On January 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets played back-to-back against the Nuggets at home. Harden was sidelined due to a tight left hamstring, the Nets Big Three were all absent, the team was missing up to 8 people, and the team sent out the 24th starting lineup of the season.
The Nuggets quickly widened the point gap by relying on the hot shooting feel in the opening game, and the Nets clenched the score by multi-point blossoming, and gradually extended the lead to double digits in the second quarter. The Nuggets scored a 42-26 single-quarter score in the third quarter and successfully reversed the score. The Nuggets always held the lead in the final quarter, and the Nets failed to reverse the score. In the end, the Nets lost 118-124 to the Nuggets at home, suffering a three-game losing streak.
Statistics
Nuggets: Team 6 in double-doubles, 3 in 20+, Jokic 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Barton 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon 10 points and 5 rebounds, Morris 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Rivers Jr. 25 points, Cousins 13 points and 6 rebounds
Nets: Team 6 in double figures, Thomas 25 points, Aldridge 18 points and 8 rebounds, Mills 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Bemburi 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, James Johnson 12 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Carter 13 points and 3 assists
The Star of the Field
In this game, Jokic once again contributed 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. In the third quarter, the team was behind, and he stepped up to score 10 points in a single quarter to help the team complete the score reversal. Jokic hit a free throw at a crucial moment to secure victory for the team and help the Nuggets successfully overturn the Nets.
Highlight moments
Jokic flew Patton
Edwards scored 2+1 with a quick break with the ball
Campazzo passed Najib to a dunk
Jokic flew Jeff Green
Game review
At the beginning of the first quarter, Aldridge hit a jump shot to score the first sports game for the Nets. Barton hit a back-to-back three-pointer, Mills withdrew from the jumper and Jokic ran to dunk. The Nuggets hit a 9-0 offensive surge that managed to widen the point difference to double digits. Aldridge stopped the free throw, Bembry hooked up and the Nets scored six straight points. Cousins hit a three-pointer, Carter scored a three-pointer in color, Bemburi scored on a layup and Morris scored on a jumper. The Nets scored six consecutive points again to beat the score. Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer, Mills withdrew on a jumper, Campazzo and Nagy committed consecutive fouls and Griffin scored a whistle-blowing basket. The first quarter ended with the Nuggets leading the Nets 29-28.
At the start of the second quarter, Thomas threw a shot in, Griffin made a layup, and Cousins scored on a layup. Mills hit a three-pointer, Cousins responded with a three-pointer, Cousins made a layup, Forbes hit a three-pointer, and Carter hit a three-pointer. The two teams are in a scorching stage, and the point difference is always within 5 points. Thomas hit a three-pointer and the Nets rebounded. Gordon scored four straight points, Aldridge cut dunks, Carter hit a three-pointer and Barton made a quick stop for a jumper. Aldridge scored 2+1 consecutively, and the Nets hit a 15-2 offensive climax that stretched the point difference to double digits. Morris caused a foul and stopped the Nuggets on 1 of 2 free throws. Edwards scored on a layup. At the end of the half, the Nuggets trailed the Nets 54-65.
Easy side to fight again. Barton made a layup, Mills made 3 fouls from outside the three-point line, Morris made a quick stop for a jumper, and Aldridge hit from mid-range. Jokic hit a three-pointer, James Johnson scored 2+1, and the Nuggets scored seven straight points to close the gap to three points. Bemburi broke through, James Johnson scored with a throw, and Jokic hooked up to score. Barton broke through and Bemburi beat Jokic under the basket, and Jokic and Jeff Green scored seven straight points to beat the score. Thomas threw in the shot, Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets hit a 19-5 offensive climax in nearly six minutes to take a seven-point lead. Edwards made a free throw to stop the team, Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer and Thomas took the team's last seven points. The third quarter ended with the Nuggets leading the Nets 96-91.
At the start of the final quarter, Thomas hit a three-pointer, Rivers Jr. scored three points in color, and James Johnson and Mills scored five consecutive points to equalize. Jokic scored on a jumper, Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer, Griffin cut a dunk in the air, Jokic scored 2+1 on a layup, and Bembri threw a throw to score. Rivers Jr. and Gordon committed consecutive fouls, Mills hit a three-pointer and Gordon scored from the basket. Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer, Mills also scored a three-pointer in color, james Johnson threw a throw to score, and the two teams were 3-point difference. Gordon made a sharp stop to score, and Jokic scored consecutive free throws to help the team pull the point difference into double digits. The Nets failed to close the gap and eventually lost to the Nuggets at home.
Both sides started
Nuggets: Monte Morris, Barton, Jeff Green, Aaron Gordon, Jokic
Nets: Mills, Bemburi, Edwards, James Johnson, Aldridge
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)