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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**28**|**25**|**33**|**24**|**110**|[](/DEN)|
**NOP**|**36**|**33**|**26**|**20**|**115**|[](/NOP)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**47-96 (49.0)**|**10-40 (25.0)**|**6-12 (50.0)**|**11**|**51**|**37**|**13**|**4**|**3**|**20**|**110**|
[](/NOP)**NOP**|**46-88 (52.3)**|**12-22 (54.5)**|**11-21 (52.4)**|**4**|**39**|**32**|**9**|**8**|**5**|**13**|**115**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|32:53|8-14 (57.1)|2-6 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|3|11|0|0|0|0|3|18|-15|
A. Gordon^^PF|39:09|7-14 (50.0)|0-4 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|1|8|2|0|2|0|4|14|+1|
N. Jokic^^C|36:10|10-20 (50.0)|1-8 (12.5)|5-5 (100.0)|2|16|18|4|0|1|2|26|+5|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|34:52|3-7 (42.9)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|8|0|1|2|0|8|+4|
R. Jackson^^PG|33:20|6-12 (50.0)|2-7 (28.6)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|3|4|0|0|2|14|-4|
C. Braun|29:42|11-19 (57.9)|3-5 (60.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2|9|3|0|0|0|1|25|+3|
J. Pickett|9:41|0-2 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|0|2|0|+9|
J. Strawther|8:30|1-4 (25.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|2|-16|
P. Watson|11:25|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2|3|1|2|0|0|2|3|-2|
Z. Nnaji|4:18|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|2|0|0|2|0|-10|
**Totals**||**47-96 (49.0)**|**10-40 (25.0)**|**6-12 (50.0)**|**11**|**51**|**37**|**13**|**4**|**3**|**20**|**110**||
**DNP:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Justin Holiday***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Braxton Key***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Jamal Murray***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**[](/NOP)NOP**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
B. Ingram^^SF|38:12|9-19 (47.4)|2-4 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|3|8|2|1|0|3|21|-5|
Z. Williamson^^PF|32:34|10-17 (58.8)|1-1 (100.0)|5-11 (45.5)|0|4|6|4|0|2|3|26|+21|
J. Valanciunas^^C|34:27|10-18 (55.6)|1-3 (33.3)|1-3 (33.3)|2|8|3|0|0|1|4|22|-8|
H. Jones^^SG|36:52|3-8 (37.5)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|5|4|1|3|1|2|8|-2|
D. Daniels^^PG|33:09|4-6 (66.7)|0-1 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|1|9|7|0|3|0|1|10|+12|
N. Marshall|18:22|4-6 (66.7)|4-5 (80.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|1|2|1|0|0|12|-1|
J. Hawkins|25:57|3-7 (42.9)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|5|3|0|0|0|0|7|-3|
M. Ryan|18:44|3-7 (42.9)|3-5 (60.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|9|+8|
C. Zeller|1:30|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|+3|
J. Robinson-Earl|0:13|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**Totals**||**46-88 (52.3)**|**12-22 (54.5)**|**11-21 (52.4)**|**4**|**39**|**32**|**9**|**8**|**5**|**13**|**115**||
**DNP:** ***Jose Alvarado***, ***Kira Lewis Jr.***
**Inactive:** ***E.J. Liddell***, ***CJ McCollum***, ***Trey Murphy III***, ***Larry Nance Jr.***, ***Dereon Seabron***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|66|15|11|0|30|13|10|[](/DEN)|
**NOP**|60|8|15|20|28|11|13|[](/NOP)|
**Lead Changes: 0** | **Times Tied: 1** | **Gametime: 2:11** | **Attendance: 15278**
*Officials: Marc Davis, Derrick Collins, Dedric Taylor*
by BigHoneyBot
26 Comments
AG is 7/26 from 3 and 59/98 from the ft line, i dont expect him to become a 40% ft shooter and 90% from the line but man you gotta up the %s, big game from Braun, Jokic did shoot way too many 3s ( 8/35 last 5 games ) was hoping for a 20 assists game but all things considered not the worst game to lose lol. I still dont understand why refs dont check out of bounds plays with under 2 mins to go at the end of close games?? It takes less than a min… they changed the challenge rule but its still horseshit, you get an extra one if its successful.. how about you get 2 either way for a start ( they make way 2 many mistakes and pay no price for them )
Damn we lost that game in the 1st half.
MPJ needs to get more shots man he’s too good of a scorer not to
Why don’t Moach let DJ in for a chance? We can try Zeke in the first half and if he isn’t producing then DJ in second half? At least DJ seems better on offense than Zeke lol (I’m not a coach don’t take this advice)
https://preview.redd.it/71s3t10b111c1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11453d6b176084f76fc30ca77f95ca00d77af877
Is there any possible way for us to convince Theis to sign with us instead of the Clips? Idk how much of a difference he makes, because our only good back up C’s have been great passers, but he’s better than Zeke.
I think the only time I will ever root for the Clippers is when they play the Pels next Friday for the last Tournament game. Even if the Pels win we could make it if we can beat the lights off the Rockets
Is Mitchell playing tomorrow for Cavs?
Tough loss considering the comeback but what a game for Christian. This game will do wonders for his confidence.
This one’s on ‘lone.
This one of those games where you will just think about it randomly one day and get irrationally angry.
Jok at 9.2 AST in these first 12 games, almost averaging a 30 pt TD
You know what? I’m getting tired of the fucking Rockets. Go Clippers!!
Ugh jok missing all those 3s hurts especially bad
https://preview.redd.it/srsdewjb211c1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75f468b346b26fd57cecf2a1d049813f3a824421
How did the Lakers/Suns land in a tournament group with Memphis, Portland and Utah smh. This is some collusion imo
So fucking close, but god damn this group can defend when they want to. CB looking great offensively again. Some good takeaways here, but started too slow defensively.
Now let’s go beat Houston
So we are probably not going to make it to knockout round now?
Did the boys have too many daiquiris last night?
Damn we are doing bad on the road…and bench is having huge issues made us far behind at half . Worrying stuff . Jokic 3 stopped falling all together also
Btw. The first tiebreaker for teams in the IST group is head to head record in group play.
Idk why everyone’s talking about point differential. That’s second. If New Orleans wins their last game, Denver can’t make it over them
I guess we are homecourt merchants sadly. We need to win shit on the road, Jamal or no Jamal. Our road splits are fugly if we take out that 30pt win over OKC. Gotta beat the Rockets in Houston if we wanna go through.
I’ve now decided the in season tournament is stupid and we let our foot off the gas.
RIP IST
It was fun while it lasted, but pretty lame that one loss and now there’s almost no chance we can get out of our group.
Tatum gotta be the luckiest player in the world, he can afford to drop stinker after stinker and still get carried by his insane roster to wins.
I hate how a insanely close loss only leads to pointing out the negatives. If we make an extra 3 or grab an extra rebound, suddenly everyone is good, but apparently everyone sucks because we lost?
Jokic looked great as always, Christian Braun with a career high, Small Ball AG was a fantastic move, Reggie hit some nice shots, and MPJ looked nice as well.