The Denver Nuggets have now won five consecutive games to improve to 8-2 on the season. Now, the Nuggets are gearing up to complete their second consecutive back-to-back series, as they travel to face the LA Clippers just one night after beating the Sacramento Kings.

Nikola Jokic had 55 points, tying the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season, and 12 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

Nikola Jokic paced the Denver Nuggets with 52 points through three quarters of play against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. He finished with 55 points as the Nuggets won 130-116. It's the fourth 50-point game of Jokic's career but – rather incredibly – the first in which his team has won.

Jokić is the first player in NBA history to score at least 55 points on 23 or fewer field goal attempts and the sixth player to score that many points in 34 minutes or fewer. (There have been nine instances of a player scoring 55 points in no more than 34 minutes of playing time. Kobe Bryant and James Harden both did it twice.)

Nuggets’ Christian Braun left the Clippers game with a left ankle injury. Denver fans await updates as the team continues its hot 8–2 start.

A surprise moment happened during the Clippers-Nuggets game. A fan showed up on the court running and was quickly taken outside the court.

Jokić scored 55 points in a 130-116 road win Wednesday against the LA Clippers at Intuit Dome. It only took three quarters for Jokić to reach the 50-point mark, 52 to be exact. That display of bucket getting impressed Gordon.

The Denver Nuggets suffered a tough blow after losing a key contributor in the first half against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Cam Johnson walked to the locker room immediately after checking out in the first quarter Wednesday. He was designated as questionable with a right arm strain at first. Then, in the second frame, Christian Braun briefly tried to play through a left ankle injury, only to ask for a sub when it became clear to him that he couldn’t.

Video from last night's game between the LA Clippers and Denver Nuggets shows the moment when a fan rushed onto the court.

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic had Kendrick Perkins in disbelief with his epic performance against the Clippers.