Campazzo’s four points in Denver’s first win

It will be a matter of getting used to the rite. Fighting your sleep until the wee hours of the morning knowing that, in the long run, there will be a reward. Or reward …

This is how history will be, it seems, to see Facundo Campazzo in NBA action. This Monday (or rather, early hours of Tuesday), The Cordoba player had 5 ’27 ”of play in what was the victory – first of the season – for the Denver Nuggets 124-111 over the weakened Houston Rockets. Former Real Madrid, in his third game, achieved his record of points (four), with 4-4 in free practice and 0-1 in doubles. He also recorded a defensive rebound, a loose ball and two fouls.

Michael Malone put Campazzo on the court twice. The first, at the end of the first quarter, with the score 34-26 up, when he put him – by Murray – to defend what was supposed to be the last play of the period. It was 17 seconds where, chance or causality, caused James Harden to lose the ball. Goal accomplished. Then, and until the close of the game, He included it for Barton in the absence of 5’09 ”with the board very comfortable: 118-95. Trash time they tell you. At least, in that brief period, the former Peñarol obtained his best mark of annotations and, perhaps most importantly, he played base again after doing it habitually without the ball, waiting for the ball wide open and locked on the baseline.

With a 1-2 record, the Denver Nuggets will return to action this Wednesday from 00.05 against the Kings (2-1) in Sacramento.

The best of Campazzo vs. Houston

What to highlight from the game?

The game had an outstanding figure. Nikola Jokic added 19 points 18 assists (the best mark of his career) and 12 rebounds, for the 42nd triple-double of his career. For its part, Jamal Murray added 21 points before leaving the court with 4:05 minutes remaining in the third period, following a crash that left him lying on the floor. He put a hand to his head and lay on the court for a couple of minutes. Then he got up and was able to walk to the locker room to undergo an analysis. He returned to the bench midway through the fourth quarter but did not play again.

James Harden had 34 points to lead Houston. Christian Wood added 23 units. The Rockets started the season without key members on their roster, including John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Gordon, and Mason Jones, who follow kept away by health and safety protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. Houston had nine uniformed players against the Nuggets and was coming off two points in overtime on the road to Portland on Saturday in what was their first game of the season.

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