Nuggets Get Reinforcements, But Fall to the Nets
The injury-riddled Denver Nuggets received a boost on Sunday with the return of Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon, who came back from extended absences. Despite this, they couldn’t overcome the Nets’ performance, who demonstrated great accuracy in their shots. Braun, after missing 23 games due to an ankle injury, and Gordon, absent for 19 games due to a hamstring injury, played 24 and 21 minutes respectively in the 127-115 defeat. Both players had limited minutes. The Denver team is in the process of balancing the recovery of its key players and maintaining good performance, while facing the absence of Nikola Jokic, as well as that of his substitute, Jonas Valanciunas, and starting forward Cameron Johnson. As a result, coach David Adelman indicated that he will consult with the technical staff to decide if Jamal Murray will play on Monday night in Philadelphia, in the second game of a back-to-back, after Murray played 40 minutes on Sunday.It’s unlikely that Braun or Gordon will play in both games of a back-to-back series immediately after returning from more than a month out, although both claimed to feel good, albeit out of rhythm, in their respective returns. Despite the defeat, the return of Braun and Gordon was positive news for the Nuggets, who have suffered the loss of key players in recent weeks and played the last two games without four starters. Jokic, Valanciunas and Johnson are expected to miss several weeks. The Nets’ victory was a kind of revenge for Michael Porter Jr., former Nuggets player, whom Denver traded to Brooklyn before the season in exchange for Johnson. Porter, who has had an outstanding season with the Nets, scored 27 points, as well as 11 rebounds and five assists. The Nuggets fell to 1-2 in games since Jokic injured his knee.I am trying to win games.
Jamal Murray
