{"id":373742,"date":"2025-12-26T21:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373742\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:13:06","slug":"jokic-scores-record-18-in-ot-has-56-point-triple-double-in-nuggets-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373742\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic scores record 18 in OT, has 56-point triple-double in Nuggets win"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER — Nikola Jokic<\/a> recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets<\/a> to a 142-138 win<\/a> over the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Jokic broke Stephen Curry<\/a>‘s record of 17 overtime points from 2016, making it the highest by any player in a NBA regular-season or playoff game.<\/p>\n

Jokic added 16 rebounds and 15 assists and Jamal Murray<\/a> scored 35 points as the Nuggets improved to 3-0 this season against the Timberwolves, who got 44 points from Anthony Edwards<\/a>, only to see him get ejected in the extra period for arguing foul calls.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Timberwolves on Christmas night. Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double, adding 16 assists and 15 rebounds.\u00a0AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<\/p>\n

The Nuggets won despite being down three starters, including Cameron Johnson<\/a>, who injured his right knee at Dallas<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Edwards made good on his prediction for a big Christmas night performance, leading Minnesota back from a 15-point deficit in the final 5\u00bd minutes of regulation and hitting a twisting 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left to force overtime at 115-all.<\/p>\n

He added seven quick points as the Timberwolves opened the extra period on a 9-0 run, but as the Nuggets fought back, Edwards picked up two technical fouls and was ejected.<\/p>\n

In the leadup to the game, Edwards told ESPN: “I’m gonna have 30 points for sure. I might have 40. But it’s gonna be a night.”<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

Was it ever.<\/p>\n

For Jokic.<\/p>\n

In the extra period, Jokic was 3-for-3 from the floor, including 2-for-2 from long range to go with a 10-for-11 performance at the foul line.<\/p>\n

After blowing a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets fell behind 124-115 but went on an 11-2 run to tie it at 126-all.<\/p>\n

Nuggets forward Johnson hyperextended his right knee and joined Aaron Gordon<\/a> (hamstring) and Christian Braun<\/a> (ankle) on the sideline for Denver.<\/p>\n

With Johnson out, Tim Hardaway Jr.<\/a> got the start and scored 19 points.<\/p>\n

By the third quarter, Jokic had his 179th career triple-double, two shy of Oscar Robertson for second place in NBA history.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Host the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Nuggets: At the Orlando Magic<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER — Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-373742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}