NBA, the results of the night: The Jazz ruined Jokic’s triple-double, the Rockets’ passage through Sacramento

The Jazz had an easy night in Denver, going home victorious from the Nuggets 125-102 on a night where Nikola Jokic scored another Triple-double for the hosts and Donovan Mitchell was valuable for Utah. The Jazz opened the game in the fourth third and achieved a comfortable dominance that took them to 29-14 for the season. On the contrary, the Nuggets fell to 22-20 and showed they didn’t have the composure needed for the game in the fourth third when the ball was burning.

Nikola Jokic was gratifying with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists in a productive display for the Serb tall, while Mitchell had 31 points for the Jazz with 11/24 shots and Gomber had 18 points with 19 rebounds.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 33-37, 58-68, 88-91, 102-125

ΝΑΓΚΕΤΣ: Gordon 20 (2), Green 4, Jokic 25 (15 rebounds, 14 assists), Burton 16 (2), Morris 13 (10), Highland 13 (3), Reed 5 (1), Cabasso 2, Nazi 2, ennis 2

JAZZ: O’Neill 11 (2), Bogdanovic 21 (1), Gomber 18 (19 rebounds), Mitchell 31 (11/24 shots), Conley 8 (2), Inglis 3 (1), Gay 7 (1), Clarkson 16(3), Pascal 10(1), Forrest, Valentine

Kings – Rockets 112-118

Barely, but on a positive note, the Rockets passed Scaramendo and beat the Kings 118-112. The Houston side almost came as a surprise when they lost the satisfying lead they had built up in the game and saw the hosts coming dangerously towards them.

Now the Rockets went up to 13-32 in the NBA season while the Kings fell to 18-28. The top scorers for Houston were Wood and Porter with 23 points each, while Hild had 27 for the Kings.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 21-29, 60-55, 88-85, 112-118

KINGS: Barnes 12 (1), Metou 14 (1), Holmes 4, Davis 17 (2), Fox 14 (1), Mitchell 16 (2), Hild 27 (5), Harkles 5, Len 1.

MISSILES: Gordon 15 (2), Tate 10, Wood 23 (14 rebounds, 3/7 3-pointers), Porter 23 (5/9 3-pointers), Green 15 (1), Martin 9 (1), Brooks, Matthew 17 (4) , Sengud 6, Christopher