Denver Nagits started against the semi -finals of the American Professional League conference. Abroad, the team overcame Oklahoma City Thunder 121 to 119, with the historical representation of Nicolas Gokic and a decisive throw of Aaron Gordon in the last seconds.
Jokic was the name of the confrontation. The Serbian axis ended with 42 points, 22 rebounds and 5 decisive passes, to become the fourth player in the history of the American Professional League to score at least 40 points, 20 rebounds and 5 passes in one match, and joins stars such as Wilt Chamberlain, Shakil O’Neil and Jiannis Antokoclubo.
Despite the performance, make Thunder of difficult, alternately throughout the game. The Serbs even showed frustration with the signs and a mistake after Luguentz Dort hit with an elbow on his chin in the last room.
Even hanging from five errors, Jokic was decisive and scored 16 points after the show.
Nags did not lead the scoring from the first quarter and was 13 points behind. However, a 19 to 6 sequence accumulated in the last minutes and became the match.
With 9.5 seconds staying, Chet Holmgren had an opportunity to expand Thunder’s feature in the free offer, but he missed the two Romets. In the counter -attack, Westprick led the ball and Gordon found free in a basket of three of those who closed the victory.
Aaron Gordon ended with 22 points and was strengthened by interim coach David Adeleman after the match: “It is the spirit of our team.”
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Thunder’s Edge, former Thunder’s Edge, was important in the reaction of Denver, where he scored eight points from 10 points during the third quarter. Christian Brown has also played a fundamental role in taking the decisive bounce after free throwing by Holmegren.
On the side of Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-alexander scored 33 points and was the most prominent major attack. Alex Caroso contributed 20 points of thunder, including the first three team of the team after ten wrong attempts.
Oklahoma’s team did not act nine days ago and showed signs of an irregular rhythm in the end.
Game 2 of the series occurs again in Oklahoma, this Wednesday (7).
