Overview
- - With the Thunder resting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Sunday, Luka Dončić locked up the scoring title at 33.5 points per game and 2,143 total points.
- - Despite leading in both per-game scoring and total points, he is not award-eligible under the NBA’s 65-game policy after 64 appearances and has filed an Extraordinary Circumstances Challenge.
- - Dončić is rehabbing a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, spent the past week receiving injections in Spain, and is set to be re-evaluated in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
- - The NBA said Monday that Nikola Jokić became the first player to lead the league in rebounds and assists per game since per-game leaders were tracked, after he qualified by playing his 65th game Sunday.
- - Jokić also averaged a triple-double this season, which strengthens his MVP and All-NBA case as the playoffs begin, while the scoring title’s 58-game threshold explains Dončić’s eligibility for that honor.