Nikola Jokić achieved a miraculous triple-double, and Westbrook followed it up with a perfect game.
Denver Nuggets they beat the Utah Jazz by a score 132:121and the Serbian center had a brilliant evening Nikola Jokic. Jokić achieved impressive triple-double effect s 36 points, 22 jumps, 11 assists and four steals. This was his fourth career game with at least 35 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists, passing the legendary Elgin Baylor for second place in NBA history for the most such games.
Westbrook without fail
Jokić had great support in Russell Westbrookwho also achieved a triple-double performance. Westbrook scored 16 points, 10 jumps and 10 assistshitting all seven of his field goals and not losing a single ball.
Utah Jazz unanswered
On the Utah side, he was the best Jordan Clarkson s 24 pointsfive rebounds and four assists. However, it wasn’t enough to stop Denver from getting another win.
MONSTER MONDAY FROM THE JOKER:
🃏 36 PTS
🃏 22 REB
🃏 11 AST
🃏 4 STLThis is Jokić’s 4th career game with 35+ PTS, 20+ REB & 10+ AST, passing Elgin Baylor for the second-most such games all-time! pic.twitter.com/UJh9W0YwsY
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The situation in the West
With this victory, Denver reached the sixth place in the Western Conference with ratio 18-13while Utah with the ratio 7-24 penultimate in the West.
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