By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
A career-high of 50 points by Denver’s Nikola Jokic didn’t stop the Sacramento Kings from beating the Nuggets 119-114 to complete a season sweep.
Jokic just missed adding to his franchise record of 46 triple-doubles with another huge night. The big man had 12 assists and nine rebounds and scored 23 points in the fourth quarter. But it wasn’t enough for the Nuggets, who lost their third straight.
The Serb big man is the first center to record at least 50 points and 10 assists in a single game since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jan. 19, 1975.
“I was just really locked in,” said Jokic, who had matched his previous career-high of 47 against Utah on Jan. 31. “We had a couple of young guys in the game. I tried to help them a little bit. I don’t know if I did a good job or not. In the last quarter, I was kind of aggressive.”
Jokic made a 3-pointer to cut Sacramento’s lead to 112-107 but De’Aaron Fox responded with a layup to help the Kings hold on.