Beijing time on January 17, today, the NBA ushered in a strong dialogue, the Denver Nuggets at home to meet the Utah Jazz, this is a contest between the fourth and sixth in the West, but the Nuggets, because Murray and Porter do not play, the strength is obviously at a disadvantage. Sure enough, under the leadership of Mitchell, the Jazz once stretched the score to 19 points, and in the final moments of the final quarter, the game had entered garbage time, although the Nuggets, Patton's three-point stop, but back, Gobert won again under the basket, and in the end, the Jazz won 125-102.
After this game, the Jazz ended a four-game losing streak, with a record of 29-14, ranking third in the West, and the Nuggets' record of 22 wins and 20 losses continued to rank sixth in the West. In this game, although the Nuggets lost, but Jokic's performance was not much, the whole game came down, he played 36 minutes and 44 seconds, 18 of 10, 5 of 3 points, 2 of 5 three points, cut 25 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists of the big triple-double data, the Nuggets lost, but Jokic's plus-minus was +5, this game, the Nuggets bench overall performance was not good, but the starters still played well.
The outstanding performance also ushered in two major milestones, the first milestone, according to statistics, this is Jokic's 66th career triple-double, he also surpassed the basketball star Harden to enjoy the 7th place in the all-time triple-double list. His previous six players were Westbrook (193), Big O (181), Magician (138), Kidd (107), James (102) and Chamberlain (78). The second milestone, according to statistics, Jokic has cut nine triple-doubles so far this season, tying Westbrook and tied for first place in the league.
In addition to Jokic, on the Nuggets side, Barton played 36 minutes, 6 of 17, contributing 16 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon was 8 of 15, with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Morris scored 6 of 13, 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Hyland, who performed well in the last game, had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. On the Jazz side, Mitchell played 35 minutes in this game, 11 of 24, cut 31 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and Gobert played 35 minutes in this game, 7 of 7, and exploded 18 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
In addition, Bogdanovic had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, Clarkson had 16 points and 6 rebounds, and O'Neal had 11 points and 3 rebounds. Jokic is difficult to support in this game, it turns out that the Nuggets without Murray are still a strong team, but the Nuggets without Murray are difficult to stand out from the West, Jokic is both a center forward and a defender in this game, when the father and mother, unfortunately the performance of teammates is not strong.