Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic emphasize leading 22 stat lines from 2022 

December 30, 2022

Luka Doncic has actually signed up some insane video games in 2022, consisting of the very first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA background.

As we prepare to shut guide on 2022, it’s time to recall at several of the leading specific efficiencies from this fiscal year. We are releasing this listing with 2 days continuing to be in 2022, so we might need to modify the listing if a gamer manages a James Harden in 2016 when he uploaded a 50-point triple-double on New Year’s Eve.

Notes: Qualified video games consist of: End of the 2021-22 routine period (Jan-April), the 2022 Play-In Event (April), the 2022 Championship as well as the beginning of the 2022-23 routine period (no preseason video games). These stat lines are absent in rated order, yet instead organized by group.

Below are 22 stat lines that stood apart from the remainder in 2022.


The Background Publications

Allow’s have a look at 3 stat lines never ever prior to seen in the background of the NBA.

Luka Doncic: Dec. 27, 2022; Dallas vs. New York City

60 PTS, 21 REB, 10 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 21-31 FG, 2-6 3P, 16-22 FEET, +7, 47 MINUTES

Had these stat lines been rated 1-22 in order of importance as well as jaw-dropping-ness, after that this work of art from Luka Doncic would certainly have taken the leading area. It was among those video games that compels you to call your other hoops addicts to see to it they’re viewing.

Along with ending up being the very first gamer in NBA background to upload a 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double, Doncic additionally pioneered among one of the most not likely returns in organization background as the Mavericks conquered a nine-point deficiency in under 34 secs to require overtime.

In the added session, Luka solitarily outscored the Knicks 7-6 as he sank a set of totally free tosses with 34 secs continuing to be to get to 60 factors as well as conclude an occupation evening that will not quickly be failed to remember. Doncic do with job highs in both factors (60, a Dallas franchise business document) as well as rebounds (21) as he ended up being the very first gamer given that Shaquille O’Neal in 2000 to upload a 60-20 video game. He included 10 aids to safeguard simply the 2nd 60-point triple-double in organization background, as well as the very first with 20 rebounds.

Joel Embiid: Nov. 13, 2022; Philly vs. Utah

59 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 7 BLK, 1 STL, 19-28 FG, 1-5 3P, 20-24 FEET, +25, 37 MINUTES

The organization’s ruling racking up champ (30.6 ppg in 2021-22) as well as existing leader (33.7 ppg in 2022-23) had the most effective racking up evening of his job in Philly’s gain Utah on Nov. 13. Embiid do with 59 factors on 19-for-28 capturing from the area as well as 20-for-24 at the free-throw line.

What makes this stat line historical? Along with his 59 factors, he included 11 rebounds, 8 aids as well as connected his job best with 7 blocks as he ended up being the very first gamer to videotape a minimum of 50 factors, 10 rebounds, 5 aids as well as 5 blocks in an NBA video game. It needs to be kept in mind that swipes as well as obstructs were not formally tracked by the NBA up until the 1973-74 period.

Nikola Jokic: March 6, 2022; Denver vs. New Orleans

46 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 3 STL, 4 BLK, 16-22 FG, 3-5 3P, 11-12 FEET, +22, 43 MINUTES

With the very same caution in mind, Jokic ended up being the very first gamer to ever before videotape 45 factors, 10 rebounds, 10 aids, 3 swipes as well as 3 blocks in an NBA video game as he led Denver to a 138-130 overtime win versus New Orleans. Jokic racked up 30 of his 46 factors in the 4th quarter as well as overtime after the Nuggets had actually misused a 21-point first-quarter lead. The Nuggets outscored the Pelicans by 22 factors in Jokic’s 43 mins on the court as well as were outscored by 14 in 10 mins off the court.


60+ Factor Gamings

Along with Luka’s work of art previously today, there were 2 various other 60-point video games uploaded in 2022 as well as they began back-to-back days.

Karl Anthony-Towns: March 14, 2022; Minnesota At San Antonio

60 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 19-31 FG, 7-11 3P, 15-16 FEET, +16, 36 MINUTES

Initially, Karl-Anthony Towns opposed the chances to come to be the very first facility to win the MTN DEW 3-Point Competition at NBA All-Star Weekend Break in Cleveland. Much less than a month later on, Towns tore down a career-best 7 3-pointers on his means to a career-high as well as franchise-record 60 factors in a 149-139 gain San Antonio. And also he did greater than rating, he additionally ordered 17 rebounds to come to be the very first gamer with 60 factors as well as 17 boards in a video game given that Shaquille O’Neal had 61 as well as 23 on March 6, 2000.

