{"id":162189,"date":"2022-12-19T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nikola-jokic-in-rare-company-after-40-point-27-rebound-triple-double\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:39:59","slug":"nikola-jokic-in-rare-company-after-40-point-27-rebound-triple-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nikola-jokic-in-rare-company-after-40-point-27-rebound-triple-double\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic in rare company after 40-point, 27-rebound triple-double"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DENVER — Nikola Jokic had 40 points and a career-high 27 rebounds in yet another triple-double to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets 119-115 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Jokic also had 10 assists for his fifth triple-double of the season and 81st overall. He is the third player in NBA history to record at least 40 points, 25 rebounds and 10 assists in a game, joining Wilt Chamberlain, who did it four times, and Elgin Baylor.<\/p>\n

Other than Jokic, Chamberlain is the only other player to put up a stat line of at least 40-27-10, which he also did four times, the last was when he had 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists for Philadelphia on March 18, 1968.<\/p>\n

Others have come close, but not matched the 40-27-10 line: Baylor had 52 points, 25 rebounds and 10 assists on Dec. 13, 1961. DeMarcus Cousins \u200b\u200bhad 44 points, 23 rebounds and 10 assists on Jan. 22, 2018. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a 44-point, 20-rebound, 11-assist game on Feb. 26, 1972 and Oscar Robinson finished with 42 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a game on Jan. 9, 1965.<\/p>\n

Jokic, who joined Dallas’ Luka Doncic as the second player with a 40-point triple-double this season (Doncic has three), sealed Denver’s victory on Sunday with two free throws with 13 seconds left.<\/p>\n