On December 16, Beijing time, the Nuggets played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves successfully defeated the Nuggets 124-107 at the end of the game. The Nuggets have been in good shape recently, and although the Timberwolves have just beaten the Blazers, they are still not doing well in terms of their previous form, so the Nuggets are expected to win the game against the Timberwolves. But what people did not expect was that in this game, the Timberwolves quickly opened the score, and in the face of such a situation, the Nuggets did not have much to do, and finally the Nuggets lost to the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves quickly took the lead in the first quarter, and Jokic struggled to hold on in the following game, while Russell and Edwards continued to help the team extend the lead, but fortunately, in the late stage, Jokic exploded to help the team chase points, and the Timberwolves led by eight points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves continued to expand the lead, and Jokic still lacked help around him, while the Timberwolves continued to lead by 20 points, but fortunately, Jokic and Morris scored to stop the bleeding, and the Nuggets trailed by 14 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter of the game, Towns and Jokic attacked each other, and Downs had Edwards by his side to help him, Jokic really had no helper around him, and the Timberwolves led by 20 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets once played a good state to chase the score, but then Towns and Edwards joined forces to extinguish the Hope of the Nuggets' counterattack, and finally the Nuggets suffered a fiasco.
In this game, the Timberwolves' offense is very hot, of which Downs is even more powerful in the game, originally Towns' offense has made the Nuggets difficult to resist, not to mention that in this game, Edwards also played a big explosion of performance, his play is to make the Nuggets' situation worse, the end of the game Edwards 21 of 14 got 38 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist data, including 10 of 14 three-pointers. Towns here had 32 points, four rebounds and four assists, including 3-of-7 from three-point range. Russell was average in the game, with Russell finishing the game with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, and Beverley with 11 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.
At the same time, in this game, Jokic played really uncomfortable, after all, in this game, Jokic really lacked helpers around him, so even if Jokic played an excellent performance in the game, it was still difficult to help the team win the game, and at the end of the game, Jokic got 27 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on 11 of 16. This is jokic's 63rd career triple-double, surpassing Harden and enjoying the seventh place in NBA history. While the other Nuggets players, Button had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, Gordon had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Morris had 15 points and 5 assists, Green had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Campazo had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.
And the Nuggets also suffered bad news when they suffered a fiasco, in this game Howard left knee injury, and finally Howard was helped back to the locker room, the current left leg is already unable to bear the weight, it can be said that this season's Nuggets have suffered a lot of injury problems, and now Howard's injury is even worse for the Nuggets. And what makes Malone even more upset is that although Jokic is very good, it is really difficult for the Nuggets to win without enough help around him, and the Nuggets' record this season is not good, so Malone still needs to find a way to help the team win the game.