Scoring curse broken: Nuggets finally win a Nikola Jokic 50-point game

INGLEWOOD Calif The Clippers only hope of stopping Nikola Jokic on a historic night was for a fan to join them on the court and play -on- The trespasser late in the fourth quarter was hastily swept aside like every other obstacle Jokic encountered in a -point performance Wednesday at Intuit Dome The number itself wasn t historic It was Jokic s second-highest scoring contest of his career The landmark was the upshot This was the first time the Nuggets won a battle in which Jokic scored or more They were - previously including a playoff match The majority of late that included his -point triple-double in April that was spoiled by a three-shot foul committed by Russell Westbrook at the buzzer of double-overtime With that crushing loss it seemed Jokic s greatest scoring achievements might be forever cursed He performed his own exorcism in Los Angeles shooting for from the field on the second night of a back-to-back In the first encounter he had scored points on -of- shooting in a win at Sacramento The Nuggets have now won six straight and will be - heading to Minnesota for the final event of a three-game road trip on Saturday night Related Articles What David Adelman has noticed about Nikola Jokic s shooting touch Nuggets extend winning streak to five with achievement over Kings How -way athlete Spencer Jones has emerged as defensive specialist option for Nuggets Michael Ray Richardson former Knicks and Nets All-Star dead at Nuggets Bruce Brown on playing without the ball more this season Still getting adjusted to it Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis