Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Denver Nuggets reacted and tied the series against the Portland Trail Blazers with a good task from Facundo Campazzo

 After their heavy defeat in Game 1, the Denver Nuggets showed their claws on Monday and achieved a clear victory over the Portland Trail Blazers: 128-109 to match the crossing in a win on the side. Huge scoring duel between Nikola Jokic (38 points) for the cattle and Damian Lillard (42 points), in a very physical encounter full of technical and flagrant fouls. We'll have the third duel in Oregon on Thursday. The series heats up.

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Next, we review the most important observations that the meeting left us.

  • One of the keys to the first game had gone through Portland's one-on-one defense over Nikola Jokic,which was repeated on Monday. The problem for the Blazers is that while they re-limited Serbian assists in part (5), the pivot scored with astonishing ease every time he received the ball: he converted 15 of his 20 pitches, finishing with 38 points and 8 rebounds. Joker's MVP night.
  • The Denver bench contribution was another of the night's big spreads, with varied and important contributions, commanded by Paul Millsap's 15 points and 7 rebounds, in addition to Monte Morris' 12 goals and seven assists (+19 on court). The first lyings in the series were also seen for Shaq Harrison, who did a good job of helping shut down a burning Damian Lillard.

  • Another one that was key to that defense? Aaron Gordon, taking the assignment from the third quarter and fulfilling a more than solid work.
  • Facundo Campazzo's task was the other leg of the local triumph. The Argentine was everywhere and left his mark on the game in different ways, finishing with 12 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 cap and a 2-4 in triples. He even gave Jokic the luxury of assisting Jokic between McCollum's legs, who a few minutes earlier had had a blatant foul during a crossover in a replacement. Great task of Facu.
  • Little of a Michael Porter Jr. who wasn't in his night: 18 points but with an irregular 5-13 field. The contribution of role-playing players helped keep the Nuggets from missing him.
  • In Portland there was a sensational performance by Damian Lillard,author of 42 points (second personal team in Playoffs), 10 assists and a 9-16 in triples. Dame scored 32 points in the first half (22 in the second quarter and triple three-pointer record in one half with 8), with a hellish external shooting track, over any defender she had in front of her (Campazzo, Morris, Rivers). However, the base was much more controlled in the second half, adding up to 8 so many in the third period and only two in the last. Again, Aaron Gordon's work to put out the flames was key.

  • The rest of the Blazers had a lower-than-expected game, more than 21 points with a 9-12 field for McCollum, who had good numbers but little real impact on the match. The deficit included a Jusuf Nurkic who left early for fouls in the fourth half with only 7 points and a second unit that lost the scoring battle to Denver's 38-21.
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