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Campazzo’s whiplash to assist Jokic who was a “beauty” in the painful loss of the Denver Nuggets to Portland

* Facundo Campazzo’s performance in the loss against Portland

The final worksheet of Facundo Campazzo It differs a lot from what finally happened with his team on the court. The Argentine had a day with outstanding statistics, but the Denver Nuggets suffered a hard slap on the visit to the Fashion Center against Portland Trail Blazers: they lost 115-95 and the series was tied 2-2.

The base of 30 years collaborated with 12 points, distributed 7 assists, captured 2 rebounds and performed 2 robberies on 26 minutes on the court, an average activity significantly lower than the one he had accumulated in the previous three games since coach Michael Malone decided to protect him for much of the final quarter when defeat in Oregon was inevitable for the Nuggets.

Facu closed a low percentage in shots from the line of three, since he hit 2 in the 7 attempts he had and little could do to avoid this bulky defeat against a franchise that had in flames Norman Powell with his 29 points that placed him as the top scorer of the duel. CJ McCollum (21 points) and Jusuf Nurkic (17) they followed him for those of Portland, with performances that served to correct an irregular game of the star Damian Lillard (10 points and 10 assists) when compared to the previous three in which he signed 42, 37 and 34 points.

On the side of Denver, the figure Nikola Jokic added 16 points and 9 rebounds, although the concern focused on Michael Porter Jr., who achieved 3 points and 5 rebounds in a day to be forgotten.

At the end of the day Campazzo was the second top scorer for his team along with Monte Morris and the one with the most assists by a wide margin., finishing third in the general of the game in this area behind Lillard (10) and McCollum (8).

Beyond the numbers, without a doubt that the Most outstanding action of the Argentine player he came across him whiplash to attend Jokic when the first minutes of the opening quarter were just consumed in a play that is already characteristic of Campazzo in the NBA. The franchise itself defined the action in its networks as an action with “beauty”.

Campazzo’s standout action against Portland

After the two games in Portland, the series will now return to Ball Arena from Denver where the Nuggets will look for a victory that pushes them to have the minimum advantage in this close match they hold against the Trail Blazers. This fifth game will be next Tuesday from 22 (Argentine time and with NBA League Pass television). The schedule will then move both franchises back to Fashion Center of Oregon so that on Thursday the 6th duel that could define the classification of one of the two takes place.

In the three previous playoff games that the Argentine had played, had averaged just over 31 minutes of activity in which he had matches even with 8 rebounds, but mainly where he signed outstanding performances in assists (5, 6 and 8, respectively in the first three games) and points (8, 12 and 11, respectively).

Denver will play the fifth game of the playoffs next Tuesday (Photo: Getty Images)
Denver will play the fifth game of the playoffs next Tuesday (Photo: Getty Images)

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