Kyrie Irving: March 15, 2022; Brooklyn At Orlando

Kyrie Irving went off versus the Orlando Magic, do with a career-high 60 factors in the win.

60 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL, 1 BLK, 20-31 FG, 8-12 3P, 12-13 FEET, +36, 35 MINUTES

Playing in just his 19th video game of the period, Kyrie Irving threw away no time at all in obtaining containers versus the Magic, racking up 41 factors in the very first fifty percent– one of the most factors in the opening fifty percent given that Kobe Bryant’s 42 factors versus Washington on March 28, 2003. In total amount, Irving required just 35 mins to reach his job high as well as Webs franchise-record 60 factors– the fifth-fewest mins in a 60-point video game given that 1983-84.


50+ Factor Gamings

There was an overall of 27 video games with 50 or even more factors– 17 in the 2021-22 routine period as well as 10 in the 2022-23 routine period thus far, none in the playoffs neither Play-In– as 18 various gamers struck the limit. Doncic as well as Embiid blazed a trail with 3 50+ factor video games each in 2022. While we can not consist of every one of them in this listing, below are a couple of that stood apart.

Anthony Davis: Dec. 12, 2022; Los Angeles at Washington

55 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST, 22-30 FG, 2-3 3P, 9-9 FEET, +17, 38 MINUTES

The Wizards had no response for Anthony Davis on this evening in Washington, D.C. as Davis tape-recorded his very first 50-plus factor video game in virtually 3 years– his previous 50-point efficiency for the Lakers began Dec. 8, 2019. Davis was unbelievably effective on his means to 55 factors versus the Wizards, firing over 73% from the area, making 2 of his 3 3-point efforts as well as all 9 of his totally free tosses while additionally including 17 rebounds as well as 3 blocks. It is video games like that that make his lack from a current foot injury so destructive to the Lakers, that are simply 2-5 given that he’s run out the schedule.

Devin Booker: Dec. 17, 2022; Phoenix Metro vs. New Orleans

58 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 21-35 FG, 6-12 3P, 10-15 FEET, +11, 42 MINUTES

Entering this competition with the Pelicans– the 3rd conference in between the groups in a 10-day period– Devin Booker was bogged down in a shooting depression as well as taking care of a groin injury (one that has actually given that sidelined him once more for a month). Over his previous 5 video games, Booker had actually fired simply 32.9% (28-for-85) from the area as well as 21.4% (6-for-28) from 3-point array. Phoenix az had actually currently shed successive video games to the Pelicans as well as routed in this video game by 24 factors. It was Booker that led an angry Suns rally as he racked up 36 of his 58 factors in the 2nd fifty percent. It was Booker’s third-highest racking up video game of his job as well as finest given that 2019.

LeBron James: March 5, 2022; Los Angeles vs. Golden State

56 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK, 19-31 FG, 6-11 3P, 12-13 FEET, +13, 39 MINUTES

LeBron uploaded 2 50+ factor video games in his 19th NBA period. This 56-point efficiency not just noted a period high, it made a little background also. At 37 years as well as 65 days old, LeBron ended up being the fourth-oldest gamer to ever before rack up 50 factors in an NBA video game as well as ended up being the earliest gamer to videotape 50+ factors as well as 10+ rebounds in a video game.

Trae Youthful: Jan. 3, 2022; Atlanta at Rose City

56 PTS, 4 REB, 14 AST, 17-26 FG, 7-12 3P, 15-15 FEET, +10, 37 MINUTES

This is among minority stat lines highlighted on this listing that was available in a loss, yet Youthful’s mix of 56 factors as well as 14 aids was something the organization had actually never ever seen prior to as his 14 aids were one of the most ever before in a 55+ factor video game. The closest anybody has actually involved it was James Harden in December 2016 when he do with 53 factors as well as 14 aids. In between the factors he racked up (56) as well as the factors he produced with his aids (30 ), Youthful was accountable for 86 (65.6%) of Atlanta’s 131 factors on the evening.

Kevin Durant: April 2, 2022; Brooklyn At Atlanta

55 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 19-28 FG, 8-10 3P, 9-11 FEET, +1, 32 MINUTES

Kevin Durant’s track record as one of the terrific markers in the background of the NBA has actually been strengthened for many years– he depends on 15th all-time in overall factors as well as holds the fourth-highest racking up standard in organization background. Durant went down a career-best 55 factors on the Hawks as he placed on an extraordinary capturing screen– attaching on 19-for-28 (67.9%) of his shots from the area as well as 8-for-10 (80%) from past the arc. Sadly for Durant as well as the Webs, the initiative was available in a loss.


