MILWAUKEE — Nikola Jokic assured earlier this week that he did not mind being left out of this weekend’s all-star festivities. He welcome the chance to rest up before the season’s stretch run.
But he put up quite the closing argument that he deserved inclusion here Thursday night. He scored, rebounded and facilitated at a breakneck pace, recording what is believed to be the fastest triple-double in NBA history (15 minutes) in as Denver darted past the Bucks, 134-123, at the Bradley Center in one of their more impressive victories of the season.
Jokic, who finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high 17 assists in the latest eye-popping outing for the 6-foot-10 phenom, reached the milestone by finding Wilson Chandler for a corner 3-pointer with 2:53 left in the second quarter.