At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, with the Utah Jazz sitting at home to face the Denver Nuggets. Before this game, the Nuggets ranked third in the West with a record of 26 wins and 12 losses, as the defending champions, the Nuggets' dominance is still here, in the first half of the regular season, they did not use their strength, and there is really no need to be the first in the regular season. There is such a data, the Nuggets are 18-0 against teams with a winning rate of less than 50% this season, and they have not lost a game. The Nuggets are conserving their strength, and their star Jokic is more paddling, facing the Pistons in the last game, Jokic took three shots in the game, scored four points, and handed out 16 assists.
On the other side, the Jazz, with an 18-20 record before this game, are in 11th place in the West. Although the Jazz team, the current winning rate is less than 5 percent, and the ranking is also in the middle and lower reaches of the West, but their recent form is very hot, the past 10 games, the Jazz team has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, and the last game against the Eastern powerhouse Bucks, the Jazz led them by as many as 31 points at halftime, and the Western Super Dark Horse is going to rise. In fact, if you take a closer look, you will find that the Jazz's lineup is not bad, their interior core Markkanen is still last season's All-Star starters, including Sexton and Clarkson, two major guards, and also quasi-All-Star level strength, most of the players in the team have strong independent offensive ability, and their overall combat power should not be underestimated.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Jazz sent Sexton, Dunn, Von Taicchio, Markkanen and Collins, and the Nuggets sent Murray, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon and Jokic on the Nuggets side. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Mr. Joo jumped the ball to win, the Nuggets took the lead in getting the ball and launched the first attack, Porter Jr. flew under the basket and scored the first goal of the game, Vontecchio's outside three-point line was unrelenting, and it also opened for the Jazz team, Markkanen also had a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Murray shook off the defensive assault basket and dropped two points in Europe, Collins and Murray had three-pointers, Dunn smartly hit the basket and scored a goal, Jazz deserves to be the recent rise of the Western Super Dark Horse, Soon they suppressed the Nuggets and took the initiative.
Dunn hit an empty three-pointer, Mr. Yoo raised it high and hit a sky hook to shoot back, Pope blossomed with a three-point shot at a 45-degree angle, Watson was not to be outdone, and a big three-point shot at the top of the arc was also available, and the first quarter ended, with the Jazz leading the Nuggets by 11 points at 35-24. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Jordan Jr. ate cake in the penalty area, and dunked with both hands to help the Nuggets take the next city, Murray also had a mid-range dry pull-out jumper, Clarkson defended and forced a three-point shot to hit, Olynyk also had a three-point shot, Jackson chased a three-point shot and suddenly made a cold arrow, and the Jazz suddenly made a three-point shot, always maintaining a double-digit lead.
However, the Jazz were really a bit fierce, and at the end of the quarter, they set off a small climax, extending the lead to more than 15 points, and at the end of the half, the Jazz led the Nuggets by 18 points at 71-53. In the first half, Jokic had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Markkanen 11 points and 5 rebounds, Sexton 14 points and 3 assists, and Collins 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Collins cut the basket and smashed vigorously to open the third quarter of the game, Markkanen broke through the layup to make a kill, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Pope shot with a bow outside the three-point line, pierced Yang in 100 steps, Murray rammed the basket and flew to the basket to hit the board, although the Nuggets strengthened their aggressiveness on the offensive end, but the Jazz really didn't give a chance at all.
The dark horse Jazz team is full of soldiers, and Clarkson, who came off the bench, broke out super and combined with all kinds of sudden shots, leading the team to expand the difference to more than 20 points, and after the third quarter of the game, the Jazz led the Nuggets by 21 points 99-78. In the final quarter of the battle, Clarkson single-handedly against the Nuggets' multi-point flowering, whenever the Nuggets chased the score a little closer, he could always return the color, and after half a quarter, the Nuggets also replaced the main shooter to admit defeat, and the game entered garbage time. In the end, the game ended with the Jazz upsetting the Nuggets 124-111.
In terms of statistics, on the Nuggets' side, Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists; Jamal Murray 17 points and 6 assists; Kentavius-Caldwell-Pope 12 points; Aaron Gordon 12 points and 5 rebounds; Colin Gillespie 8 points. On the Jazz side, Lauri Markkanen had 26 points and 12 rebounds; John Collins 15 points and 6 rebounds; Jordan Clarkson 27 points and 9 assists; Colin Sexton 22 points; Kelly Olynyk had 9 points and 5 assists. It is worth mentioning that after this game, Jokic became the youngest player in NBA history to score 13,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists, before James (29 years and 82 days). Hundreds of spectators