"Victory! Jokic had a triple-double, Murray scored 32 points, and the dark horse in the West fell! "！
Nuggets vs Kings.
Even if his mind is no longer on the court, as long as he mentions the top players in the NBA, he will definitely throw Jokic out. From a second-round pick, to a Most Valuable Player, and finally an All-Star, Jokic is an unbeatable figure. If he wanted to, the trophy of the Most Valuable Player would have been thrown long ago. Yes, Jokic's strengths are similar to James' time in Miami. The Nuggets with Jokic are now in third place in the East, although he hasn't done his best.
In this round of the contest, the Nuggets will play at the home of the Sacramento Kings. The Kings' Sabonis has a similar role to Jokic, and he can get 20+13+85, he doesn't explode as quickly as Jokic, but he's already the top player in the NBA, plus Fox.
Fox was injured and did not return.
Murray, Jokic, Fox and Sabonis are all the same center-back partners. But this time, Fox was injured and Mitchell became his starter. At the beginning of the first quarter, the Kings turned the tide, Murray scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Monk scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team scored 35 alone, while the Nuggets only had 28 points, Murray scored 10 rebounds and 3 assists, and Jokic only had 2 6 rebounds and 3 assists. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Kings' form began to decline, Sabonis scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist, but the team could only score 20 points.
The Nuggets took advantage of this offense, Gordon scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-4 free throws, Jokic had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Murray scored 37 points in 8 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in the first quarter, and the Nuggets led the Kings by 10 points at halftime 65-55. Jokic had four points, six rebounds and four assists, and he scored 35 points, and the gap between the two teams became 28 points.
With such a big gap, there is no suspense in this game. In the second half, Jokic was substituted, and Murray played well off the bench, scoring seven points on three consecutive three-pointers to stabilize the game. Duarte had 12 points and three rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting from the field for the Kings, but he still couldn't salvage the game. In the end, the Denver Nuggets won 117-96 over the Sacramento Kings and took a 21-point advantage.
Jokic scored a triple-double, the Denver Nuggets won without dispute, Jokic was in a big swing, and after the third quarter, he made five of nine free throws to score 14 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. Murray was the team's leading scorer, with 13 of 15 shots, six of three shots, and six of his three shots, and he was very efficient, scoring 32 points, three rebounds and six assists. Gordon had 17 points, six rebounds and six assists, Pope had 16 points, two rebounds and four assists, and Porter had 14 points, five rebounds and one assist, all five of whom scored in double figures.
Without Fox, there is a real lack of an attacker up front. Keegan Murray had 21 points and four rebounds, Sabonis was 5-of-14 from the field, with 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and the distance between him and Jokic continued to widen. On the bench, Duarte had 18 points, three rebounds and one assist, and Monk had 14 points, five rebounds and five assists, while only four players on the team had double-digits. After this loss, the Kings have suffered two defeats and now they have dropped to 8th in the West.