When he’s doing both, they are overmatched. The Heat prefer Jokic score more and pass less. When he’s scoring and recording assists, it makes the Nuggets difficult to guard. He had 41 points in Miami’s Game 2 victory but just four assists. It is obvious that the best Nikola Jokic is the Nikola Jokic who is at or near a triple-double. The Nuggets needed that from Jokic to take a 2-1 series lead. Jokic’s humility and commitment to winning above individual achievement is admirable. STAY UP-TO-DATE: Subscribe to our Sports newsletter now!Īsked to reflect on his accomplishment, Jokic said, "I just think it's a win because if you lose, nobody is going to even mention it. That's what's really neat about it, you get the win." "For those guys to make history the way they did tonight, no one has ever done that. "I've been with Nikola for eight and Jamal for seven years now, and we've had some pretty good moments, but not in the NBA Finals," Denver coach Michael Malone said. That’s 76 seasons and tens of thousands of games of professional hoops. Never before − regular season or playoffs − have two players delivered 30-point triple-doubles in the same NBA game. Then, include Nuggets guard Jamal Murray’s 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and it adds another historical dimension. That was beautiful basketball unto itself, a dominating performance for which Miami had no solution.
Nuggets two-time MVP center Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first player in league history to record a 30-point, 20-rebound triple-double in the NBA Finals.
NBA history bloomed in Denver’s 109-94 victory Wednesday. MIAMI - No matter how many basketball games a person has watched − whether you saw Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell dominate, whether you watched Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan win titles, whether you witnessed Kobe Bryant and LeBron James carry teams − no one has ever seen what transpired in Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat.
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