On February 13, Beijing time, the Bucks defeated the Nuggets 112-95 at home. This is a duel between the East and West giants, the Nuggets are fourth in the West, and the Bucks are third in the East, but the Bucks led by 5 points in the first quarter, and the Bucks opened up to 16 points at halftime, and the score difference was opened to 28 points after the third quarter, and Malone gave up the game directly in the final quarter.
In this game, both teams played with all the main forces, and it can also be seen as an MVP battle between Jokic VS Brother Alphabet, with Kicic being 6 of 12 and 1 of 2 three-pointers, scoring 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Brother Alphabet was slightly inferior, with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in 3 of 3, but Brother Alphabet's helper Bjokic was powerful, and the Bucks led by 5 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Brother Alphabet was unstoppable, 7 of 9 in a single quarter, 4 of 6 free throws, scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, while Jokic only had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the second quarter, Brother Alphabet can be said to have finished Jokic, the Nuggets only scored 21 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, and Brother Alphabet scored 18 points alone, and the second quarter became the turning point of the game, and the Bucks led to 16 points at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Bucks directly stretched the difference to 28 points with a wave of 31-19, which is also the most lead in the game, Brother Alphabet has scored 35 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks after the third quarter; Jokic played 29 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 turnovers in the third quarter, and Brother Alphabet's offensive and defensive state is obviously better.
Mokic didn't play, and Malone just gave up the game. After only scoring 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in the final quarter, he scored 36 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in 14 of 19 in 30 minutes, while Jokic scored 29 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 turnovers on 13-of-25 shooting in 31 minutes, shooting 52%.
After this game, Rivers Sr. ushered in a career 11,000 wins, becoming the eighth coach in NBA history to win 11,000 wins. The Nuggets also missed out on returning to the top three in the West.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream