Nikola Jokić’s career-high 56 wasted as Wizards snap 16-game losing streak | Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić’s career-high 56 wasted as Wizards snap 16-game losing streak | Nikola Jokić
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Bu içerikte, Nikola Jokić’in kariyer rekoru olan 56 sayı attığı ancak bunun ardından pek de kutlama yapılamadığı anlatılmaktadır. Jokić’in bu olağanüstü performansı, ek olarak 16 ribaund ve sekiz asist içermektedir. Ancak, bu çabaları Washington’a karşı 122-113’lük bir mağlubiyetle sonuçlanmıştır. Denver Nuggets takımının son dönemdeki kötü performansı ve yaşadığı sakatlık sorunlarına da değinilmektedir. Takımın antrenörü Mike Malone, savunma sorunları nedeniyle kendisini suçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, Washington Wizards’ın dengeli performansı ve Jokić’e karşı gösterdikleri direnç vurgulanmaktadır. Maç sonrası Jokić ve Malone’un alınması gereken önlemler hakkındaki yorumları da içeriğin önemli noktaları arasındadır.
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Nikola Jokić scored a career-high 56 points and had little to celebrate afterward.
It happened in a loss – to a team that hadn’t won since October.
“I think today and the last couple games were really bad for us,” Jokić said. “We are really going in the wrong direction. I think it’s everybody’s fault.”
If Jokić had any excitement over an astounding stat line that also included 16 rebounds and eight assists, he didn’t show it. His efforts were wasted in a 122-113 loss Saturday night to a Washington team that had lost 16 games in a row.
Denver (11-10) haven’t won back-to-back games in nearly a month, and now the Nuggets have lost two in a row. If the season ended now, they’d be a play-in team.
No wonder Jokić offered a particularly drastic solution afterward.
“In my country, where I’m coming from, after this kind of stretch, you’re going to get paycheck that is a little bit less than you had hoped,” the Serbian star said, drawing a laugh. “Maybe that’s what we need to do. Maybe a little motivation.”
The Nuggets were not at full strength Saturday, with Jamal Murray (hamstring), Aaron Gordon (calf) and Dario Saric (ankle) out with injuries. Jokić ended up attempting 38 shots from the field – also a career high – as he tried to carry Denver to a win.
“I was forcing at the end,” he said.
His previous career high in scoring was 50 – also in a loss, at Sacramento on 6 February 2021. Jokić scored 23 points – on 20 shots – in the third quarter against the Wizards as Denver cut a 12-point halftime deficit to six.
Then he took a rest and Washington pushed the lead back into double digits. The Wizards outscored Denver by eight when Jokić was out and by one when he was in the game.
“We have a lot of issues, mainly on the defensive end of the floor,” coach Mike Malone said.
Jordan Poole led Washington with 39 points, including nine three-pointers, but the Wizards also had balance that Denver lacked. Justin Champagnie scored a career-high 23 and Jonas Valanciunas banged with Jokić inside and finished with 20 points.
Malone put the blame on himself.
“I’m doing a really poor job with this team,” he said. “For us to be 11-10 at this point and losing to a team that last five games is averaging a hundred points a game and they put up 122 on us I’m embarrassed by that.”
Nikola Jokić’s career-high 56 wasted as Wizards snap 16-game losing streak | Nikola Jokić
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