On April 13, Beijing time, the NBA game continued, and the Nuggets challenged the Spurs away, although they ranked first in the West, the Nuggets did not take turns off, and it seemed that Zhuge Malone was determined to lead the team to the top of the Western Conference. The Spurs are in the bottom 1 of the West, Wembanyama continues to play, and if they lose the last two games, the Spurs will also have the worst record in the West, so the chances of winning the top pick will greatly increase. Nuggets starting lineup: Murray + Pope + Porter + Gordon + Jokic, Spurs starting lineup: Jones + Wesley + Champagnie + Mamukelashvili + Wembanyama.
In the first quarter, both teams had a good offense, with the Spurs playing 32-31 and leading the Nuggets by one point. In the second quarter, the Nuggets began to exert their strength, and after blasting 37-18, the lead reached 18 points, and at halftime, the Nuggets 68-50 Spurs. The Nuggets' Joshua had 14 points, four rebounds and three assists in the half, and Wembanyama had 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists. In today's NBA league, the player who can explode with Jokic, in addition to Embiid, is Wembanyama, which shows how much potential this 20-year-old young star has, and he will definitely be a signature player in the NBA in the future.
In the third quarter, the Spurs began to chase points frantically, and after a 37-32 run, they still trailed the Nuggets by 13 points. In the fourth quarter, the Spurs performed like a top team, the Nuggets were inferior on both offensive and defensive ends, and with 0.9 seconds left in the game, the Spurs outscored the Nuggets 121-120, and Graham scored a key shot to complete the kill. In the end, the Nuggets lost 120-121 to the Spurs, ending a three-game winning streak, while the Spurs completed an 18-point comeback and a last-minute kill, which is really the magic of today's NBA game.
For the Nuggets, Jokic had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, Murray had 35 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon had 13 points and Porter had 14 points. The Spurs' Wembanyama scored 34 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, directly beating Jokic, which is incredible, Graham contributed 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and was also the main contributor to the Spurs' victory today.
After the Nuggets' loss to the Spurs, the Western Conference playoff landscape changed again. The Timberwolves have a chance to win the first place in the West, and they are likely to face the Lakers or Warriors in the first round of the playoffs, while the Nuggets are likely to be ranked second.