After a three-game losing streak, the New York Knicks once again dragged the team to Denver to take on the Nuggets, who were stationed there. As a team that was still able to make the playoffs last season, the Knicks rekindled their desire for the playoffs in the offseason, not only spending a lot of money to retain players who contributed, but also further strengthening in the free market, intending to continue to create glory. However, the reality is always very bone, the team leader Randall has not been able to play the all-Star technical level again this season, and once became a burden to the team's loss.
Not only that, Rose and Walker and others have also suffered injuries and missed the team's games for a long time, so that the Knicks can only maintain a record of 24 wins and 30 losses at this stage, ranking 12th in the East. And this time the away challenge to the 6th place Nuggets in the West, the Knicks have not been able to get out of the dilemma of losing consecutively. At the beginning of the game, the Denver Nuggets, who played at home, took the lead in getting into the form. Jokic shot 4-of-5 in the first quarter, giving away a comprehensive statistic of 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Barton also had 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, helping the team play a 40-36 single-quarter score to take a 4-point lead.
Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Nuggets, who had a lead in the score, once again threatened, continuing to widen the point difference between the two teams. Hayland, who came off the bench, stepped forward and shot a key 11 points with 100% shooting from 3 of 3 in the single quarter, as well as Jeff Green, who handed over 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals. With the two of them in a row, the Nuggets scored 43-24 to take a 19-point lead. The first half of the game is over, and the point difference between the two sides has reached a crucial 23 points! The point difference between the two teams has widened one after another, and the Nuggets have almost sealed the victory.
The Knicks, who entered the third quarter, did not choose to give up, taking advantage of the Nuggets' lax defense, and also played a 34-28 score to recover the 6 points behind in the first half. However, we have to admit that before entering the crucial final quarter of the showdown, the difference between the two sides is still 17 points, and the Nuggets still maintain the absolute initiative to win the game. In the fourth quarter of the regular showdown, things also went smoothly, the Nuggets did not give the Knicks a chance to continue to fight back, with a 21-21 single-quarter score, stabilizing the win.
In the end, the fourth quarter was over the regular time, and the Nuggets scored a 17-point victory with a score of 132-115! Looking back at the game, the overall performance of the nuggets players was very good, not only 6 players scored double digits, but even 4 players scored 20+. Among them, the star Jokic sent 21 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in the 30 minutes of playing, and Barton also had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. And the players on the bench were good: Hyland scored the team's highest score of 22 points, and Jeff Green dreamed of returning to the top. He played only 17 minutes and scored a crucial 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting, helping the team outperform his opponents by 21 points!
And see the Knicks side, although the star Randall played himself, sent the highest score of 28 points in the game, as well as 10 rebounds and 6 assists of luxury data, but in the end he failed to lead the team to achieve a final reversal. Originally refused to partner old Zhan, in the process of going around the league to become the big boss of the New York Knicks, but can not play the results, for Randall is happy or worried?