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Nikola Jokic added one more accomplishment to his MVP resume this season, losing a career-excessive 50 aspects to hurry alongside with 12 assists and eight rebounds, despite the incontrovertible fact that his Denver Nuggets misplaced to the Sacramento Kings 119-114 Saturday.
That would no longer manufacture the Serbian’s efficiency any less mighty.
Jokic went 20-of-33 from the sphere with a trio of three-pointers. He additionally shot a ultimate 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. No other Nuggets player had bigger than 14 aspects.
Earlier than Saturday’s offensive outburst, Jokic hadn’t scored bigger than 47 aspects. That got right here all over Denver’s closing victory two video games prior when the Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 128-117. Mute, Denver has misplaced three of its closing four and finds itself 12-10 and 5.5 video games support of Utah in the Northwest Division.
Jokic did the bulk of his work against the Kings in the paint, making basically the most of matchups against Marvin Bagley III, Richaun Holmes and Hassan Whiteside. The gargantuan man drained 16 of his buckets in the painted set and freely discovered a man to kick to when he did not have a shot.
Over his closing 5 video games, Jokic is averaging 33.2 aspects per sport.
Because the MVP hotfoot heats up between Jokic, Joel Embiid, LeBron James and Kevin Durant, the Nuggets star can have build himself in the lead with Saturday’s efficiency.
