The Denver Nuggets had a fantastic offensive performance on Wednesday against the Washington Wizards. They scored 141 points, including 98 points in the paint, to beat the Wizards 141-128. According to John Schuhmann of nba.com, the Nuggets set the NBA record for most number of points in the paint in a regular season game.
The old record belonged to the Wizards, which scored 96 points in a 154-141 win over the Indiana Pacers on May 3, 2021. In the Nuggets win on Wednesday, NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of Sombor, Serbia led the Nuggets with 43 points. He was one of six Nuggets to reach double digits in scoring. The others were Bones Hyland of Wilmington, Delaware (23 points), Aaron Gordon of San Jose, California (22 points), Bruce Brown of Boston, Massachusetts (13 points), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope of Thomaston, Georgia (11 points), and Jeff Green of Cheverly, Maryland (10 points).
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The Nuggets now improve to a record of 17 wins and 10 losses. They are in third place in a very competitive Western Conference, and only one game back of the first place New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies.
Jokic continues to be a beast for the Nuggets. He is averaging a double double, as he has 24.6 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game. In fact, Jokic is one assist away from averaging a triple double, as he also has nine assists per game. The nine assists per game are incredibly high for a center.
Interestingly one player who did not reach double digits in points for the Nuggets was Canadian Jamal Murray, who had only five points. That was the least number of points he has had all season long.
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