Jokic and Nuggets executed the Warriors at the Golden State

The Nuggets were defeated by the Jazz in the season opener. In the second game, they showed why they are considered title contenders by defeating the Warriors 123-128 at the Golden State in a game where they even reached +20.

Nikola Jokic’s 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists led the way for the Nuggets on a night when Denver ended up losing a game of their own thanks to the Warriors’ counterattack, but the Serb secured the win from the line of shots.

In the Nuggets, Bruce Brown followed with 20 points, followed by Serbo, Michael Porter and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with 17 points each.

With the Warriors, Steph Curry had 34 points, Andrew Wiggins had 23 points and Klay Thompson had 16 points. The last one was also fatal for his team, after he missed a three-pointer shortly before the end when the score was 123:126, in order to give Jokic the final score with two shots.

THE DODECALPTA: 34-40, 52-70, 88-98, 123-128

WARRIOR: N. Green 13 (1 tres, 9 assists), Wiggins 23 (2/8 tres, 8 rebounds), Looney 4, Curry 34 (5/11 tres, 5 rebounds), Curry 34 (5/11 tres, 5 rebounds ), Thompson 16 (4/10 threes), Cuminga 4, T. Green 5 (1 threes, 5 rebounds), Wiseman 11 (5 rebounds), DiVincenzo 3 (1), Poole 7 (7 assists), Moody 3 (1 )

NUGGETS: Gordon 10 (0/6 3-pointers), Brown 20 (3 3-pointers, 5 assists), Porter 17 (5/10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Jokic 26 (1 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 10 Assists, 5 turnovers), Caldwell-Pope 17 (3), Green 10 (2), Jordan 9 (5 rebounds), Hyland 14 (1 3-pointer, 5 assists), Reed 1, Brown 4