Chicago (USA), Oct 26 (EFE).- Norman Powell scored 22 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter and led the Los Angeles Clippers‘ 109-104 victory this Saturday at the Denver Nuggets‘ field, which Despite 41 points from Serbian Nikola Jokic, they lost their second game of the two played in the new NBA season.
Powell went 8 of 9 in field goals and 4 of 4 in triples in a stratospheric fourth quarter and gave the Clippers a worthy victory in the field of the 2023 NBA champions after the disappointment experienced on Wednesday in their debut in the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
Powell finished the game with 37 points, the result of 14 of 21 shooting from the field. He also made seven triples and led the Angelenos along with James Harden who contributed 23 points and 16 assists.
Center Ivica Zubac contributed with a double double of 24 points and 15 rebounds, four of them offensive.
The Clippers frustrated Jokic’s big night, who scored 41 points, grabbed nine rebounds and distributed four assists. The Serbian, triple MVP, also connected seven triples.
Canadian Jamal Murray contributed 22 points and five assists for the Nuggets who paid for the lackluster night at the scoring level of Michael Porter Jr (9 points, 0 of 6 in triples) and Aaron Gordon (10 points, 3 of 10 in shots) .
The Nuggets fell for the second time in two this year, both times in front of their home fans. In their debut, they lost by fifteen points against the Oklahoma City Thunder, one of their main rivals in the West.
The Colorado team will now have three games in a row away from Denver, against the Toronto Raptors, the Brooklyn Nets of Spanish coach Jordi Fernández and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Clippers, who had opened this campaign with a home loss against Kevin Durant’s Phoenix Suns, relaunched immediately and will now visit the Golden State Warriors. EFE
