The Denver Nuggets basketball players defeated the Houston Rockets with a score of 134:124 on the wings of a cheerful Nikola Jokic, who achieved another triple-double performance in this match.
The team from Colorado opened this game well, which came for them after victories over San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers.
After the victory of Houston in the mutual match five days ago (105:86), the Nuggets prepared their revenge.
In this match, Jamal Murray returned after missing 11 matches due to injury, and already at the start, he brought the audience to their feet with a three-pointer from the center of the field.
After 10 minutes of play, Mike Malone’s team reached the biggest advantage of 19 points after a basket by Brown and in those moments the eighth assist by Jokic (32:13).
They did not allow the opponent to get closer, so the half ended after the 17th point of Nikola Jokic with a score of 76:59.
In those moments, the Serbian center had 12 assists and seven rebounds, so it was clear that he was on his way to a new triple-double performance.
Until the end, the difference was mostly from 10 to 19 points on the side of the Nuggets, who are reaching their 13th triumph this season and with a score of 13-6, occupy the second position in the West, while Houston, with eight wins and the same number of losses, is in ninth position.
By the end of the match, Jokic scored 32 points, and with 10 rebounds and 15 assists, he achieved his seventh triple-double of the season.
Michael Porter Junior played the game of the season with 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Murray was stopped at 16 points and six rebounds and assists.
On the other side, Green stood out with 26 and Sengun with 22 points.
The fact that testifies to the dominance of Nikola Jokic is that all other NBA players combined recorded one more triple-double performance than him this season.