On February 13, Beijing time, the Nuggets narrowly defeated the Raptors 110-109 to avoid a losing streak. This game is the second game of the Nuggets back-to-back, last night the Nuggets lost to Lu Kai in Boston, this game the Nuggets still have some physical problems, but relying on tenacious perseverance to win the second away game back-to-back. The Nuggets led by seven points in the first quarter, were overtaken by one point in the second quarter, trailed behind after the third quarter, and finished the 27-23 reverse in the final quarter.
In this game, Nikola Jokic's physical distribution must be specially adjusted by Mike Malone, he has 5 minutes and 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter before he appears, it is obvious that Malone is afraid of "tired" Mr. Jo, but Mr. Jokic won for the team in this crucial 5 minutes, and completed 2+1 to help the Nuggets complete the rebound, VanVleet broke through the hit and then Jokic played a strong rebound under the basket, Jokic is the player who cannot be limited.
Jokic hit a key ball that stretched the difference to 5 points 1 minute and 34 seconds before the final game, but VanVleet hit a key three-point shot, and the Raptors narrowed the point difference to 1 point 22 seconds before the final game, at which time Jokic made two mistakes and did not score, and the Raptors foul tactics worked.
VanVleet got a three-point shootout opportunity, but Van Jordan missed three points, raptors Anunoby grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, Jokic was really tired, Anunoby got a second offensive kill opportunity, but Jokic completed the block, and finally equal to Jokic's blocking!
The whole game Jokic 34 minutes, 10 of 16, 2 of 3 points, 8 of 10 free throws, 28 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, shooting 62.5%, in the last 5 minutes of 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Jokic's ability at key moments is too strong, even if it is very tired, it can still help the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
In fact, the Raptors' dual-core Siakam and VanVleet are already good enough, but unfortunately they met MVP superstar Nikola Jokic. VanVleet had 7 of 14 in the game, 6 of 11 on three points, and had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 enough for 1 steal; Sika had 42 minutes in the game, 16 of 22, 3 of 7 on three points, 35 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, the two combined to score 60 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, but in the end it was an empty cut.
Text/Yan Xiaobai