On February 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nuggets hosted the Wizards.
In the first quarter of the game, Porter Jr. came up and scored three points, Jones threw and scored, read his shots, Bagley scored a layup, Jokic made a jumper, Bagley shot again, and the two teams started to play back and forth, Nuggets 7-6 Wizards. Then Porter Jr. made a basket and scored continuously, Murray scored a layup, the Nuggets hit a wave of 6-0, and then Kuzma scored a three-point stop to stop the bleeding, Porter Jr. threw and scored, Kuzma broke through and scored a layup, Murray hit a layup, Murray shot again, Gordon hit a dunk, and the score came to 21-11, a 10-point difference. The game came to the second half of the quarter, Porter Jr. scored three points, Jones responded with three points, Gordon scored a dunk in the air, Gordon scored another slam dunk Davis scored, Murray hit a pull-up jump shot, Jokic drifted in, Murray scored backwards, Kispert hit a three-point stop bleeding to hit you, Jackson hit a backhand layup, Nagy scored a dunk, and the first quarter ended, and the Nuggets led the Wizards by 13 points 38-25.
The game came to the second quarter, Poole hit three free throws, Braun hooked his hand to score consecutive points, Watson hit a three-point shot, the Nuggets continued to expand the difference, Kuzma scored a basket, Porter Jr. scored two free throws, Murray broke through to score a layup, Kuz scored a three-point shot from a distance, Kuzma felt good and then shot again, Porter Jr. hit a backhand layup, he scored in a row, Gordon dunked and scored, Braun scored three points again, the Nuggets scored in a row, the score came to 58-38, a 20-point difference. Then Gordon scored on a rebound, Bagley scored a jumper, Braun scored in the air, Jokic turned and scored, Jokic scored consecutive points, and the margin came to 25 points. In the final period, Poole scored a three-point to stop the bleeding, Murray scored a layup, Avdia broke through and hit a layup, Gordon made another shot, and Kuzma ended the second quarter with a three-pointer, giving the Nuggets a 72-49 lead over the Wizards by 23 points.
Bagley scored on a layup, Kuzma scored a layup, and the Wizards started the game 6-0. Then Gordon broke through the dunk 2+1 scored, Watson scored a layup, Braun made one of two free throws, Kuzma made a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, Bran scored a layup, Kuzma also had a jumper, Jokic scored a basket, Kuzma scored three points and then shot again, Murray stepped back and scored a jumper, and the score came to 88-64, a 24-point difference. In the second half of the game, Jokic scored a drift shot, Jones scored a three-pointer, Porter Jr. scored a basket, Kispert scored a layup, and immediately Kispert scored three more points, and the Wizards scored consecutive points to narrow the gap to 19 points. In the final minute, Nagy scored a slam dunk to end the third quarter, giving the Nuggets an 18-point lead over the Wizards at 101-83.
In the final quarter, Holiday dunked and scored, Murray stepped back and dunked, Holiday scored three points again, the Nuggets started 8-0, and then Kispert scored three points to stop the bleeding, Kuzma three points and then shot again, Poole continued to score three points, the Nuggets called a timeout, and the timeout came back, Holiday hit a three-point shot, Kuzma scored a flying dunk, Jokic scored easily, and the score came to 114-94, a 20-point difference. Porter Jr. scored on a layup, Reggie scored on a layup, Reggie also made a mid-range shot, Koulibaly hit a shot, Jokic went up, and Jokic stopped the Wizards on 10-of-10 shots. After the timeout, Gill scored consecutive free throws, the Wizards were gone, the game was decided.
In the end, the game ended, and the Nuggets defeated the Wizards, ending a three-game losing streak.
Wizards starters: Jones, Kalidou Koulibaly, Avdija, Kuzma, Bagley.
Nuggets starters: Murray, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic.