{"id":22777,"date":"2023-03-28T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/jokics-history-making-day-nbas-longest-playoff-drought-stretches-on-as-insane-pass-stuns-wrap\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T07:21:00","slug":"jokics-history-making-day-nbas-longest-playoff-drought-stretches-on-as-insane-pass-stuns-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/jokics-history-making-day-nbas-longest-playoff-drought-stretches-on-as-insane-pass-stuns-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic\u2019s history-making day; NBA\u2019s longest playoff drought stretches on as \u2018insane\u2019 pass stuns: Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Denver Nuggets continued their march toward the Western Conference top seed Monday with a 116-111 win over Philadelphia, while the Sacramento Kings\u2019 hopes of ending a 16-year NBA playoff drought remained on hold.<\/p>\n

Two-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic had his 29th triple-double of the season for Denver with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists.<\/p>\n

It also made him just the third player after Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson to have 10-plus games in a season with 20-plus points, 15-plus rebounds, and 10-plus assists.<\/p>\n

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But he was unhappy that the Nuggets let a 20-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle to just three with 28.9 seconds remaining against a Sixers team missing star centre Joel Embiid and playmaker James Harden.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t do a good job today,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cWe had control of the whole game, and then in the fourth quarter, we lost control. We took bad shots, we didn\u2019t play defence, and that\u2019s why they came back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nuggets pushed their lead to three and a half games over Memphis atop the West with a fourth straight victory.<\/p>\n

The absence of MVP candidate Embiid took some shine off the contest, but Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers said the decision to hold him out because of a sore calf was \u201cnot a hard decision for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to get him and the whole team healthy for the playoffs,\u201d Rivers said.<\/p>\n

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TIMBERWOLVES SPOIL SACRAMENTO PARTY<\/b><\/p>\n

The stage was set for a celebration in Sacramento, but the Minnesota Timberwolves crashed the party with a 119-115 victory over the Kings, who could have sealed their first playoff berth since 2006 with a victory.<\/p>\n

Jaden McDaniels scored 20 points to lead seven Minnesota players in double figures as they notched a fourth straight win and tied reigning champions Golden State for sixth in the West.<\/p>\n

Trailing by one entering the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves gradually pulled away, a dunk by McDaniels giving them a 114-104 lead with 3:52 to play \u2014 to the dismay of the sellout crowd at the Golden 1 Center.<\/p>\n

De\u2019Aaron Fox scored 29 points and Domantas Sabonis added 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who are third in the West and will try again this week to end the longest active playoff drought in any major US professional sports league.<\/p>\n

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DONCIC DELIVERS<\/b><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, there was good news for the slumping Dallas Mavericks, who snapped a four-game skid with a 127-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic led the Mavs with 25 points \u2014 starting the game after the NBA rescinded the technical foul he was assessed in a loss at Charlotte on Sunday, which would have been his 16th of the season and triggered an automatic one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Doncic made the most of the reprieve, adding seven rebounds and six assists \u2014 one of them an impressive side-armed pass across the court to rookie Jaden Hardy for a three-pointer when Doncic himself couldn\u2019t get a shot off in the face of a fierce double team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think he saw me at first,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cThen, when saw me, I didn\u2019t think he was going to be able to get it to me. But he did \u2026 so I was like, I\u2019ve got to knock this down for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mavs coach Jason Kidd wasn\u2019t surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best passers in the league,\u201d Kidd said. \u201cHe can find guys \u2014 he\u2019s strong enough, I don\u2019t know if anybody else can make that pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrie Irving added 16 points and six assists for the Mavericks, who are half a game behind the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder in the hunt for the final two Western Conference play-in tournament berths.<\/p>\n

BUCKS CONTINUE LADDER-LEADING YEAR<\/b><\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s Khris Middleton scored a season-high 34 points as the Bucks improved their NBA-best record with a 126-117 victory over the Detroit Pistons despite the absence of superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo, out with a sore knee, was just one of the Bucks\u2019 high-profile absentees, with Jrue Holiday away for personal reasons and Jae Crowder sidelined by a calf injury.<\/p>\n

QUICKLEY GOES OFF FOR 40<\/b><\/p>\n

In New York, Immanuel Quickley scored 40 points to help the Knicks rout the Houston Rockets 137-115. Julius Randle added 26 points for New York, who are holding down fifth place in the East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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