An NBA player getting a triple-double is still a rare achievement. Two players doing that in the same game? You have already reached really rare air area. But two teammates doing it in the same game when both players reach the 30-point plateau? Okay, that’s never been done before in a game in the league’s 76-year history.
And then it happened Wednesday night.
The Nuggets’ top two stars, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, each posted 30-point triple-doubles as Denver comfortably defeated the Heat in Miami to take a 2-1 lead in Wednesday night’s NBA Finals. Jokic (32 points, 21 rebounds, 10 assists) and Murray (34-10-10) combined for more than 60% of Nuggets points in their 109-94 victory. Jokic also scored his third career 30-20-10 postseason game. There have been only five such games in NBA history, and two of the all-time greats – Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – are responsible for the other two.
Miami, for its part, stayed close in the first half before Denver used a 29-20 third quarter to take a 14-point lead to open the final frame. The Heat managed to cut it down to single digits, but they never really threatened the Nuggets. Miami will have a chance to tie the series on Friday when Game 4 is held before the series returns to Denver for Game 5 on Monday.
As the series changes, we’re bringing you everything you need to know about the 2023 NBA playoffs. Below is the daily playoff schedule, as well as previous results, playoff series, dates, times, and TV/streaming information .
2023 NBA playoff bracket
Kim O’Reilly
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Wednesday June 7
- NBA Finals — Game 3: Nuggets 109, Heat 94 (Denver leads 2-1)
Friday June 9
- NBA Finals — Game 4: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Monday June 12
- NBA Finals — Game 5: Heat at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Thursday June 15
- NBA Finals — Game 6: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m., ABC (as needed)
Sunday June 18
- NBA Finals — Game 7: Heat at Nuggets, 8 p.m., ABC (as needed)
NBA playoffs results
Sunday June 4
- NBA Finals — Game 2: Heat 111, Nuggets 108 (series tied 1-1)
Thursday June 1
- NBA Finals — Game 1: Nuggets 104, Heat 93 (Denver leads 1-0)
Monday May 29
- Game 7: Heat 103, Celtics 84 (Miami wins 4-3)
Saturday May 27
- Game 6: Celtics 104, Heat 103 (series tied 3-3)
Thursday, May 25
- Game 5: Celtics 110, Heat 97 (Miami leads 3-2)
Tuesday May 23
- Game 4: Celtics 116, Heat 99 (Miami leads 3-1)
Monday May 22
- Game 4: Nuggets 113, Lakers 111 (Denver wins 4-0)
Sunday May 21
- Game 3: Heat 128, Celtics 102 (Miami leads 3-0)
Saturday May 20
- Game 3: Nuggets 119, Lakers 108 (Denver leads 3-0)
Friday May 19
- Game 2: Heat, 111 Celtics 105 (Miami leads 2-0)
Thursday, May 18
- Game 2: Nuggets 108, Lakers 103 (Denver leads 2-0)
Wednesday, May 17
- Game 1: Heat 123, Celtics 116 (Miami leads 1-0)
Tuesday May 16
- Game 1: Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 (Denver leads 1-0)
Sunday May 14
- Game 7: Celtics 112, 76ers 88 (Boston wins series 4-3)
Friday May 12
- Game 6: Heat 96, Knicks 92 (Miami wins 4-2)
- Game 6: Lakers 122, Warriors 101 (Los Angeles wins 4-2)
Thursday, May 11
- Game 6: Celtics 95, 76ers 86 (series 3-3 tie)
- Game 6: Nuggets 125, Suns 100 (Denver wins 4-2)
Wednesday May 10
- Game 5: Knicks 112, Heat 103 (Miami leads 3-2)
- Game 5: Warriors 121, Lakers 106 (Los Angeles leads 3-2)
Tuesday May 9
- Game 5: 76ers 115, Celtics 103 (Philadelphia leads 3-2)
- Game 5: Nuggets 118, Suns 102 (Denver leads 3-2)
Monday May 8
- Game 4: Heat 109, Knicks 101 (Miami leads 3-1)
- Game 4: Lakers 104, Warriors 101 (Los Angeles leads 3-1)
Sunday May 7
