Nikola Jokic starred as reigning NBA champions the Denver Nuggets beat Japanese Convention leaders the Boston Celtics 115-109.
Jokic scored 32 factors, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his twentieth triple-double of the season.
The in-form Nuggets have gained seven out of eight matches for the reason that break for the NBA All-Star sport final month.
Jaylen Brown scored 41 factors for Boston, that suffer back-to-back losses for simply the second time this season.
The Celtics stay on high of the Japanese Convention regardless of the defeat. Denver are third within the West, one sport behind leaders the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jokic performed down strategies the match between two of the league’s main sides could possibly be a preview of the NBA finals later this 12 months.
“We’re a great distance from the finals my buddy,” he stated.
“We had a extremely good power tonight. Our offense was actually clicking in the present day.”