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| Nikola Jokic(15) and Jamal Murray(27) after a win against the Clippers in Game 7. Image Credit:@twitter/@nuggets |
Nuggets make a historic comeback in a back to back series. Against Utah Jazz they made a come back in a 7 game series with going down to 3-1 and they had the same condition against the Clippers as they fall behind 3-1. But in both series they made a come back with 3 consecutive games and win a series. Now Denver Nuggets send a message to the Los Angeles Lakers that They are not an easy team to face.
Los Angeles Clippers falls to the Denver Nuggets thanks to Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, and the team effort from other players. The Clippers curse continues to not making into the conference finals. Denver Nuggets makes the first Western Conference Finals since 2009.
Nuggets become the first team in NBA history to come back from 3-1 down twice in the same season. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard were played very bad in the fourth quarter, They were 0 from 11 and 0 from 7 in 3-PT FG and not able to score even a single point in a game.
Quarter 1
Already half of the time passed in the quarter both teams were able to score only 11 points. Jokic drew a foul for 2 free-throws and he made both free throws when just over 5 minutes to go in a quarter. 4:33 remaining in a quarter, Nikola Jokic made a play just as a point guard does. He scored a bucket and took a lead for Nuggets. 3:43 to go, Jamal Murray made another great play as he made a shot from the baseline. 3:15 left in a quarter, Shamet injured himself. 1:17 left in a quarter, Nikola Jokic grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a bucket for 5 points lead to the Nuggets. Los Angeles tied a game with a last made shot of a quarter.
Quarter 2
Clippers started a quarter with 3 points play as they took a lead of 3 points in a quarter. 10:07 to go, Kawhi Leonard made a 3-pointer which gave 6-points lead to the Clippers. 9:40 left in a quarter, Green made a longe range shot and the Clippers got 9 points lead in a game. 9:13 to go, Lou Williams made a beautiful slip pass to Harrell who finished a play with a two-handed jam, Clippers had 9 points lead. 6:19 to go, Kawhi Leonard drove through the bucket and hammered a rim with a throw down. 5:49 to go, Paul George with a bucket and drew a foul for 3 points play but he was unable to convert free-throw. Under 5 minutes remaining in a quarter, Kawhi Leonard banged a 3-pointer, Clippers had 10 points lead after this play. Clippers got 12 points lead in a quarter but Harris cut it 9 points with his 3-pointer. In the last 4 minutes of a quarter, Denver Nuggets made a 13-5 run which cut a lead to 2 points. Once again Clippers blew a big lead. Jamal Murray was superb in the quarter as he scored 20 points in the quarter and 25 points in the first half.
Quarter 3
10:53 to go, Beverley with 3-pointer led Clippers to 7 points lead in a quarter. 8:56 to go, Grant knocked down a 3-pointer for 1 points lead. 8:22 minutes to go, Jokic with elbow jumper for 2 points and he made it. In the first 6 minutes of the quarter, Denver Nuggets made a 16-7 run for 7 points lead in a game. 4:02 remaining, Millsap hit second 3-pointer which gave 9 points lead to the Nuggets. 2:58 remaining, Paul George made a 3-pointer to cut 9 points Denver lead to 6 points. 2:42 to go, Joker got a triple-double in a game with an assist to Jerami Grant who finished a play with a dunk. Once Denver Nuggets were 7 points behind in the starting of a quarter and at the end of a quarter, they got 8 points lead.
Quarter 4
In the first 2 minutes of a quarter, both teams were unable to score any points until Jamal Murray made a bucket. Denver Nuggets made a 7-0 run in the first 3 minutes of a quarter to take 13 points to lead in a game. Denver Nuggets were able to get 15 points lead in a game when Nikola Jokic made 2 free-throws and 3:02 to go in a quarter. Denver with 18-6 run in the first 10 minutes of a game to get huge 20 points lead in a game when just 2 minutes remaining in a quarter. Denver Nuggets totally outscored Clippers in the third and 4th quarters in a game. Denver Nuggets got a dominating victory over the Clippers with 104-89.
Now Denver Nuggets will face another LA team in the Western Conference finals.
Denver's Scorers
Jamal Murray dropped 40 points with 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and a steal. Nikola Jokic added 16 points with a huge amount of boards 22, 13 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks with +22 ratings. Harris scored 14 points with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Grant scored 14 points with 5 rebounds. All Nuggets starter had above +15 ratings in a game.
Bench Players
Porter Jr. scored only 2 points with 7 boards, Plumlee scored 1 point, Craig added 6 points with 6 boards and Morris made 5 points in a game.
Clippers' Scorers
Kawhi scored 14 points, 6 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 1 block, Kawhi's shooting was very bad in this game with 6-22 and 2-7 3-PT FG. Beverley made 11 points with 5 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 1 assist. Paul George was very bad in shooting as he made only 4 shots out of 16 and 3 3-pointers out of 11. Zubac and Morris scored 6 and 7 points respectively.
Bench Players
Green dropped 11 points with 6 boards and a steal. Harrell made 20 points with 3 boards. Williams scored 7 points with 4 boards and 6 assists.
“They gotta worry about us too.”Jamal Murray and the Nuggets are ready for the Lakers. (via @Rachel__Nichols) pic.twitter.com/c1ReAJNOVq— ESPN (@espn) September 16, 2020
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