At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 6, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Denver Nuggets are sitting at home to face the Phoenix Suns. Before this game, the Nuggets ranked third in the West with a record of 42 wins and 19 losses, only half a win away from the Timberwolves, the first in the West, and the Nuggets have also hit a wave of 6 consecutive wins recently. As the defending champions, the Nuggets are one of the most consistent teams in the league, they haven't made much use of their regular season, and they are also one of the strongest teams with key ball ability. According to statistics, the Nuggets are 20-10 in key shots this season, the league's first key ball win rate, and their net efficiency (net points per 100 possessions) is +249, first in the league; The defensive efficiency is 963, also the first in the league.
In addition to Jokic and Murray, the Nuggets also have a number of scoring points that cannot be ignored, and Porter Jr. has been in hot form for a long time, averaging 22 per game since the All-Star3 points 93 rebounds and 3 shots2 three-pointers, 57%, 43%, 100% three-point shooting. On the other side, the Suns, before this game, ranked 6th in the West with a record of 35 wins and 26 losses, this season's Suns, plagued by injuries, and now Beal is back with Booker and injured, and Durant has also declined slightly since the All-Star break. In addition, the Suns have a tough remaining schedule (58 wins percentage), and Durant said, "We're going to try to make the most of this time and continue to get better." We still have time before the playoffs start. When the playoffs start, that's when we want to be at our best. ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Suns sent Durant, Beal, Allen, Nurkic and O'Neal, and the Nuggets sent Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr., Gordon and Pope on the Nuggets side. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Nurkic jumped to win, the Suns took the lead in getting the ball, Allen hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc and scored the first goal of the game, Jokic chased a three-point shot at the top of the arc and suddenly gave a cold arrow, which also opened for the Nuggets, Murray flew to the basket and picked down two points, Durant made a quick stop in the middle range and pulled out a steady hand, Beal lightning broke through the layup and hit the board, Durant turned over and pulled two points from the middle distance into the bag, Nurkic ate cake inside, raised high to make fouls, and stood on the free throw line to make two free throws, Allen's big open three-pointer went straight in.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams started a tug-of-war, the score chased me and caught up with the lead alternately, Murray and Braun combined in the last half minute to score 5 points in a row, and the first quarter of the game ended, the Nuggets led the Suns by 4 points 32-28. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Beal turned to the basket and scored to help the Suns take the lead, Gordon forced into the interior to make a foul, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Braun slipped on the baseline and hit a smart rebound, Eubanks cut the basket in the air, flew to the layup to score two points, and Porter Jr.'s emergency stop-and-pull jumper also fell into the pocket for two points. In the first half of the second quarter, the Nuggets still held a five-point lead, but after a period of time, the situation on the court changed abruptly, the Nuggets offense suddenly fell into a long scoring drought, and the Suns were on fire under the leadership of Durant and Allen.
Aronch attacked, felt hot and shot consecutive three-pointers, leading the Suns to a wave of small climaxes, and at the end of the half, the Suns led the Nuggets by 15 points 65-50. In the first half, Allen scored 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting, including 6-of-6 three-pointers, and Durant scored 16 points. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Allen came up and scored another three-pointer, opening the third quarter of the game, Nurkic ate cakes in the restricted area ** slam dunk skills were shocking, Murray shot back with a small throw in the paint area, Allen's three-point shot continued to blossom, and he once shot 8 of 8 outside the three-point line. However, the other players of the Suns had low three-point efficiency, and the Nuggets also began to adjust their state, and Mr. Jo gradually strengthened his offensive aggressiveness, scoring 11 points and 6 rebounds in the third quarter, leading the team to chase the score.
The margin returned to about 10 points, and after three quarters, the Suns led the Nuggets by nine points at 90-81. In the final quarter, the Nuggets continued to chase points frantically, and at the last moment, they relied on Murray and Pope's inside and outside shots, once overtook the score, Durant completed the quasi-tie on the outside, Jokic missed the shot and dragged the game into overtime, and the game ended in regular time, and the two sides tied 102 into overtime. In overtime, Eubanks dunked to open the overtime, the Suns played 12-2 to regain the lead and reopen the difference to kill the game, the Nuggets were unable to return to the sky and had to shoot, the game was over, the Suns defeated the Nuggets 117-107, refused to score 22 points, and ended the Nuggets' 6-game winning streak.
In terms of statistics, on the Suns' side, Durant had 35 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists; Grayson Allen 28 points and 5 rebounds; Bradley Beal 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; Royce O'Neale 8 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists; Youssef Nurkic had 7 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. On the Nuggets side, Jamal Murray had 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists; Nikola Jokic 25 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists; Michael Porter Jr. 20 points and 7 rebounds; Aaron Gordon 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Payton Watson had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Hundreds of spectators