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Nikola Jokić joins Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook as only NBA players to average triple-double

Even with three MVP awards and a Finals MVP already in his trophy case, Nikola Jokiu0107 did something he had never done before this season.

With a 26-point, 16-rebound, 13-assist performance on Friday in a 117-109 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Denver Nuggets center guaranteed he will become the third player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season.

The only other players to do it: Oscar Robertson and Jokiu0107's teammate Russell Westbrook, who has done it four times.

Jokiu0107 had come tantalizingly close to a triple-double season before, averaging 24.5 points, 11.