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The Denver Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns in Game 6, 125-100. Nikola Jokic tallied the eleventh Playoff triple-double of his career with 32 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds while Jamal Murray added 26 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Nuggets. Cameron Payne totaled 31 points and 6 rebounds for the Suns as Kevin Durant added 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. After closing out the series, 4-2, the Nuggets now advance to the Western Conference Finals where they will face the winner of the Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers series (Lakers lead 3-2).
Nikola Jokic becomes the third player in NBA history to average a triple-double with a 30+ PTS average in an NBA Playoffs series, joining Russell Westbrook and LeBron James:
LeBron James – CLE, 2017 NBA Finals v GSW (5 games): 33.6 PTS, 12.0 REB, 10.0 AST per game
Russell Westbrook – OKC, 2017 WC First Round v HOU (5 games): 37.4 PTS, 11.6 REB, 10.8 AST per game
Nikola Jokic – DEN, 2023 WC Semifinals v PHX (6 games): 34.5 PTS, 13.2 REB, 10.3 AST per game
Nikola Jokic recorded the fourth 30-point Playoff triple-double (30+ points, 10+ rebounds, 10+ assists) of his career tonight, giving him the fourth-most such games in NBA history:
LeBron James – 15
Oscar Robertson – 8
Russell Westbrook – 6
Nikola Jokic – 4
James Harden / Stephen Curry – 3
Nikola Jokic recorded his 11th career Playoff triple-double, passing Larry Bird, Rajon Rondo, and Draymond Green on the Playoff triple-double list and becoming the 5th player to reach that mark:
Magic Johnson – 30
LeBron James – 28
Russell Westbrook – 12
Jason Kidd – 11
Nikola Jokic – 11
Larry Bird, Rajon Rondo, Draymond Green – 10
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your add are way too long punks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As if the regular season, where the 76ers won more games without Embid than with him while Denver was .375% without Jokic were enough, the playoffs really show who the MVP should have gone to. Embid will never achieve the level of all-time great while Jokic is already there. The MVP voting was pathetically biased.
Let's be real regular season mvp means nothing compared to Final MVP. Team Jovic. Let's get it!!!
He's slow, but he's fast.
Yall d riding now
What a player man!
Respect to jamal murray. Man is on fire!
Denver gonna win western conference finals
Great – All of this just to reach the wcf and fall flat/lose again to the lakers….. what’s the point? I’m not considering him among the best unless he at least makes the finals.
Lakers need AD to step up and be physical with Jokic to stand a chance. The Suns couldn’t keep him in check and if he’s allowed to play the same way you’re looking at the Nuggets in the Finals.
Best Player in the League
Best Player in the League
Yooooo
His floater is automatic
Joker da MVP.
The best player in the world,he is amazing nobody can't follow him🙂I'm asking NBA why Embiid is better than him,that is stupid mistake to let him to be MVP😅
Basketball Maestro Nikola Jokic
Bro, im afraid lakers are gonna get them in cf
this was death by thousand floaters
NJ MVP
His movement is so hard to defend because he can do it all and he’s also big enough to just go through people if he can’t go around
Jokic scoring is underrated, just because of how overpowering his passing ability is
Looks like no carmelo jersey retirement.
Wilt Chamberlain IS The Greatest Center of ALL TIME !!! 😁👍
Does ANYONE Realize that Wilt Chamberlain had a 48 inch Vertical??? Lol 🤣👍
The man defines art.
Nuggets have the most dynamic offense I've ever seen. They're fun to watch man.
Jokis is the best player on World
No Joke !
Nuggets has no chance for championship, mark my words, it will be another Sacramento kings vs lakers match, just watch the foul call u knew it, u guys can start counting how many freethrow and fouls call on the final soon… 😊 it’s lakers dude… no chance…