40-Point Triple-Doubles (2 )

There were 9 triple-doubles uploaded in 2022 that included a minimum of 40 factors. And also they were collected by an overall of simply 3 gamers: Doncic, Jokic as well as Embiid. Both Doncic as well as Jokic offered us 4 40-point triple-doubles to pick from, which we highlighted in the opening area. Yet there is an additional Jokic video game as well as the Embiid 40-point triple-double that have to be kept in mind.

Nikola Jokic: Dec. 18, 2022; Denver vs. Charlotte

40 PTS, 27 REB, 10 AST, 2 STL, 13-26 FG, 2-4 3P, 12-17 FEET, +20, 40 MINUTES

Anytime you’re the very first gamer to achieve an analytical accomplishment given that Wilt Chamberlain, you recognize it’s been a great evening. In Denver’s 119-115 gain Charlotte, Jokic ended up being the very first gamer in over 54 years to upload a video game with a minimum of 40 factors, 25 rebounds as well as 10 aids. The last gamer to do it was Wilt in 1968 (he has 4 of the 6 all-time such video games); the various other comes from Elgin Baylor.

Joel Embiid: Feb. 12, 2022: Philly vs. Cleveland

40 PTS, 14 REB, 10 AST, 3 STL, 11-22 FG, 4-5 3P, 14-15 FEET, +24, 33 MINUTES

Embiid required just 33 mins on the court to pack the stat sheet versus the Cavaliers. Embiid’s 33 mins are the second-fewest ever before uploaded in a 40-point triple-double. The only various other gamer to do it quicker is his colleague James Harden, that uploaded a 43-point, 12-assist, 10-rebound triple-double in simply thirty minutes on Jan. 11, 2019 with the Houston Firecrackers.


Group Leaders (5 )

Rebounds

Ivica Zubac: Nov. 27, 2022; LA Clippers LAC vs. Indiana

31 PTS, 29 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK, 14-17 FG, 3-3 FEET, +13, 36 MINUTES

With their 2 celebrities (Kawhi Leonard as well as Paul George) as well as 2 vital turning gamers (Robert Covington as well as Luke Kennard) out of the schedule, Ivica Zubac selected the excellent time to have the most effective video game of his six-year NBA job. Zubac do with 31 factors as well as a career-best 29 rebounds– one rebound timid of publishing the very first 30-30 video game given that 2018 (as well as just the 3rd given that 1982)– while including 3 blocks, 3 aids as well as missing out on just 3 of his 17 basket efforts.

Help

James Harden: Dec. 23, 2022; Philly vs. LA Clippers

20 PTS, 21 AST, 11 REB, 1 STL, 6-17 FG, 3-6 3P, 5-6 FEET, +13, 41 MINUTES

Harden not just uploaded one of the most aids of his job as well as one of the most of any kind of NBA gamer in 2022, he additionally ended up being simply the 9th gamer in organization background to upload a 20-point, 20-assist, 10-rebound triple-double. Russell Westbrook (5 times) as well as Luka Doncic are the only 2 various other energetic gamers with such a video game in their occupations. While Harden really did not have a fantastic shooting evening, his 21 aids produced 50 factors for Philly as the Sixers conquered a 20-point first-half deficiency to win the video game.

Swipes

De’Anthony Melton: Dec. 9, 2022; Philly vs. Los Angeles Lakers

33 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 7 STL, 11-16 FG, 8-12 3P, 3-4 FEET, +3, 43 MINUTES

While there were 3 gamers that connected for the 2022-high in swipes with 7 each– Javonte Eco-friendly, De’Anthony Melton as well as D’Angelo Russell– it was Melton’s general video game that stood apart one of the most as he racked up 33 indicate match his 7 swipes in Philly’s 133-122 overtime win. Melton is the very first Sixer as well as just the 2nd NBA gamer ever before (signing up with Michael Adams in 1991) with a minimum of 30 factors, 8 3-pointers as well as 7 swipes in a video game.

