https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401869188

Jokic secures a triple-double and the win in Game 1 vs the Timberwolves: 25-13-11 on 11-19 shooting, +9 in 40 minutes

Was very inefficient early, with 4 turnovers in the first 20 minutes but turned it up throughout the rest of the game.

Nuggets were down double digits in the first half, made a comeback and kept the wolves at bay in the second half and especially the fourth quarter

Jamal: 30-5-7

Antman: 22-9-7

socoolandawesome | Bulls

118 | an hour ago

Meh jokic game is 25-13-11 on over 50% shooting

Greenwalrus72 | Nuggets

38 | an hour ago

He had 0 whistle the whole game, won’t complain for Denver as a whole lmao but as an individual he wasn’t getting anything.

Simple_Purple_4600

4 | an hour ago

seemed like he was bad and then you see the score and the stats. Rudy did a great job on him, too,

Sensitive_Worry2499

-20 | 41 minutes ago

kinda says a lot. Jokic has stats but doesn’t pass the eye test. thats why box score watchers won’t understand why he isn’t the MVP winner

Existing_Poem_7858

1 | 28 minutes ago

Jokic has totally different standards from others. If he is not something like 30/15/11 with 65% fg people would be like he was not something good .

socoolandawesome | Bulls

1 | 23 minutes ago

Scoring efficiently and the playmaking and rebounding he does, which his stats faithfully represent this game, is impossible to consider as anything other than good/winning basketball. It’s just he’s got such high standards that it’s not that impressive of a game for him and him only.

_Tar_Ar_Ais_

4 | an hour ago

what a bum, build around AG already

Frosty-Roof3124

55 | an hour ago

You could see him solving the game as it went on

Parallel-Quality

53 | an hour ago

Buzz cut Jokic moving different.

vnistelrooy | Nets [NJN] Gheorghe Mureșan

24 | an hour ago

Nuggets are 1-0 in the Durag Jokic era

SplitOk186

34 | an hour ago

Huge 2nd half from him especially with Denver going ice cold from three down the stretch

He started off the game relatively quiet but he did a great job closing out the win

NewConcentrate9682 | Washington Bullets

5 | an hour ago

My only issue with him was taking too many 3s but otherwise he played great in rhe second half

schoolhater12 | Raptors

22 | an hour ago

he has to take and make wide open threes. He has to at least go ³⁄₇ on the kind of looks he got today. They were all extremely wide open and you have to make 3-⁴⁄₇ to beat the Spurs and Thunder

StrikeElectrical9400 | Nuggets

4 | an hour ago

A couple rimmed out so idk just bad luck

ArtisticAd2868 | Nuggets

7 | an hour ago

Nah his wrist seems fucked, i feel like his follow through isn’t smooth like it was early this season and last. He’ll make some just because he’s jokic, but I don’t think he’s going to be knockdown this playoffs.

Andiff22 | Knicks

8 | an hour ago

Feel like you kind of need him to take some 3s so Rudy can’t sit in the paint, but he has been off of them since his injury really. Him not being able to hit them swung the last series two years ago quite a bit as well.

NewConcentrate9682 | Washington Bullets

2 | an hour ago

Yeah since his injury, his 3s have been off. And idk, I don’t think teams will respect his 3s because of that.

Which is a shame because I love his form and love when he swishes them.

Debra_Messing

1 | 23 minutes ago

they’re giving him open 3s. you take an open 3 in a playoff game (and really any game) when you shoot 40%. you can’t always dictate what the defense will give you.

champsorchumps

26 | an hour ago

The Wolves had held Jokic 7 straight playoff games (the entire 2024 series the Wolves won in 7) without a triple double, but couldn’t keep it going into this series

Jolly_Force

14 | an hour ago

That was the Kat gobert combo. Stuff was elite because they were both starting centers that played completely different. Even if you got a rhythm it didn’t last long because here comes the other center.

SplitOk186

12 | an hour ago

Yup the Wolves with the KAT/Gobert duo were the absolute best at the “turn Jokic into a scorer only” strategy where they didn’t allow him to create for others as much

Now that they need Rudy to guard Jokic straight up that’s not nearly as easy anymore

WebbyDewBoy | Nuggets

9 | an hour ago

Kat/Gobert on Jok and Naw/Mcdaniels on Jamal. No one is at Naws defensive level on Min

AncientAnt9225

6 | an hour ago

Eh Nuggets had no bench and MPJ was awful entire series. Jokic pretty much didn’t have who to pass to to get triple doubles.He was getting Porter plenty of open looks and he was just chunking it

He was still getting doubles easy like with 34/19/7 in game 7

kostajepaosmosta

25 | an hour ago

Dude just switched gears when he saw his teammates slowing down. Truly a once in a lifetime player.

