{"id":430177,"date":"2023-03-17T04:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T08:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=430177"},"modified":"2023-03-17T04:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T08:26:11","slug":"nuggets-clinch-northwest-division-with-dominant-win-over-pistons","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nuggets-clinch-northwest-division-with-dominant-win-over-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets clinch Northwest Division with dominant win over Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Nuggets secured a convincing 119-100 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/detroit-pistons\/\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Thursday evening, to clinch the Northwest Division with a couple of cames to spare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First to clinch in the West \u2611\ufe0f<br \/>Northwest Division Title \u2611\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>WE\u2019RE IN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1P8DNsFhh5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1P8DNsFhh5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1636539279706038272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> scored 30 points and had 10 rebound and 9 assists; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 20 points, while Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon had 19 and 15, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has to be a building block,\u201d Denver coach Michael Malone said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told our team, it\u2019s a good win. Clinched a playoff spot. Won your division. That\u2019s great. Let this be the start of something special. We lost four in a row, lowest of the low for us during this season. Now, let\u2019s get back to playing and go on a run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons made life difficult for the Nuggets in the first three quarters, at one point even leading with 7 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver squad, however, pulled their act together and showed just why they are champions material with the team leading with double digits midway through the forth quarter. They never looked like losing and finished off the game in style.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney McGruder scored 20 for the Pistons, who have now lost 12 out of their last 13 games, the worst record in the current NBA season. 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