Sometimes, words really don’t capture the brilliant game from the 3-time MVP, despite missing 3 starters (Christian Braun, Cam Johnson and Aaron Gordon)
His running mate Jamal Murray also had a fantastic game – 35 points, 10 assists on 12-32 shooting, 9-18 from 3. Best duo in the NBA right now.
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401809242
An incredible day of hoops ending with an incredible match. A true gift to all NBA fans!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night
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Video game numbers
Very obviously the best player in the world
This guy singlehandedly carried holy shit – best individual performance of year by far
+18 in a 4 point OT win.
This dude is a MONSTER and should be the front runner for his 5th MVP this season
Best player on the planet. MVP. Merry Christmas.
Best player in the world
He is finally getting wins with 50 point outings
But Charles Barkley said he’s not as good as wilt, jabbar, olajuwon, shaq, etc.
MVP. Just ridiculous
context for the free throws: a lot of garbage time fouling (that rule needs to be changed to one shot and the ball)
this motherfucker better win MVP
Jokic is a walking cheat code.
Finds himself at the top of another all-time leaderboard:
# Ask Screwball: [Most games with 15 rebounds and 15 assists in NBA history](https://screwball.com/search?q=Most+games+with+15+rebounds+and+15+assists+in+NBA+history)
| | Player | **Count** |
|—|—|— |
| 1. | Nikola Jokic | **16** |
| 2. | Oscar Robertson | **15** |
| 3. | Russell Westbrook | **13** |
| 4. | Wilt Chamberlain | **9** |
| 5. | Magic Johnson | **5** |
man clawed his way to a win with his team on his back
The non Jokic minutes were hard to watch
This legitimately might be the best Christmas Day stat line in NBA history
MVP
Jokic was right, Chet needs to get fatter
Would be tought summer for MVP voters lol
4th MVP is a given. Another title puts him top 5 all time.
He was at 11/11 FT with like 2 minutes to go or something. Ended on 22/23 FT. I fucking hate OTs sometimes.
Must watch basketball
Drink it in, let it wash over you, we will not be seeing a player like this again for quite some time.
JOLLY FAT ST. NIKOLA SAVED CHRISTMAS 🔥🎅🔥
Merry Jokmas
3 starters out and Jokic with help of Murray leading the team in big way.
He was horrible during the wolves 4th quarter run with so many turnovers and missed shots
And by God man made up for everything else in OT
A center shouldn’t be able to hit those 3 bro come on loll
He is the horse god
Christmas Day
Most points scored in a single game.
Bernard King 60 1984
Wilt Chamberlain 59 1961
**Nikola Jokic 56 TONIGHT**
This man changed my life
yeah I’m ngl go ahead and give him the MVP he wrapped this up early
Best player in the world
Jokic carried Nuggets without 3 starters. MVP
jokic murray 1-2 punch a headache
Jokic needs to be making coaching money on top of his player’s salary the way he organizes and controls the court, especially down the stretch. That’s my MVP
The Jokinch defeated Anta Claus!
Could end up one of the greatest ever. Like mj level. How consistent he has been
Top 10 All Time.
I truly don’t know how to decide Jokic. He shouldn’t make sense but he is probably my favorite player to watch ever. Just wow.
He’s not human. Top 10 of all time for sure
Jesus christ what the fuck is this
best player in the world. MVP
GOAT.
56 points is absurd. 56 points on 21 shots is more absurd. 56 points along with 16 reb and 15 assists is GOAT status.
And Chuck was saying at halftime that Jokic wasn’t in the same tier as the best big men of the past. Absolute nonsense old head propaganda
I thought it was ggs in overtime and he just kept making 3s and making the right plays, sucks that people will see the amount of freethrows and push agendas not mentioning that literally half of them are at the end from intentional fouling
Ngl it was cute early on this season when SGA fans were pretending SGA is as good as Jokic. I like SGA, amazing player, but let’s be serious….
There are levels to this and Jokic is completely unmatched by anyone on the planet right now