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Lower than every week after a Denver Nuggets recreation was delayed due to a crooked rim, a Nuggets recreation was placed on maintain once more as a result of the identical rim was bent.
On Sunday, officers labored frantically to stage one of many rims, which appeared to have been bent out of line by the Boston Celtics’ Robert Williams III, inflicting a 35-minute delay.
On Friday, the rim was fastened a lot quicker as employees used a wrench to repair the issue, in accordance with ESPN, within the fourth quarter, which means the sport re-started inside lower than 10 minutes.
It gave Nuggets’ Jamal Murray loads of time to sit down among the many followers, nevertheless, and take selfies as gamers and followers waited for the sport to renew.
Nuggets coach Michael Malone informed reporters after the sport, which the Nuggets received 121-108 towards the Cleveland Cavaliers: “Don’t get me began. It’s not good for my blood strain.”
Nikola Jokic had 28 factors, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his tenth triple-double of the season, whereas Murray scored 18 factors.
Elsewhere, the Charlotte Hornets scored 51 first-quarter factors, tying the NBA file for most points in an opening quarter and setting a franchise file for any quarter, as they beat Milwaukee Bucks 138-109 on Friday.
The Hornets additionally tied the very best single-quarter complete within the league this season and scored a franchise-record 84 factors within the first half.
Charlotte guard Terry Rozier scored 39 factors, whereas LaMelo Ball completed with 24 factors to assist the Hornets to only a second win in seven video games.
In LA, LeBron James returned from an sickness to encourage the Lakers to a 130-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
James scored a team-high 25 factors because the Lakers received their fourth straight recreation.
