Monte Morris to El Comercio: “Facundo Campazzo is a fantastic player”

Facundo Campazzo dazzled the whole NBA Monday night with great assists that were immortalized on social networks. The Argentine point guard contributed eight points, three rebounds and five assists in the victory of Nuggets versus Wizards at the Ball Arena, in Denver. After that, El Comercio spoke with Monte Morris, owner of the team technically directed by Michael Malone, on the creativity of Campazzo to provide assistance.

Nikola Jokic scored 28 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and dished out nine assists in a 113-107 win over Wizards on the return of Wes Unseld Jr., a former assistant to Michael Malone, as a coach at Ball Arena.

Jokic He equaled his personal rebounding record of the season but failed to complete his sixth triple-double of the year after being sent off midway through the fourth quarter. In addition, Monte Morris contributed with 22 units in the victory of the whole of Colorado.

For his part, Bradley Beal finished with 19 points and 10 assists, and Davis Bertans scored 21 off the bench for Wizards.

Unseld Jr. was assistant coach Michael Malone between 2015 and 2021 and this was his first return to Denver since he signed for Washington the last summer. His team trailed 33 points in the third quarter but closed the gap in the last quarter.

The comeback forced Jokic and the holders of Denver to return to the court, but the current MVP did not last long after a couple of physical possessions in both baskets. He was sent off for arguing with the referees at 06:09 from the end and Wizards he got closer to 10 points with 3:25 left on the clock.

Washington He was within seven points on a 3-pointer by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with 1:09 remaining, but was unable to complete the comeback.

At the post-match conference, I spoke with Monte Morris about the ability of Facundo Campazzo to generate assists. As is known, the Argentine handed out five passes for scoring, three of them without looking at his teammates.

Given this, Morris said the following: “It doesn’t surprise me at all. He has done it all his life, even when he was 15 years old and not a professional gamer. That is Facundo Campazzo, a fantastic player. His passes are very good, even many times he surprises us because we were not prepared. I have seen colleagues take balls in the face for not being attentive in training. It’s incredible, considering his height and speed, his assists are very good. ”

Denver Nuggets will face on December 15 Minnesota Timberwolves, while Wizards will do the same against the Sacramento Kings on December 15.