The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) defeated the defending champion Denver Nuggets and achieved consecutive wins.
Utah won 124-111 in a home game against Denver in the 2023-24 NBA regular season held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on the 11th (Korean time).
Utah, which recently defeated top teams such as the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks, went on a three-game winning streak by defeating last season’s champion Denver. 카지노사이트
Utah (19-20 losses), 11th place in the Western Conference, narrowed the gap with the 10th place LA Lakers (19-19 losses) to 0.5 games.
On the other hand, Denver failed to win two games in a row and remained in third place in the Western Conference (26 wins, 13 losses).
In Utah, Jordan Clarkson (27 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists) and Lauri Markkanen (26 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists) performed well.
Colin Sexton (22 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists) and John Collins (15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists) also contributed.
In Denver, Nikola Jokic (27 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists) and Jamal Murray (17 points, 6 assists) worked hard, but could not stop Utah’s momentum.
Utah predicted victory by taking a comfortable lead of 71-53 in the first half.
Utah maintained the lead throughout the second half. Collins continuously dug into Denver’s goal, including dunks and layup shots.
Denver’s Murray tried to change the mood with a dunk, but Utah’s Walker Kessler immediately responded with a dunk to keep the momentum going.
Then, Keyonte George’s 3-point shot set the tone. The third quarter ended with Utah increasing the lead to 99-78.
Utah cruised in the fourth quarter as well. Clarkson scored 9 points in a row from the beginning, breaking Denver’s will to chase.
Denver followed through to the end with consecutive 3-point shots from Colin Gillespie, Justin Holiday, and Zeke Nnaji at the end of the game, but was unable to overcome the already widening score gap and gave up the win. 슬롯
◇ NBA record (11th)
Boston 127-120 Minnesota
Sacramento 123-98 Charlotte
San Antonio 130-108 Detroit
Indiana 112-104 Washington Atlanta
139-132 Philadelphia Oklahoma 128-120 Miami
Chicago
124-119 Houston
New Orleans 141-105 Golden State
Utah 124-111 Denver
LA Clippers 126-120 Toronto