On February 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today ushered in a key battle, the Thunder sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Nuggets, and the strong matchup attracted attention, but each had a core player absent, Jokic on the Nuggets side, and Jalen Williams on the Thunder side, and finally under the excellent performance of the Thunder Alexander and Chet, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Nuggets 105-100.
In this game, Thunder Alexander shot 10 of 22, 2 of 3 three-pointers, got 34 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and is very likely to win the regular season MVP this season, while the most powerful competitor Embiid, who was absent due to injury, did not meet the evaluation requirements for the number of appearances in the game, and may not be able to participate in the selection. Chet made 7-of-13 shooting, 2-of-3 from 3-pointers, and made a significant contribution by making a three-point shot in the final critical period, scoring 18 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks.
At the same time, the starting four of the Nuggets have positive plus/minus, except for Porter Jr., who is negative, who shot 6 of 17 and 3 of 9 three-pointers, and only got 15 points and 8 rebounds, with the lowest plus/minus of -14. At the same time, because Jokic was absent in this game, Gordon replaced Jokic as a center, and he faced Chet of the Thunder, such a huge height difference, but it did not affect Gordon's excellent performance, and he scored a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds, as well as 4 blocks, with a plus-minus of +7, and the other three positive-minus values were: Murray +1, with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists; Pope +13 with 11 points and 6 rebounds; Watson had the highest plus/minus of +15 in the game, with 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Thunder: Alexander 34 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Chet 18 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks, Giddey 8 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Dort 7 points and 7 rebounds, Aaron Wiggins 12 points, Micic 12 points and 5 assists.
Nuggets: Gordon 16 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, Murray 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Porter 15 points and 8 rebounds, Pope 11 points and 6 rebounds, Jackson 16 points.