After swallowing two consecutive defeats, the Nuggets, who ranked sixth in the West, sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the Eighth Place In the West during the three-game losing streak.
In terms of the Nuggets, Jokic town guarded the inside line, and whether the team could end the losing streak at home has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Side of the Clippers, although head coach Tyrone Lu is lined up, the Clippers are running to the road and will obviously be caught in a bitter battle!
However, after 4 quarters of the game, with the excellent performance of Jokic + Monte Morris + Hyland, the Nuggets, who played at home, completely suppressed the Clippers in the first three quarters and occupied the initiative on the court.
Despite the final showdown, Terrance Mann + Hardten + Covington sent out consecutive efforts to lead the Clippers to several counter-attacks, narrowing the point difference to single digits at one point, preserving the suspense of the game.
But Barton + Jeff Green hit three consecutive points to help the Nuggets gain a 12-point lead, while the Clippers couldn't catch up with the points and had to shoot.
The Nuggets, who finally withstood the pressure, also defeated the Clippers 127-115 at home, winning a 12-point victory at the same time, but also giving the opposing Clippers a 4-game losing streak!
Playing at home in this game, the Nuggets swept away the decline during the losing streak, playing as many as 7 people to score in double figures, multi-point blossoming team performance, and won a 12-point victory.
In the case of Monte Morris + Barton + Jeff Green and other main players, each performing their duties, the play of the team's ace Jokic has played a crucial leading role!
Jokic was very efficient in this game, starting 33 minutes, shooting 60% of the 9-of-15 shooting, and bombing a game-high 30 points, plus 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
Among them, in the first quarter, he single-handedly broke through the single quarter to cut down 14 points of divine performance, not only led by example, led the Nuggets to open the situation smoothly, but also in the last quarter of the continuous attack and defense, personally ended the suspense of the game!
Rationally speaking, in the face of the combination of Zubac + Harden + Covington, this game, whether in terms of personal data or team performance, Jokic can be described as hanging the entire defense line of the Clippers at both ends of the attack and defense!
More importantly, after defeating the Clippers in this game and ending the losing streak, the Nuggets' regular season record also improved to 43 wins and 30 losses, leaving the Timberwolves, who ranked seventh in the West, a win gap.
Obviously, under the leadership of jokic, the core of the team, the Nuggets team still has a great chance in the next schedule to avoid the competition for the play-off zone!
On the other hand, on the Clippers side, although the team played a tenacious performance of 5 people scoring double-doubles in this game, the team ultimately failed to withstand the pressure, and the game process of swallowing 12 points of defeat + 4 consecutive losses obviously needs to be examined.
After all, under the comprehensive performance of Terrance Mann, who played well, with 24 points+ 8 rebounds + 4 assists + 1 block, the play of Reggie Jackson + Morris Jr. in this campaign is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
In this game, Reggie Jackson was slightly sluggish, starting 31 minutes, not to mention the poor hand on 6 of 18 shots, and the outside three-point shot was 4 shots and 0 shots completely lost the crosshairs.
And this campaign against the Nuggets, Morris Jr. is also completely dumbfounded, three-point shooting 6-of-0 state, failed to provide the Clippers with outside firepower help in time!
Obviously, in the case of Reggie Jackson + Morris Jr., the two sharp soldiers who can't open the situation for a long time, in the face of Jokic, who dominates the interior line, and the Nuggets, who are all soldiers, this battle has worked hard for a whole game, but the Clippers who have returned without success seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of 4 consecutive defeats.
For the team's head coach Tyren Lu, considering the team's recent downturn, I have to say that how to lead the Clippers out of the current predicament and end the losing streak is undoubtedly a big problem for Tyrone Lu!