Jokic again maestral, but not enough to win. Doncic ‘simultaneous’ knocked down Thunder
Nicholas Jokic He once again showed an amazing form. He scored 41 baskets against Pacers, adding 15 rebounds and 13 assists. All this was not enough for the Denver team to win. Jokic achieved the 32th Triple-Double in the current season, overthrowing Wilt Chamberlain, who has so far held a record for the center with the most Triple-Doubles in one season (31).
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The Nuggets played the first quarter well. Thanks to the series of Koshev Christian Braun and Jokic, after the first 12 minutes they had an advantage of nine points. Although the Pacers on the wings of Tyrese Haliburton raised the level of the game, the Nuggets still went to half-time with a 66-61 advantage.
Below, Denver’s defense released, so the Pacers reached the minimum advantage of one basket in front of the last quarter. In that quarter, they quickly increased the lead. 43 seconds before the end, the Nuggets came to a two-wheel backup, stood 122-120 in favor of Pacers at the traffic light, and Aaron Nesmaith hit two free throws 15 seconds before the end for 124-120.
Christian Braun He inserted 30 points and was the only bright spot along with Jokic. Russell Westbrook added 16, and Aaron Gordon 15 points. Myles Turner He was the top scorer of Pacers with 24 points. Toppin scored 22, Andrew Nemmbhard 19, and Aaron Nesmith 17 points.
Los Angeles Lakers with a great show they mastered the undisputed Oklahoma City Thundera team that hunts the record of Jordan’s Bulls by the number of victories in the league. Slovenian basketball player Port Doncic He brilliant with 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists and led the Lakers to victory. At Thunder, he again stood out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, The biggest competitor to Jokic for the MVP Award this season.
In the first quarter, the Lakers separated into ten points and did not yield after that. They went on vacation with a score of 78-56. Already after the third quarter it was clear that the Lakers were winning the victory because they had almost 30 points difference. At the end, the match ended with a score of 126-99. It was only 14. The defeat of Thunder in the season. Gilgeous-Alexander inserted 26 points, with three jumps and nine assists. Other teammates were much less in the mood – Jalen Williams scored only 16 and Chet Holmgren ten points. With Lakers, with Doncic, the most fascinating was Austin Reaves with 20 points, followed by LeBron James with 18 and Dorian Finney-Smith with 14 points.
