Jokic wraps up triple-double average for season, 3rd NBA player to achieve that feat
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Westbrook did it four times — 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 f
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic will average a triple-double for the season, making the Denver star the third player in NBA history to pull off such a feat.
It became statistically certain Friday night when Jokic got his fourth assist of Denver’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. That assist was his 700th of the season, assuring him of averaging no worse than 10.0 assists for 70 games. He’ll
The other players to average a triple-double for a full season: Russell Westbrook, Jokic’s current Denver teammate, and Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson.
Westbrook did it four times — 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 for Oklahoma City, as well as in 2020-21 for Washington — and Robertson did it in the 1961-62 season for Cincinnati.
“It’s nice. I didn’t do that before,” Jokic said postgame when asked about averaging a triple-double. “I don’t know. I don’t know what to say. It’s good.”
The assist that clinched it for Jokic came on a score by Christian Braun with about 52 seconds left in the first half. It was not originally credited; the boxscore was updated at halftime. Jokic wound up getting a triple-double for the game as well, his 34th of the season. He had 26 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists in Denver’s 117-109 victory
