Jokic has won three of the past four MVP awards and has been excellent again this season. He’s averaging a career-best 29.7 points per game, along with 12.8 rebounds and 10.2 assists. He could join Oscar Robertson and his teammate Russell Westbrook as the only players in NBA history to average a triple double over the course of an entire season.

DENVER — In one corner of the Minnesota Timberwolves locker room sat Julius Randle, ice bags on both knees and eyelids at half mast, his body in shambles and the words coming slowly after he spent 50 minutes on the Ball Arena court wrestling a 6-foot-11, 284-pound Serbian bear.

Nikola Jokic scored 61 points and recorded the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history, yet the Denver Nuggets lost at home in a double-overtime thriller against the Minnesota Timberwolves, 139-140.

At this point, it seems there's not much more Nikola Jokić can do to win his fourth NBA MVP. It seems like the decision that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would win the award was made a while ago. Though, a ridiculous record-setting 61-point triple-double by Jokić on Tuesday night did at least move the odds.

Two NBA superstars had huge nights, but the one with the bigger night was on the losing side. Nikola Jokic scored 61 points, the most in the NBA this season, but it wasn’t enough as the Nuggets

Stephen A. Smith praises Anthony Edwards after the Timberwolves' 2OT win over Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets.

Nikola Jokic hits the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history as the Denver Nuggets lose an overtime thriller to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Michael Malone called him Superman. At the moment, Nikola Jokic’s just super-tired. The Denver Nuggets big man can't wait to get some sleep after a career-best 61-point performance in which he played nearly 53 minutes.