Denver basketball players easily defeated Portland 122:113 and enjoyed their 14th consecutive victory in front of their spectators. As usual, the most playful was Nikola Jokić, who was looking forward to his 13th triple double of the season.
Nikola Jokic finished the game with 36 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Even more important for the Nuggets is the fact that they won all 13 games in which Jokić managed this otherwise rare statistical triple.
Čančar remained without a pointThe Serbian was very efficient, shooting almost perfectly from the field, hitting all 12 shots for two points, missing only one 3-pointer. “The team is going in the right direction, we are playing extremely confidently,” Jokić summed up. Vlatko Čančar played 16 minutes in which he missed the only shot, and collected two rebounds and an assist.
Lillard unhappy with refereesHe stood out again at Portland Damian Lillard, who scored 44 points, including six 3-pointers, and was accurate on all 14 free throws. “Of course there are many things that could have been done better, but at the end of the day I still feel that the referees were the ones who decided the game,” Lillard was not in a very good mood. He got a technical foul in the last quarter: “We expected the match to be quite physical, it was obvious that we both really wanted to win. But it seems to me that whatever we did, we were called for a foul.” Portland was indeed awarded several personal fouls by the referees (24:15).
NBA league
Matches on January 17:MILWAUKEE − TORONTO 130:122 Holiday 37 (16/26 from the field, 5/10 for three), Allen 25 (4/5 for three), B. Lopez 19 (3/5 for three), Andetokumbo did not play; VanVleet 39 (15/28 from the field, 6/12 for three), 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Trent 28 (4/9 for three), Siakam 23 and 9 rebounds, Barnes 14 and 13 rebounds.
SAN ANTONIO − BROOKLYN 106:98 K. Johnson 36 (11/26 from the field, 3/11 for three, 11/12 free throws) and 11 rebounds, Sochan 16, Jones 13; Warren 19, Se. Curry 16 (6/16 from the field, 1/7 for three), Claxton (11 rebounds) and Thomas each 15, Simmons 10, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Durant and Irving did not play.
DENVER − PORTLAND 122:113 Jokić 36 (13/14 from the field, 1/2 for three, 9/10 free throws), 12 rebounds and 10 assists, Porter 23 (4/6 for three), Murray 17 (3/7 for three), Broen 12, Gordon 11 … Čančar 0 (0/1 from the field), 2 assists and 1 rebound in 16 minutes; Lillard 44 (12/20 from the field, 6/12 for three, 12/12 free throws) and 8 assists, Grant 18, Simons 14.
LA CLIPPERS − PHILADELPHIA 110:120 Leonard 27, Powell 16, George 13; Embiid 41, Maxey 22, Harris 20.
Matches on January 18:DALLAS − ATLANTA (at 1:30) NEW YORK − WASHINGTON HOUSTON − CHARLOTTE MEMPHIS − CLEVELAND NEW ORLEANS − MIAMI OKLAHOMA CITY − INDIANA UTAH − LA CLIPPERS DENVER − MINNESOTA LA LAKERS − SACRAMENTO
Scales
Eastern Conference
BOSTON CELTICS 45 33 12 73,3 MILWAUKEE BUCKS 45 29 16 64,4 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 44 28 16 63,6 BROOKLYN NETS 43 27 16 62,8 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 45 28 17 62,2 NEW YORK KNICKS 45 25 20 55,6 --------------------------------------- MIAMI HEAT 45 24 21 53,3 INDIANA PACERS 45 23 22 51,1 ATLANTA HAWKS 44 22 22 50,0 CHICAGO BULLS 44 20 24 45,5 --------------------------------------- TORONTO RAPTORS 45 20 25 44,4 WASHINGTON WIZARDS 44 18 26 40,9 ORLANDO MAGIC 44 16 28 36,4 DETROIT PISTONS 47 12 35 25,5 CHARLOTTE HORNETS 45 11 34 24,4
Western Conference
DENVER NUGGETS 44 31 13 70,5 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 43 30 13 69,8 NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 44 26 18 59,1 SACRAMENTO KINGS 42 24 18 57,1 DALLAS MAVERICKS 45 24 21 53,3 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 46 23 23 50,0 --------------------------------------- GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 44 22 22 50,0 UTAH JAZZ 47 23 24 48,9 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 45 22 23 48,9 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 44 21 23 47,7 --------------------------------------- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 44 21 23 47,7 PHOENIX SUNS 45 21 24 46,7 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 44 20 24 45,5 SAN ANTONIO SPURS 45 14 31 31,1 HOUSTON ROCKETS 44 10 34 22,7
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