NBA: 7 Nuggets in double digits in win over Clippers
Nikola Jokic had 30 points and 14 rebounds, Aaron Gordon, Jeff Green and Bones Hyland scored 16 each, and hosts Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 127-115 on Tuesday night.
Monte Morris finished with 15 points, Austin Rivers had 11 and Will Barton added 10 for Denver.
💥 Aaron Gordon put it down with Permission! pic.twitter.com/eXtfE40Axz
– NBA (@NBA) March 23, 2022
Terance Mann scored 24 points and the four Clippers had 14 each – Isaiah Hartenstein, Marcus Morris Sr., Reggie Jackson and Robert Covington. Los Angeles has lost four games in a row.
The Nuggets missed their first four shots in the final half and the Clippers took advantage to make it 99-93. After a short wait, DeMarcus Cousins made a combination and Rivers and Hyland hit 3 pointers to make it 107-95.
Bones Hyland wowed the crowd in Denver with his 3-ball!
He did 16 PTS & 4 3PM.
Watch now on TNT pic.twitter.com/i3dCR02HIC
– NBA (@NBA) March 23, 2022
Los Angeles scored the next five points to get within seven and force Denver to another timeout, but the Clippers continued to move closer. Jackson hits a running player and Covington throws 3 pointers to become 111-109. Monte Morris responded with a 3-pointer from the corner to extend the lead again to five.
Jokic saved a pair of shots, and the second shot led to Green’s treble to make it 117-109. Los Angeles cut it down to six more of Mann’s two free throws, but a 10-4 result gave the Nuggets the win.
The Clippers scored eight goals in a row early in the third half to get it 74-69, but Denver went on to run 11-2 to take a 14-goal lead, the biggest lead of the night. Los Angeles chipped, received within 90-82 at the end of the quarter.
The Nuggets came back with double digits on 3 by Hyland at the last minute, and after Hartenstein’s two free throws, Rivers hit a floating jump to put Denver 99-88 ahead to go into the half. fourth match.
Jokic had 17 points in the first half to give Denver a 13-point lead. The Nuggets hit 61% from the field and 57.1% from behind the arc during the half.
Los Angeles used a couple of runs to take the lead over Denver, taking the lead 51-48 in the middle of the second quarter, but the Nuggets extended the gap to 72-61 with a pause.
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