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It was already reported that the “Celtics” lost on Friday with 100:102 (32:31, 29:24, 21:26, 18:21) against the league champion Denver “Nuggets”, which gave the Boston players the victory in 20 Games stopped home series this season. Leader Jokic collected 34 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists.
“Stopping Jokic is not an easy task. The defense is focused on him, but Jokic shows impressive stats every game,” Porzingis said.
“He’s just very skilled. “He’s not fast, like he’s nothing extraordinary, but he’s a real basketball talent, a real master,” emphasizes the Latvian.
He says you have to play against Jokic the way the Celtics did on Wednesday — “trying to make him work as much as possible on defense, making him as tired as possible by the end of the game.”
“If you let him rest on defense, you have problems on the other end of the court,” Porzingis stressed, adding that he has previously expressed the opinion that Jokic is the best basketball player in the world.
“Besides, he’s so sneaky. He somehow lulls you to sleep and then just sneaks past. He has so many tricks, he can do so much on the court and makes a lot of difficult shots, which is not difficult for Jokic because he has been doing them for a long time. “You just have to endure it,” says the Latvian.
He said there was obviously a plan to face Jokic on Friday, but also stressed that Jokic reads the game very well and senses when another player is coming at him on defense.
“When he overdoes it, he passes to the open man and his teammates know where to be. “He plays very efficiently and is a great master,” Porzingis praised his opponent.
Porzingis started the game well, scoring 15 points in the first quarter, but then Aaron Gordon began covering him defensively, which reduced the effectiveness of the Latvian offense.
The Latvian center praised the opposing team’s tactical solutions and added: “If we play with them in play-off games, the games will be like chess.”
At the end of the game, the team decided to pass the ball to their leader Jason Tatum, but his shot was not accurate.
“We didn’t win, but I think we played the right way in the end.” “Even though we lost, it was a great game for us,” Porzingis praised the quality of the game and emphasized that it was a good game act that can be analyzed against such a strong team as the league champions, and added that the “Celts” also want to win the championship.
The “Celtics” will play their next game on Sunday against the Houston “Rockets”.
With 32 wins in 42 games, the Celtics are in first place in the Eastern Conference and the entire league, while the Nuggets are third in the West with a record of 29-14.
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