The situation in the west is chaotic! Jokic and Ayton are doing great, Simmons is up and down!
On May 5, Beijing time, the Nuggets challenged Portland on the road, and they defeated Portland 112-103. The Nuggets have remained strong this season, with Jokic averaging 263 points 12With 2 rebounds and 9 assists, Jokic is considered a candidate for MVP this year. And now, they are still rebuilding their team, and the gap between the two teams is huge, but they know that they don't want to lose again. That's what the Trail Blazers want, and they have to go for the win.
In the first quarter of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers entered a slump, their benches performed poorly, and the gap of 10 points was opened in the first quarter, but this did not last long, and soon, the Nuggets played a 12-2 attack to overtake the score. In the second quarter, the Nuggets' performance was not very good, but the Trail Blazers fell into passivity, and it was not until the final quarter that the Nuggets regained their strength, and after three quarters, the Trail Blazers only trailed by two points. In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets exploded, with Jokic leading the team to extend the score, and in the end, they won again against their opponents.
Although the Trail Blazers failed, Ayton was even stronger in front of Jokic, Ayton did not stop Jokic on the defensive line, Ayton was also desperate, Ayton was very strong in the game, Jokic also scored in the game, Ayton is also experienced, seeing Ayton, many people are sighing, if Ayton and Ayton continue to be so tenacious, the Suns will not send Ayton away, and Ayton will not have the title of Dunward, in the end, Ayton was 13 of 19, scored 27 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.
Simmons didn't start this game well, Simmons played well in the first half and helped the team achieve a certain victory, but in the second half, Simmons didn't play well, Simmons scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 8-of-18 shooting. In this game, Jokic performed very easily, Jokic completed a slam dunk under Ayton's defense, Jokic showed his strength, and finally Jokic scored 29 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. But in the fourth quarter, Pope seemed to be injured a little more, Pope stitched him three threads, and Pope hugged his back and returned to the locker room, which also bought Pope some time.
Murray's offensive performance was poor in the last game, but this time Murray regained his senses, and in the end, Murray finished with 21-8, 21-5 rebounds and 10 assists. Although the Nuggets can get two wins in the near future, but because the competition in the West is too fierce, they are still only the top four in the East, it can be said that the current East is indeed a mess, because the Nuggets performed very well last season, while the Thunder and Timberwolves have become very weak this season, and the Clippers have begun to improve with the addition of Harden, but the difference in strength between these four teams is not very large, therefore, the ranking of the top four in the West is still very uncertain.