Nikola Jokic of Serbia shoots for the Denver Nuggets against Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets in a game on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

HOUSTON (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored a triple-double for the 100th time in his career, while Jamal Murray added 32 points as the Denver Nuggets earned a 133-112 win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night.

Jokic had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 24th triple-double this season and his 15th in the last 20 games. The Nuggets have won every game in which the Serbian has netted a triple-double this season.

They have chained 28 victories in these circumstances, since the previous season.

Jokic needed just three periods to become the sixth player in league history with 100 triple-doubles. The center was absent throughout the fourth period, with the game over.

The disastrous Rockets couldn’t handle the Nuggets’ spread offense, a duel after allowing Damian Lillard to humiliate them with a career-high 71 points as the Trail Blazers prevailed.

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