February 5 news, the NBA regular season a focus battle, the New Orleans Pelicans away to challenge the Denver Nuggets, in the end, the Pelicans won 113-105. In this game, the No. 35 rookie broke out, and the team won by 18 points in the last quarter, and the MVP did not fall behind.
In the first half, the two teams played more glued, the scores were close in both quarters, the Pelicans lost 2 points 27-29 in the first quarter, and recovered a point 24-23 in the second quarter, and the half was still on the same starting line. Easy side to fight again, the third quarter is still fierce, both teams have improved their status, both bombed 30+, the Pelicans won another point 31-30, and the two sides drew into the final final showdown. In the fourth quarter, the Pelicans crushed their opponents 31-23 and took away the victory.
Looking at the whole field, it can be said that it is a certain winner and loser. In the most critical fourth quarter, the Pelicans came up with a strange soldier, and what is even more rare is that this strange soldier is still a rookie. He was Herbert Jones, who was selected with the 5th pick in the second round.
Jones started the game, played 34 minutes, shot 8-of-10, including 3-of-4 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free throw line, and exploded with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, making him the brightest man in the game.
Especially in the last quarter, Jones exploded, and he scored 18 points in a single quarter. And when facing the superstar and MVP Jokic, he did not fall behind at all, and even used the European step to play the opponent to establish the victory. Jokic is also in good shape, shooting 7-of-10, 3-of-3 from three-point range, 8-of-8 from the free throw line, and having 25 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, but unfortunately it becomes an empty cut, unable to help the team win, and the data becomes meaningless.
After the game, the Pelicans won two straight games to finish 11th in the West with 20-32 and just one win away from the play-off zone. The Nuggets, on the other hand, suffered three consecutive losses and finished sixth in the West with 28-24 losses.