NBA
Jokic leads Nuggets to victory over Clippers in LA
With Nikola Jokic making an “erasable” double-double, the Nuggets defeated LA to win 114-104 over the – sans Leonard, George – Clippers.
The nuggets slowly find a rhythm. Meeting the Clippers without Leonard and George without Leonard in LA certainly helped in that direction, with Denver prevailing 104-114 for their third win in 4 games.
Aaron Gordon was the lead scorer for the winners with 29 points, with Jamal Murray adding 21 points and Nikola Jokic adding 19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, in a “clear” double-double.
With the Clippers, John Wall had 23 points, Terrence Mann had 16 points, and Marcus Morris had 15 points.
THE DODECALPTA: 26-31, 52-64, 77-87, 104-114
CUTTER: Morris 15 (1), Zubac 6 (9 rebounds), Jackson 9 (1 treble, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Man 16 (1 treble, 5 assists), Coffey 9 (2), Batum, Covington 12 (2 trebles , 6 rebounds), Powell 11 (2), Brown 3, Wall 23 (2)
NUGGETS: Gordon 29 (2 threes, 7 rebounds), M. Brown 8, Jokic 19 (13 rebounds, 6 assists), Murray 21 (3/9 threes, 6 rebounds, 9 assists), Caldwell-Pope 6 (1), Naji 6, White, Watson, Chadzar 13(2), Smith 5(1), Reid 7(1), T. Brown
Source: sport 24
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