Philadelphia – – Nikola Jokic achieved the three -point pointer with 39 seconds to play, Jamal Murray collected 31 factors and 11 assists, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the 42 factors of Tyrese Maxey to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 137-134 Friday night.
Jokic completed with 28 factors, 13 assists and 9 rebounds, simply lacking what would have been his twenty second triple-double on the head of the NBA.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 24 factors and Julian Strawther was 18 on the bench whereas Denver ended a sequence of three consecutive defeats.
Maxey additionally collected 9 assists, nevertheless it was not sufficient to increase the sequence of 4 victories of the 76ers. Guerschon Yabusele has established a profession profession with 28 factors and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 27.
Nuggets: Russell Westbrook left the match with an damage to the hamstrings within the fourth quarter when it was stripped by Ricky Council IV. Coach Michael Malone referred to as Time and Westbrook drink, heading immediately within the locker rooms of the Nuggets. He didn’t return.
76ers: Maxey had his thirteenth consecutive match of 28 factors or extra and fourth consecutive outing of 30 factors.
Jokic collected 13 factors within the fourth quarter and Maxey 12. He was lasting it for the final time at 130 earlier than the pointer 3 factors from Jokic.
The Nuggets, which lead the NBA as a proportion of targets within the area at 50.3, pulled 65.9% (54 for 82) within the area. Six gamers have been two figures, with Strawther and Christian Braun (15 factors) main a bonus of 39-17 within the rating of the bench.
The 76ers proceed a six -game home towards Boston on Sunday. The Nuggets completed a 5 recreation journey to Charlotte on Saturday.
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