{"id":280236,"date":"2026-02-08T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/280236\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:42:12","slug":"nikola-jokic-passes-oscar-robertson-for-2nd-most-triple-doubles-as-nuggets-top-bulls-136-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/280236\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic passes Oscar Robertson for 2nd-most triple-doubles as Nuggets top Bulls 136-120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/nikola-jokic-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> had 22 points, 17 assists and 14 rebounds to pass Oscar Robertson for the second-most triple-doubles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> history and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/denver-nuggets-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> ended a three-game skid with a 136-120 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">It was Jokic&#8217;s 182nd regular-season triple-double, 19th this season and second in as many games. He trails only Russell Westbrook, who has 207.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jamal-murray-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamal Murray<\/a> had 28 points and 11 assists and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 points for the Nuggets, who capped a three-game road trip with a win after losing at Detroit and New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/matas-buzelis-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matas Buzelis<\/a> scored 21 points and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/collin-sexton-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Sexton<\/a> added 17 for the Bulls, who have lost four straight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period on a 16-2 run, but Denver started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good. Jokic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/julian-strawther-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Strawther<\/a> capped the run with consecutive 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Chicago went the first six minutes of the fourth before making its first field goal and finished the final period 5 for 17 from the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Jokic had nine points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in 17 first-half minutes, but the Bulls led 65-59 at the intermission.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Nuggets: Host Cleveland on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Bulls: Visit Brooklyn on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 17 assists and 14 rebounds to pass Oscar Robertson for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[144045,144049,139260,143902,85,46,144046,144050,144048,144044,54072,105,144047],"class_list":{"0":"post-280236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chicago-bulls","9":"tag-collin-sexton","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-event_recap","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-jamal-murray","15":"tag-julian-strawther","16":"tag-matas-buzelis","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-nikola-jokic","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-tim-hardaway-jr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}