The NBA regular season continues, the Nuggets sit at home and usher in the challenge of the Bucks, this game is the coaching debut of the new Bucks coach Doug Rivers, the Bucks have a maximum lead of 13 points but are finally reversed, the Nuggets beat the Bucks 113-107 in the whole game, the Nuggets defend their home court and win 2 consecutive wins, and the Bucks coach Doug Rivers ended in a failed coaching debut!
In the first quarter, the Bucks were dominated by the anti-away, Lillard, Middleton and Da Lopez hit three points in a row, the Bucks hit a perfect start of 17-6 to stop the Nuggets, and after the timeout came back, Jokic and Reggie Jackson sounded the horn of counterattack, and the Nuggets played a wave of 12-0 offense to narrow the difference to 1 point, and the Bucks led the Nuggets 26-25 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the competition, the Nuggets continued to chase points, Jordan Jr. played 2+1, Michael Porter Jr. and Pope also had good performances, Jamal Murray scored 14 points in a single quarter, and the Nuggets once completed the overtake, and at the critical moment, Lopez, Crowder and Connaughton hit three points in a row, and the Bucks blasted out 16-6 to erase the difference, and the Nuggets drew 56-56 with the Bucks at halftime.
After the break, the Nuggets' offensive continued unabated, Jokic incarnated as an assist for the little prince in the third quarter and scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks to dominate the offense and defense, Pope and Watson's play helped the Nuggets successfully open the difference, and the Bucks suddenly fell into a scoring drought, and Brother Alphabet scored 8 points in a row to support it, and the Bucks fell behind the Nuggets 75-82 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Bucks launched a counterattack, Portis and Payne hit three three-pointers in a row to play a 13-4 counterattack frenzy, and the Bucks regained the lead, but Jokic and Jamal Murray completed 2+1 in a row to help the Nuggets overtake again, and Brother Alphabet forced three points to retain suspense, but Gordon blocked Lillard to lock up the win, and finally the Nuggets reversed the Bucks at home!
In this game, although the Bucks once had an advantage and took the initiative to lead by double digits in the first half, the team fell into chaos at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the second half, and finally buried the good game.
Rationally speaking, Doug Rivers' coaching debut as the new coach of the Bucks, although he did play some brilliant performances, the ending was inevitably disappointing!
After the whole game, the Bucks scored 4 double-doubles, Brother Alphabet scored 29 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Middleton scored 14 points and was still stable, Da Lopez contributed 19 points and performed efficiently, Lillard, Beasley and Portis lost their crosshairs at the same time.
In this game, Lillard felt cold, shooting 5 of 13 from the field, only getting 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, and 4 personal turnovers.
Beasley was not in good shape in this game, shooting 2-of-9 from the field, 1-of-6 from three-point range, and only handed over 5 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 block in 29 minutes of play.
Portis completely pulled his hips in this game, shooting 2 of 13 from the field, only getting 9 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, and his plus/minus in the game was as low as -14, the lowest on the team!
On the other hand, on the Nuggets' side, the team controlled rebounds, turnovers and interior scores within a reasonable range in this game, and the team's four players scored double-doubles and finally completed a strong reversal.
In this game, Michael Porter Jr. scored 13 points and 8 rebounds, Gordon cut 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Pope contributed 12 points, Jokic and Jamal Murray ushered in an explosion at the same time, which is still the basic plate of the Nuggets game!
In this game, Jokic scored a triple-double, shooting 10 of 25 from the field, handing over an all-round performance of 25 points, 16 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, which broke the Bucks.
Jamal Murray was good both offensively and defensively in this game, shooting 13 of 22 from the field, scoring a game-high 35 points, plus 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and the opponent exploded Lillard!
More importantly, after defeating the Bucks in this game and winning two in a row, the Nuggets' current regular season record has come to 33-15, and the team's winning rate is close to 70%.
At the same time, with the Thunder losing to the Timberwolves, the Nuggets took advantage of this to overtake the Thunder in the ranking and rise to second in the West, and the Nuggets also led the Thunder by 05 wins!