On December 29, Beijing time, the Nuggets defeated the Warriors 89-86 to win two consecutive wins. The Nuggets' opening offensive and defensive start in this game was excellent, leading the Warriors by 15 points in a single quarter, and the Warriors' second lineup did not play out to be pulled to 26 points, the Warriors only scored 36 points in the first half and the Nuggets scored 60 points at halftime; in the third quarter, the Warriors recovered 11 points, and the Warriors erased the 24-point difference in the final quarter, but 2.4 seconds before the end, Campazo led by 3 points, and the Warriors did not reverse the failure of the three points.
This game is actually also an MVP battle, Curry is the second in the BBR's MVP list, Jokic is the fourth on the list, and this battle is a direct dialogue between the two. The performance of these two people in the whole first half was polarized, Curry was extremely poor, Jokic was excellent to infinity, it felt like the gods were not in the state, nor was it that the Nuggets defense was so good, or curry was in poor shape.
Curry played 16 minutes in the first half, 1 of 6, 5 of 3-pointers, only 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, he himself was a little frustrated, after three consecutive misses, he lowered his head, and kept shaking his head when he returned to defense, where Najib hit a mid-range and roared. The entire half, which is rare, is sluggish.
Jokic is different, he has won 25 + 20 + 5 in his previous two games, this game was also very comprehensive in the first half, 16 minutes, 8 of 6, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, he connected the team's offense very well. Barton blasted down 17 points + 4-of-5 from three in the first half with his help.
Curry in the third quarter is actually still not good, 1 of 3 in a single quarter, 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but relying on the team's hard work to defend the single quarter net win of 11 points to pull the game back to the range that can be reversed, Wiggins 7 points in a single quarter, Anderson 3 points, Payton II 6 points are all points chasers. Jokic's feel in the third quarter fell seriously, 5 of 0 in a single quarter, 2 of 3 points, 2 of 3 points, 1 assist and 2 steals, and the decline in the efficiency value of Jokic became the key to the Nuggets being chased points.
As Curry hit his first three-pointer in the third quarter, he became the first player in NBA history to hit the 3,000+ three-point mark, and Curry will continue to refresh the NBA's regular season three-point shooting count, but the third quarter is 2-of-9 + 8-of-8.
At the end of the game, Kirch led the team to chase only 9 points, Curry hit 3001 three-pointers and chased only 5 points, Jokic rebounded in front of the basket and finally scored points, Curry hit three points and then chased 3 points, the Nuggets did not hit the Warriors equalized consecutively, Barton's second offense rebounded again 2 points, Barton protected the rebound Wiggins foul two free throws, Wiggins dunked a 2-point gap, Jokic big hat Cuminga locked up the win.
Curry scored 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-20 23 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 1 block on 8-of-20 shooting, and Jokic had 22 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Jokic was the nuggets' first victory in this game.
Text/Yan Xiaobai