The Denver Nugget became the first team in the Western Region to win 30 games by the center Nikola Jokic’s outside shot! The Nuggets played the Magic at home on the 16th, and Joki scored only 11 shots (8 shots), scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists, including a three-point ball with a step back 1 second before the end, narrowly beating the Magic 119 to 116.
After the first quarter, the gold bullion took the lead for the most half of the game, but was shot ahead by the magic Bol Bol (103-102) with more than 7 minutes left in the last quarter. Polpol used to be a gold player. He was sold to the Pistons in January last year and failed. Then he was sold to Sertik in a three-way deal. Sertik sold him to the Magic. Polpol made 8 of 12 shots against his old club and scored 17 points and 6 rebounds.
The last quarter of the game between the two sides was quite a tug of war. Aaron Gordon scored a point higher than the first two in 16.1 seconds before the end of the game.
Jamal Murray used foul tactics, and the magic of Markelle Fultz scored one in two to equalise the score, with 14.2 seconds remaining.
Murray led the ball to organize the last wave of attack and passed it to Jokic at the top of the free throw circle at the 45-degree angle of the outside line, but Jokic did not directly shoot, but stepped back two steps to shoot outside the three-point line, which became a fatal hit! The magic shout is suspended but only 0.2 seconds remain, which is equivalent to pressing the whistle.
Although Jokic can also win by shooting two points, Gordon explained: “He stepped back to create more space and made this wonderful shot at the top of the three-point circle.” Gordon scored the team’s highest 25 points against his old team, and Murray scored 18 points and 7 assists. It is interesting that Jokic was very excited after he scored the whistle, but he didn’t seem very excited. After the game, he said to the media, “I feel great, and I don’t know why (no response).”