The Denver Nuggets started their 2024-25 season with a 102-87 loss in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Thursday evening.
The group shot a tough 35.7% from the sphere and 18.4% from the three-point (7-for-38).
Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic, who completed with a 16-point, 13-assist, 12-rebound triple-double, had a blunt evaluation of the group’s efficiency.
“We do not shoot the ball very effectively. We aren’t an excellent capturing group, I believe, besides (Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray). All of us are form of streaky, not streaky, however simply common shooters,” Jokic stated. “We now have one thing else, we are able to most likely be higher and have benefits in another issues on the ground.”
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone agreed together with his celebrity massive man, saying after the defeat that “going into the season, capturing was a priority of mine.” Malone particularly pointed to the offseason lack of capturing guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who signed with the Orlando Magic in July, as a troublesome blow.
Denver shot 49.6% from the ground final season (fourth within the NBA) and 37.4% on three-pointers (tenth).
Murray led the team together with his 42.5% success charge on pictures from deep, whereas KCP was second (40.6%).
Murray (2-for-5) and Porter Jr. (3-for-10) mixed to go 5-for-15 from past the arc on Thursday evening, whereas the remainder of the group went 2-for-23.
