Jokic vs. Wizards
Injuries continued, but Jokic did not give up, as long as he played in the game, he can help the team, two days after losing to the Spurs, he immediately responded, with a superstar level performance, leading the team to complete the revenge. In this game, Jokic has to face the Washington Wizards, who are stronger than the Spurs, and so far they are in seventh place in the East with 15 wins and 12 losses. However, the Wizards' life is not good, in the past 5 games, they have only won one, or rely on Kuzma's three-point kill.
However, in this game, Kuzma could not play because of isolation, and in such a situation, it was almost impossible for the Wizards, who had a weak interior line, to limit Jokic. However, it is difficult to beat the Wizards just by relying on one Jokic, and if the Nuggets want to win, they still need more players to stand up and give Jokic help.
At one point, he was 33 points behind
Without a surprise, Jokic showed his dominance in the first quarter, with 6 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, but one Jokic was not enough, Gordon had 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Morris also had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, the Nuggets bombed 29 points in a single quarter, and the Wizards only scored 22 points. After returning from the second quarter, Jokic continued to exert his strength, taking 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Howard hit 2 three-pointers, the Nuggets hit another 30 points in the single quarter, and the Wizards only scored 19 points, which was unbearable.
As the star of the game, Beal only scored 6 points in the first half, which is why the team will fall behind by 18 points. In the second half, the Wizards' scoring drought was still not broken, Jokic bombed 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in the single quarter, leading the team to a 33-point lead at one point, fortunately, Beal found the feel, 12 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, and the Wizards barely narrowed the point difference to 21 points. However, there was only one section left in the game, and the victory and defeat basically lost suspense.
In the final quarter of the game, the Wizards were still narrowing the point gap, jokic then returned to the court, but Bertans felt hot, scored consecutive points, helped the team narrow the point difference to 10 points, there were 3 minutes and 25 seconds left, the Nuggets called out a timeout, and the suspense returned. Pope then hit a crucial three-pointer, but it was too late, and the Denver Nuggets finally beat the Washington Wizards 113-107.
Reject the Eastern Dark Horse reversal
Jokic once again showed the strength of MVP, with 28 points, 19 rebounds and 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, 9 of 14 shooting, only 30 minutes, plus-minus +21, which is also the highest in the team. About the teacher online class, it is indeed unstoppable. Morris also had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists, Gordon had 16 points, five rebounds and three assists, and Jeff Green had 13 points and five rebounds. Campazo on the bench had eight points, three rebounds and five assists, and Howard hit three three-pointers to get nine points.
The Wizards trailed by 33 points in this game, but they saved the suspense for the end, once again showing the posture of a dark horse. In the whole game, Beal had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, and Pope had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, but the shooting rate was only 5 of 16 and 3 of 10 three-pointers. Bertans on the bench became the wonder of the game, shooting 8 of 13, shooting 9 of 5 of three points, with 21 points and 5 rebounds, plus or minus +22 is the highest in the game, you know, the Wizards have never taken a minute lead in this game.