The Nuggets refused to score 20 points and narrowly beat the Hawks: Jokic 25+8+8 Bogdan 40+10 three-pointers
On December 12, Beijing time, when the defending champion Nuggets were trailing by up to 11 points, Jokic combined with attacks and passes to activate the Nuggets 3 20+, Murray and Strausser also scored 20+ points, and the Nuggets counterattacked by up to 20 points ahead of the Hawks. Bogdan hit 10 three-pointers and 40 points to create a career high, leading the Hawks to chase a narrow gap in the final moments and almost counterattack, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Hawks 129-122 to end a three-game losing streak and become the second team in the West to achieve 15 wins, while the Hawks swallowed four consecutive losses. The Nuggets scored 20+ points with 3 players, Jokic scored 25 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks and made two key free throws, Murray scored 29 points and 9 rebounds and Strauser scored 22 points, and the Hawks In addition to the Bogdan explosion, Murray scored 21 points and Trae Young had 19 points and 9 assists.
The defending champion Nuggets have suffered three straight defeats and their record has slipped to 14-9 and is in fourth place in the West. Facing the Hawks, who had suffered three consecutive defeats, the two sides met for the first time of the season, and naturally both sides were extremely eager to win.
The Nuggets were suppressed by the Hawks' offensive firepower in the first quarter, and they trailed by eight points at 28-36 in the first quarter, and the Nuggets trailed the Hawks by 11 points at the most in this game. However, the Nuggets scored 11 points in the second quarter at 37-26 and outscored the Hawks by three points at 65-62 in the first half.
They won by 14 points in the third quarter 38-24, and the Nuggets had surpassed the Hawks by 17 points in the first three quarters, and the Nuggets led the Hawks by as many as 20 points at the most moment.
However, the Nuggets used the team to suppress and suppress the Hawks, but the Hawks sharpshooter Bogdan ushered in a big explosive performance, he hit 10 three-pointers all over the court, especially the crazy three-point rain in the final quarter to break the Nuggets' outside defense, helping the Hawks to fight back tenaciously at the most moment to chase points and see the hope of counterattack.
With 30.5 seconds left in the final quarter, Bei made two fouls and made one of two free throws to chase only 4 points, and the Hawks made a key out-of-bounds error, and the Hawks failed to challenge. Jokic was fouled and hit both free throws, and Bogdan missed consecutive three-point shots, and finally the Nuggets narrowly beat the Hawks to end a three-game losing streak.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)