 2019 (20 points, 21 assists, 20 rebounds).
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- This was the sixth game in the history of the NBA with a statistics line of more than 30 points, more than 20 rebounds and more than 15 assists (Jokić, Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson have done it twice).
7
- Jokić recorded his seventh game of more than 15, more than 15 rebounds, more than 15 assistance game This seasonwhich links the majority record in a single season established by Robertson in 1961-62.
14
- Jokić published his 14th career More than 15 points, more than 15 rebound, more than 15 assistance game, which is the second most in the history of the NBA behind Robertson (15).
22
- Jokić established a total assistance of his career with 22 Friday night.
- It is the largest amount of assists in a center in the history of the NBA. The previous registration was made by Wilt Chamberlain (21), set in 1968.
- Jokić tied the Hawks Guard, brings Young for most assists in a single game this season.
29
- Jokić recorded his 29th triple-double of the season, drawing his total of his career between 2022 and 23.
30
- This was the number 30 of Jokić with at least 15 assists: any other center in the history of the league has 15 games of this type combined, with Chamberlain (10) and Sabonis (5) domains that represent all of them.
42
- Jokić tied to LeBron James for the fourth triple-double games of 30 points in the history of the NBA with 42.
149
- The total of 149 points on Friday was the maximum that Nuggets have scored in a single game in Jokić’s career.
- It was the total highest points of Denver since 2008 versus Seattle (168-116).