BROOKLYN Nets vs DENVER Nuggets NBA Game 12 March 2023. In a 122-120 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, Mikal Bridges scored 25 points for the Brooklyn. Nets, who held off a late comeback and another triple-double from Nikola Jokic.
For Brooklyn, which has won five of its previous six games, Nic Claxton scored 20 points, while Dorian. Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie each chipped in with 15 points.
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Even though they are still getting use to their new club and teammates, Bridges and. Dinwiddie, who were acquire in trades last month that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix and. Kyrie Irving to Dallas, have been crucial to Brooklyn’s comeback.
Bridges added, “Even if we don’t always know what we’re doing, just scrambling, all five guys support each other. “Sometimes, it won’t be flawless, but I believe the main thing is just the next guy stepping up.
Jokic recorded his league-leading 27th triple-double of the year with 35 points, 20 rebounds, and 11 assists. But he missed a contested 14-foot jumper with 5 seconds left that would have given the Nuggets the lead.
Denver, which suffered its third straight defeat, matched a season high with the 23 points contributed by Michael Porter Jr.
Michael Malone, the Nuggets’ coach, described the defeat as “tough”. “Our lads fought back and ultimately gave ourselves a chance.
The third quarter, during which the Nets outscored the Nuggets 37-18 and shot 63%, was one of the team’s most remarkable periods, according to Nets coach Jacque Vaughn.
We “began to fly around,” Vaughn remarked, referring to the 15 turnovers we made tonight and our capacity for disruption. “We stuck together for a convincing victory on the road.”
Jamal Murray of Denver, who finished with 16 points, was compelled to miss the fourth quarter due to left knee pain. Malone stated that Murray, who missed the last stretch of the 2020–21 season as well as the all of the previous one due to surgery to repair an ACL tear in the same knee, will be assessed.
A Bridges jump shot midway through the third quarter gave Brooklyn an 80-77 lead after they had trailed by eight points at the half. As Royce O’Neale and Joe Harris made back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds of the period, the Nets increased their lead to 98-87.
