After winning a three-game winning streak, the Nuggets traveled to Phoenix for the upcoming road trip, while the Suns hosted the game.
On the Suns' side, Booker and Beal are absent due to injury, Durant leads the team single-core, and Nurkic obviously needs to play.
In terms of the Nuggets, Jamal Murray and Gordon are exempt from the game, and it is interesting to see whether Jokic can lead the team to a four-game winning streak.
In the end, after a fierce battle in the 4th quarter of the game, with the team performance of 6 people scoring double-doubles, the Nuggets narrowly defeated the Suns 119-111 away, and the Nuggets won 4 consecutive victories on this trip, and the Suns suffered 2 consecutive defeats at home!
In the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets dominated by the anti-away, Jokic sent assists in a row, Michael Porter Jr. scored 10 points in a single quarter, the Nuggets gradually took the initiative, and the Suns fell into a short-term scoring drought, Durant scored 2+1 to break the deadlock to help the Suns stop the bleeding, and the Nuggets led the Suns 41-30 in the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, the Suns launched a counterattack, Durant and Nurkic teamed up to play a small high ** sound counterattack horn, Gordon outside ** hit 3 three-pointers in a row to add icing on the cake, the Suns continued to close the point difference, the Nuggets relied on Pope and Reggie's three points to maintain the lead, and the Suns trailed the Nuggets 63-70 at halftime.
After the break, the Suns continued to chase points in the third quarter, Nurkic scored three points and then continued to hit the inside to win, the Suns further narrowed the difference, Jokic scored 8 points in a row at the critical moment to stabilize the situation, Braun and Strauser became strange soldiers to score points one after another, and the Nuggets led the Suns 94-91 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the decisive battle, the Suns counterattacked unabated, Grayson Allen chased a three-point shot to help the Suns equalize, after the Nuggets came back from a timeout, Michael Porter Jr. scored 2+1 and scored 9 points in a row, Nurkic left the court with 6 fouls, Jokic made a key layup to completely kill the game, and finally the Nuggets beat the Suns with 8 points away!
In this game, the Nuggets blossomed more, and the team's shooting rate was as high as 568% and a three-point shooting percentage of 375%, the offensive and defensive ends of the inside and outside line comprehensively crushed the Suns.
In the whole game, Pope scored 15 points, Holiday scored 15 points, Braun scored 8 points, Strauser contributed 11 points, and Reggie and Jokic scored 20+.
In this game, Reggie Jackson was very efficient, starting the game for 28 minutes, shooting 8 of 11 from the field, with a shooting rate of more than 70%, 3 of 4 three-point shots, and 20 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.
Jokic scored a double-double, shooting 9-of-18 from the field, scoring a team-high 21 points, and 5 rebounds, 16 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks
Of course, the Nuggets were able to beat the Suns in this game, and Michael Porter Jr.'s play also contributed to it.
In this game, Michael Porter Jr. was good in offense and defense, shooting 8 of 16 from the field, scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
What's more, Michael Porter Jr.'s plus/minus is as high as +8 in the team, and he is a big contributor to the Nuggets' victory!
At present, after beating the Suns and winning 4 in a row, the Nuggets have a regular season record of 14-6, ranking second in the West, only 1 win away from the Timberwolves, and then have every chance to attack the first place in the West!
In contrast, the Suns' performance in this game was actually not bad, after all, the Suns scored 5 double-doubles, Gordon scored 16 points, Grayson Allen scored 13 points, Okogie contributed 13 points, Nurkic and Durant scored 30+ at the same time.
In this game, Nurkic ushered in a big explosion, starting the game for 31 minutes with 13 of 22 shots, 2 of 6 three-point shots, and scored a game-high 31 points, with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, a season-high scoring season.
Durant started high and went low in this game, and when he scored 22 points in the first half, Durant only scored 8 points in the second half, and Durant handed over 30 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in the whole game.
It is worth mentioning that, according to statistics, after scoring 30 points in this game, Durant's career total points surpassed Moses Malone, and he enjoyed the top ten in league history, ushering in a major milestone moment!
However, the sluggish performance of KD10 shots in the second half of this game does need to be studied, and I have to say that the Nuggets' defensive strategy has reaped the effect, and KD was indeed completely prevented in the second half!