Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić joined elite company with a dominant triple-double on Thursday night, all while he drained a near full-court heave.
Anthony Edwards scored 34 points with nine assists to lead Minnesota. In the process, he became Minnesota's franchise leader in 3-pointers made, jumping past Karl-Anthony Towns with 976 career triples. Edwards also set the mark with some flash, nailing this 3 from the center-court logo:
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić will have some notable reinforcements if he ever wants to regale the world with his rendition of 50 Cent's "Many
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić continue to set the Kia MVP pace for each other and the rest of the field.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic had one of the greatest five-game stretches of basketball in the history of the sport. For five games straight, Jokic achi
Nikola Jokić can do it all on the court. He’s a triple-double machine, a passing savant, and on Thursday night, showed he can make a full-court shot look as effortless as a free throw. With the final seconds of the third quarter waning away and the Nuggets holding a 107–85 lead over the Sacramento Kings,
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Nikola Jokic took 709 games to beat Larry Bird's mark and become the fastest to ever record 15K points, 7.5K rebounds and 5K assists.
The longest shot in NBA history is Baron Davis’ 89-foot heave in 2001. Our friends at Secret Base made a wonderful video about it: Wikipedia has a list of the 10 longest shots in NBA history. Jokic’s shot deserves to be on this list:
On Thursday against the Sacramento Kings, Jokic came up big to help the Nuggets take a 132-123 victory. The three-time NBA MVP finished the night with a monstrous triple-double of 35 points, 22 rebounds and 17 assists. He shot an efficient 63.2 percent from the field while also doing his job defensively with one steal and two blocks.
The starting lineups for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced Thursday, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who received more than 4.4 million votes from fans, the most of any player. The leading vote-getter among Western Conference All-Stars was Nikola Jokić.