By defeating Detroit (119:100), Denver secured the playoffs and the title in the Northwest Division.
The team from Colorado ended the series of defeats and bad defensive games in Michigan, and Nikola Jokić was the best again.
At the beginning of the game, the two-time MVP focused on finding open positions for his teammates, and later he himself joined the "party" and finished the match with 30 points, ten rebounds and nine assists.
Kentavious Caldwell Pope scored 20, Jamal Murray 19, while Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. each added 15.
In the defeated team, Rodney McGruder was the most effective with 20 points, Jalen Duren scored 15, James Wiseman and Jaden Ivey scored 14 each...
For the first time in 17 years, Sacramento has a team that will finish the season with a positive win-loss ratio.
The Kings defeated Brooklyn (101:96) away from home, registered their 42nd triumph in the season and continued their march towards second place in the Western Conference.
Domantas Sabonis led the team from Northern California with 24 points and 21 rebounds, Dieron Fox had 18 and Malik Monk 12.
Mikal Bridges scored 23 points for the Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie added 18, while Nick Claxton recorded a new double-double: 14 points and the same number of rebounds.
In other matches, Indiana surprised Milwaukee (139:123), Toronto easily defeated Oklahoma (128:111), and Phoenix was better than Orlando (116:113).
THE RESULTS:
Detroit - Denver 100:119
Brooklyn - Sacramento 96:101
Phoenix - Orlando 116:113
Toronto - Oklahoma 128:111
Milwaukee - Indiana 123:139
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