{"id":211613,"date":"2025-12-26T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/211613\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:39:07","slug":"nikola-jokic-breaks-steph-curry-record-with-historic-triple-double-in-denver-nuggets-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/211613\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic breaks Steph Curry record with historic triple-double in Denver Nuggets win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and broke a record set by Steph Curry as the Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 142-138 on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Serb hit 56 points, recorded 16 rebounds and 15 assists &#8211; becoming the first player in NBA history to hit at least 55 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists in a triple-double. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three-time MVP Jokic hit 18 of his 56 points in overtime, breaking Curry&#8217;s record of 17 overtime points from 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Timberwolves took the game in Denver to overtime after clawing back a 15-point deficit in the final five minutes of the game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anthony Edwards top-scored for the Timberwolves with 44 points, including the game-tying three that took the game to overtime. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the 24-year-old was ejected in the extra period for arguing over foul calls as the Nuggets clamed the win. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Nuggets are third in the Western Conference, with the Timberwolves in fifth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and broke a record set by Steph Curry as the Denver Nuggets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-211613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}