[Highlight] Nikola Jokić (56 PTS (18 in OT), 16 REB, 15 AST, 2 BLK) becomes the first player to record a 50-point triple-double on Christmas in a 142-138 victory over the Timberwolves.
Not too shabby for a 41st overall pick. In all seriousness, who the fuck scores 18 points in overtime? This man is scary.
He made 3 shots and went 10⁄11 on free throws from non shooting fouls.
11 FTs just in OT? wtf lol
They started intentionally fouling in the last minute after Jokic and Murray put the game just out of reach.
Intentional foul after intentional foul quickly inflated the free throw numbers. And honestly the start was working, minny was scoring enough to get it to a single point.
who the fuck scores 18 points in overtime?
Literally nobody ever
Hes the best player in the world but i mean 10 of those points were free throws, its not THAT impressive
Still shot 9⁄10 in a tight game. Not all stars do this. And the 2 3P were clutch as well. All records are broken with some exceptional circumstance. Let’s not bring down this achievement.
I was honestly shocked that he made all 10.
From watching him for a while, he almost always splits FTs in end of game situations like this.
Exactly! I’m sure scoring 18 in OT has happened plenty of times before, not sure what the big deal is. Teams are always fouling at the end of games.
It’s literally never happened before
He’s being sarcastic
Im not tryna hate its just like stephs performance was more impressive imo
I mean I get it Steph’s didn’t have many free throws if any, but goddamn this was a pretty fucking special one too
that’s still 40+ points lol
With 16,15
That’s 6 more than shaq would’ve gotten
brother i have 56 points
This was ridiculous man. ESPN won’t do any coverage on this or a quick 30 seconds and then back to talking about how the Lakers lost.
True. They will donate at least 3 hours of coverage to LeBron scratching his ass raw or something
Don’t forget the football coverage… fuck the nfl playing on Christmas honestly
Best player in the league by a long shot!
Wembanyama: non monsieur it is me
It could be but hes also in Greg Oden territory.
No, Wembanyama is not in Greg Oden territory. The poor man spent four ENTIRE seasons glued to the bench due to injuries, and when his body was finally somewhat cooperating, he couldn’t give more than a 10-point average.
If Wemby is at risk of anything, it’s to become Yao Ming 2.0.
ugh…i just looked it up. that oden guy played like 105 total games over 7 years. pretty sure wembys got him beat lol
Wemby is at 135 according to bbref so yeah already. Crazy about Oden. I knew it was bad but thats barely a season
As an oldhead blazers fan, let’s not get carried away here
He better get MVP this year. imo last year was a robbery.
Last year doesn’t bother me, the Embiid year was bullshit
im a nuggets fan but sga had a case for mvp. his team was 5 spots ahead of the nuggets. this year nuggets are 2nd/3rd seed most likely so he should win
SGA has a case but it is just Jokic to me. Dude is so impactful in so many ways on offense he just has this ceiling that I don’t think SGA can reach.
To be fair SGA definitely had a case last year. I dont think Jokic is clear cut better than SGA, and vice versa.
As a Nuggets Fan I obviously hope Jokic can win again this season.
Robbery was a wild claim. Shai did Shai things.
nah i would have given it to shai but its close. the embiid year jokic was robbed
SGA did have a legit case tbh
On the flip side, Joker not getting it last year makes it more likely voters will give it to him this year. Not necessarily fair, but voter fatigue is a thing, and there’s people who wouldn’t vote for the same guy 3x in a row
Shai is a god tier at flopping that Nikola could never emulate. Time to add him into the GOAT conversation since his acting is better than Lebron’s
I watched my man jok flop like 3 times this game. He flops too.
Joker is wild
He got me 77 fantasy points. I’ve never seen a score so high
One time I think he got me 86. He’s completely broken in fantasy.
What a phenomenal performance.
And got a haircut right after the game.
He looks much better with the hair he had in the game imo
I dream of long hair Jokic
Jesus Christ
Can’t go to the Christmas party looking shabby
Maybe Jayson Tatum was onto something
How he can be so nonchalant but also so purposefulis truly special. What a fun superstar in this chapter of the league
He’s the best player on the planet right now
It keeps getting glossed over, but this is the first 55+ 15+ 15+ in NBA history.
Still impressive but the game went to OT and had over half his points in OT come from the line. Just a slight nuance. And im waiting for the downvotes
I mean most stats are useless because minutes are ignored. Like Shai often skips 4th qt but that doesn’t show up in the stat sheets.
So might aswell ignore ot minutes too. Thats how i look at it.
Absolutely insane performance.
Top 10 player off all time already
Imo hes behind MJ, Lebron and KAJ, who else?
I choose to interpret the score and opponent as part of the stat.
Maybe there were a bunch of guys who got a 50-point triple-double on Christmas, and several of those games had a final score of 142-138, but this is the first time it’s happened against the Timberwolves.
he played the same team that he got his 60 point triple double against, how much money do you wanna bet that he took that game 7 loss personally
edit: his three best games are all against the timberwolves (game 5 of 2024, 61/10/10, 56/16/15)
He knows the Wolves are a one of the few bad matchup for the Nuggets
I’ve started seeing basketball crop up again, I haven’t followed it since sometime after “The Decision”. Anyways, I wanted to admit that I thought Jokic and Doncic were the same person or something. I think I combined them in my head like some kinda djokvoic type name.
This is so special thank you.
Just unreal
The way he just dog walks Rudy in the post 🤣. One of the best interior defenders and Joker just does whatever he wants.
Unstoppable.
18….in OT!!!!?!?
Shoutout to all the post players who played before the Stretch Big era who could but weren’t allowed to shoot 3’s or long jumpers.
People are going to see these highlights in 50 years and say “no way he was the best player” just cuz of his physique and slow play style. Kind of how current gen can’t really appreciate how great Larry Bird was.
Wish i didn’t pass out during the game, i missed OT!
Greatness
Alright
I don’t understand why the Wolves refuse to double off guys like Watson to let Jokic keep shooting over Julius Randle
As ridiculous as it sounds, this guy could have had 6 MVPs and it would have been perfectly fine.
Yeah but Scott Foster had 60
Too bad he flops like a fish, unwatchable
Imagine calling him unwatchable, unless /s and i got whooshed?
Man single-handedly got me and my friend group back into NBA
I’m hoping that he forgot the /s.
Cry more hater, of the guy will flop to get a single call when he has one of the worst whistles in the league, literally has a raptors tattoo on his arm, bleeding and getting mauled every game. A quick look at your history tells everything about you, go touch some grass and try not thinking about the goat for an hour.
Name me a player in the top 5 of the MVP rankings that doesn’t.