Pelicans "The Thief" Alvarado (right) scored a career-high 38 points.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The Pelicans and the Nuggets staged the second battle in the Western Conference today. In the end, the Pelicans defeated 121:106 with the help of Jose Alvarado's career-high 38 points The Nuggets won 4 consecutive victories, and also stood in the second place in the Western Conference.

Pelicans second-year Alvarado is known for stealing, but today he showed his outside firepower. He took 11 three-pointers and hit 8 goals. The overall shooting rate was 12 of 19 and only missed. He scored 7 goals and finally scored a career-high 38 points. In addition, he also scored 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. It is worth mentioning that these statistics were obtained in the "only" 27 minutes of playing time.

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In addition to the good performance of "Thief", Zion Williamson (Zion Williamson) also scored 25 points and 6 rebounds today. Although the main center Jonas Valanciunas (Jonas Valanciunas) only played 14 minutes due to foul trouble, But still scored 13 points efficiently.

For the Nuggets, MVP center Jokic (Nikola Jokic) still performed in an all-round way, scoring 32 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists. 21 points were concentrated in the first half; Jamal Murray (Jamal Murray) had 18 points, "Slam Dunk" A. Gordon (Aaron Gordon) had 19 points.

The Nuggets started the game today with an outstanding performance. They once led 30 to 16 by 14 points in the first quarter, but Alvarado reversed the trend of the game after coming off the bench and finally secured the victory at home.

Although the Pelicans star forward Brandon Ingram has missed 4 consecutive games, the team still has 4 consecutive victories, winning 9 of the last 11 games, and currently ranks second in the Western Conference with 15 wins and 8 losses.

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