NIKOLA Jokic and Russell Westbrook are making history on the court together.
The Denver Nuggets star duo have become the first pair of teammates to record a triple-double on the same night twice in NBA history.
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On Friday night, the Nuggets took down the Brooklyn Nets in a 124-105 win.
Jokic finished the game with 35 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds in his 15th triple-double of the season.
Westbrook registered 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
“I think it’s that’s the style both of us play,” Jokic said.
“I’m just glad we’re winning the games because that’s more important than the stats.
“It’s special, the relationship, how the guys are willing to run the lanes and get to the corner.
“They know the ball’s going to find them.”
Jokic and Westbrook also became the first pair of teammates to record a 25-point triple-double in the same game in the regular season.
“Wow,” Nuggets hedcoach Michael Malone said.
“That’s pretty crazy. We’re watching history, folks.”
Jokic and Westbrook completed their first joint-triple-double on December 30 against the Utah Jazz.
Jokic registered 36 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists in that game while Westbrook had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Westbrook credited his head coach for giving him the freedom to play his style of basketball.
“Being able to do that allows me to be able to make guys around me better,” Westbrook said.
“Try to bring this team some leadership, some energy, some toughness.
New rights deal
The NBA signed an 11-year deal with three networks for the league’s rights from the 2025-26 season.
And there will be no games on TNT for the first time since the network launched in 1988.
The Walt Disney Company will continue to show the league with 80 regular-season games across ESPN and ABC.
They will also show around 18 playoff games from the first and second round, a Conference Finals series for 10 of the 11 years, and remain the home of the NBA Finals.
NBC will return as an NBA broadcaster for the first time since 2002.
The network will show up to 100 games per season across it’s channels and Peacock streaming service.
It will also be the home of NBA All-Star and show approximately 28 playoff games from the first and second round.
NBC will show one Conference Finals Series for six of the 11 years, rotating with new broadcaster Amazon Prime.
Amazon will show 66 NBA regular-season games including one on Black Friday.
The streaming service is also the home of the latter stages of the NBA Cup and the entire Play-In Tournament.
Prime will also broadcast around one third of the playoff games in the first and second round.
“We’re just getting started on figuring it out.”
The Nuggets are 22-15 on the season and currently hold the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference.
They are currently nine games back from the No. 1 seed in the West.
Jokic is averaging 31.6 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 9.9 assists per game.
Westbrook is averaging 12.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game.
