{"id":490262,"date":"2025-03-08T03:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=490262"},"modified":"2025-03-08T03:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:21:15","slug":"jokic-triple-double-makes-nba-history-in-nuggets-ot-win-over-suns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/jokic-triple-double-makes-nba-history-in-nuggets-ot-win-over-suns\/","title":{"rendered":"Joki\u0107 triple-double makes NBA history in Nuggets&#8217; OT win over Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola Joki\u0107 delivered a historic performance on Friday night, posting 31 points, 21 rebounds, and a career-high 22 assists as the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a> edged the Phoenix Suns 149-141 in overtime. Joki\u0107 became the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double with at least 30 points, 20 rebounds, and 20 assists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">31 POINTS.<br \/>\n21 REBOUNDS.<br \/>\n22 ASSISTS.<\/p>\n<p>THE FIRST-EVER 30+ PT, 20+ REB, 20+ AST GAME IN NBA HISTORY \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>NIKOLA JOKI\u0106 IS TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL. \ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I982bZePiF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/I982bZePiF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1898254634155733322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The reigning MVP notched his 29th triple-double of the season, tying his own franchise record and bringing his career total to 149. Aaron Gordon supported with a career-best seven three-pointers, finishing with 27 points for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix fought back from a 21-point deficit, with Kevin Durant forcing overtime on a clutch three-pointer at the regulation buzzer. However, Joki\u0107 opened the extra period with a floater, sparking a 7-0 Denver run. Christian Braun sealed the victory with a dunk and layup, giving the Nuggets an 11-point cushion with under a minute left.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NIKOLA JOKIC TONIGHT:<\/p>\n<p>31 POINTS<br \/>\n21 REBOUNDS<br \/>\n22 ASSISTS<br \/>\n3 STEALS<br \/>\n59% FG<\/p>\n<p>FIRST 30-20-20 GAME IN NBA HISTORY<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realapp_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realapp_<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pNiWZf09NA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pNiWZf09NA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1898249754485645417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Suns, who overcame a 23-point deficit earlier in the week against the Clippers, nearly pulled off another dramatic comeback. They erased a 21-point gap in the third quarter, briefly leading 122-120 in the final minute. However, Denver responded, with Braun drilling a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds remaining to regain the lead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FeQQ6kqVYac?si=YRSLWT_cu0SirZo_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola Joki\u0107 delivered a historic performance on Friday night, posting 31 points, 21 rebounds, and a career-high 22 assists as the Denver Nuggets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":490263,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17837,16737,17005],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,17858,17557,1067],"acf":{"announce":"The Serbian became the first player to record triple-double with over 30 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490264,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490262\/revisions\/490264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490262"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=490262"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=490262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}