The new NBA tournament brings out the best in each team and each player. The Nuggets, who start with the favorites poster to win the ring again and be a candidate for this new competition, they fell in New Orleans against some sensational Pelicans (115-110) that recover sensations.
The focus is not on the triumph of those from Louisiana, not even on Zion Williamson. The focus is once again on a superhuman Nikola Jokic. Light years ahead of the rest of the players on the planet, the Serbian center left some numbers to remember. 26 points, 16 rebounds and 18 assists! of the leader of the current NBA champions.
The news is that they were not enough. A triple-double that will be written in the history books. This speaks, with a small mouth, of the Nuggets’ main doubts this season. It seems that, beyond the Balkan, the aid is not there How important they were last season.
Zion and Ingram celebrate against the Denver Nuggets
Happiness in New Orleans
The Pelicans started with one more march. The first two quarters were his. With an inspired Zion, lethal in penetrations and from medium distance and a Valanciun incisive towards the rim, the Nuggets suffered inside. Jokic alone was not enough.
From afar, Matt Ryan and Naji Marshall, Coming off the bench, they punished inaccuracies with three-pointers. On the part of those from Colorado, in addition to Jokic, Christian Braunthe second-year player, was the great sensation from the second unit.
The meeting It was equalized in the third quarter, but those from Louisiana pressed the accelerator again. They begin to remember those who were at the top of the West at the beginning of last season. The pieces fit together, despite the drop in McCollum, Alvarado y Trey Murphythree fundamental players.
Zion was the best of the locals with 26 points and 6 assists. Ingram accompanied him with 21. For the visitors, in addition to Jokic’s monstrous triple-double, Braun (25 points) and Michael Porter Jr, 18th.
The Pelicans take flight again (6-6)and the Nuggets remain at the top of the West (9-3), now tied in record with some Dallas Mavericks who have started the season like a cyclone.
2023-11-18 08:10:54
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