Denver Nuggets star Jokic hit a career-high 18 free throw line attempts, and he hit 100 percent from the free-throw line to help his team beat the Warriors 120-114 at Christmas.
One of the NBA Christmas battles was the Denver, Denver Nuggets, and the Golden State Warriors, the championship teams of the first two seasons.
Denver Nuggets' Murray scored a game-high 28 pointsJokic had 26 points, 14 rebounds and eight assistsPorter contributed 19 points and 10 reboundsGordon had a performance of 16 points and 10 rebounds;Kewell Pope also poured in 16 points. They ended up winning at home.
Jokic had a cold hand today, missing from beyond the three-point line twice, shooting 4-of-12 from the game but making 18 free throws, and he took them all and scored 18 points on free throws alone.
After Jokic's left-handed hook shot with 5:16 left in the game, the Denver Nuggets never fell behind, and then he was 34 minutes before the breakA two-second dunk allowed the team to extend the lead to 6 points 118-112 and seal the victory ahead of schedule.
Prior to this game, the Warriors had recently won five in a row, but the star Curry was also in vacation mode today, including 3-of-13 three-pointers, hitting only 7 of 21 shots, scoring the second-highest 18 points on the team.
Thompson, another player of the Spray Brothers, also had a poor hand in this game, including 3 of 10 three-point shots, only 3 of 12 shots, and only scored 9 single-digit points, breaking 20 consecutive games to stay in 6 games, which was another key to the team's defeat.
The Warriors' team-leading scorer was Wiggins, who started off the bench and scored 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting todayRookie Pojemski has 13 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals, and veteran Paul has 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
2023-24 NBA season.