- Game 4: 76ers 116, Celtics 115 (OT) (series tied 2-2)
- Game 4: Suns 129, Nuggets 124 (Series tied 2-2)
Saturday May 6
- Game 3: Heat 105, Knicks 86 (Miami leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Lakers 127, Warriors 97 (Los Angeles lead 2-1)
Friday May 5
- Game 3: Celtics 114, 76ers 102 (Boston leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Suns 121, Nuggets 114 (Denver leads 2-1)
Thursday, May 4
- Game 2: Warriors 127, Lakers 100 (series tied 1-1)
Wednesday May 3
- Game 2: Celtics 121, 76ers 87 (series 1-1 tied)
Tuesday May 2
- Game 2: Knicks 111, Heat 105 (series tied 1-1)
- Game 1: Lakers 117, Warriors 112 (Los Angeles lead 1-0)
Monday May 1
- Game 1: 76ers 119, Celtics 115 (Philadelphia leads 1-0)
- Game 2: Nuggets 97, Suns 87 (Denver leads 2-0)
Sunday April 30
- Game 1: Heat 108, Knicks 101 (Miami leads 1-0)
- Game 7: Warriors 120, Kings 100 (Golden State wins 4-3)
Saturday April 29
- Game 1: Nuggets 125, Suns 107 (Denver leads 1-0)
Friday April 28
- Game 6: Kings 118, Warriors 99 (Series tied 3-3)
- Game 6: Lakers 125, Grizzlies 85 (Los Angeles wins 4-2)
Thursday April 27
- Game 6: Celtics 128, Hawks 120 (Boston wins 4-2)
Wednesday April 26
- Game 5: Knicks 106, Cavaliers 95 (New York wins 4-1)
- Game 5: Grizzlies 116, Lakers 99 (Los Angeles leads 3-2)
- Game 5: Heat 128, Bucks 126 — OT (Miami wins 4-1)
- Game 5: Warriors 123, Kings 116 (Golden State leads 3-2)
Tuesday April 25
- Game 5: Hawks 119, Celtics, 117 (Boston leads 3-2)
- Game 5: Nuggets 112, Timberwolves 109 (Denver wins 4-1)
- Game 5: Suns 136, Clippers 130 (Phoenix wins 4-1)
Monday April 24
- Game 4: Heat 119, Bucks 114 (Miami leads 3-1)
- Game 4: Lakers 117, Grizzlies 111 — OT (Los Angeles leads 3-1)
Sunday April 23
- Game 4: Knicks 102, Cavaliers 93 (New York leads 3-1)
- Game 4: Warriors 126, Kings 125 (Series tied 2-2)
- Game 4: Celtics 129, Hawks 121 (Boston leads 3-1)
- Game 4: Timberwolves 114, Nuggets 108 — OT (Denver leads 3-1)
Saturday April 22
- Game 4: 76ers 96, Nets 88 (Philadelphia wins 4-0)
- Game 4: Suns 112, Clippers 100 (Phoenix leads 3-1)
- Game 3: Heat 121, Bucks 99 (Miami leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Lakers 111, Grizzlies 101 (Los Angeles leads 2-1)
Friday April 21
- Game 3: Hawks 130, Celtics 122 (Boston leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Knicks 99, Cavaliers 79 (New York leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Nuggets 120, Timberwolves 111 (Denver leads 3-0)
Thursday April 20
- Game 3: 76ers 102, Nets 97 (Philadelphia leads 3-0)
- Game 3: Warriors 114, Kings 97 (Sacramento leads 2-1)
- Game 3: Suns 129, Clippers 124 (Phoenix leads 2-1)
Wednesday April 19
- Game 2: Grizzlies 103, Lakers 93 (series tied 1-1)
- Game 2: Bucks 138, Heat 122 (series tied 1-1)
- Game 2: Nuggets 122, Wolves 113 (Denver leads 2-0)
Tuesday April 18
- Game 2: Celtics 119, Hawks 106 (Boston leads 2-0)
- Game 2: Cavaliers 107, Knicks 90 (series tied 1-1)
- Game 2: Suns 123, Clippers 109 (series tied 1-1)
Monday April 17
- Game 2: 76ers 96, Nets 84 (Philadelphia leads 2-0)
- Game 2: Kings 114, Warriors 106 (Sacramento leads 2-0)
Sunday April 16
- Game 1: Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112 (Los Angeles lead 1-0)
- Game 1: Heat 130, Bucks 117 (Miami leads 1-0)
- Game 1: Clippers 115, Suns 110 (Los Angeles 1-0)
- Game 1: Nuggets 109, Timberwolves 80 (Denver leads 1-0)
Saturday April 15
- Game 1: 76ers 121, Nets 101 (Philadelphia leads 1-0)
- Game 1: Celtics 112, Hawks 99 (Boston leads 1-0)
- Game 1: Knicks 101, Cavaliers 97 (New York leads 1-0)
- Game 1: Kings 126, Warriors 123 (Sacramento leads 1-0)
Friday April 14 (walk-in)
Wednesday April 12 (walk-in)
Tuesday April 11 (walk-in)
- Hawks 116, Heat 105
- Lakers 108 Timberwolves 102 — OT