On December 27th, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued, with the Los Angeles Clippers playing at home against rival Denver Nuggets. At the end of the game, the Nuggets beat the Clippers 103-100 without any risk, stopping 2 losses.
After the game, when it came to this defeat, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue was a little disappointed, because in the game, the Clippers were very tenacious to smooth out the 17-point difference and once established a 9-point advantage.
“I think we played well. We put ourselves in a position to win. We got a 7-8 point lead after 17 points behind. We had a chance to win. But then, they (Nuggets) started to counterattack and finally kept going. Fighting around Jokic, they have the ability to bring victory home.”
Luke also said frankly that, as one of the team’s main attackers, Kennard on the outside was restricted for this ball. “We lost Luke’s score tonight and he was in foul trouble (5 fouls). It hurt us on the offensive end.”
“Originally, for the last attack, we wanted to give Kennard a tactic at the top of the arc, but the Nuggets did a good job of defending it, which undermined this arrangement.”
Clippers player Terence Mann believes that the Clippers did a good job but did not limit Jokic. “I don’t think there are people like Jokic in the league. It is too much to make a plan to defend him. Difficult things. Because you don’t know what he can do.”
Another Clippers player, Amir Kofi, also believes, “He (Jokic) is very difficult to defend. He is an excellent passer, so the opponent will have a lot of open cuts and screens, and create a lot of top shots. With the opportunity of the basket, he played a wonderful game.”
On the Nuggets side, coach Mike Malone talked about the feeling of winning. You know, in the last game, the Nuggets once led the Hornets by 19 points but suffered a big reversal. In this game, they led by 17 points, but they were chased back by their opponents. Obviously, Malone did not want a similar tragedy to happen again tonight.
“Because of the last game (reversed), the past few days have been difficult for me. I apologized to my wife, daughter and our dog. (In the face of failure) I am a stingy person.”
When talking about today’s victory, Malone agreed that this would be the best Christmas present he received. (Poirot)
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