NBA Cup, the Nuggets defeated the Warriors 129-104.

After the game, freelance writer Zhang Jiawei posted an article talking about the game. The content is as follows:

Jokic scored 26+9+9 in the three quarters against the Warriors today. He is very close to his sixth triple-double in the eighth game of the season. Don't forget it - it can be considered a kind of dominance.

Luka's dominance is averaging 40+11+9 per game. Giannis' dominance is 33+13+7 in 32 minutes per game.

Alexander’s dominance is: today’s tenth game of the season, the fifth time he played in three quarters, and the ninth game with 30+ points.

The second in charge stopped playing, and the third and fourth in charge took turns to rest. He also allowed the Thunder to rank first in the league.

Jokic's dominance is: walking with a triple-double, and not wanting a triple-double that comes to his mouth.

Curry is not here today, so there is no suspense in the game. The Nuggets didn't have the intensity, the Warriors didn't provoke them, and Dream Chasers didn't try to save the fire. In the second quarter, both sides were almost tacit.

Warriors: "Let Kuminga practice holding the ball."

Nuggets: "Understood."

Statistically speaking, Kuminga scored 6 points on 3-for-10 today, which is the worst this season, but considering that we are asking him to practice instigating, can we understand it? Several of his points in the second quarter showed vision.

In the third quarter, Kuminga passed the ball out of bounds and missed a layup. After an offensive rebound, Gordon half let him go, and Kuminga hit the first goal. In the next round, Jokic almost ignored Kuminga and passed a pass to Gordon that went out of bounds. In those two rounds, it was like both sides were giving Kuming more confidence.

Moody and Podger showed their talents today: It's not that they didn't work hard, but when they ran into the long crowd of the Nuggets, they could only gamble on their luck from long range. Richard relies entirely on hard work and can match Braun in his rookie year with the Nuggets. Post is ambitious and smart; but in planning, he still needs to practice Kuminga.

Speaking of Post, the interesting thing today is Valanciunas: At the beginning of the fourth quarter, there was a round where Valan "raised his arm to foul Post, but Post avoided it; Valan looked for the hand, and Post retreated; Varan couldn't find the hand, cut inside, faked the pass, and then shot long-range, draining the basket."

In the next round, Post faced the basket and attacked Varan, but failed. He faked a shot, but Varan refused; Post distributed the ball.

In these two rounds, the newborn calf meets the old Jianghu. Varan is a trap at every step, and Post is working hard at every step.

is also good.

With today's victory, the Nuggets only lost the overtime against the Warriors at the beginning of the season and the last goal against the Trail Blazers.

They are very strong, calm, and collected. The evidence is that Jokic scored 0 free throws in the three quarters today, and no need for a triple-double.

Also, this season, Jokic averaged 24.1 points and 4.7 free throws per game, the lowest in seven years - but led the NBA in assists per game with 12, and his 2.7 turnovers were the lowest in eight years.

The most interesting thing is: Jokic’s two-point shooting percentage this season is a terrible 77%—10 of 12 today—but he keeps throwing three-pointers.

In addition to "I'm too lazy to go to the basket, save some energy" and "I throw three-pointers to open up space, so Gordon can cut inside and dunk", there is another reason.

After the Nuggets missed the basket last season, their opponents' true shooting percentage in the next round was 79% - conversely: the champion Thunder 57%. East Crown Pacers 45%.

Meaning: The Thunder and Pacers had good enough retreat defenses, and they had time to run back if they missed shots at the basket; but the Nuggets missed at the basket, and when the other side counterattacked, Jokic had to run to death: If he was the one who missed the basket, he would have to be beaten on the butt.

This is a change for the Nuggets this season: more attacks on the basket are left to Gordon, Braun and even Watson. Jokic's shooting to the basket is the final option:

A terrible statistic: Jokic's shooting rate at the basket this season is 96%, and his shooting percentage is 68%. He stepped three meters away from the basket and basically had it, but most of the time he didn't bother to get in. Today, Jokic attacked the basket at the beginning of the first quarter to widen the point difference, but did not go to the basket in the second quarter. In the third quarter, he made continuous inside hook shots, so he could rest in the fourth quarter.

"You can go to the basket if you want me to, but let me rest; triple-double? No, I have to think about my little pony."