On December 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Denver Nuggets played at home against the Wizards who were on a road trip. The Nuggets suppressed their opponents in the first three quarters, and once led by 33 points in the third quarter, but after The last quarter Kirch was expelled, the situation suddenly changed, and they almost collapsed and were reversed, and finally defeated the Wizards at home 113-107.
Statistics
Nuggets: Jokic 28 points, 19 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Gordon 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Monte Morris 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Campazzo 8 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Marcus Howard 9 points;
Wizards: Beal 19 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, Bertans 21 points and 5 rebounds, Pope 13 points, Holliday Jr. 18 points and 6 rebounds, Harrell 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Dinwiddie 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Star of the Field
Jokic blasted down 28 points, 19 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, leading the team to take the Wizards at home, and although he was expelled in the last quarter, he proved himself worthy of MVP with such a dominant performance.
Game tidbits
Jokic was dissatisfied with the penalty in the last quarter, and the referee was expelled after eating two Ts in a row.
Race highlights
Beal dodged and scored in the first quarter against two men
Campazzo wonderfully connected Jokic
Jokic flew Gordon
Gordon countered with a dunk
Campazzo's wonderful trouser pass ignited the court
Garford made a dunk from a self-inflicted basket
Campazzo assisted on a three-pointer on the back of his head
Campazzo and Jokic are in a tacit connection
Jokic doesn't look at assists for three-pointers
Holliday Jr. made consecutive meritorious deeds in the last quarter
Game review
In the game, Jokic helped Green and Gordon to attack Avdia to score, Beal's back-throw jump shot from the free throw line, and then he withdrew to shoot in front of Morris and Jokic's bag defense. Beal's basket scored as Garford faced Gordon and Dinwiddie gave it to Harrell, who then helped Pop cut in. Morris received a three-point shot from Jokic, Beal rushed to face Jokic's high hit on the board, Gordon shot a three-point shot, and Bertans and Najib hit the basket successively.
Campazzo burst into Jokic, who scored with a throw from the box, Dinwiddie assisted Keyspert's three-pointer, and then Harrell, Keyspert and Bertans completed a three-man combination, who followed up with a basket in the middle to score. Back when the Nuggets switched offense, Campazzo handed gordon under the basket, turned around and scored directly from the basket. Bertans scored three-pointers to close the first quarter with the Nuggets leading the Wizards 29-22.
In the second quarter, Howard pulled out a three-point shot, the 10 minutes and 54 seconds of the game, Campazzo suddenly passed the ball behind his head in the offensive reading stage, Kanka arced the ball and hit the ball for three points, and then he counter-attacked again to send a subtle assist, the pants pocket pass helped the latter dunk, Campazzo lit the court with two divine passes! The Wizards continued to play steadily, Holliday Jr. switched offense to force Campazzo to throw a 2+1 shot, Howard chased down the three points in return, and Avdia swung under the basket to let his opponent in. Bertans scored a three-point shot, Jokic scrambled for a mid-point pass to Gordon to score under the basket, and Garford burst into a one-arm dunk from the basket. Jokic slammed Garford down the basket to be hatped, but he threw it off the three-point line with Maurice Yang's hand and shot in.
Garford swung past Jokic, completed a violent dunk against Gordon under the basket, 3 minutes and 17 seconds, Jokic basket to the ball against Gafford, wonderful footsteps turned around and hooked the hand to score. At 2:53, the Nuggets played a conversion offense, Gordon quickly received a pass from Campazzo, and a big windmill dunk completed the finish. Jokic and Campazzo then completed the connection, and then the latter broke through the back pass and put it under the basket. Jokic faced Harrell from the basket, a turn to wipe the opponent's basket in, and the first half ended, and the Nuggets led the Wizards 59-41.
Back in the second half, Jokic first hit a three-pointer, then went down to the layup, the next contract Keech did not look at the pass, assisted Morris 3+1 surge, Pope stopped bleeding from mid-range, Jeff Green hit a big open three-point shot, the Nuggets blasted 17-5 in the single quarter, already 76-46 leading by 30 points. Beal finally scored his 8th point tonight, but Jokic played Garford under the basket again, and the left hand basket was 2+1 to cause the latter's fourth technical foul.
Pope finally hit a three-pointer from the outside, Jokic threw a shot from the basket, and Beal scored consecutive points to finally double figures. Harrell received the ball from the basket, opened Jokic's dunk to score, and Jokic immediately shot back. Beal scored two consecutive three-pointers, the final offense of the quarter, Jokic made two fouls, and the third quarter ended, and the Nuggets made 91-70 Wizards.
In the final quarter, Campazzo scored a three-pointer, Dinwiddie squeezed Campazzo under the basket to score strongly, and Kispert broke through along the bottom line to feed Harrell dunks. Jokic made a comeback, the Nuggets passed the ball back-to-back, and Jokic, Gordon and Jeff Green joined forces, the latter buckling with Bertans' defensive arm and playing 2+1. Dinwiddie attacked the basket, knocked down Jokic to score, and through the replay saw that Jokic's key part was pushed by Dinwiddie. In the following round, Jokic was hit by Dinwiddie again, and he was dissatisfied with the roaring referee, and as a result, he was expelled after eating two Ts in a row!
Back from the game, Holliday Jr. forced Campazzo to throw in, then turned around and hit the basket to make the Wizards chase 13 points. Morris hit a stop-bleeding jumper from the free throw line, Bertans hit a three-pointer and hit a basket, and the Wizards chased 10 points to stop the Nuggets! The Nuggets made consecutive mistakes, Holliday Jr. attacked strongly, Green caused key offensive fouls, and Gordon scored with a dunk under Garford's basket. Pop's three-point shot from the pop-up corner and Holliday Jr. also hit a three-pointer, but the Wizards had no chance of a big turnaround, losing to the Nuggets on the road.
Player ratings
Wizards: Dinwiddie: 2.9 Bill: 4.2 Pop: 4.7 Avdia: 5.3 Garford: 4.9 Bertans: 9.3
Nuggets: Morris: 9.6 Reed: 7.6 Gordon: 9.7 Green: 9.7 Jokic: 9.9 Campazzo: 8.5