Nikola Jokic, the basketball player of the Denver Nuggets, played a great game in the victory over Miami at the start of the final series of the NBA League.
Denver defeated Miami 104:93, and the Serbian center finished the game with a triple-double performance of 27 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, breaking several records.
- – 14 assists in the first game is the most assists by a center in the history of the NBA Finals
- – He became only the second player in NBA history to debut in the finals with a triple-double performance. Only Jason Kidd had done it before him.
- – Along with LeBron James, he is the only one who in the last 25 years had 10 or more points and assists at halftime.
- – Only three players in NBA history had 450+ points, 200+ rebounds and 150+ assists during one playoff, namely Larry Bird, LeBron James and Nikola Jokic.
