They were carried away by the rage of the Raptors Bucks! The “deer” never appeared in Toronto and fatefully experienced their second defeat of the season, (130-111) by Giannis Antetokounmpo to have 16 points 4 rebounds and 2 assistsat 27:41, at the moment when o Damian Lillard scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists at 30:36. For the Raptors, Pascal Siakam was the leader, scoring 26 points, collecting 6 rebounds and handing out 7 assists, while Dennis Schruder was also excellent, having a double-double, having 24 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.
The twelve minutes: 31-18, 66-44, 95-79, 130-111
Raptors (Darko Rajakovic): Anunoby 16 (6/6 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointer, 1/2 shots, 3 assists), Siakam 26 (4/5 2-pointers, 5/8 3-pointers, 3/3 shots, 6 rebounds, 7 assists), Poultle 14 ( 7/10 2-pointers, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks), Barnes 21 (4/6 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks), Schruder 24 (7/9 2-pointers, 2/4 3-pointers, 4/4 shots , 4 rebounds, 11 assists), Trent 8, Dick 5 (1/8 threes), Flynn 2, Bouche 6, Porter 6 (2), Temple
Bucks (Adrian Griffin): Middleton 11 (1), Giannis Antetokounmpo 16 (5/11 2-pointers, 6/9 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Brook Lopez 6 (1/8 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 steals), Beasley 20 (6/9 three-pointers ), Lillard 15 (3/5 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 6/7 shots, 2 rebounds, 6 assists), Connaughton 3 (1), Crowder 9 (2), Portis 10 (2/6 shots, 6/9 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Payne 4, Beauchamp 5 (1), Jackson 2, Livingston 5 (1), Green 2, Thanasis Antetokounmpo
First loss of the season for the champion Nuggets, who fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves by a score of 110-89. The Denver team was neutralized in all points of the game by the hosts who took “revenge” for last year’s 4-1 in the playoffs series.
Incredible performance by Edwards who scored 24 points, having a worthy supporter of Towns who had 21.
For the champions, Jokic was the only one who stood out from the “wreck” by scoring 25 points and collecting 10 assists.
The twelve minutes: 28-21, 63-44, 89-72, 110-89
Timberwolves: Gordon 4, Porter 5 (2/11 shooting, 0/5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Jokic 25 (1/6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 5 turnovers), Murray 14 (5/16 shooting, 1 3-pointer, 6 rebounds, 6 assist), Caldwell-Pope 6 (1), Nagy 9 (1 3-pointer, 5 rebounds), Key, Tyson 2, Watson 4, Holliday 3 (1), Jackson 2, Pickett 2, Brown 8 (9 rebounds), Strother 5 (1/6 three points)
Nuggets: McDaniels 6 (9 rebounds), Gober 4 (0/7 shooting, 12 rebounds), Towns 21 (7/19 shooting, 1 three-pointer, 8 rebounds), Conley 17 (3 three-pointers, 6 assists), Edwards 24 (1), Minot 2, Anderson 9 (1), Brown 4, Reed 16 (1), McLaughlin, Milton 2, Alexander-Walker 5 (1)
Source: Sport Fm
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