NEW YORK (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 29 factors, 18 rebounds and 16 assists, changing into solely the second participant in NBA historical past to achieve these totals in a recreation, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in additional time on Tuesday night time.

Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon every scored 24 factors for the Nuggets, whereas Russell Westbrook added 22.

Dennis Schroder scored 28 factors for Brooklyn, which led by 17 within the second quarter. Cam Thomas scored 26 and Cam Johnson had 20. Nic Claxton added 16 factors and 12 rebounds.

Thomas gave the Nets a 127-125 lead with the primary basket of additional time, however the Nuggets scored the subsequent eight factors and led the remainder of the best way.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Denver has crushed the Nets 4 straight instances. Jokic has two triple-doubles within the Nuggets’ first 4 video games and has scored at the least 40 twice, with neither of these outbursts occurring inside the triple-doubles.

Nets: The Nets had season highs of 40 factors within the first quarter and 72 factors within the first half. They performed with out Ben Simmons, who missed his first recreation of the season resulting from decrease again harm administration.

Key second

The Nets led by one when Dorian Finney-Smith went to the foul line with 24 seconds remaining within the fourth quarter. He solely made one among two, permitting Jokic’s inside bucket to tie the rating with 8.8 seconds remaining. Finney-Smith then missed an open 3-pointer from the nook on the buzzer, sending the sport into additional time.

Key stat

Corridor of Famer Oscar Robertson, who did it twice, is the one different participant to have at the least 29 factors, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in a recreation.

Up subsequent

The Nets go to Memphis on Wednesday and the Nuggets head to Minnesota on Friday.

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