Nikola Jokic is drawing raves for good reason — three games, three triple-doubles for the three-time MVP. Jokic's massive shadow should not block out the light for Jamal Murray, who is off to his own fast start and dropped 42 points on Minnesota on Monday,

Cooper Flagg appears to be figuring things out three games into his NBA career.

Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points in just 29 minutes, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 116-95 on Monday night for their third straight victory.

Mitchell has now scored 30+ points in three of Cleveland’s four games this season.

If Reaves continues playing the way he has to start the season, the two stars absences might not be too detrimental in the early going.

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 51 points including four clutch free throws in the final 32 seconds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 127-120 without Luka Doncic on Sunday.

Reaves might have put together the team's best all-around performance since Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor had 50 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists against the Boston Celtics on Feb. 13, 1963.

Monday night, it was Lauri Markkanen's turn — he dropped 51 points on the Suns, leading the Jazz to an overtime win at home. Maybe the hottest trend in the NBA this young season — right up there with every team trying to steal a page from the Pacers' book and pressuring the ball full court — is high-scoring individual games.