Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic dropped a 61 -point career top against Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday evening, but it was for nothing.
Minnesota obtained the best of Denver 140-139 in double extension.
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The center of Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic, # 15, pulls for a basket on the Timberwolves center in Minnesota, Rudy Gobert, # 27, in the first half of an NBA basketball match on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Denver. (AP photo / David Zalubowski)
Jokic played almost 53 minutes, but these are the two free throws of Nickeil Alexander-Walker with 0.1 seconds in the match that pushed the Timberwolves on the Nuggets in the last moments of the game.
Russell Westbrook stole an incoming pass in Minnesota, but missed a rushed dismissal that would have put three points to Denver. The Minnesota obtained the ball in Alexander-Walker in the area, and Westbrook dirty it on a blow.
Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 34 points.
“It could have been the best game of my life,” Edwards told journalists, via the star gallery told. “Nikola Jokic, Bruh, Oh my God, he could be the best basketball that I have ever seen closely. In addition to myself. Bro, it is incredible. The MVP race is difficult, guy. I don’t know. He was 60. It’s crazy.”
Edwards was 12 out of 25 on the field and had five 3 points. He also achieved 10 rebounds and eight assists.
The Minnesota Timberwolves goalkeeper Anthony Edwards, n ° 5, reacts while goalkeeper Nickeil Alexander-Walker hits a franc launch to seal a victory on the Denver Nuggets in the second extension of a basketball match of the NBA on Tuesday April 1, 2025 in Denver. (AP photo / David Zalubowski)
However, it was Jokic who stole the show.
The triple MVP and seven times All-Star have added 10 rebounds and 10 assists to its line of ridiculous statistics. He had the third triple-double of 60 points in the history of the NBA, after the traces of Luka Doncic in 2022 and James Harden in 2018.
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“The guy’s superman,” said Nuggets coach Malone. “He is at a completely different level, man. People say he is not athletic, but few guys can do what he does.”
It was the second time this season, Jokic has set a better career brand for the points. He collected 56 points against Washington Wizards on December 7. He said that after the match, he was just “tired”.
“It was an exhausting game.”
Exhausting indeed, but the race for the playoffs tightens.
Oklahoma City Thunder has already won a place in the playoff series with the best NBA record so far. However, after the Thunder, the difference between the seeded n ° 2 and the seeded n ° 8 in the West is only six victories.
The center of Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic, # 15, seeks to pass the ball while the Timberwolves center in Minnesota, Rudy Gobert, # 27, defends in the second half of a basketball match of the NBA on Tuesday April 1, 2025 in Denver. (AP photo / David Zalubowski)
The Timberwolves sit in seventh with a file of 44-32 and tied with the Grizzlies of Memphis. They are only half a game behind the Golden State Warriors for the fifth seeded and 2.5 games behind Los Angeles Lakers for the head of 4.
The Nuggets are seeded N ° 3 at the moment, but are two games behind the Houston Rockets for the seeded n ° 2 and only 1.5 games on the Lakers.
The Clippers of Los Angeles are 43-32 and are seated in seed n ° 8.
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