20. The Trail Blazers eliminated the Nuggets in the tiebreaker
On May 6, the Trail Blazers faced the Nuggets at home.
The last game has gone down in history. The two teams played 4 overtimes before the winner was decided in a thrilling manner. This was only the second time in the history of the NBA playoffs. The last time was in 1953.
Jokic played 65 minutes in the last game, and coach Mike Malone couldn’t stand it anymore. “It’s unheard of, it’s ridiculous,” Malone said. “It feels like the game is endless, one overtime after another.
Overtime."
One of the Blazers played for 60 minutes and the other for 58 minutes. Both teams were very tired and continued to fight today after a day's rest.
Jokic continued to be a "model worker" and played the entire first quarter. The Trail Blazers started 7-2, but the Nuggets quickly caught up, and the two sides played inextricably. With 1 minute and 37 seconds left in the first quarter,
After Murray hit a goal, the Nuggets only trailed 27-28. Seth Curry also hit a goal, and Aminu hit a three-pointer before the end of the quarter. The Trail Blazers led 33-29.
It was Hood who saved the Trail Blazers in the last game, but today it was Seth Curry. Curry Jr. stepped forward. In the middle of the second quarter, he hit three consecutive three-pointers in 2 minutes. The Trail Blazers finished with 53
-46 leads.
Jokic rested for nearly half of this quarter. After he came back to play, he made several baskets. The Nuggets were not further widened, but they were still at a disadvantage. Curry kept his hot touch and hit the buzzer of this quarter.
With three points, the Trail Blazers led 63-57.
In the first half, the Trail Blazers shot 46.5% and made 8 of 15 three-pointers. McCollum scored 12 points, Lillard 10 points, and Aminu 13 points. Curry, who came off the bench, scored 16 points.
The Nuggets shot only 42% from the field and made 5 of 11 three-pointers. Murray scored 17 points, Jokic 13 points and Millsap 10 points.
The Nuggets strengthened their defense in the third quarter and gradually took the lead. With 8 minutes and 04 seconds left in this quarter, McCollum made a breakthrough layup and the Trail Blazers led 71-69, but this was the last time. The rest of this quarter
In 8 minutes, they only scored once in a sports game. Lillard performed well in the first quarter, but then fell into trouble, and the same was true in this quarter. The Nuggets ended the quarter with a 15-6 wave, gaining an advantage of 84-77 in one fell swoop. This quarter
The Blazers only scored 14 points in the quarter.
Beasley hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets gained a double-digit advantage at the beginning of the fourth quarter. McCollum responded with two three-pointers, and the Trail Blazers shot 8-0, chasing the score to 85-87. They
There was a chance to go ahead or equalize, but then missed consecutive shots. Millsap scored 3 points with consecutive free throws, and the Nuggets stabilized their position.
The two sides fought until the last minute. After the Trail Blazers narrowed the gap to 1 point, Patton and Harris hit three-pointers one after another, and Lillard hit twice. The Trail Blazers only trailed 102-104. Button hit another three-pointer.
, adding firepower to the Nuggets.
Hood hit a three-pointer with 52.3 seconds left in the game, and the Trail Blazers tied the score at 107-110.
Jokic injured his knee and limped to the sidelines to rest for a while, then returned to the court.
The Nuggets missed a key shot, and the Trail Blazers still had a chance to equalize. Lillard forced a foul and only made one free throw. With 20 seconds left in the game, the score was tied at 109-111.
After Murray made two free throws, the Nuggets led by 4 points.
Lillard succeeded in a layup, narrowing the gap to 2 points, but there were only 7 seconds left. Murray made two free throws, and the Nuggets still led by 4 points. McCollum hit a difficult goal.
Unfortunately, the three-point line was stepped on, and the Trail Blazers fell behind 112-114, with only 4.4 seconds left.
Murray once again made two free throws. The Nuggets did not give their opponents another chance and struggled to equalize the score.
In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Trail Blazers 116-112 on the road, bringing the total score to 2-2.
Nikola Jokic had a triple-double, contributing 21 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, Jamal Murray made 11 free throws and scored 34 points, Paul Millsap had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Gary -
Harris scored 14 points. Will Barton, who came off the bench, scored 11 points.
Damian Lillard scored 28 points and 7 assists, CJ McCollum scored 29 points and 5 rebounds, Al Aminu had 19 points and 8 rebounds, and Yonis Kanter only scored 5 points and 10 rebounds.
Rebounds. Seth Curry, who came off the bench, scored all 16 points in the first half.
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On May 8, the Nuggets defeated the Trail Blazers 124-98 at home, taking a 3-2 lead with a total score.
Nikola Jokic scored 25 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists in the last few minutes. Paul Millsap had 24 points and 8 rebounds, Jamal Murray had 18 points and 9 assists, and Gary
-Harris had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Will Barton and Malik Beasley, who came off the bench, scored 10 points each.
The Trail Blazers collapsed early and returned home 2-3 behind. Damian Lillard made 9 of 21 shots and scored 22 points and 6 rebounds. CJ McCollum made 5 of 16 shots and only scored 12 points. Yoonnis-
Kanter had 7 points and 8 rebounds. Zach Collins and Rodney Hood each came off the bench with 14 points.
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On May 10, the Trail Blazers defeated the Nuggets 119-108 at home, bringing the total score to 3-3. The two sides will engage in a tiebreaker.
Damian Lillard hit 6 three-pointers and scored 32 points, CJ McCollum scored 30 points and 6 rebounds, Rodney Hood came off the bench with 25 points, and Zach Collins 14
points. Yiannis Kanter performed mediocrely, scoring only 6 points, but grabbed 14 rebounds.
The Nuggets once achieved a double-digit advantage in the first quarter, but then fell into trouble. Nikola Jokic scored 29 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and Jamal Murray had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
Assists, Paul Millsap had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Gary Harris had 15 points and 5 assists.
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On May 13, the Trail Blazers came back from being 17 points behind and defeated the Nuggets 100-96 in the away game, advancing to the Western Conference Finals 4-3.
CJ McCollum scored 37 points and 9 rebounds, Damian Lillard made only 3 of 17 shots and scored 13 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and Yonis Kanter had 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Evan Turner, who came off the bench, scored 14 points, and Rodney Hood left the game early due to injury. The team made only 4 of 26 three-pointers.
The Nuggets were even worse from three-point range, making only 2 of 19 shots. Nikola Jokic scored 29 points and 13 rebounds, Jamal Murray had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Gary Harris had 15 points and 6 assists.
rebounds, Paul Millsap had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Overall, this was a close series. The back-and-forth between the two sides was quite exciting, and the four-overtime game was even more exciting.
Although the game was exciting, the defensive strength of both sides was not very good. They both focused more on the offensive end, so the level of the game was not very high.
