Inadvertently, jokic's Denver Nuggets once again won a five-game winning streak, further cementing their sixth-place position in the West. If nothing else, they won't need to play in the playoffs to get a ticket to the playoffs. However, the reality is always so harsh, and the Los Angeles duo are still on the edge of the playoffs, including the Portland Trail Blazers, who are currently in tenth place in the West with a record of 25 wins and 35 losses. Lillard, the team's star, has not returned to the game due to injury.
Moreover, they also sent away the second-in-command CJ McCollum before the trade deadline, thus getting Hart and the others of the Pelicans. In fact, after the deal, the Blazers also had a four-game winning streak. Obviously, the transaction is still relatively successful. In this game, the Blazers accepted the challenge of the Nuggets, and what kind of posture should they face? Let's move on. At the beginning of the game, the away Denver Nuggets took the lead and gained a lead.
Although Jokic shot 1 of 2 in the first quarter, he had 4 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and Jeff Green also had 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, which helped the team play 32-27 to take a 5-point lead. After achieving the feat of domination at the beginning, the Nuggets can continue to widen the point difference between the two sides after entering the second quarter of the showdown. Jokic was willing to play a supporting role, making 0 shots in the second quarter and delivering 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Jeff Green also had 6 points and 1 steal, and Jermiel Green sent 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal. With the three of them in a row, the Nuggets sent another 33-21 score.
At the end of the first half, the Nuggets took a 17-point lead with a 65-48 lead. The Nuggets, who maintained a score lead, were able to stabilize the situation and refuse to open the team's reversal. In the third quarter of the competition, although the new signing Hart of the Blazers side can produce 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal with an efficient output of 4 shots and 3 shots, it is only to help the team play a 22-21 score and recover the 1 point behind in the first half. Until the crucial final-quarter game, the Nuggets still maintained a 16-point lead.
It is worth affirming that Jokic once played the role of green leaf in this game, did not get a lot of shots, but was able to lead the team to a big lead, which has proved that they did not pay attention to the Blazers at all. In the fourth quarter of the regular showdown, the Nuggets' starters clocked in one after another, but the substitute players showdown, played a 38-22 score, once again got a 16-point lead, and with a total score of 124-92, completed a 32-point victory! Jokic, who only played three quarters of the game, although he only had five shots in this game, he gave away a comprehensive stat of 8 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists.
At the same time, Cousins, who has many opportunities to play and shoot, has once again proved the strength of his former first center: 18 minutes off the bench, 6 of 10 shots, and 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Perhaps, we all underestimated Cousins' ability, who had only lacked a chance to prove himself before. In fact, not only cousins on the bench played the technical level of the dream back to the peak, Green also had 20 points and 10 rebounds, playing his own value.