Nikola Jokic to El Comercio: “Facundo Campazzo is fighting to improve his game”

Denver Nuggets beat by one point Houston Rockets Saturday afternoon at the Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic He was the great hero of the day after converting 28 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and blocking Jae’Sean Tate on the last play of the game. After finishing the meeting, Trade talked to the current MVP of the regular season of the NBA on the performance of the second unit (substitutes), especially for what was done by the Argentine Facundo Campazzo.

In a very suffered match, Nuggets beat 95-94 at Houston Rockets and added his fifth victory of the regular season. However, not everything was joy for the coach Michael Malone, since Michael Porter Jr. He left the field with 4:50 minutes to go in the first quarter and did not return to the game due to a lumbar discomfort.

Nikola Jokic blocked Jae’Sean Tate’s advance towards the basket when the clock was running out, and some decimated Nuggets from Denver escaped with a hard-fought triumph in the debut of the “City Edition” jerseys, a retro concept that is applying the NBA in all franchises.

Aaron Gordon scored nine points, including a pair of 3-pointers from the corners, the last 51.4 seconds from the end that gave Denver the advantage in the match.

The Nuggets They had a chance to take a three-point lead, but PJ Dozier missed a shot with 12.8 seconds left. The Rockets they ran and passed the ball to Tate, who stepped down the line and attempted what would have been the winning basket, but Jokic denied that possibility.

After finishing the game, I consulted Nikola Jokic for the production of the second unit, especially for what has been done by the Argentine Facundo Campazzo, who finished with 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists against Rockets.

The MVP answered the following: “Like the others, Facundo Campazzo he’s struggling to improve his game. He made a couple of important triples in front of Rockets. I think everything will improve for him and the others when I start to make more shots. There is no first or second unit here, we are all looking to improve as a team ”.

Nuggets will face Miami Heat this November 8, while Houston Rockets will do the same in front of Golden State Warriors this November 07.