Facundo Campazzo continues to make a place for himself in the best basketball league in the world. The Denver Nuggets point guard regained his confidence and, for a couple of weeks, has been going through his best streak in his second NBA season. The numbers say it – the field shooting percentages increased, especially by three points, the same as the minutes on the field- pBut it is also reaffirmed by the plays that amaze both the fans and the teammates themselves.
The latter was clearly observed during the game that the Nuggets hosted one of the surprises in the East, the Washington Wizards. Early in the second quarter, Campazzo was paired with Corey Kispert, a forward who exceeds him by several inches in height. However, the point guard decided to penetrate the ring, gave several feints and when another rival wanted to come to the aid, Facu made a pass with his back and without looking! for Vlatko Cancar, who did not hesitate to shoot – and score – from the three-point line. After the masterful play, the Denver stadium collapsed.
It should be noted that on Sunday, Denver took revenge on the San Antonio Spurs and beat them 127-112 at the Texans’ home. The Cordoba had closed another good performance, with 8 points and 8 assists in 29 minutes of play, being one of the four players on his team who spent the longest time on the court. He was also dispatched with another assist that remained in the ranking of the best plays of the day.
At the end of the game with Washington, Denver was wandering the middle of the table in the Western Conference, with a record of 13 wins and 13 losses. In addition to great rivals such as Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers -of Lebron James- and Golden State Warriors, of Stephen Curry, those led by Mike Malone must deal with another big problem this season: injuries. In addition to the usual absences of Jamal Murray, Michael Porter and PJ Dozier, this time the physical problems of Will Barton, shooting guard-forward for the Nuggets and Austin Rivers, are added, who was left out of the last games by covid-19 protocol .
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