The basketball players of the Denver Nuggets, led by the great Nikola Jokic, were defeated in the Emway Center by Orlando with a score of 124:119.
After being ejected against the Detroit Pistons already in the first half, the Serbian center returned to his recognizable track and recorded his 111th triple-double performance in the NBA.
Jokic’s 30 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists did not help the Nuggets to win against Orlando, who ended up winning 124:119 in a dramatic ending.
Disputed decisions to the detriment of Jokic and Denver will be talked about again, and the detail that happened four minutes before the end of the game speaks best of the fact that the referees took the best basketball player in the tooth.
When the score was 108:108, even three Orlando basketball players surrounded Jokic and did not allow him to score. At one point, Anthony Cole “mounted” him and knocked him to the ground, only for Nikola to react unsportsmanlike and try to stop Sags with his hands, who did not owe him.
The question of the winner was resolved at the end of the game, when after 108:108 the score began to seesaw, which Orlando won from the penalty line.
Michael Porter Jr. was the second best scorer for Denver with 25 points. Gordon recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Reggie Jackson added 14 points and nine assists.
For Magic, Franz Wagner scored 27 points, Paolo Banchero stopped at 23, Anthony Cole reached 20, and Joe Ingles and Moritz Wagner scored 12 each.
