Nikola Jokic’s huge triple-double leads Nuggets to comeback win over Raptors

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Big brain moment.
Nikola Jokic pretended to tie his shoe to give the Nuggets time to review the play 😂
pic.twitter.com/GXRiowxcYg – 1:40 AM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Nikola Jokic couldn’t stop contributing to his team’s win over the Raptors 🥶
35 PTS
17 REB
12 AST
6 STL
pic.twitter.com/Fp7Hvxqmrs – 1:36 AM

Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
#LineOfTheNight: Nikola Jokic 35 pts, 17 rebs, 12 asts, 6 stls, 2 blks, 14-26 FG, 6-6 FT, W
No such stat line has ever been recorded. pic.twitter.com/ocbgL7Slfc – 12:31 AM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Jokic was asked which dinosaur is his favorite. He said the big one that eats the grass. – 11:57 PM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Jokic mentioned “in at” in his postgame availability. Said tonight was an example. – 11:53 PM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
No DPOG tonight. Instead a DPOH. Defensive player of the half. Gave 2 away. They went to Jokic and Murray. – 11:36 PM

Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Do you guys remember when Nikola Jokic had one of those 1st player ever type of games against the Toronto Raptors?
The inevitable 2023-2024 MVP finished with:
35 points
17 rebounds
12 assists
6 steals
2 blocks
🐐 Talk. pic.twitter.com/MFCQCPX9r5 – 11:22 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nikola Jokic’s final line tonight: 35 points, 17 rebounds, 12 assists, 6 steals, 2 blocks. – 11:19 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Jokic tonight:
35 PTS
17 REB
12 AST
6 STL (!!)
The first player in NBA history to reach those numbers in a game. statmuse.com/nba/player/nik… – 11:18 PM

Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Jokic came out of halftime like “nah, I’m not getting picked like this” but Mal getting thrown to the court and getting mad about it really flipped the switch for Denver. Denver now needs some stops to salt this thing away. – 11:12 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Jokic with 35-16-12-6-2
Murray with 24-4-10-1 block
Some crooked numbers. – 11:10 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Again, when Nikola Jokic is going 100%, he’s an elite defender. – 11:06 PM

Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Nuggets by 5 with about 5 1/2 to go; Murray and Jokic kicked into champion mode – 11:05 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
How Nikola Jokic blocked that drive to the rim I have no idea.
8 stocks for defensive sieve Nikola Jokic tonight. – 11:05 PM

Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
Jokic is just the fucking best. That third quarter he had against Toronto just now was out of control. – 10:50 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Jokic in the 3rd quarter: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block.
He’s up to 31 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals through 3 quarters and Denver has the Raptors’ lead (once 22) down to 5 going into the 4th. – 10:48 PM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Jokic really helped will the Nuggets back in the 3rd. He’s up to 31-14-11-6-1 heading into the 4th. Nuggets need Murray to carry them for the next 5 minutes to keep this tight enough to close out. – 10:47 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nikola Jokic just recorded his 126th career regular season triple-double, the 4th most in NBA history. He’s 12 triple-doubles behind Magic Johnson for 3rd on the NBA’s all-time leaderboard. – 10:47 PM

Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Nikola Jokic is closing in on Magic Johnson as he records another triple-double.
Took him only 3 quarters to get this one.
He has 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists with 3:00 remaining in the 3rd. – 10:41 PM

Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Kelly Olynyk channelling Hakeem around the rim, bamboozled Jokic at times as Raptors maintain an 18-point lead – 10:25 PM

Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Nuggets are down 17 at the half. The live odds money line for a Denver win is still -110. Gamblers have seen the Nuggets win with one good quarter of basketball too many times at this point I guess. Jokic belief is strong out there. – 10:17 PM

Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Raptors by 17 at half, RJ with 15, Dick with 13 and they re picking Jokic’s defence apart – 10:12 PM

Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
At the half: Raptors 68, Nuggets 51
Denver is getting blitzed and having an abysmal defensive performance
RJ Barrett and Grady Dick combined for 28.
Jokic has 12p/10r/7a and MPJ & Gordon combined have 12 pts apiece
If you’re Malone, what’s your message to the team? – 10:08 PM

Michael Grange @michaelgrange
68-51 Raptors at half. They have played great on both ends. Very unselfish (17 assists) and great ball movement. RJ w 15 and Gradey with 13. But they have the Nuggets attention know, Murray finally woke up with a couple of late hoops, and Jokic has 12/10/7 already. We’ll see. – 10:05 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Lots of credit to go around here, but Jontay deserves his share of it. Has hit a couple 3s, recorded 5 assists (!!) in 13 minutes and is doing a great job on Jokic (how many players, let alone 2-way guys, can say that?). Impressive stuff. – 9:57 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Alright, Nuggets down 2 at the end of the 1st quarter. They tried a slightly different rotation and went to AG at the 5 for about 60 seconds, bringing Jokic out earlier.
Didn’t really work, but notable. – 9:36 PM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
Interesting rotation from the Nuggets. Jokic to the bench with 3 minutes to go. AG at center. Nuggets might be experimenting. – 9:31 PM

Michael Grange @michaelgrange
17-14 for Nuggets with 7:05 left in 1Q. Olynyk has hit a couple of threes against a very much dropping Jokic. Bruce Brown has four points in his first start vs. his old team. – 9:22 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
It will never happen, but if the Nuggets ever got Kelly Olynyk to be their backup center, he could do some of the functional things Jokic does. Super smart setup guy who can handle every DHO. – 9:22 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Nikola Jokic is in the “Let’s try stuff” phase of tonight already. – 9:15 PM

Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Raptors say Barrett and Brown will play. The 11-man roster team represents 208 total games in Toronto uniforms.
Jamal Murray has played 458 and Nikola Jokic 658 games each for Denver – 8:13 PM

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
“You can’t put a saddle on a mustang.”
-Michael Malone on Nikola Jokic
-Brendan Malone on Dennis Rodman – 7:54 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Here’s @ElGee35 on why the Nuggets are so great in clutch moments the last two years.
The trap and recover scheme is why Denver’s defense is so good, especially with Jokic on the floor to wall off driving and passing lanes in the middle of it.
youtube.com/watch?v=A3S1JF… – 5:30 PM

Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
Let the big men FEAST 🍽️ I’ve got Richards, Allen, & Jokic each to record over 10.5 rebounds tonight. Who’s riding on @ESPNBet? #ad pic.twitter.com/tEQ95py0pR – 1:53 PM

Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
Let the big men FEAST 🍽️ I’ve got Richards, Allen, & Jokic each to record over 10.5 rebounds tonight. Who’s riding on @ESPNBet? #ad pic.twitter.com/JyVj4D4bhX – 1:35 PM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Novak Djokovic recently witnessed Nikola Jokic’s playing beauty from courtside and praised his countryman’s historic accomplishments 🇷🇸
“We’re super proud of him, he’s the best, and it’s amazing he’s from Serbia”, the 24-time Grand Slam winner commented:
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 12:08 PM