Denver Nuggets Dominate Dallas Mavericks in Surprise Victory
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 You would have thought the Mavericks pulled out an outright upset last night in Denver,
00:08 winning outright as an eight and a half point favorite, or underdog, excuse me, because
00:11 Luka Doncic had 38 points and 11 boards and Nikoli Okic didn't have double digits in any
00:18 of the stat categories and he wasn't ejected or he didn't get injured.
00:23 He played 28 minutes and yet it was Denver winning by 26 points because of the cast all
00:30 around the Nugs.
00:31 130-104, Denver wins and even covers as an eight and a half point home favorite.
00:37 It's simple.
00:38 I mean, they're very good in elevation, 11 and two now overall, but also just take a
00:41 look at that box score here and don't even look at individual statistics, Ben.
00:45 Let's look at team statistics here.
00:47 You take a look at a team that shot 44.6% from the floor for the Dallas Mavericks.
00:51 Not terrible, but not where you want to be.
00:53 Flip it over to the Denver Nuggets.
00:54 They shoot 56% as a team and we all know this is always the equalizers, the three point
00:59 line.
01:00 How many three point shots can you make?
01:01 How efficient can you be behind the line?
01:03 You take a look at the Mavericks, 34% shooting 13 of 38 and then the Denver Nuggets roll
01:08 up and say, yeah, we got you.
01:10 14 of 26, good for 54% from three point range.
01:14 But this is something we typically don't see in the NBA, this type of disparity.
01:18 Usually in college basketball, you might get it.
01:19 High school basketball, of course you do.
01:21 Nine of 19 from the free throw line for the Dallas Mavericks.
01:24 47% as a team.
01:26 Flip it over to the Denver Nuggets.
01:27 18 makes on 22 attempts, 81%.
01:30 Forget about the individual statistics here.
01:32 The better team last night by far was the Denver Nuggets here.
01:36 And it is surprising that Jokic could score eight points and you can win by 26 against
01:40 a really good basketball team.
01:42 That's good news here for the Denver Nuggets.
01:44 Just in case Jokic goes down with an injury or Jokic isn't having a great basketball game
01:48 in a deciding, let's just say, playoff series, that's good news because they can always reach
01:52 back and be like, hey man, remember when you didn't need to get a triple double, let alone
01:55 a triple double to get any of your sides over 10 points, 10 rebounds or assists, and we
02:00 won easily?
02:01 You can reach back on that one.
02:02 Good win for the Nuggets as a team.
02:04 [MUSIC]