Blocks

Jaren Jackson Jr.: Dec. 12, 2022; Memphis vs. Atlanta

15 PTS, 7 REB, 8 BLK, 2 AST, 6-11 FG, 1-4 3PM 2-2 FEET, +25, 24 MINUTES

Jackson Jr. required just 24 mins on the court to acquire 15 factors, 7 rebounds as well as a career-best 8 blocks to assist Memphis gain a 128-103 gain Atlanta. Jackson Jr. was among 3 gamers in 2022 to videotape 8 blocks in a video game– in addition to Cleveland’s Evan Mobley as well as New york city’s Mitchell Robinson– as well as gets on speed to lead the organization in blocks this period. Jackson Jr. is balancing 3 blocks per video game, which would certainly place him in the lead as quickly as he’s played sufficient video games after missing out on the very first 14 competitions of the period because of injury.

3-Pointers Made

Robert Covington: April 1, 2022; LA Clippers at Milwaukee

43 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 15-24 FG, 11-18 3P, 2-2 FEET, +30, 46 MINUTES

After being obtained by the Clippers at the February profession due date, Robert Covington balanced simply 22 mins per video game. Yet on April 1, the Clippers saw the Bucks with both groups relaxing their leading gamers, which brought the chance for even more mins, as well as Covington took complete benefit. He tore down a career-best as well as franchise-record 11 treys on his means to a career-high 43 factors in the Clippers’ triumph. 3 various other gamers made 11 3-pointers in 2022: Malik Beasley (with Minnesota), Bojan Bogdanovic (with Utah) as well as Rose city’s Damian Lillard.


Playoff Treasures (5 )

Ja Morant: Might 3, 2022; Memphis vs. Golden State; West Semifinals, Video Game 2

47 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL, 15-31 FG, 5-12 3P, 12-13 FEET, +13, 41 MINUTES

With his group looking at an 0-2 deficiency in the house in the meeting semifinals, Ja Morant took control of as well as would certainly not allow the Grizzlies shed. Morant matched his playoff career-high with 47 indicate lead the Grizzlies to a 106-101 gain the Warriors as well as also the first-round collection at 1-1. With neither group leading by greater than 5 factors in the 4th quarter, Morant took control of late by racking up Memphis’ last 15 factors of the video game. He do with 18 factors in the 4th quarter as well as did so while dealing with his vision after a crash late in the 3rd quarter.

Jimmy Butler: Might 27, 2022; Miami at Boston; East Finals, Video Game 6

47 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 4 STL, 1 BLK, 16-29 FG, 4-8 3P, 11-11 FEET, +8, 41 MINUTES

Jimmy Butler led all gamers with 4 40+ factor video games in this year’s playoffs in spite of not progressing to the NBA Finals. While Butler offered us lots of impressive stat lines to pick from, there was no rejecting his Video game 6 efficiency versus Boston. Butler’s 47 factors were a playoff career-high (he currently has 6 40+ factor championship game in his 3 periods in Miami) while having absolutely no 40+ factor video games throughout the routine period throughout his Warm period. Butler’s 46-9-8 efficiency brought recalls to LeBron James’ 45-15-5 Video game 6 efficiency in Boston a years previously.

Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo: Boston at Milwaukee; East Semifinals, Video Game 6

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum Emphasizes from Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 05/13/2022

Tatum: 46 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK, 17-32 FG, 7-15 3P, 5-7 FEET, +21 43 MINUTES

Giannis: 44 PTS, 20 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 14-30 FG, 2-3 3P, 14-15 FEET, -5, 41 MINUTES

One video game with 2 remarkable stat lines as we observed an impressive battle in between Boston’s Jayson Tatum as well as Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo in Video Game 6 of their Eastern Seminar semifinal competition. With their period on the line, Tatum provided a work of art to require a Video game 7 back in Boston. As Giannis as well as the Bucks were placing a fourth-quarter resurgence, Tatum racked up 16 of Boston’s 26 factors in the last 12 mins to safeguard the win as well as prolong the collection. In the loss, Giannis ended up being the very first gamer given that Shaquille O’Neal in 2001 to upload a 40-20 championship game.

Stephen Curry: June 10, 2022; Golden State at Boston; NBA Finals, Video Game 4

43 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 14-26 FG, 7-14 3P, 8-9 FEET, +11, 41 MINUTES

When it came time to select the trademark stat line from the 2022 NBA Finals, Stephen Curry’s impressive efficiency in Video game 4 in Boston was a simple selection. With his group tracking 2-1, Curry placed the Warriors on his back as well as provided a leading efficiency as he sculpted up the organization’s top-ranked protection. Curry has actually had championship game with even more factors, yet no efficiency was more crucial than this set as he aided the Warriors also the collection at 2-2 as well as started a three-game win touch to liquidate the Celtics, insurance claim Golden State’s 4th title in 8 periods as well as gain his first-ever Expense Russell NBA Finals MVP Honor.

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