Jokic is unstoppable
Jokic dominates the first place in the MVP rankings is not unreasonable, in the absence of two cores, he single-handedly led the team, leading the team to rank sixth in the West, and the high-level data continues to create historical records. But everyone understands that Jokic may be able to play a perfect individual performance, but basketball is a team game, and the Nuggets are still not far away from the playoff stage. In contrast, last season's Eastern Conference Black Marcnis was difficult to say.
After Derrick Rose's injury, the team has continued to fall in the rankings and is now in twelfth place in the East, having recently suffered three consecutive defeats. This game away to the Nuggets, and it is back-to-back, the Knicks can imagine the odds.
The Nuggets scored 83 points at halftime
As the only star player on the team, Jokic played very firmly at the beginning of the first quarter, constantly shooting under the basket, 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5 shooting, Gordon and Barton both scored 7 points, and the team bombed 40 points in the first quarter, which was very hot. However, the Knicks are also in good shape, scoring 36 points in a single quarter, including Randle with 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Fournier 12 points and 1 rebound. After returning from the second quarter, the Nuggets' offense was even more unreasonable, and the bench completely exploded.
Hyland scored 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting, Green also had eight points, four rebounds and two steals, and the Nuggets bench blasted 26 points in the second quarter to score 43 points for the team, leading the Knicks by as many as 23 points at the end of halftime. In the second half, Randall shot 4 of 6 and had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Fournier also had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, Barrett scored 9 points on 3-of-4 three-point shooting, and the team fired 34 points in a single quarter, successfully narrowing the point difference to 17 points. Everyone felt that when Randle was going to lead the team to create suspense, he was once again showing his stuffing.
After returning from the last quarter, Randall did not score a point on 0-of-2 shooting, only 3 rebounds and 1 assist, time passed minute by minute, and the point difference was always around 20 points. In the end, the Denver Nuggets defeated the New York Knicks by 17 points at home 132-115, winning two consecutive games and giving the opponent three consecutive losses.
Jokic didn't exert himself
Jokic only played 30 minutes in this game, 8 of 14 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 21 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Barton had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Hyland on the bench had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Green had 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and the team scored 20+, in addition to Gordon, who had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-12 shooting.
The Knicks suffered 3 consecutive losses, although Randall got 28 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, but the last quarter was still a point, it is worth mentioning that in the last game against the Jazz, Randall shot 0 of 4 in the last quarter, and only 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Fournier had 21 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three steals, Barrett had 18 points, two rebounds and two assists, veteran Gibson had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals on 5-of-6 shooting, Burks had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Topin also had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, playing only 13 minutes.