DENVER NUGGETS-BROOKLYN NETS 120-122 | THE TABLE
After a first quarter in perfect balance the Nets go ahead but Denver closes the first half with a partial of 30-12 which sends to the interval i hosts lead 69-61thanks to excellent team percentages (69% shooting) and coppia Michael Porter Jr.-Nikola Jokicboth authors of 19 points, the first with 7/9 shooting, the second already close to the triple double (also 11 rebounds and 7 assists for the Serbian). In the Nets house the best is Nic Claxton, infallible at shooting with 7/7 from the field and 4/4 with free throws for 18 total points already at the interval, even if his fourth foul then forces him out. A Dinwiddie unleashed (will end with his career-high for assists, 16) drives Brooklyn to a break of 19-8 which brings the guests to the lead in the middle of the third quarter. The advantage even reaches double digits at the end of the third periodwhich the Nets finish in control of the score 98-87 after twelve dominated minutes (37-18 the partial). Denver clings to the game also thanks to baskets – a dunk and a triple – by Jeff Green while five minutes from the end the tenth assist by Jokic who packs his 27th triple double season, bringing his team’s deficit back to -8.
The comeback of the hosts (even without Murray, stopped in the running by a problem with his left knee) could be completed in the final seconds: Jokic first collects the foul in attack by Dinwiddie (thanks to the challenge from coach Malone), then down by one the Nuggets have two chances to get ahead but first Bruce Brown and then Jokic are wrong, who also misses the prayer on the siren after the 1/2 to the free Bridges (the best of his with 25 points and 8/9 from the line). Vince Brooklyn, the fifth success in the last six raceswhile not even one triple double of 35 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists by Jokic (with 14/23 shooting) saves Nuggets from third consecutive knockout.
Fonte : Sky Sport
