Kevin Durant gets 100% real on Nikola Jokic making history vs. Suns
After Nikola Jokic made history vs. the Suns, Kevin Durant gave the center his flowers.
As the Phoenix Suns lost to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, it was off the back of him who recorded the first ever triple-double with at least 30 points, 20 rebounds, and 20 assists. With the Suns looking for a playoff push, star Kevin Durant spoke after the loss specifically about Jokic and the history-making performance he had against them.
Jokic would finish with 31 points, 21 rebounds, and a whopping 22 assists, which is also the most recorded by a center in NBA history. Durant would go as far as to say that he was “actually surprised” Jokic hadn’t had a statline like that before in his career and already considers him an “all-time great.”
“There’s so many possessions in a game, the whole offense is centered around him making a play. I’m actually surprised he hasn’t done this before, but he’s been so close, he’s an all-time great, all-time great,” Durant said. “Crazy thing is he didn’t seem like he had those numbers.
looked up at the end over the overtime and was like, ‘oh shoot, that’s crazy.’ I feel like we made him work for most of his stuff tonight. But he gets the ball every play, so the numbers are going to pile up after a while, especially when it goes to overtime.”
