NBA preseason continues. Today, the Thunder ushered in the Nuggets' challenge at home. The reason for this game is that the recent Thunder rookie Josh Gidi played well. At the same time, we need to observe the state of the Western Conference Nuggets. How, Jokic and Porter both played in this campaign, and the Thunder also played with all cores. With stronger paper strength, I thought the Nuggets could easily defeat the Thunder, but who would have thought that the Thunder would eventually score 108- 99 defeated the Nuggets.
match review: Jokic played well, but the Thunder are all soldiers
The first quarter of the game started and Gordon _span scored the first two points. Kickey passed Button and Porter’s team to score 11 points in a row, and the Thunder only relied on Bezley's free throw to score 3 points. After that, Dort and Jokic soared for three points. Favors hit the basket and became the Thunder chasing points. asked the teacher to respond strongly to the basket. With Bezley and Alexander scored 5 points in a row, the two sides tied for 21. Then, as Bezley scored consecutive points, the Thunder scored 29. -23 lead ended the first quarter, Bezley scored 14 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, the Nuggets substitute Hyland's three-point team took the lead. Treman responded with a three-pointer, and the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought. Jeff Green and Campazzo frequently hit the iron. The Thunder gradually expanded to lead by 10 points while relying on Favors. Seeing that the situation was going to be one-sided, the Nuggets could only change to the teacher in advance. After that, the teacher even gave a penalty and passed to help the team score 5 in a row. Dolte responded with a strong response. Teacher Yoo and Patton scored 4 points in a row, narrowing the difference to 3 points. Yosh Gidi responded with a 3-pointer to help the team lead by 7 points and end the first half.
In the first half, the Nuggets exposed their lack of a second sustained core besides Jokic.After the beginning of the second half, Malone obviously wanted to win. He directly sent in the full starter. Porter came up with a three-pointer. Button made a strong inside. Robbie responded with a three-pointer and Gidi broke through. The point difference was expanded to 8 points. With Dort and Bezley's success, the Thunder took a 15-point lead, while the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought. Afterwards, although Porter led the team to counterattack, but Can't limit the Thunder's scoring. After three quarters, the Thunder led by 84-73 by 11 points.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Jeff Green began to explode. He scored 8 points in a row from inside and outside to reduce the difference to 4 points, but here Robbie responded by scoring 4 points in a row. In the fourth quarter, when both sides were on the bench, Malone replaced Jokic. He wanted to win too much. Although Jokic came back to connect the team's offense very well, the momentum of the young Thunder players has come up. However, they depended on more points to blossom. In the end, the team defeated the Nuggets 108-99. The Nuggets preseason suffered a four-game losing streak.
The stats of both sides, and what the two teams showed
Next, talk about the data of both players. On the side of the Thunder, 6 players scored 7 in double figures. 4 of 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Bezley scored 4 of 7 with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Favors scored 5 of 7 with 10 points and 5 rebounds, Treman scored 5 of 10 with 12 points. 3 rebounds, Robbie scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 4 of 10 games, Yosh Gidi scored 6 of 10 in 10 games, 1 of 2 three points scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Comprehensive data (plus or minus + 16 first in the team).
Gidi has averaged 13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the preseason so far.It can be said that the Thunder selected a very good potential rookie with the sixth overall pick this year. His original template was Doncic, which was called a weakened version of Doncic by scouts. It looks very similar now. , The young man needs to enhance his three-point ability, his three-pointer is not so stable, now the Thunder can play a lot of players, the future of this Thunder is worth looking forward to.
The Nuggets played the best in this campaign, Jokic, who made 8 of 11 shots, 1 of 3 points and 1 scored 22 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Button scored 11 points in the series, Porter 15 points, Hyland 12 points, Jeff Green scored 15 points in 17 minutes, the Nuggets won Jeff Green in the offseason is undoubtedly very profitable, they increased The thickness of the lineup, this defeat can be accepted, after all, it is a preseason, and their lack of a substitute organizer will wait until Murray returns, and Patton will naturally be able to solve the problem when he comes to the bench. Campazzo's scoring ability is too limited to take this position. .
This season's Nuggets have the strength to reach the semi-finals of the division. What do you want to say about the two teams? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.
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