Wedbo | Rockets

3 | an hour ago

Is Jokic the first player to switch gears?

EightBlocked | NBA

6 | an hour ago

yes

Simple_Purple_4600

2 | an hour ago

went from first to second, what a dad motor

heat_fan_ | Raptors

15 | an hour ago

Triple double just seems normal for Joker these days

Optimal_Brain_2908 | Bulls

12 | an hour ago

25% of his 95 playoff games, he’s had one. it’s insane and unique

ArtisticAd2868 | Nuggets

7 | an hour ago

He’s levelled up his TD schtick. That rate is only going up, he’s a lock for 10 assists every game in a way he wasn’t before last year

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

10 | an hour ago

The Wolves defended him extremely well.

Successful_Candy_759 | Timberwolves

2 | an hour ago

About the only player we defended well.

Jamal Murray pnr is just torture to watch when we play the nuggets. Watching a 2 man game destroy your team is deflating.

schoolhater12 | Raptors

2 | 42 minutes ago

I know NAW didn’t have eye catching stats in the 2024 series, but his screen navigation was like a top 3 reason why the Wolves won. Kat was the biggest reason the Wolves won and the 3rd reason was the Nuggets being able to make open threes. Today the Wolves got the poor thee point shooting but that’s about it

riquelm

1 | 43 minutes ago

Yeah in the first half

BobanWembanyanovic | Spurs

7 | an hour ago

He’s up to 22 triple doubles in the play-off now, eight away from Magic Johnson who has the most. Very unlikely he gets the record this year, but if they get through a couple of rounds, he could get very close

ImGonnaChubbBradley | Nuggets

4 | an hour ago

That’s 2nd half was great

No-Ordinary-1083 | Nuggets

3 | an hour ago

This is the type of game idiots are talking about when they bring up his scoring dip in playoffs

LegateDamar13

1 | 20 minutes ago

his scoring dip in playoffs

Wait, what dip?!

Joker is literally the leading center in the NBA playoff history in points per game. You could also include a leading big man scorer as no true power forward is ahead in PPG. (LBJ & KD are imo SFs thru their careers)

He’s also leading all centers in NBA playoff history in assists per game but that’s too easy right?

Well how about leading all centers AND all forwards in NBA playoff history in APG???

LOL

No-Ordinary-1083 | Nuggets

1 | 19 minutes ago

That’s part of my point. Just go look at threads from last year vs LA and OKC and probably even half time of this game.

LegateDamar13

1 | 17 minutes ago

lmfao, luckily I’ve missed such dumb posts.

No-Ordinary-1083 | Nuggets

1 | 16 minutes ago

I mean yeah tbf it’s not like it’s a real narrative it’s more just reactionary game thread takes. Everything you said is spot on.

LegateDamar13

1 | 15 minutes ago

Classic haters spewing random bs.

LeXam92 | Serbia

4 | an hour ago

The true MVP

Azpilicueta_The_Goat

4 | an hour ago

My goat

Crabbypattygod

4 | an hour ago

lol and this was a pretty lackluster game from him i think he will have a monster one in game 2

Then-Response8324 | NBA

3 | an hour ago

he’s better than SGA and always will be

Simple_Purple_4600

0 | 44 minutes ago

let him prove it then

BenBRob5

1 | 7 minutes ago

He has

BenBRob5

1 | 7 minutes ago

He has

__NOT__MY__ACCOUNT__

3 | an hour ago

Off game for him 😭

nguyenjitsu | DEN

1 | an hour ago

Can we get those halftime stats back

SirThixcksAlot

1 | an hour ago

He was great in the 2nd half

Betaateb | Nuggets

1 | an hour ago

Typical sleepy start for him in an afternoon game, but ramped up over the course.

kimmyjonghubaccount

1 | 39 minutes ago

Rudy made his life hell for awhile too, just adjusted and closed it out.

SheriffHarryBawls

1 | 4 minutes ago

Dude looked like he caught the flu or something cause he sleepwalked the first half

AcanthocephalaSad541 | Heat

-11 | an hour ago

I feel like vs Rudy he looks like a great player but not an all time great tbh

Frosty-Roof3124

15 | an hour ago

Efficient 25/13/11 in the playoffs is all time great lol

lnb3456 | Nuggets

8 | an hour ago

He averages a 35 point triple double on 74% TS against him last 2 seasons.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/jokic-vs-rudy-gobert-last-2-seasons

Fickle_Toe4757

2 | an hour ago

His entire game plan is to stand around on the perimeter so Rudy can’t protect the rim, which has the downstream effect of the wolves not being able to press up on the perimeter as much

He sacrifices the highlight reel so the team can win

Mg29reaper | Celtics

2 | an hour ago

Yep. Hes forcing rudy to play the matchup instead of letting him play the help defense that makes him an all time great defender.