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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHA**|**25**|**27**|**28**|**35**|**115**|[](/CHA)|
**DEN**|**20**|**35**|**39**|**25**|**119**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/CHA)**CHA**|**41-96 (42.7)**|**12-38 (31.6)**|**21-23 (91.3)**|**12**|**48**|**26**|**12**|**7**|**7**|**26**|**115**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-94 (45.7)**|**11-33 (33.3)**|**22-34 (64.7)**|**15**|**55**|**33**|**14**|**6**|**3**|**17**|**119**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
B. Brown^^SF|36:35|7-11 (63.6)|2-4 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|1|4|3|0|2|4|16|+18|
A. Gordon^^PF|28:25|6-9 (66.7)|2-2 (100.0)|5-7 (71.4)|3|10|1|2|3|1|3|19|+15|
N. Jokic^^C|39:41|13-26 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|12-17 (70.6)|7|27|10|5|2|0|4|40|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|32:20|8-15 (53.3)|4-9 (44.4)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|5|0|0|0|3|20|+12|
J. Murray^^PG|34:49|2-11 (18.2)|0-6 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0|1|11|3|0|0|0|6|+12|
C. Braun|20:40|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|0|0|0|0|0|2|-11|
B. Hyland|16:52|3-11 (27.3)|1-6 (16.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|7|-15|
J. Green|19:35|3-8 (37.5)|0-0 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|2|3|0|0|0|0|0|8|-11|
D. Jordan|8:19|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|3|1|0|0|0|2|1|-16|
V. Cancar|2:44|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-4|
**Totals**||**43-94 (45.7)**|**11-33 (33.3)**|**22-34 (64.7)**|**15**|**55**|**33**|**14**|**6**|**3**|**17**|**119**||
**DNP:** ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Davon Reed***, ***Ish Smith***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Michael Porter Jr.***, ***Peyton Watson***, ***Jack White***
**[](/CHA)CHA**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
G. Hayward^^SF|34:46|5-11 (45.5)|2-4 (50.0)|3-4 (75.0)|2|10|4|1|0|0|2|15|+7|
P. Washington^^PF|31:16|4-12 (33.3)|2-6 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|6|1|2|1|1|2|10|-13|
M. Plumlee^^C|19:03|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|5-6 (83.3)|5|9|4|2|0|2|5|11|-4|
T. Rozier^^SG|14:14|1-5 (20.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|2|0|0|0|0|2|-5|
L. Ball^^PG|35:59|10-21 (47.6)|4-9 (44.4)|7-7 (100.0)|1|5|5|2|1|0|2|31|-14|
N. Richards|23:59|5-8 (62.5)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2|6|1|0|0|3|4|11|+5|
K. Oubre Jr.|34:54|7-18 (38.9)|2-8 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|0|2|0|2|16|-16|
J. McDaniels|19:50|5-8 (62.5)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|5|2|1|1|1|4|14|+12|
T. Maledon|12:01|0-3 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|3|4|1|0|0|1|2|+10|
K. Jones|3:23|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|0|0|2|1|0|3|3|-2|
J. Thor|10:35|0-2 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|0|0|
**Totals**||**41-96 (42.7)**|**12-38 (31.6)**|**21-23 (91.3)**|**12**|**48**|**26**|**12**|**7**|**7**|**26**|**115**||
**DNP:** ***James Bouknight***, ***Bryce McGowens***
**Inactive:** ***Cody Martin***, ***Dennis Smith Jr.***, ***Mark Williams***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHA**|54|10|18|12|46|12|18|[](/CHA)|
**DEN**|60|14|20|16|18|14|7|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 7** | **Times Tied: 4** | **Gametime: 2:19** | **Attendance: 19235**
*Officials: Leon Wood, Brian Forte, Brandon Adair*
by BigHoneyBot
28 Comments
Seeing Jokic have to carry again is not ideal. Sure he can do it, but we were sort of banking on the others being able to step up. Im still hoping that Jamal will come around tho, he’s a tough guy. But man that game was hella frustrating to watch outside of jokic and a few others (kcp/brown/AG)
Still Jokic is a ridiculous player, we will always have a chance to win a ring with his level of talent.
