On March 7, Beijing time, the New Orleans Pelicans lost to the Denver Nuggets 130-138 on the road. In this battle, the two sides fought until extra time to divide the victory and defeat. In the final moments of the fourth quarter, the two sides staged a divine plot, the Pelicans could have accepted the game directly, but the team repeatedly missed the free throw, and the Nuggets made many mistakes, but they crossed the line, jokic can be said to have single-handedly helped the team into overtime.
In the final moments, the Pelicans had the initiative to win the game, after all, they were at most four points ahead of their opponents. But into the final minute, when the Nuggets were trailing by 4 points, Hernangomez personally fouled Jokic, Jokic hit all 2 free throws, and then McCollum drifted to shoot and Miss, jokic grabbed a defensive rebound. At this point, the Nuggets trailed by two points.
In attack, Jokic was whistled for an offensive foul, at which point Graham had two chances to take free throws, and as long as two goals were scored, the chances of the team winning would increase. However, Graham actually only shot one goal, and the Pelicans led by three points.
Jokic then received an assist from Gordon and broke through the dunk. At this point, the Nuggets fouled again, at this time, Ingram made two free throws, and the result was only one goal, and the Nuggets only trailed by two points.
After that, Jokic's shot was fouled, and he hit two consecutive free throws to tie the score. When the Pelicans had a 3-second chance to kill at the end, they did not expect the Nuggets to steal, but Green missed the deadly goal.
However, after a magical moment in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets' morale soared and they performed extremely well in overtime, winning the game.