![]() ![]() When Jokic is off the court, it’s a putrid 101.8 offensive rating, seven points lower than the league’s worst, and a 114.1 defensive rating would be 20th.ĭenver surely would have been in only single digits for the first quarter had Phoenix not allowed a few cuts and offensive rebounds, but even then, Phoenix led by 12 through a dozen minutes. When Jokic is on it, a 124.8 offensive rating is six points higher than the NBA leader and a 111.5 defensive rating would rank fifth. The Nuggets got their 18th and 19th second-chance points off a putback before a Josh Okogie 3 at 45 seconds to go was the dagger.ĭenver goes from the best of the West to a borderline disaster when Jokic isn’t on the floor. Booker scored on a drive on the Suns’ next chance, a five-point swing to put them up six at 1:55 remaining. Denver was within four at 3:23 to go and had two open 3-pointers not fall on its next possession to potentially have it at a one-point affair. Phoenix was unable to flip a switch back on to quickly end any threats so it could relax the rest of the way. Usually when a team is down guys, those other guys step up to the opportunity and want to prove themselves and those guys did a good job of that tonight. “We just got complacent, got relaxed,” Suns guard Devin Booker said.
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