Jokic triple-double puts him in elite company
Nikola Jokic became the third player in NBA history to record at least one tripledouble against every opponent in the league, going 10-for-10 from the floor and finishing with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists in the Denver Nuggets' 130-110 home win over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
Michael Porter had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the defending champion Nuggets, who returned from the All-Star break and snapped a three-game skid.
Jokic's triple-double was his 16th this season, second in the league to Domantas Sabonis' 18. He nearly got there in the first half, with 10 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists. LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are the other players with a triple-double against every opponent.
Denver's Jamal Murray had 18 points, eight assists and three steals.
Kyle Kuzma had 31 points and 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who lost their ninth straight.
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Luka Doncic scored 41 points, Kyrie Irving added 29 and host Dallas beat Phoenix to extend its winning streak to seven games.
Dallas pulled even with Phoenix in the standings at 33-23.
Doncic added 11 assists and nine rebounds matched against fellow All-Stars Devin Booker, who scored 35 points, and Kevin Durant, who had 23 on an ordinary shooting night. The Suns had won five of six before the break.
Derrick White scored 28 points, Jayson Tatum added 25 and NBA-leading Boston won at Chicago for its season-high seventh straight victory.
CELTICS 129, BULLS 112 >>
White and Tatum each made five of Boston's 23 3-pointers.
Boston went from leading by 16 to trailing by three at halftime before outscoring the Bulls 37-21 in the third quarter.
Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 22 points and 14 rebounds.
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Mortiz Wagner had 22 points, his younger brother, Franz, added 14 and Orlando handed host Cleveland just its third loss in the last 21 games.
The Cavs played without leading scorer and All-Star Donovan Mitchell, who sat out with an illness.
Orlando played the final 22 minutes without starting guard Jalen Suggs, who went out midway through the third with a head injury.
But the Magic's reserves stepped up in the second half, especially Cole Anthony, who had 13 points and six assists in 18 minutes.
Orlando's bench outscored Cleveland's 63-24.
Jarrett Allen finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Darius Garland added 18 points and 10 assists for the Cavs.
Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 and host Toronto spoiled the debut of interim Brooklyn coach Kevin Ollie.
Ollie replaced Jacque Vaughn, who was fired following a 21-33 start.
RAPTORS 121, NETS 93 >>
PACERS 129, PISTONS 115 >>
All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton had 25 points and 13 assists to help Indiana win at home over NBAworst Detroit.
Jalen Brunson had 21 points and 12 assists, Josh Hart added 18 points and 12 rebounds and New York won at Philadelphia.
Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 35 points.
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The Lakers' Rui Hachimura puts up a shot over the Warriors' Brandin Podziemski and Trayce Jackson-Davis during Thursday night's game at San Francisco.
while Austin Reaves recorded 16 points and four assists. Taurean Prince, who once again started in place of James, scored 12 points.
The Lakers stuck with the Warriors for most of the first half, leading 51-50 going into the final few minutes of the second quarter.
But Curry led a 15-3 run to close out the second to give the Warriors a 67-56 lead going into halftime.
The Warriors maintained their momentum in the third.
With the Lakers being
on the first night of a backto-back, with a matchup against the San Antonio Spurs at Cryto.com Arena waiting for them tonight, coach Darvin Ham pulled his main rotation players with his team trailing 11396 with 5:52 remaining in the game.
Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points for the Warriors, with Jonathan Kuminga adding 12 points.
Rookie big man Trayce Jackson-Davis had 17 points and five rebounds off of the bench.
BOX SCORE
Lakers Fouls: A:
Min
Percentages: Goals:
FG FT Reb A PF Pts
Hachimura 32:00 3-8 1-2 1-4 1 1 8 Prince 31:38 5-10 0-0 0-3 2 0 12 Davis 32:31 11-19 5-6 3-15 1 3 27 Reaves 27:14 7-11 0-0 0-2 4 2 16 Russell 33:40 6-15 3-4 0-5 9 3 18 Christie 28:46 3-8 2-2 2-3 6 0 9 Hayes 18:36 3-6 1-4 4-7 1 2 7 Dinwiddie 17:57 2-6 1-1 0-0 3 5 5 Hd-Schifino 5:52 1-3 1-2 0-1 0 1 4 Mays 5:52 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 Windler 5:52 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Totals 240:00 43-88 14-21 10-41 28 18 110
Percentages: Goals:
FG .489, FT .667;
10-35, .286 (Russell 3-9, Reaves 2-5, Prince 2-7, Hood-Schifino 1-2, Hachimura 1-4, Christie 1-5, Dinwiddie 0-1, Davis 0-2); 10. Team Turnovers: None; 9 (Davis 3, Hachimura 2, Christie, Dinwiddie, Hayes, Reaves); 11 (Davis 3, Russell 3, Reaves 2, Hachimura, HoodSchifino, Prince); 5 (Russell 2, Christie, Hachimura, Prince);
None
Fouls:
Lakers Golden State Team Rebounds:
Blocked Shots:
Turnovers:
Golden StateMin
Steals:
FG Team Rebounds:
Blocked Shots:
Turnovers:
Steals:
3-Point
Technical 28 28 26 28 — 110 31 36 31 30 — 128
FT Reb A PF Pts
Kuminga 24:11 5-12 1-2 1-3 3 2 12 Wiggins 27:41 8-14 2-2 2-3 2 2 20 Green 21:21 3-5 0-0 0-7 5 1 8 Curry 31:47 12-24 2-2 0-1 8 1 32 Podziemski 27:49 3-12 2-2 3-9 1 1 10 Thompson 28:14 1-9 0-0 0-4 5 2 3 Moody 19:31 2-6 0-0 1-6 1 2 4 Saric 15:03 2-6 0-0 2-4 4 1 4 Jcksn-Davis14:50 8-10 1-1 4-5 1 2 17 Quinones 13:48 2-5 3-3 1-1 1 4 7 Looney 8:04 1-1 0-0 1-5 1 0 2 Robinson 3:49 2-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 6 Santos 3:49 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3
Totals 240:0050-107 12-14 15-48 32 19 128
FG .467, FT .857;
16-41, .390 (Curry 6-13, Green 2-2, Wiggins 2-5, Podziemski 2-6, Robinson 1-1, Santos 1-1, Kuminga 1-3, Thompson 1-4, Quinones 0-1, Moody 0-2, Saric 0-3);
12. Team Turnovers: None; 4 (Jackson-Davis 2, Green, Wiggins); 9 (Podziemski 2, Quinones 2, Curry, Green, Looney, Saric, Wiggins); 6 (Curry 3, Kuminga, Thompson, Wiggins);
None
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