Nikola Jokic becomes the third NBA player on average triple-double in season

Nikola Jokić Average average in triple twice for the season, making Denver’s third player star in NBA History to withdraw such a feat.

Became statistically specified Friday on Friday Friday when Jokic found the fourth helper in Denver’s game against Memphis Grizzlies. That help was his 700 season – Well, even if he didn’t get another week of her regular season, which would be his 70. match, he would guarantee more than 10.0 assists on average.

Other players on average triple twice for full season: Russell WestbrookJokić’s current teammate Denver, and a basketball room of the Famera Oscar Robertson.

Westbrook did it four times – 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 for the city of Oklahoma, as well as 2020-21 for Washington – and Robertson did it in the 1961-62 season for Cincinnati.

Help that cleans him for Jokic came to the result Christian Brown With about 52 seconds left in the first half. Was originally not credited; BoxCore has been updated at halftime. Jokic wounded to get three times twice for the game, his 34th season.

Jokic – Serbian Star who won three of the last four NBA Rewards and again the candidate for that season, together with Shai Gilgeous City – there are more three doubles this season than any other three players in the league. No other NBA device has entered Friday with more than 10 this season.

This will be the first time Jokić average average two-digit in assists. Its previous career was best 2022-23, when he finished 9.8 helpers, together with 24.5 points and 11.8 rebounds.

“When you have a guy like Jokic, who creates so much offense for your teammates, everyone will really have good things if you don’t make the right things,” Munnesote Chris Finch said at the beginning of this month.

Jokic also reassured that he finished this season on average in his career, the best in scoring and will probably end up with another average of his career. This season will also be placed in career within 3-shows and percentage of 3 points.

Jokic needed 73 points in the last two games of the season – against Grizzsia on Friday and the Final in Houston on Sunday – to push the average scoring up to 30.0 for the season. If this happens, it would be the third threefold-double average in NBA history; Westbrook and Robertson both did it once.

Jokic has 164 triple seasons in career, second-most in NBA history behind Westbrook 203. Jokić is another player in the history of the NBA to have at least 30 triple doublers in the season; The second is Westbrook, who pulled the feat three times.

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