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last season's Denver Nuggets did not achieve good results in the regular season and also lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of playoffs . However, it doesn't matter. With the absence of the two core players, Jokic's image as a lone hero and also made him successfully defend the honor of MVP. Although the Nuggets did not have much reinforcement this season, Murray and Porter have come back, which is enough. For the Nuggets, they need time to get into a new starting lineup, so in the first game of the preseason, the Nuggets came up with the strongest starting lineup.
Murray and Pope serve as the starting backcourt, while Porter Jr. and Gordon are on the front line, while Nikola Jokic is still in the inside line. This starting lineup can be said to be the strongest lineup that the Nuggets can currently set up, with excellent offense and defense. In this game, the Nuggets' opponents are the Oklahoma City Thunder, Alexander and Dott and Muscara will not play in this game.
Two big helpers are back.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Porter Jr. scored 6 points and 1 assist, once again showing his unsolvable shooting ability. Gordon also had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Jokic did not take action, and directly turned on the health mode, with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals. Murray was still looking for a feel, and only 1 assist was 0 of 2 shots. The Nuggets scored 21 points in the first quarter, but the Thunder team scored 30 points in . After returning from the second quarter, Murray finally found his touch, making 4 of 5 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter.
Porter also made 2 three-pointers, and Jokic still did not score in a sports game. He scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists with free throws. However, the Nuggets scored 31 points in a single quarter, and only allowed the Thunder to score 21 points. So, at the end of the half-time game, the Nuggets overtook the Thunder by 52-51 by 1 point. The second half changed sides and the Nuggets started again, and none of the five Tigers played again. Jeff Green scored 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 block. Najib also had 6 points and 1 rebound. The team scored another 30 points in a single quarter, but Thunder scored 39 points and successfully achieved an 8-point lead. After the return of
in the last quarter, the Thunder immediately expanded its lead at the beginning, and then Nuggets kept catching up, but time passed by minute by minute. In the end, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-101 at home, successfully achieving a good start to the preseason.
Jokic is no longer alone
Although the Denver Nuggets lost the game, they were very happy for them. The reason is very simple. Porter Jr. and Murray performed very well. Both of them played for 14 minutes. Murray made 4 of 7 shots and scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Porter Jr. made 5 of 7 shots and 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. With these two scorers, Jokic was extremely relaxed and directly started health basketball. He played for 15 minutes and only made one move, and got 2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. At this moment, he was no longer alone.
Gordon also had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Pope felt bad, made 1 of 8 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers, only 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, on the bench Jeff Green 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Najib had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and Jordan Jr. scored 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. On the Thunder, Mann scored 17 points and 2 assists, Earl scored 11 points and 3 rebounds, and Kiddy scored quasi-triple double-digit data with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. on the bench Wiggins 215 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, while Jaylen Williams has 10 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
