The Nuggets suffered an upset defeat! Westbrook made great contributions with 21+6+11, Jokic 44+13+7, and the old Lakers players exploded

On November 23, the Nuggets played against the Kings at home. At the end of the game, the Nuggets lost to the Kings 123-128. The Nuggets are playing back-to-back games today. Gordon strained his right hamstring in yesterday's game, so Gordon will miss today's game. However, Jokic and Kareem Murray are both able to play, so the Nuggets are expected to continue to win. Now the Nuggets rank second in the Western Conference with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses. On the Kings side, Sabonis suffered a partial tear of the meniscus in his right knee, which greatly damaged the team's strength. The Kings have recently suffered an eight-game losing streak. However, facing a strong enemy like the Nuggets, it will be difficult for them to stop the team's decline. The Nuggets' starting lineup for this game is: Kareem Murray, Johnson, Watson, Jones, and Jokic. The Kings' starting lineup is: Westbrook, LaVine, DeRozan, Keegan Murray, and Eubanks.

The Kings hit a wave of 8-3 in the first quarter, and then the Nuggets hit back with a wave of 5-0. After Eubanks dunked, Jokic made 2 of 2 free throws, Watson hit a three-pointer, Leno hit a throw, and Kareem Murray hit a three-pointer. Westbrook scored a layup, LaVine scored after an alley-oop, and the Nuggets went on a 6-0 run. The Kings responded with a 7-0 run, and Watson hit a three-pointer. Although Kareem Murray and others later opened up the score, Schroeder and Achiuwa scored to stop the bleeding. At the end of the first quarter, the Kings fell behind by 5 points. In the second quarter, Varan scored inside. DeRozan scored 2+1 after Monk scored on the board. Hardaway scored 5 points in a row and DeRozan scored 4 points in a row. After Monk scored a dunk, the two teams attacked frequently. After Johnson scored a dunk, Varan scored inside. Then the Kings played a wave of 6-2 and the Nuggets immediately responded with a wave of 7-0. However, LaVine quickly responded, and with the performance of Schroeder and others, the Kings fell behind by 3 points at the end of the half.

In the third quarter, Kareem Murray scored a layup. After DeRozan scored 2+1, the Nuggets went on a 9-0 run. After Eubanks scored on a throw, the Nuggets went on a 6-0 run. After Keegan Murray hit a three-pointer, Jokic made 2 of 2 free throws. The next game The Kings directly tied the score 15-3. After Johnson scored a layup, Schroder made 2 of 2 free throws. After Jabbar Murray broke through and scored, Schroder hit a three-pointer. After Jokic scored a tip-in, Schroder hit a mid-range shot. Then Jabbar Murray scored a layup. At the end of the three quarters, the Nuggets led by 1 point. In the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams' offensive exchanges increased alternately, but later Clifford scored a layup, Westbrook scored 5 points in a row, and the Kings led to 6 points. Jokic hit a three-pointer, and Keegan Murray hit a three-pointer.

Jokic played very well in this game, especially when Murray was also attacking in the game. Jokic was still able to stand up and help the Nuggets score. Unfortunately, Jokic could not support the Nuggets alone. Even though Jokic tried his best in the game, the Nuggets still had no choice but to lose. In the end, Jokic scored 44 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. For other Nuggets players, Murray had 23 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists, Johnson had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Watson had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. The reason why the Kings were able to win the game had a huge relationship with the explosion of former Lakers player Schroeder. After all, the Nuggets once opened the score in the third quarter, but at this time Schroeder's explosion continued to help the Kings chase points. At the end of the game, Schroeder scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists on 6-of-8 shooting. The plus-minus value of +20 was the highest in the team.

Although Westbrook played average in the first three quarters, Westbrook was in hot form in the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the game, Westbrook rushed to the inside and scored. Later, Westbrook also hit a three-pointer. Under such circumstances, the Kings began to take the lead, and when the Nuggets chased points in the following games, Westbrook can not only break into the paint and score, but also continue to hit three-pointers. More importantly, Westbrook can also help the Kings fight for rebounds, so that the Kings can firmly take the lead. LaVine performed poorly in the fourth quarter, but DeRozan stepped up at the critical moment, especially DeRozan's 2+1 at the last moment, which helped the team seal the victory. At the end of the game, DeRozan scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-9 shooting. LaVine scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-14 shooting.