Despite the loss against Jazz, Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic enters Wilt Chamberlin territory amid MVP discussions
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Regardless of a 125-102 misfortune to the Utah Jazz, the Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic recorded his 10th triple-double of the period, wrapping up with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists. The Joker currently moves to seventh on the unequalled rundown behind Wilt Chamberlain.
This was Jokic’s second sequential triple-twofold after a 17-point, 13 assist and 12-rebound execution in a victory prevail upon the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Furthermore similar to the triple-double on Saturday, Jokic recorded his triple-double against the Jazz right off the bat in the last part.
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Nikola Jokic enters in MVP discussions
Jokic has joined James, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and James Harden as the main players to record three sequential triple-doubles two times in their NBA profession.
The Nuggets have needed to utilize 20 players to overcome the unrest and turnover that has come about in view of wounds and diseases, yet Jokic has been the one steady, generally, this season. Indeed, just unobtrusively, Jokic is setting up numbers that are right comparable to his MVP season in 2020-21.
Jokic has been so prevailing over the beyond two seasons that he joined some rarified organization.
Just three communities have found the middle value of 25 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and 5 or more assists for each game: Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jokic. It hadn’t been done since 195-76 when Abdul-Jabbar oversaw it with the Lakers, yet Jokic has now done it in successive seasons – an accomplishment that hadn’t been done since Chamberlain in 1963-64 and 1965-66.
Nuggets mentor Mike Malone called Jokic one of the more disregarded ruling MVPs that he can recall.
“If you open up the dictionary and look up the word consistency, there’s going to be a picture of Nikola there,” Malone said.
Four of the best 10 players on the rundown are presently in the association, with Lakers star Russell Westbrook sitting at No. 1, while Jokic is the main non-monitor on the rundown close by Wilt Chamberlain. Indeed, Jokic joins Chamberlain as the main two places in history with 50 triple-doubles.
The Denver Nuggets are 22-20 this season and right now sit 6th in the Western Conference.
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