What’s up with Watson? Is he dead?
27 rebounds and 40 points what the actual fuck
Posting the end of game survey for u/KingKongDoom
https://forms.gle/vn7AKfcvEukxtF31A
This was supposed to be day 1 of wearing these pants but now I have to hose them off early
I thought those were good rotations and decisions by Malone. I get that he has an issue with letting players play through their mistakes, but overall, he takes care of business every night. Our defense is the issue right now, and Malone doesn’t handle that. Like at the end of the games where we need to get stops, you can see it’s saunders sitting in the chair and Malone has no say in the defense. Therefore, I dont think melon is the problem, Bernie Sanders is.
Murray needs to get his shit together. He had a year and a half to heal his knee, is getting a max deal, and looks like complete ass some nights.
We need a little consistency especially since he’s not contributing much at all on the defensive end
DeAndre Jordan went straight to the locker room after getting pulled in the 4th, not sure if it means something
Holy shit, just wait until you see this Malone presser. A reporter asked him what he thought of Jokic’s stat line and he just started yawning and saying “what?” And when the reporter asked again he was just yawning again. He also said he just looked at reddit and those fucking nerds better watch their back and said “just ask MPJ” under his breath. We need to fire this mad man!
50% from the field? Fake MVP
If there’s one thing this whole team can work on, it’s free throws. 24th in FT% this year, 8th last year.
If they don’t want to play D, they might as well get as many free points as they can.
We traded the rights to have good backup centers for Jok’s MVPs huh
This Malone presser is the best I’ve heard in a long time.
The schedule gets tough from Wednesday to January, so we’ll get to see a true reflection of this team.
Thank god, NBA is less fun when you only play bad-average teams
Malone didn’t play Jack White 30+ minutes? Fire that piece of shit!
YOOO SMHers!! Energy at ball tonight was 🤌🏽🤌🏽 I made new friends who have me funnel cakes and whiskey. I LOVE THIS TEAM
Nuggets record is fake af cause our peepee per 41 is shit we are actually a lottery team and if you disagree you are literally being paid by Malone
Defense looked better tonight. Biggest issue was poor 3pt shooting but Mal and Bones aren’t going 1-12 most nights. This team is still figuring it out but they will get there
God bless KCP and BB. They stepped tf up tonight and helped Jokic get his triple double
Embiid puts up 34/13/4
**Jokic:**
https://preview.redd.it/gg2yc17flt6a1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7114c1191f09cab4d65ebc1db2b5b30f4c5c6a8f
Celtics should fire their coach, good teams put away the bad ones. Also, Bol Bol exploded for 11 points in a win, can’t believe we squandered this guy’s talent.
Literally zero evidence that Ryan Saunders isn’t ass and he got mfs defending him I’m crying bro
The defense wasn’t terrible tonight, but that bench is just shocking.
Bones, when he isn’t hitting his shots, is a deep negative because of his terrible defense. DAJ is not it. He can’t post up, he cant do nothing, he’s only a lob threat, and not a great one at that. Braun and Green aren’t bad, but they’re helpless in a system like that, so they inevitably look horrible too.
We haven’t had a point guard lately. Jokic is doing all the point guard AND center duties, and is forced to play 40 minutes against the damn Hornets.
Our position is so fragile, that 3rd seed could quickly turn into 10 seed, if our bench and defense as a whole doesn’t snap out of it. We’re gonna start facing good teams on a consecutive basis, and it’s gonna be ugly.
MVP MVP MVP
https://streamable.com/kptt1w
For those flipping out over a close win over the Hornets, the Celtics were just swept in back2back home games by the magic. Contenders have flaws and have to figure things out as the season goes along
Ryan Saunders and Malone definitely tag teamed half this subs mothers
Hearing Malone say Murray played on a sore knee… Make I’m ready to blow a gasket if they f around and Mal get further injured
Mal to blame too. If your surgically repaired knee is sore, it’s common sense to sit the hell down