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Jokic came back with a triple-double and a clutch shot
With his 15th triple-double of the season and the winning basket with 16.9 minutes remaining, Nikola Jokic was the hero of the Nuggets’ 99-98 win in New Orleans.
The Nuggets continue to lead the race in the west because they always have a solution to difficult situations. Nikola Jokic is the most important of them. The Serbian center returned after two games and posted double-digit points, rebounds and assists for the 15th time this year in Denver’s 99-98 win over the Pelicans.
In fact, the “Joker” scored the basket that decided the result, hitting the target with 16.9” left to play. The home side, in the lead, had three chances to steal the win but McCollum failed to cash them.
THE DODECALPTA: 24-28, 47-63, 74-83, 98-99
pelicans: Jones 6 (6 rebounds), Valanciunas 14 (1 treble, 9 rebounds), Hayes 4, McCollum 20 (0/8), Murphy 10 (3/5 trebles, 6 rebounds), Nance 10 (6 rebounds). ), Temple 2, Hernangometh 12 (6 rebounds), Graham 1, Alvarado 17 (1/4 threes), Daniels 2
NUGGETS: Gordon 11(1), Brown 11*(3/7 trebles), Jokic 25(2/4 trebles, 11 rebounds, 10 assists), Murray 25(3/8 trebles, 7 assists), Caldwell-Pope 7(1 /4 3-pointers), Green 7 (1), Nagy 4 (7 rebounds), Chadzar 2, Brown 7
Source: sport 24
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