Nikola Jokic made 26 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists for Denver Nuggets, who left Memphis 14-1 behind in the last six minutes to defeat the Grizzlies 117-109 on Friday night.
Jokic guaranteed an average of three floors for a season and the third player for the first center. This season has 34 triples and 164 in his career.
Denver (49-32) gathered on Sunday with a decrease of 15 to stay at the first six at the Western Conference before the normal season finale in Houston. Nuggets Temporary Head Coach David Adelman has won the first two matches since he seized the hot Michael Malone.
Aaron Gordon from Denver went to 33 points on his way to 33 points, and Jamal Murray got 15 points on his return after he missed six matches with Hamstring injury. Russell Westbrook scored 14 points, Christian Braun made 12 contributions and Michael Porter Jr. He finished with 12 rebounds.
In the fourth quarter, Nuggets left Memphis 25-14 behind and 108-103 remained 6:05.
Desmond Bane received 24 points for Grizzlies (47-34) who lost the second flat night and fell to the number 8 with a remaining match against Dallas Mavericks, who visited Sunday.
Ja Morant scored 21 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. 18 points, Luke Kennard’s 12 points, Scotty Pippen Jr. 11 and Zach Edey attracted 16 rebounds for Memphis.
Grizzlies missed his last 10 shots and committed four turnover to finish the game.
The game was connected in the fourth place before Memphis went to a 6-0 run to return to a 6-0 run, and visitors directed 108-103 with the chance to extend the leadership before cooling down.
Nuggets was 108-105 in an order organized by Jokic. Later, he fed Gordon for a world and stayed 3:28 to tie it. Jackson missed a short hole in the lane, and Murray made a Jumper to lead Denver for the first time since 7-6.
Westbrook stole Bane’s transition in the lane, and then Jokic hit a 8-meter swimmer to make 2:12 and 112-108 and Denver closed it.
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