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On right now, Juka & Barton leading us back into contention. Upset in the making ??? Or just wishful thinking

Down 8 at the half, hanging with the big boys !

They're so much better defensively when Nurkic is on the floor. I don't get how Malone doesn't love him. That run in the 2nd was awesome.

Jokic/Nurkic frontcourt sighting!

LBJ taking over...Mudiay having a hard time tonight, off-season workouts will start with shooting/shot selection for him.

RRFB wrote:Jokic/Nurkic frontcourt sighting!

It didn't work tonight, but I think it's up to the coaches to make this work and eventually we're going to need this lineup to work. The numbers don't lie, this team cannot defend without Jusuf Nurkic on the floor, and they are not a good offensive team without Nikola Jokic on the floor.

I'm also a bit perplexed as to why Jokic was defending the 4s in that lineup rather than Nurkic who is a bit quicker and has better defensive instincts.

Nurkic is a far better rim protector which is why Malone had him guarding center. Jokic is going to have to get used to the idea of chasing PFs around the floor.

Barton was 9-12 4-5 5-6 --- missed only 4 shots and he was a minus-4 with 27 points
Nurkic, Jokic, Harris all had 11 points - that was our scoring
Cleveland had 38 assists on 48 shots
'nough said