Chain errors in nuggets

“” They did not ask a question about it! Nikola Jokic smiled at a journalist who has just apologized in case his colleagues, who had just questioned the pivot in Serbian, had already mentioned the subject of the balloons lost by the Nuggets in this second match against the Clippers.

A column of “turninomers” well filled by the players of Colorado: 20, like the Clippers in the previous match. This night, the Californians lost only 11 balloons (like the Nuggets during Game 1). “” I lost a lot, especially at the end. I had to send the ball to Kawhi (Leonard) roughly. And I made a bad lobed pass to Payton. They were clearly aggressive, they attacked us “, Seeking to explain the pivot Who lost 7 balloons.

His passing too high towards Peyton Watson at the start of the 4th quarter ended in the stands. A few seconds later, Russell Westbrook lost a recovery ball against a Bogdan Bogdanovic who came in contact. Then, a few minutes from the end, Jokic wanted to transmit the leather to Aaron Gordon in the traffic. But Kris Dunn interposed.

But it was above all this ball lost in the last minute, easily intercepted by Leonard after a bullet emerged softly by Jokic, which cost dear. David Adelman explains these errors by a lack of spacing on the weak side. “” We won this battle, tonight they won this battle. Matches like this are a real fight, each possession is extremely played. These easy baskets conceded, it hurts “, Book the coach.

A misunderstanding between Jokic and Murray

In addition to collecting 21 points after these loose balloons, his team let go of 8 points on the launcher line (14/22), half of which coming from the Serbian. “” It hurts a lot. Whenever we came back, we equalized, a series of errors followed. Once you have the momentum, you can't make this kind of mistakes », Regrets the technician who assumes his choice of not having taken time on the last possession.

Christian Braun and Nikola Jokic each had their opportunity to equalize – two bricks – and send everyone to overtime. “” Maybe I should have given Jamal the ball (Murray) omnipotence “Suggests Jokic who had” had “by his teammate earlier in the match.

After an offensive rebound captured, the Serb had sparked too fast when the possession was relaunched. Thinking that his leader encouraged him to shoot quickly, he then realized that his teammate demanded the opposite … a ” incomprehension And the kind of detail that counts in such a tight match.

The series may thus be until the end. “” I expected a series like this. I'm sure they say they should have won the first game. And we're going to look at the images and probably say to ourselves that we should have won this match 2 “, Note Adelman, when his pivot believes that the nuggets, at this stage, could lead 2-0 as much … as being carried out 0-2.