It was one of those nights for Nikola Jokic. It’s hard to put into words, but he’s just special. Sometimes you tilt your head and ask yourself out loud, “Did I just see that?” Yes.
On Wednesday evening, Nikola Jokic put together one of the most dominant games you will ever see with a 55-point explosion against the Los Angeles Clippers to help push the Denver Nuggets’ record on the young 2025-26 NBA season to an impressive 9-2.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
On Wednesday evening, the Denver Nuggets improved to 9-2 with a comfortable road win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The big storyline in this game was Nikola Jokic, who scored 55 points in the contest on a hyper-efficient performance from the field, including 25 of those points in the first quarter alone.
After falling to the Golden State Warriors in their season opener, the Denver Nuggets have been on a tear ever since. The Nuggets have won nine of their last ten games to improve to 9-2 on the season, most recently dominating the LA Clippers in Intuit Dome on Wednesday night.
The Denver Nuggets, through the first portion of their 2025-26 campaign, have gotten off to a rock-solid start to a championship-level season. Just three
Three-time league MVP and arguably the best player in the league over the last five years, Nikola Jokic has shown no signs of slowing down. The Denver Nuggets center dropped another dominant display as the Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday.
The Los Angeles Clippers succumbed to their sixth straight defeat, losing 130-116 at home to the Denver Nuggets last night. During the postgame presser, head coach Ty Lue admitted that his game plan to make Nikola Jokic a scorer ultimately backfired.
The air in Los Angeles crackled with a desperate energy on Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets. The Clippers, mired in a losing streak and missing their superstar Kawhi Leonard, were a team searching for an identity.
On a five-game winning streak while pushing toward the top of the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets will try to overcome one of their early-season challenges.
Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon were both out of action on Saturday as the Denver Nuggets defeated the Indiana Pacers, 117-100, marking their fourth consecutive win.