On January 27, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued, with the Brooklyn Nets at home against the Denver Nuggets. In the whole game, Jokic scored 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. In the game, Jokic made all three-pointers and helped the Nuggets maintain their lead through stable free throws in the distal quarter. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Nets 124-118.
After the start of the game, Jokic assisted Barton with a three-pointer on the outside, helping the Nuggets open the scoring. After that, the Nuggets got a fast break opportunity, Jokic went down directly, and Button scored the ball and made a dunk. Near the middle of this quarter, Jokic attempted a fast break again, causing James Johnson to foul. After that, Jokic received the ball from the outside and hit another three-pointer. Afterwards, the Nuggets launched a fast break again, Jokic went down again, and made a direct dunk, helping the Nuggets take a double-digit lead and stopping the Nets.
After the start of the second quarter, Jokic came off the bench in the middle of the quarter. Shortly after playing, Jokic protected the backcourt rebound, then pushed the counterattack and assisted Gordon to score easily. After that, in the face of the Nets go-ahead score, Jokic tried to attack continuously, but unfortunately he didn’t feel well and failed to hit. At the last moment of this quarter, Morris missed a layup, and Jokic tried a tip-up at the buzzer, but failed to score.
After the start of the third quarter, Jokic took a decisive shot from the outside and scored a three-pointer to help the Nuggets chase points. After that, Jokic sent consecutive wonderful passes on the offensive end, helping the Nuggets reduce the difference to only 3 points, directly stopping the Nets. Near the middle of this quarter, facing the Nets to widen the point difference again, Jokic made a breakthrough hook to help the Nuggets chase the points. In the middle of this section, Jokic made a steal on the defensive end, then advanced to the frontcourt and then directly attacked and scored, causing the Nets to foul and scoring 2+1, which also helped the Nuggets narrow the point difference to only one difference. 2 minutes. At the end of this quarter, Jokic protected the defensive rebound, fouled the Nets while grabbing the rebound, and then helped the Nuggets score points through free throws.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Jokic returned to the court earlier because Cousins was dissatisfied with the referee’s penalty and was ejected. Shortly after playing, Jokic made a breakthrough and made a throw, helping the Nuggets maintain their lead. After that, Rivers missed a three-pointer, Jokic smashed an offensive rebound under the basket, and then directly stormed and scored, causing the Nets to foul and making it 2+1. At the end of this quarter, Jokic stormed from the low post, turned and made a strong shot to cause the Nets to foul, and then helped the Nuggets stabilize the situation through free throws. After that, Jokic caused another defensive foul by Aldridge and stepped to the free throw line again to score points. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Nets 124-118. (pea)Return to Sohu, see more
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