Live bar March 5, the NBA regular season continues, the Nuggets host the Rockets, the Nuggets are currently 36 wins and 26 losses in the 6th place in the West, the Rockets are experiencing another wave of 11 consecutive losses to continue to be at the bottom of the West, this game Jokic is absent due to illness. Cousins was in good shape at the beginning to help the Nuggets quickly establish a lead, but a group of young players from the Rockets could bite the score with momentum, Sagu finally came up to help the Rockets lead by 1 point, and the Nuggets benches stood up in the second quarter, Hyland and Jamacao Green successively became The Wizards to help the Nuggets regain the initiative in the game, but the last 2 minutes or so the Nuggets did not get a point, and the Rockets seized the opportunity to play a 10-0 attack wave to re-chase the 5-point difference. In the third quarter, Cousins continued his fiery state in a sudden outside shot to help the Nuggets firmly grasp the lead of more than ten points, in the face of the Rockets' chasing ball Nuggets can always give a response, the last quarter Nuggets always maintained a double-digit lead, the Rockets in the second half of the outer line feel is also general, the point difference has not been narrowed, and finally the Nuggets repelled the Rockets, sending opponents 12 consecutive losses.
Both sides of the data
Nuggets (37-26): Cousins 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, Barton 11 points, Morris 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Jeff Green 14 points, Aaron Gordon 12 points, Jamako Green 14 points and 9 rebounds, Hyland 11 points and 5 assists
Rockets (15-48): Wood 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Jaylen Green 18 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Eric Gordon 11 points, Tate 10 points and 6 rebounds, Porter Jr. 9 points and 5 rebounds, Sagu 11 points and 10 rebounds
At the beginning of the first quarter, Cousins came up and threw in three points, Aaron Gordon also attacked and passed to help the Nuggets play a good start of 7-0, Eric Gordon finally started the Rockets with three consecutive three points, Jaylen Green broke through the layup can also help the Rockets quickly respond to a wave of 8-0, after which the two sides continued to fight iron into a chaotic battle, Cousins slowly three steps to the basket to play 2+1 finally broke the deadlock, Wood air dunk finally broke the scoring drought of nearly 4 minutes, Cousins continued to score points under the basket continuously, but Wood was able to respond. The two sides engaged in a glue tug-of-war, the Nuggets maintained a slight lead, Jeff continued to hit the inside to cause damage, but Sagu came up and made a layup to help the Rockets reverse the score, and the first quarter ended, and the Rockets led the Nuggets 26-25.
In the second quarter, Hyland came up and grabbed a counterattack to cause rockets Gordon to be offside, the Nuggets scored 4 points in one round to regain the initiative, Eric Gordon made a strong basket to stop the bleeding, Hylander assisted Reid after stealing and hit another three points, and the Nuggets regained control of the game. Timeout back, Sagu folded the layup and stopped the bleeding, but Jamacao Green stood up again to help the Nuggets play another 8-2 small climax and finally led to double digits, and then the shooting rate of both sides dropped continuously, Jaylen's consecutive mid-range shots stopped the decline, but Jeff's outside three-pointers were grasped, the Nuggets continued to widen the point gap, Wood and Tate led the Rockets to kill the inside line in quick succession to respond to a wave of 10-0 small climaxes to chase the score, and at the end of the half, the Nuggets 51-46 surpassed the Rockets by 5 points.
Easy side to fight again, Cousins continued the good feel of the first half inside the outside to cut 7 points to help the Nuggets re-open the score, Wood dunked to stop the bleeding urgently, Morris three-point finally opened and after the Nuggets opened to double digits again, Jaylen's bottom corner three-pointer grasped the rapid response to the answer ball, Porter Jr. also killed the inside line, and the Rockets continued to bite the score. Timeout back, Aaron Gordon and Barton hit jump shots in succession to stop the bleeding, the Nuggets regained the lead to double digits, and then the two sides continued to attack, Barton found the feel and threw a retreat three-pointer, but Porter Jr. could also respond to the answer ball, Cousins came up and the three-point addition could also take points continuously, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets were 87-70 ahead of the Rockets by 17 points.
In the final quarter, Forbes added 2 points from mid-range, but Martin Jr. and Eric Gordon immediately hit three consecutive three-point shots to chase the close-point difference, or Cousins killed the inside line to stop the bleeding, Hyland and Reid outside the line can also throw three points in succession, the Nuggets a wave of 10-3 small climax will directly open the point difference to more than 20 points, Jaylen Green also stood up to hit a continuous long-range shot to cut 6 points to help the Rockets continue to live, Cousins basket dunk continued to stabilize the situation, Morris also threw in a row into the long-range shooting to cut 6 points, the Nuggets re-opened the point difference, The Rockets directly replaced the bench with a "surrender", and finally the Nuggets defeated the Rockets 116-101.
Both sides started
Nuggets: Morris, Button, Aaron Gordon, Jeff Green, Cousins
Rockets: Eric Gordon, Tate, Jaylen Green, Porter Jr., Wood
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