Big upset!The defending champions fell, and the Rockets won their first away game, with Jokic 23 16 and Green 26 points
At 10 a.m. Beijing time on September 9, the Denver Nuggets hosted the Houston Rockets, an All-Star game. Before this game, the Nuggets lost 14-8 to rank third in the East, and in the past 10 rounds of the league, the Nuggets only achieved a 5-5 record. Professor Joe has been lazy lately, and his shooting efficiency has been declining, and the last time he played against the Clippers, Jokic shot less than 30% and hit 23 three-pointers, which is his worst shooting record in personal history. The Nuggets have had two MVPs and one NBA MVP, and their skills are unquestionable.
It is worth mentioning that the Nuggets' current road record is 9-0, and it is still on the road, so they have a better chance of winning. And before this game, the Rockets were 9-9 and in 10th place in the East, as were they at home, 9-1, and on the road, 0-8. In any case, the Rockets can be called the biggest upset of this season, they are completely different from last season, with VanVleet and Dillon in the two old coaches, and the new coach Udoka is more suitable than Silas. Shin Kyung, Smith Jr., Jalen Green and others have all begun to mature, so they still have hope of making the playoffs.
The main players of the two teams are: Shin Jing, Jalen Green, VanVleet, Dillon, Brooks, Smith, while the Nuggets, Jokic, Porter Jr., Murray, Gordon, Pope. After the opening, the Rockets jumped and took the lead in attacking, Shen Jing was also 2+1, Pope's mid-range shooting helped the Nuggets open the score, Smith shot in the restricted area, he walked to the free throw line, two free throws in a row, Murray shot inside and out, with his own strength, scored five points in a row, Shen Jing single-blocked Jokic, shook the opponent, and sent the ball to the basket, VanVleet broke through quickly, hit two points, Pope hit three points, the Nuggets led, but it didn't take long for them to fall into a goal drought again.
The Rockets also took advantage of this opportunity, with two three-pointers from Dillon Brooks, plus VanVleet and Green taking turns to attack the basket, the score was recovered, and the advantage of 27-22 in the first quarter extended the difference to 5 points. At the beginning of the second quarter, Porter Jr. scored three points at the top of the arc to give the Nuggets the lead, VanVleet followed up with three points and immediately responded with a smile, Jordan Jr. was happy in his heart, picking up the hammer was a violent dunk, which surprised everyone, Mr. Yo scored with a big hook in the paint area, Jalen Green and Dillon scored on the Nuggets' interior one after another, and the Rockets' firepower completely exploded and continued to attack Jokic. Jokic still looked like he was out of the world, he kept trying to shoot, but was blocked by Shin Kyung's shot from three meters away, and at halftime, the Rockets led the Nuggets by 4 points with a 52-48 advantage.
In the first half, he had just 10 shots, just 1 hit, and just 3 points and 8 rebounds. Jokic opened the third quarter with a hook shot, VanVleet scored five points with a direct layup, Jokic was in the middle of the box, Brooks also hit a 45-degree three-pointer, Jokic's condition was better, but the Rockets' performance was very good, Shen and Jalen Green were three points in the box, the Nuggets' performance was not very good, Professor Joe's performance was not bad, but everyone else was resting, Murray had just returned and had not completely come out of injury.
In the second half, the Rockets didn't take any chance to score, but soon, they played an 18-0 score, and the score returned to the court, Jalen Green stood at the free throw line at a critical time, scored a point, and in this case, their offense also became sluggish, and at this time, Murray was ruled out twice again, and in the end, the Rockets won 114-106 against the Nuggets, taking the first win of the season and the first loss of the season.
And in terms of technical statistics, the Rockets have Jalen Green 26 rebounds and 26 rebounds;25,5,3 assists, Fred VanVleet;Dillon Brooks had 16 points, five rebounds and two blocksAlperen Shinkyung, 17 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists. Jabari Smith had 9 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Aaron Holiday had 8 pointsTari Eason had three eight rebounds;Jeff Green had five rebounds and three rebounds. And with the Nuggets, Jamal Murray with 21-5 rebounds and 3 assists with Nikola Jokic with 5 rebounds;Will Pope 14 points, Kentaveus Calder;Michael Porter had 20 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Aaron Gordon, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and assists Payton Watson;Reggie Jackson had six rebounds and six assists.