Los Nuggets an incredible comeback culminated for Surprise at home the Thunder (119-121)the best league team in regular season (68-14), which dominated on the scoreboard since there were 1:40 for the end of the first quarter to the lack of 2.8 seconds of the term of the game, when Aaron Gordon certified Denver’s triumph with a triple that silenced the Paycom Center.
The Thunder sank the fit a partial of 4-15 and a triple finalNBA
It was the most morbid clash of the second round of the NBA playoffs, then The two great favorites to the MVP of the season, Nikola Jokic and Shai-Gilgeous Alexander. A duel that did not disappoint and ended up winning by KO, both individual and collective, The Serbian pivot of the Nuggets, with a monstrous performance.
His seventh playoff game with a 20+20
‘The Joker’ assumed, as expected, all the responsibility of his team and ended with 42 points (13/23 T2, 2/6 T3 and 10/13 TL), 22 rebounds, 6 assists, a robbery and two plugs in 42 minutes. It was the seventh game of his career with at least 20 points and 20 rebounds.
In addition, the pivot is the fourth player in the history of the NBA playoffs that signs at least 40 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists. Before he had only done it Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shaquille O’Neal y Wilt Chamberlainthe latter the only one that has the most qualifying matches for the title with at least 35 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists than the Serbian, First of the story with a 40+20+5+2 caps in a playoff duel.
Final 4-15 partial
But beyond its brutal statistics, Its incidence in the last quarter (18 points with 2/3 T2, 2/3 T3 and 8/10 TL)it was definitive for some nuggets that lost 115-106 to 3:02 of the conclusion and achieved A Final 4-15 to sign up an epic triumph.
Opposite, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave the face with 33 points (10/20 T2, 2/6 T3 and 7/9 TL), 10 rebounds, 8 assists, two robberies and a plug in 40 minutes. But there were not enough solvency, or a Alex Caruso de record which ended with 20 points and became the first player in history who signs at least 2 caps, 5 robberies and 5 triples (5/9) in a playoff match.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trying to overcome Nikola Jokic’s defense.Lapresse
Jalen Williams (16+7+4), Chet Holmgren (12+6+2) y Luguentz there (14) They were the other strips of the Thunder. While by the nuggets, in the shadow of the Jokic stratospheric, the contributions of Aaron Gordon (22+14), Jamal Murray (18+2+2), Russell Westbrook (18+2+2) y Christian Braun (11+13+3). Denver’s five headlines scored 114 of the 121 points of your team.
A final minute of madness
Jokic He put the brooch of his performance in a last minute of madness. He scored A triple to 1:04 To bring your team closer to a point (115-114). He took the defensive rebound in the next play, but neither Westbrook in Gordoncounted for the defense of Williams and Hartenstein, they were able to write down.
Shai It seemed to sentence with two free throws at 13.9 (117-114), but Jokic He approached his people again with two free throws to 12.9 (117-116). You can see it in 11.1 (119-16)but Gordon approached his people again with two free throws at 10.7 (119-118).
Aaron Gordon is congratulated by his teammates after scoring the triple of triumph.Lapresse
And at 9.5 from the end The ‘unicorn’ Chet Holmgren shrugged his hand And he missed the two free throws he had. Braun captured the rebound and took the ball to the opposite field to attend Aaron Gordon, who was alone on the side and scored 2.8 seconds the triple that he raised to the Nuggets And he left some Thunder who left with the feeling of having given the game.
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