The undefeated Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder had restricted opponents to a league-best 95.9 points per game getting into Wednesday’s conflict in opposition to the Denver Nuggets. However none of their first seven opponents had a participant like Nikola Jokic, who picks aside defenses for breakfast along with his needle-threading passes.
Jokic threw 16 dimes, a lot of which bamboozled OKC’s defenders, because the Nuggets ended Thunder’s undefeated streak with a 124-122 victory. The Serb added 23 factors, 20 rebounds, two blocks and two steals, becoming a member of teammate Russell Westbrook as solely the second participant since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968 to file a 20/20/15 sport.
Westbrook had a terrific sport in his personal proper, including 29 factors, six rebounds and 6 assists as a starter instead of Jamal Murray (concussion protocol).
