The Rockets beat the Nuggets to win 6 in a row!Jokic slashed 36+20+11 in the air, and Porter Jr. finally cashed in on his talent after five years
On November 13th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Rockets sat at home to meet the challenge of the Nuggets, both teams have been in excellent form in the near future, and the Rockets have won a wave of five consecutive wins, and now they have reached the fourth place in the West, and the Nuggets Although Murray is injured, they are still the first in the division, this game is also very interesting, then let's talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Jokic and Gordon combined to score 5 points to open the situation for the Nuggets, Shen Jing responded with an inside kill, Van Jordan teamed up with Dillon to score 5 points, Gordon and Jokic combined to score 4 points in response, Dillon hit a three-point shot, Pope responded with three points, and the two sides played a good confrontation in the first half of the first quarter, but at the end of the quarter, Jokic teamed up with Porter to play a climax, helping the Nuggets establish a lead, and at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets led the Rockets by 7 points.
In the second quarter, Tate and Jeff Green scored successively to help the Rockets narrow the gap, with Van Jordan and Jabari Smith scoring 4 points, the Rockets overtook the opponent, seeing that the opponent was about to rise, Jokic and Porter Jr. also stood up, the two combined for 9 points, helping the team re-extend the lead to 7 points, but at the end of the quarter, Shen Jing and Jalen Green stepped up, and with Green hitting a three-point shot, the Rockets chased down by 4 points and ended the first half.
Yibian replayed Porter Jr.'s mid-range hit to help the Nuggets extend their lead, Shen Jing and Jabari Smith responded with 4 points, and then Dillon and Shen Jing scored successively to help the Rockets chase down by 1 point, Aaron Gordon and Reggie hit three-point responses one after another, Jokic killed inside, Green made a killing response, and at the end of the quarter, Gillespie scored a mid-range shot to help the Nuggets lead by 2 points to end the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Jeff Green scored 5 points in a row to help the team overtake the Nuggets, Gordon and Porter Jr. responded with 4 points, Jeff Glan and Ethan combined with 5 points, Porter dunked, Van Jordan broke through and responded with a kill, the Rockets relied on the play of the whole team, they once extended the lead to double digits, and then although the Nuggets played a good offense, chasing down by 3 points in the last 14 seconds, but the team made a passing error in the final moments, and they lost to the Rockets 104-107.
Green is locked up, and Shin Kyung is still good
After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' play, this game Rockets Jalen Green failed to maintain the past few excellent performances, he shot 1 of 11 in the game, 1 of 4 three-pointers scored 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 assist, although this game was not good, but Jalen Green compared to before, he is indeed not blind, but he is not good at being targeted by the opponent's defense, and his overall view is better, which also proves his growth.
This game Van Jordan proved his ability to play a tough battle, he shot 9 of 18 from the field, 3 of 8 from three-point range and scored 26 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Dillon shot 3 of 6 from the field, and 1 of 3 from three-point range to score 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Shen Jing is commendable in this campaign, to be honest, now Udoka is interested in developing Shen Jing in the direction of Jokic, and Shen Jing is doing very well, this campaign is facing the league's first center, or the first person in the league, Shen Jing is not timid, he played his own style, Shen Jing shot 10 in the game, 3 points 2 in 0 and scored 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, in the previous 8 games of this game, Shen Jing averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game, which is very good.
Jokic played steadily, and Porter Jr. cashed in on his talent
Jokic's play in this game is still very stable, he shot 13 of 24 from the field, 2 of 4 from three-point range, and scored 36 points, 20 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 block. He used his strength and low-level skills to punish his opponent, and Mr. Yue's ability is indeed unique for now.
In addition to Jokic, the Nuggets played the best in this game is Porter Jr., after Murray's injury, Porter Jr. proved himself, he shot 11 of 19 in this game, 3 of 9 three-pointers and scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block, Porter Jr. has gotten more balls recently, he played a good offense, and Porter Jr.'s defense is better than before, since Murray's injury, Porter Jr. has scored 17 points, 22 points, and 27 points in the past three games, and his performance is very good.
Porter Jr. was the No. 14 pick in the first round in 18, he was the No. 1 high school student in the United States that year, if it weren't for a back injury, he would have even snatched Ayton's top spot, in the past few years, Porter Jr. has been on and off because of a back injury, even if he helped the team win the championship last season, he didn't get more recognition, the outside world thinks Gordon is the team's third core, and now Murray is injured He has proven his ability, this season is the sixth year of his career, the fifth season he played in (rookie season reimbursement), he finally cashed in on his talent.
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