On January 17, Beijing time, the Nuggets played at home against the Jazz, and the Nuggets lost to the Jazz 102-125 at the end of the game. The Nuggets are fighting back-to-back in this game, plus playing against strong teams like the Nuggets, and the Jazz are no tougher than the Lakers and they have tough centers like Gobert, so it will be a very difficult thing for the Nuggets to win this game. However, after the game began, although the Jazz once occupied the lead, the Nuggets were still able to respond to catch up with the score, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Jazz suddenly opened the score, and finally the Nuggets suffered a fiasco.
The Nuggets started 8-0 in the first quarter, but in the following games, Mitchell and Bojan helped the team chase points, Gordon responded at the critical moment, and the next game each played to give the Nuggets a lead, but the Nuggets did not perform well in the final stage, Clarkson led the team to play a wave of offensive climax, and the Nuggets trailed by 4 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Jazz continued to be in a state, and the multi-player play was to open the score, but then Jokic and Barton helped the team chase points, but Mitchell's state broke out, coupled with Bojan's play, the Nuggets fell behind by 10 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter of the game Jokic led the team to chase points, although Mitchell and others scored to stop the bleeding, but in Gordon, Barton played the Nuggets to complete the rebound, the final stage of Ingles, Mitchell to respond, the end of the third quarter Jazz led by 3 points. In the fourth quarter, the Jazz played a wave of 11-0 to open the score, Jokic scored to stop the bleeding, but Clarkson and Mitchell continued to maintain the lead, and finally the Nuggets gave up the game to let the Jazz win a big win.
This game can not be said that the Nuggets did not play in the game, after all, Jokic, Gordon and Barton have a good performance in the game, which is also the key to the Nuggets once being able to bite the score, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Nuggets were prematurely pulled apart by the Jazz, so even if Jokic tried to help the team chase points, but their own side of the offensive firepower is limited, the Jazz instead of performing well, so the Nuggets are powerless to return to the sky to lose the game. At the end of the game, Jokic had 25 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists, Barton had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Gordon had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
On the other hand, Gobert returned to the united states, his advantage in the interior is very obvious, and after Gobert's return, the Jazz's defense has been significantly improved, so the Jazz can win a big win, of course, Mitchell is also good enough in this game, the end of the game Mitchell got 31 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, but in fact, in the previous game, Mitchell did not play a good offense, but the reason why the Jazz achieved the current results is because the interior line has a strong defense, This is also why the Jazz were able to win after Gobert returned, at the end of the game Gobert got 18 points, 19 rebounds and 2 assists, plus-minus +36 is also the jazz team's highest, and when you see here, who is the jazz core at a glance, obviously Gobert is.
And looking at such Jazz, James is afraid to be dangerous, after all, the current Lakers will put a small lineup in the game, but looking at such a Gobert, James wants to score difficult not to say, more importantly, how the Lakers keep their own inside line is really a problem, and now the Timberwolves also win the game to surpass the Lakers, if the Lakers can not stop the losing streak, then the Lakers will become more difficult.