DENVER (AP) \u2014 Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Jokic broke Stephen Curry\u2019s record of 17 overtime points from 2016, making it the highest by any player in regular season or NBA playoffs.<\/p>\n
Jokic added 16 rebounds and 15 assists and Jamal Murray scored 35 points as the Nuggets improved to 3-0 this season against the Wolves, who got 44 points from Anthony Edwards, only to see him get ejected in the extra period for arguing foul calls.<\/p>\n
The Nuggets won despite being down three starters, including Cameron Johnson, who injured his right knee at Dallas 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 1\/2 minutes of regulation and hitting a twisting 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 115-all.<\/p>\n
Edwards added seven quick points as the Wolves 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: \u201cI\u2019m gonna have 30 points for sure. I might have 40. But it\u2019s gonna be a night.\u201d <\/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
The Nuggets are down three starters after Johnson hyperextended his right knee Tuesday night in Dallas. Johnson joined Aaron Gordon (hamstring) and Christian Braun (ankle) on the sideline for Denver. <\/p>\n
With Johnson out, Tim Hardaway Jr. got the start and scored 19 points. <\/p>\n
By the third quarter, Joker had his 179th career triple double, two shy of Oscar Roberton for second place in NBA history.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Timberwolves: Host the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Nuggets: At Orlando on Saturday.<\/p>\n
___<\/p>\n
AP NBA: https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n
Arnie Stapleton, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-369627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}