Jokić went historic
Nikola Jokić posted a jaw‑dropping 23 points, 21 rebounds and 19 assists — the only player ever to hit that exact combo — and in a later line produced 33-15-12, underscoring an absurd late‑season run of All‑Around dominance. Those box scores are reshaping MVP and playoff-seeding chatter across the league. (x.com) (x.com)
On March 25 at Ball Arena Denver beat Dallas 142-135, a game in which Jamal Murray poured in a season-high 53 points to lead the win. (apnews.com) During that same Dallas game Jokic passed the 6,000-career-assists mark after entering the night with 5,992 and hitting the milestone on a feed to Murray with 4:56 left in the second quarter. (espn.ph) The Dallas outing left Jokic one assist shy of a 20-20-20 performance; the only players with a 20-point, 20-rebound, 20-assist game previously are Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. (nba.com) Two nights later Denver rallied past Utah 135-129, a win highlighted by Jokic’s fourth straight triple-double and the 31st triple-double of his season while Cam Johnson hit the go-ahead 3 late. (espn.com) The three-game stretch was historic: Jokic posted consecutive games with 15-plus points, rebounds and assists and totaled at least 46 points, 38 rebounds and 36 assists across a two-game span — a combination the league flagged as unprecedented. (si.com) The Utah victory moved Denver to 47-28 and placed the Nuggets a game ahead of Minnesota and a half-game behind the Lakers in the Western Conference as the regular season winds down. (espn.com) National outlets and the NBA’s MVP trackers have re-weighted the race after the stretch, listing Jokic among the top contenders alongside Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander and other frontrunners in recent ladders and power rankings. (nba.com)
