The Denver Nuggets entered Sunday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans with a 14-11 record. Losing to the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday at the buzzer, Denver was given an opportunity on Sunday to bounce back against the worst team in the Western Conference.
Just 5-24 entering this game, the Pelicans have been decimated by injuries. Despite this, New Orleans took a lead into the fourth quarter after outplaying the Nuggets through three frames. Some of this was due to Nikola Jokic being a bit more quiet offensively, as the three-time NBA MVP entered the fourth quarter with 15 points (less than half his season average of 31.0 PPG).
While Jokic only had 15 points entering the final frame, three of them came on an impressive corner three-pointer at the third quarter buzzer.
Via NBA: “Jokić from the corner to end the 3Q 🎯”…