The NBA regular season continues, with the East and West ushering in a strong dialogue, with the Hornets sitting at home to meet the Nuggets.
The Nuggets' recent slump in form has been severe, coupled with the momentum of the Timberwolves behind them, before the start of the game, the Nuggets, although still ranked sixth in the West, only 1.5 wins ahead of the Timberwolves behind them, and the team relied heavily on Jokic's performance in the absence of the second-in-command Murray and the third-in-command Porter.
On the other hand, the Hornets have been in good shape lately, and after beating the Nets to win the card battle, the team rose to eighth in the East, but the team has the same record as the Nets behind them, and if they want to keep the top eight, they must continue to win.
As soon as the game began, the Nuggets, who were playing away, were the main guests, scoring two points first and taking the lead.
The nuggets had an advantage in the quarter with accurate projection from the outside, but the Hornets managed to close the gap to just two points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Hornets continued to exert their strength, successfully completed the rebound at the beginning of the quarter, and tried to pull the score, fortunately, the Nuggets found their form at the end of the quarter and regained the lead, but with PJ Washington's three-pointer, the Hornets held a one-point lead at the end of the half and entered the half-time break.
The two teams were entangled in a fight, and the Hornets maintained a slight lead until the Nuggets completed the rebound with internal and external blossoms in the middle of the quarter.
And in one breath to pull the point difference to 9 points, while trying to further open the score, but the Hornets responded at the end of the quarter, the two teams played back and forth, the first three quarters of the war, the two teams still maintained a 9 point difference.
Entering the final quarter of the scramble, the Nuggets quickly pulled the point difference to double digits, after which the Hornets once again set off a wave of counterattacks, but Jokic was unstoppable on the inside, and finally the Nuggets beat the Hornets 113-109.
Although they lost the game, the Hornets, as a dark horse team, still played the characteristics of the team in the face of huge record pressure, and the whole team scored in double figures with 6 members.
Bridges played the most brilliantly, playing 36 minutes, shooting 12-of-22, bombing a double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds, plus 1 steal, 1 assist and 1 block, and he worked in the second half, handing over 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block at halftime.
In addition, the three-goal scored 22 points, 6 boards, 11 assists and 2 assists, Washington 10 points, 6 boards and 4 assists, Rozier 12 points and 8 assists, Oubre 12 points, 3 boards and 2 assists, and Thomas 12 points, 4 boards and 2 assists.
On the other hand, the Nuggets, last season's MVP, which has once again become MVP hot Jokic, once again delivered a perfect performance.
Played 35 minutes, 9 of 17 shots, handed over 26 points, 19 rebounds (5 frontcourts), 11 assists and 2 steals of the big triple-double, personal plus-minus of the game-high +21, in the case of the team's obvious lack of possession points due to injury, Jokic can be described as a father and a mother.
The remaining points in double figures are Gordon 21 points, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Jeff Green 14 points and 4 boards, Barton 18 points, 6 boards and 3 assists, and Morris 14 points, 3 boards and 9 assists.
With this victory, the Nuggets finally stopped the downward momentum, and a wave of two consecutive wins improved the team's record to 45 wins and 31 losses, 2 wins ahead of the Timberwolves behind them.
With the Jazz, fifth in the West, 0.5 wins away, the Nuggets could finish at any time, given the Jazz's poor performances lately.
Of course, the biggest winner is still the Nets, because the Hornets lost, the Nets directly lay to win back to the top eight, considering the Nets' remaining schedule The league is the simplest, I believe the Nets can completely keep the top eight positions, so as to enter the playoffs through a playoff game.