Jokic was missing for the Nuggets, Gilgeous-Alexander was “dancing” for Oklahoma! The Thunder had a great night from the 25-year-old Canadian, who led the champions with 34 points, giving his team a 105-100 victory.
The Nuggets fought the match and had a very good night with Chet Holmgren who did a double-double, while Vasilije Misic was also decisive with 12 points in his best appearance in the NBA so far.
Jokic was sidelined with lower back pain, with Murray, Gordon and Jackson scoring 16 points and Porter adding 15 more.
The Thunder are now in 2nd place with a 33-15 record, the Nuggets are 4th with a 33-16 record.
The twelve minutes: 19-28, 47-51, 73-72, 105-100
THUNDER: Holmgren 18 (3 threes, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks), K. Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander 34 (2), Giddy 8, Dort 7 (1/6 threes), Waters, T. Williams 9 (1), Dieng , Bertans, Wiggins 12 (2), Micic 12 (1), Wallace 5 (1)
NUGGETS: Gordon 16 (1 3-pointer, 13 rebounds), Watson 9 (1), Porter 15 (3/9 3-pointers), Murray 16 (2), Caldwell-Pope 11 (3/9 3-pointers), Nagy 2, Holiday 5 ( 1), Jackson 16 (2), Brown 10 (2)
Kevin Durant imposed his law in Brooklyn! The American returned to the home of the Nets and executed them with 33 points. He was followed closely by Jusuf Nurkic with 28 points and 11 rebounds, with Devin Booker adding 22 points and Eric Gordon 17 points.
Of the losers, Cam Thomas had 25 points, Michael Bridges 21 points and Lonnie Walker 19 points.
The twelve minutes: 30-30, 61-64, 87-106, 120-136
NETS: Johnson 18 (3/7 threes), Bridges 21 (6/12 threes), Claxton 12, Dinwiddie 16 (2), Thomas 25 (1), O’Neill 3 (1), Watford 2, Giles, Smith 4, Walker 19 (3/8 threes)
CHANCE: Durant 33 (2/6 threes), Nurkic 28 (11 rebounds), Gordon 17 (5/9 threes), Beal 12 (1), Booker 22 (4/6 threes), Metu, Eubanks 6, Watanabe, Beets-Diop 5 (1), Okojie 11 (1), Little, Goodwin 2
Source: Sport Fm
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