![]() Utah coach Quin Snyder though both of their contributions were key. The pair were the two finalists Sixth Man of Year last season (Clarkson won the award). Ingles made his 1,000th career 3-pointer and Clarkson crossed the 8,000-point mark. Gobert made 8 of 10 free throws after making just one of his first six. Mitchell was made 1 of 9 from beyond the 3-point line. Jazz: Utah successfully challenge a blocking foul call on Mitchell in third quarter. Barton scored 16 points in the third quarter. The Nuggets had 62 turnovers in their first three games, but had only 13 against Utah. Nuggets: Gordon was a force offensively but needed to sit after getting his fourth foul in the third quarter. We gave away a lot of possessions - too many possessions to win,” Gordon said. Gordon and Jokic combined to make their first 11 field goal attempts of the game but the Nuggets devolved into a series of ineffective one-on-one isolations down the stretch while the Jazz were getting layups and free throws on the other end. But the Nuggets carved the Utah defense with ball movement, advantages on Jazz switches, and pinpoint shooting. The Jazz, who had the best record in the regular season last season, are working with the same primary group of players and looked dominant for most of the first two games. Denver also dropped a game to Cleveland, 99-87, on Monday night in the front end of their back-to-back. ![]() This had all the same traits until the Nuggets ran out of gas. The two teams have recent history of shootouts, including a memorable series in The NBA Playoff bubble in 2020. “The biggest thing for us is to be able to still execute while being pushed.” We’re now embracing it as a group, as well,” Mitchell said. That’s New York City basketball at its finest. ![]() It boiled over with 4:57 remaining when Hassan Whiteside and JaMychal Green started pushing, bumping and jawing – but not throwing punches - before teammates and security separated the pair.īoth were assessed technical fouls and ejected from the game. The game had high emotion uncharacteristic for an early-season encounter. “I was mad at myself for missing four free throws in the first half so it gave me a great opportunity to redeem myself,” Gobert said. His free throws finished an 11-2 run and the Jazz stayed in front the rest of the way. It was tough at times,” Morris said about Denver’s flagging finish.ĭenver took its last lead at 93-91 before Gobert fueled Utah’s decisive move. Just putting guys in different positions and (other) things. After period of lights-out shooting, Denver went 7-for-19 from the field in the fourth quarter. Will Barton scored 21 points, Aaron Gordon had 20 points, and Monte Morris added 19 for the Nuggets, who dropped to 2-2. “He’s far too important to this team for us to risk him being out there if he’s not feeling confident about it.” It’s not his decision to make,” Malone said. I said, ‘How do you feel?’ He said ‘It feels a little weak’ and I just shut him down. “I went up to Nikola as he was warming up at halftime. He will be examined again, but initial injury report was a knee contusion.ĭenver coach Michael Malone doesn’t think it’s too serious. He eventually got up with assistance and limped to the locker room. Two minutes before halftime, Jokic banged knees with Gobert and stayed down holding his right leg. Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic each contributed 15 for the Jazz, who moved to 3-0 on the season. The reigning NBA MVP had 24 points in just 15 first-half minutes before he got hurt. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year also short-circuited the Denver offense when it mattered most. His teammates repeatedly found him near the hoop and the Nuggets even tried Hack-a-Rudy to no avail. I like when that happens and that’s when we play our best basketball,” said Gobert, who had 14 points and eight rebounds in the fourth quarter. “When we share the ball on offense, then our defense gets better. Gobert had 23 points and 16 rebounds and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 122-110 win over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night in a game where Jokic left with a knee injury. SALT LAKE CITY - Without the injured Nikola Jokic on the court, Rudy Gobert gladly took center stage down the stretch. Gobert leads Jazz over Nuggets 122-110 as Jokic gets hurt
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