Big upset!The defending champions crashed down, Jokic hit a quadruple-double and Alexander hit a 40 4 3
On December 30, Beijing time, the first game of the NBA season will be played in Denver, and it will be a much-anticipated game. Prior to that, the Thunder were 20-9, 3rd in the East, offensive, defensive, defensive, defensive, defense, league-wide, average rebounds, top-3 in the league, average per game, without a single weak ring!In addition to this, a new three-man line-up has also taken shape, with Alexander winning with 311 point 58 rebounds 6With a performance of 5 assists, he became the third MVP, behind only Embiid, Jokic, and Antetokounmpo. Holmgren averaged 17 in his rookie season5 points 78 rebounds 2With 7 blocks, almost unbreakable, and he has a wide range of defenses and is very efficient in key moments. Striker Jayway, who averaged 18 points this season3+52%+42%, there is a big improvement in defense and attack, the future of Jay Wei is unlimited!
The Nuggets have a recent 23-10 record, which is why the Nuggets have only won twice this season, 13-2, once against Houston and once twice, and two weeks ago, they won by just one point. The Nuggets were champions last season, and their quality hasn't improved much, and Gordon's injury has made them in a very bad situation, but, with Jokic leading the way, their bottom line is still very high. In the last ten rounds, the Nuggets have won nine in a row, and the only defeat was the Thunder!In the recent MVP rankings, Jokic is in his third week of MVP, while Embiid continues to hold the top spot. Nuggets: Murray, Pop, Porter, Watson, Jokic, this is their first chance to play.
The Thunder's lineup is: Alexander, Kitty, Dort, Jewe, Holmgren, and this is a five-man team. At the beginning of the game, Holmgren made three three-pointers in a row, Porter's jumper also scored, and Holmgren scored again in the face of Jokic's throwing!Porter made three three-pointers and Holmgren threw himself to score his first 10 goalsIn the middle of the game, Jay and Alexander took turns attacking, Jokic practiced Holmgren repeatedly, Porter hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets quickly overtook the game. Holmgren went up to Pope, then Keady's jumper, then Pope's three-pointer and Jokic's heads-up. In the second half, the Thunder's bench players exploded, Wiggins hit a three-pointer, Alexander kept causing problems for the opponent, and the Nuggets' benches had nothing to do.
At the end of the first quarter, they outscored the Nuggets 33-27. In the second quarter, Strauser and Holmgren hit back-to-back three-pointers, and Wallace's offense also sent the Nuggets to a timeout. Jordan scored four straight points to stop the slump, but Alexander and Kenway extended the score again. In the second half, Jokic and Murray hit three points one after another, but the Nuggets kept making mistakes, and without Alexander's containment, the Nuggets did not have the absolute upper hand in this game. At the end of the quarter, Keady's throwing scored, Dort covered Murray, and Keady's quick counterattack, after halftime, the Thunder overtook the Nuggets 54-48, Jokic had 15 8 rebounds and 4 assists, while the Thunder, Holmgren 17 5 rebounds, Alexander 18 3 rebounds. The Nuggets' bench players were a little out of breath because the Thunder's impact was just too great.
At the start of the second half, Porter and Watson scored under the basket and Keady hit to lead the team to a huge victory defensively, and Holmgren showed amazing efficiency in front of Jokic. In the first half, the two sides were still stalemate, but in the second half, the Thunder began to exert their strength, Murray and Pope were beaten down by Alexander one after another, Jay Wei made a jumper, Alexander hit a three-point shot, and the Nuggets were suddenly opened up a 15-point gap!After a timeout, Alexander replaced Bryan and the Nuggets wrapped him up, while Isaiacho also scored five points in the game. When the Thunder pulled the gap to 20, Alexander still had an inexplicable jump shot, followed by a fatal dunk, and the Nuggets only relied on the heads-up of Strawther and Murray, and after three quarters, they left the Nuggets behind with an 88-68 advantage!Alexander is a strong player, and defensively, he averages 28 goals, it can be said that it is both offensive and defensive.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Watson and Bryan led the team to score, Holmgren blocked Murray, Dort's counterattack, and Kenway and Jewe's three-pointers exceeded 20 points!Reggie and Murray shot inside and out, and the Nuggets didn't stop there. At the moment when Alexander decided the outcome, Holmgren hit a three-pointer to end the game!In the end, the Nuggets lost to the Thunder with a score of 93-119, and after this game, they returned to the second position in the East, while the Nuggets fell to third in the West
On the Nuggets' side, Jokic had 19 points, ten rebounds, seven turnovers, Murray had nine points and eleven assists, fourteen Watson, fourteen Porter, twelve six boards, Pope eight, and Reggie eight and three assists. Alexander was 14-of-20 from the field and had 40 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Holmgren had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Keady had 1, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Jay had 11, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. In this game, Jokic was really beaten by Holmgren all over the ground, he made too many mistakes, and his physical strength kept declining, and the entire Nuggets team couldn't stop Alexander.