{"id":487677,"date":"2024-12-02T03:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T07:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=487677"},"modified":"2024-12-06T04:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:15:03","slug":"jokic-triple-double-not-enough-for-nuggets-as-harden-nets-39","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/jokic-triple-double-not-enough-for-nuggets-as-harden-nets-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic triple-double not enough for Nuggets as Harden nets 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/james-harden\/\">James Harden<\/a> delivered a standout performance, scoring 39 points \u2014 including a perfect 13-for-13 from the free-throw line \u2014 to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 126-122 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> on Sunday night. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> recording his eighth triple-double of the season with 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists, the Nuggets fell short in a tightly contested game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE BEARD WAS STIRRING THE POT AND DROPPED 39 PTS TO LEAD THE CLIPPERS TO THE WIN OVER THE NUGGETS \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83c\udf73<\/p>\n<p>Jokic drops another triple-double in the loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZl9jQu8Je\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bZl9jQu8Je<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1863456906867617902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harden came close to a triple-double himself, adding nine rebounds and 11 assists. He also reached a significant milestone, making his 3,000th career three-pointer during the first half. Norman Powell made a strong return after a six-game absence, contributing 28 points, including crucial three-pointers late in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers used a barrage of threes in the third quarter to erase a 10-point deficit, with Harden and Powell each hitting three from beyond the arc, giving <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> a 92-90 lead entering the final period.<\/p>\n<p>Denver fought back, with Jokic&#8217;s three-pointer and an assist to Aaron Gordon narrowing the gap late in the fourth. However, the Clippers held their ground. Despite a late turnover by Harden under pressure, the Nuggets missed key opportunities, including an offensive rebound conversion by Christian Braun that left them trailing by two with 19 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers sealed the game from the free-throw line, holding on to secure the hard-fought win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjPQXvusRn0?si=o8AtfVuhwZ3cONH3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden delivered a standout performance, scoring 39 points \u2014 including a perfect 13-for-13 from the free-throw line \u2014 to lead the Los [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":487678,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,16869,17188,16737],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,18355,18478,17858],"acf":{"announce":"Clippers defeated Denver 126-122 in blockbuster clash on Sunday night","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488738,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487677\/revisions\/488738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487677"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=487677"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=487677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}