Sensational Jokić registered a new triple-double, but the hero of the victory was still someone else
In one of the evening derbies, Denver beat the Dallas Mavericks in Colorado with a score of 122:120, and Nikola Jokić again played a brilliant game.
After a somewhat slow start and three losses in the first five games, Denver rose. He tied five victories in a row, and it is an understatement to say that he deserves it Nikola Jokic.
Triple MVP and this meeting ended with a triple-double performance, the fourth in a row, the sixth in the season. He recorded 37 points (13/21 from the field, 3/3 three-pointers), 18 rebounds, 15 assists and three steals and once again showed that he is a legitimate MVP candidate for the fourth time in his career.
Nevertheless, the role of the hero fell to him To Michael Porter who scored the winning basket with six seconds left. Potter finished the match with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Jamal Murray scored 18 points, but with a lot of misses from the field (7/17) and from the free throw line (2/5 shooting), and two missed throws were especially critical in the final match of the three he had.
On the other hand, he excelled Kyrie Irving with 43 points (17/22 from the field, 6/8 for three-pointers), while Luka Dončić was on the threshold of a triple-double with 24 points (9/19 from the field, 2/8 for three-pointers) and nine rebounds and assists each.
