The Nuggets were reversed 98-102 by the Warriors to drag the series into Game 6, and finally lost 1-4 after falling behind 3-0 in the big score. In this game, Nikola Jokic suffered foul difficulties, played only 32 minutes in the whole game, and swallowed his fifth foul early in the final quarter, he scored 12 points in the last quarter of five fouls without nuggeting, but unfortunately he missed the most crucial three-pointer.
Jokic suffered a lot of heavy blows in this series, such as the 37+8+6 data after being plugged in by the dream, and the 30 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists after being locked in the throat of Clay.
In this game, Jokic scored 32 minutes, 12-of-18, scored 30 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, shooting 66.7%, if Jokic could play 10 more minutes, the game situation might be different.
Draymond Green praised Jokic in a post-match interview: Absolutely incredible player, that's why he won MVP last year and why it's possible to get MVP again, and playing with him is fantastic, he makes me better.
In a subsequent interview, Dream praised Jokic again, saying: "By a player with such talent and at the end, he will become weak, but Jokic is not soft at all, and I am very excited to play with him, he makes me better. ”
[Chasing dreams is to support Jokic to win the rhythm of MVP, and also praises the teacher about his talent and skills are still very tough]
The Nuggets bench in this series sat Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., Rivers also retired from this G5 injury, Hyland sprained his ankle and came out with an injury, and Jokic's right leg also suffered an injury. But he averaged 31 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.6 steals in such situations, shooting 57.5 percent from the field.
Earlier, the Nuggets reporter talked about the early renewal of Jokic's offseason, his 5-year contract of 147 million will expire in 2023, he is eligible to renew the Nuggets' contract for 5 years and 254 million this summer, and he has the hope of surpassing the 5-year 228 million of alphabet brothers to become the highest salary in history. Jokic said: If this contract is on the table, I will sign it directly.
Nuggets reporters look forward to the future, Jokic, Murray, Gordon, Porter Jr. these four people can appear healthily, the future Nuggets must be a strong contender for the championship. Of course, it's all because there is Jokic.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream