Nurkić spent 35 minutes on the floor and in that period scored 17 points (6/10 from the field), grabbed 14 rebounds and recorded six assists.
As a Jazz player, Nurkic recorded 236 rebounds and 101 assists in 25 games. He is the only player in Utah Jazz history who had more than 200 rebounds and more than 100 assists in the first 25 games for the club.
Ahead of tonight’s game, Jusuf had 236 rebounds and 101 assists in 25 games as a Jazzman. He is the only player in Jazz history with 200+ rebounds and 100+ assists in their first 25 games with the team #PerformanceLeader presented by @uofuhealth pic.twitter.com/5CmKrazlHG
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) December 23, 2025
On the other hand, the Serbian center scored 14 points, along with 13 rebounds and assists and reached his 14th triple-double performance of the season! This was his 178th career triple-double performance in the NBA and only Oscar Robertson (181) and Russell Westbrook (207) have more.
Jamal Murray was also in a good mood with Denver with 27 points, six rebounds and five assists, while Lauri Markkanen scored the same number of points for Utah.
This was the seventh win in the last eight games for the Nuggets, only the Houston Rockets ended the positive streak in the game before this one. Denver is third in the West with a 21-7 record, while Utah is 12th with 10 wins and 18 losses.
Another BiH. the national team member was on the NBA floor last night. It’s a Boston Celtics basketball player Luka Garza.
The Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 103:95 on their floor, and Garza participated in the victory with six points in 24 minutes.
He hit BH. the center of both field goal attempts and both throws, and added nine rebounds and three assists to this performance.
Jaylen Brown led the Celtics to victory with 31 points and nine rebounds, while Pascal Siakam had 25 for the Pacers.
(Vijesti.ba)
