The Nuggets end their ridiculous “journey” with a smile
Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Christian Brown, Peyton Watson etc Zeke Nnaji. With this group, the Nuggets made a difference on the Celtics floorin the fourth quarter. A group that has only been used for two minutes in the last two seasons, and that David Adelman I didn’t expect the launch…
“It was a strange group of players” the coach admitted. “I never thought I would finish a game with this group, but they played well and deserved to be on the field.”
This group allowed Denver to “switch” almost everything, which slowed down the Celtics and Jaylen Brown, forcing everyone to attack one-on-one. The Celtics winger lost 7 turnovers in the game, including 3 in the final quarter alone, under pressure from Peyton Watson. Enough to defy arbitration.
“I’m one of the most aggressive players in the league”, he explained after getting three free throws. “I attack the circle a lot, but the whistles don’t show it. Maybe they wanted to emphasize it, I don’t know. But I will adjust for the next match and see how it will be judged.”
“We lost a player in every match…”
In any case, it is Denver’s second win in a row without Nikola Jokic, to end this “journey” of seven games “solid” selon Jamal Murray, car on a “lost a player in every match…”
In addition to Nikola Jokic, in the Rockies franchise, Jonas Valanciunas joined Cameron Johnson in the infirmary. But Jamal Murray (22 points, 17 assists against Boston), Peyton Watson (30 points) and Zeke Nnaji (12 points) answered the call, to finish this trip with a rather satisfactory record of 3 wins and 4 losses.
“I think it’s been an incredible journey. Finishing 3-4 with everything that’s happened, losing our two pivots, guys coming back with limited playing time (Christian Brown and Aaron Gordon), others who have to step up, winning in Philly with nine men. In the end, it’s a real accomplishment.” concludes the coach.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Nikola Jokic | 32 | 34:34 | 60.5 | 43.5 | 85.3 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 29.6 |
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 35:27 | 47.9 | 44.3 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 25.3 |
| Aaron Gordon | 15 | 27:32 | 52.5 | 42.3 | 84.8 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 18.4 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 36 | 26:53 | 45.8 | 41.1 | 88.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| Peyton Watson | 35 | 28:38 | 51.3 | 39.6 | 73.6 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 12.7 |
| Cameron Johnson | 28 | 30:36 | 46.1 | 42.9 | 81.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 11.7 |
| Christian Brown | 13 | 29:09 | 48.1 | 23.3 | 75.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 33 | 13:16 | 59.3 | 25.0 | 77.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| Bruce Brown | 37 | 24:45 | 46.5 | 32.2 | 77.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.3 |
| Spencer Jones | 33 | 21:49 | 53.7 | 41.6 | 64.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
| Jalen Pickett | 22 | 14:05 | 46.7 | 43.1 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Darron Holmes II | 8 | 13:30 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 24 | 10:50 | 51.7 | 36.0 | 78.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| Julian Stravther | 18 | 9:23 | 36.1 | 18.5 | 73.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Hunter Tyson | 13 | 5:18 | 32.1 | 26.7 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Curtis Jones | 5 | 4:24 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
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