On December 19, Beijing time, the Denver Nuggets beat the Dallas Mavericks. The Nuggets led by 8 points in the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets opened up to 9 points at halftime, the Nuggets led by 18 points after the third quarter, and a wave of 13-4 in the final quarter directly pulled to more than 25 points, and then the game entered garbage time early.
Doncic was voted Western Conference Player of the Week ahead of the tournament and has won 10 Western Conference Player of the Week awards since the 19-20 season, the most of any player in the West in the last five seasons.
At the beginning, you have to play the Nuggets team alone, you have to score 6 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 2 of 7 in the first quarter, and the Nuggets have more flowers, Murray has 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Murray has 4 points, Gordon has 8 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, and Reggie has 6 points.
Doncic exploded in the second quarter, 8 of 9 in 10 minutes in a single quarter, 6 of 7 three-pointers, scored 22 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the team only scored 39 points, Doncic has scored 28 points, 6 assists + 6 three-pointers in the half, but the team is behind by 9 points.
In the third quarter, Doncic's three-point hand declined, but he continued to make fouls, 2 of 5 in a single quarter, 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Doncic had 36 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the third quarter, but trailed by nearly 20 points.
Doncic continued to lead the team in the final quarter and did not give up, but Jokic on the Nuggets side played 13-4 to put the game into garbage time without appearing in the second lineup, Doncic scored 2 points and 3 rebounds in the last 3 minutes of the second half to punch in the second half, in other words, 8 minutes in the final quarter were garbage time, Doncic played 36 minutes, 13 of 24, 6 of 12 three-pointers, 6 of 10 free throws, scored 38 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, shooting 54.2% and 50% three-point shooting.
In this matchup of the kings of Europe, Jokic (8+9+7) won the game and Doncic won the data, which seemed to be a win-win ending.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream