Nikola Jokic joined rare NBA company on Sunday, Dec. 18, with a 40-point, 27-rebound, 10-assist triple-double for the Denver Nuggets in a 119-115 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
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“What he does is just amazing every night,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone, whose team needed everything Jokic gave them to get past the tenacious Hornets. Durant scored 26 points in the third period alone. Kyrie Irving added 38 points for the Nets, whose seven-point lead was cut to one by Bojan Bogdanovic’s running three-pointer with 40.1 seconds to play.
“We needed to get a big-time win on the road against a really good team,” Poole said. “We were just connected and we executed from the beginning of the game.”In Boston, NBA top draft pick Paolo Banchero scored 31 points to lead surging Orlando to a 95-92 victory — the Magic’s second win over the Celtics in three days.
The Celtics were without their leading scorer, Jayson Tatum, who missed the game for personal reasons.After struggling to find shots in the first half, the Celtics put together a 16-6 scoring run in the third and took a 71-68 lead into the fourth quarter.
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