Lyou Denver Nuggets They left behind the numerous COVID casualties they have to deal with these days (four players, plus their coach Mike Malone) and overwhelmed the Houston Rockets (111-124) to achieve his third consecutive victory and maintain the fifth place in the West.
A triumph with two proper names. The first, almost always, was Nikola Jokic that without taking out all his artillery he finished the crash as the top scorer of the Colorado team with 24 points (eight of 12 in field goals) and 11 rebounds. A ‘diesel’ match for the Serbian who this time did not have to play a marathon match for his team to achieve victory.
And all thanks to the appearance of Facundo Campazzo, which was the key to the takeoff of the Colorado team in the second quarter of the crash. The Argentine needed an ace match after a somewhat irregular first third of the season and found no better victim to sign his best match than some Rockets totaling seven consecutive defeats.
The ex Real Madrid was his best game since he decided to cross the Atlantic last season. Campazzo ended with 22 points, his personal best, after scoring seven of 11 on shooting from the field with three 3-pointers of five attempts. He also distributed 12 assists, stole five balls, captured four rebounds and put up two blocks in 34 minutes. of game.
Campazzo wanted to shine with his own light against his former teammate at Real Madrid Usman Garuba, who could only congratulate the Argentine after the meeting. For his part, the Spanish international re-entered Stephen Silas’s plans and disputed 13 minutes coming off the bench to add two points (one of two in field goals), four rebounds, two steals and an assist.