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Jokic and the Nuggets went 3-of-21 shooting in an 11-point first quarter, their lowest-scoring quarter of the season. Minnesota built a near immediate double-digit cushion, upped its lead to 27 points and never let it slip below 10 in the final three quarters. "When you open the game like that, the easy ones don't go," Jokic said.
"Really good defensive [first] quarter by them, really bad offensive quarter by us. " The Nuggets finished the regular season with an NBA-best 121. 2 offensive rating, the second highest in NBA history.
They failed to score 100 points in only two of 82 games, and Jokic was sidelined in both of them. ESPN This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "When you open the game like that, the easy ones don't …