NBA: The miracle man freezes Oklahoma

If someone wanted surprises in this round of the playoffs of the NBA It will be fully satisfied. Three conference semifinal qualifiers have played their first game and in all three he has won the visiting team. First were the Indiana Pacersthat they took the game in Cleveland before some Cavaliers With the Guardian. Then the New York Knicksin the extension in Boston taking advantage of the disastrous day in triple the Celtics. And now it has been the turn of the Denver Nuggetsthat after a strenuous first round series against Los Angeles Clippers He played his first semis game In Oklahoma 48 hours later to eliminate the Angels. They were waiting for them Thunderthe best team of the regular season with 68 victorieswho had devastated the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round and what I had not played 9 days. And what he had Advantages of 14 points in the third quarter and 13 in the last.

None of that was enough to knock down the Nuggetswho ended up taking the game for 119-121 thanks to A triple in the absence of 3 seconds for the end of Aaron Gordon. The same player who with the first mate on the horn of history saved the fourth game against the Clippers. The miracle man who reappeared to silence Oklahola In a transition move that began with a defensive rebound of Christian Braun After the failure in the free kick (twice) of Chet Holmgren. Braun He passed the ball fast to Russell Westbrookwho went up without wasting time until he found Gordon.

The party was face to face between the two great favorites to the MVP. On the one hand Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderthe maximum applicant this year, ended with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. In front, who has won three of the last four years, a Nikola Jokic That was even better tonight playing a huge game: 42+22+6. The fourth player in history that gets a 40+20+5 in a playoff game after Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal y Giannis antetokounmpo. And that had to deal with fault problems. when less than 7 minutes were missing for the end, the fifth whistleda Flagrante type 1 after giving a elbow in the mouth to Lu Dort while the Canadian defended him. The Serbian was uncomfortable with the different defenders he put Oklahola Throughout the meeting, but he knew how to overcome all the traps he found. Since the fifth foul whistled until the end of the game he put 16 points.

Russell Westbrook It was fundamental, especially at the end of the third quarter, when The Thunder had achieved an advantage of 14 goals (82-68, min. 31). Los Nuggets They achieved then A partial of 8-17 To stay alive and Westbrook put 8 of those points. Visitors repeated formula closing the game with a 6-19 In his favor. Jokic put his own at 4 with 1:44 for playing and then put a triple to reduce the difference to the minimum expression. From there the meeting became an exchange of free throws until Holmgren both failed with 9.5 seconds y Gordon put with its triple final to Denver For the first time ahead on the scoreboard from the first quarter. One more surprise in a conference semifinals that do not take respite to anyone.

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