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They’ll have to win in Denver again on Monday if they want to host another game at Kaseya Center this season.ħ – As much as we talk about the Nuggets’ offense, we have to give a shout out to the defensive effort they have put in during this series. He returned with 4:09 to play with the Nuggets up nine and with the ball.Ħ – Denver wins its fifth straight road game of this playoff run, while Miami has now lost four in a row at home. He exited with 9:24 left to play with the Nuggets up by 10 and the Heat with the ball. Malone subbed Jokic out and the Nuggets maintained their advantage. But later in the game, Jokic picked up two fouls in the span of 17 seconds to give him five for the game with 9:24 left to play. The first was his rest to open the second quarter after having his ankle wrapped. Jimmy to Duncan, Duncan to Jimmy 🤝 /f0TiHYMqYJĥ – The Nuggets won the non-Jokic minutes by four points in Game 4, including a pair of extended runs with the two-time Kia MVP on the bench. The Nuggets started the second quarter with Jokic out down by one point (21-20) and were tied (30-30) when he returned following this sequence from Miami. He returned the Nuggets bench but sat the first 4:10 of the period to get his normal rest. 8fp9jaKcwFĪt the quarter break, Jokic went to the locker room to have his ankle re-taped. He was back on the Denver bench to start the second quarter. Nikola Jokic had to head to the locker room after rolling his right ankle. Nikola Jokic appeared to hurt his ankle on this play. While he grimaced and limped a bit, Jokic closed out the quarter and was able to play through the discomfort. Jamal Murray gives the credit to his teammates for his 12-assist, 0-turnover Game 4 🔊 #NBAFinals presented by /SQSS8bSOYwĤ – Scary moment for the Nuggets when Jokic twisted his ankle midway through the first quarter when he came down on Max Strus’ foot while going for an offensive rebound. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added steals and a dagger 3 of his own. Jeff Green hit one shot, but it was a huge corner 3 in the fourth quarter. While both were good tonight, it was the contributions from up and down the roster that made the difference. When Bam Adebayo answered with a quick two to cut the lead to nine, Brown came right back down, saw an opening and attacked the basket, finishing a beautiful reverse layup around Adebayo to push the lead back to double digits with 2:04 to play.īruce Brown with the TOUGH reverse 🤧 /ZxYaBcfKAgģ – Much of Denver’s playoff run has been defined by the brilliance of its star duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. It was Brown that came off a Jokic screen, found an opening in the Heat defense and rose up for the jumper and the foul to complete a three-point play to push the lead to 11.ĭenver leads by 11 with under 2 minutes to play in Game 4 on ABC! /3SYopSTqX0 He's up to 15 PTS on 6-6 FG in Q2 alone as Denver leads with under 3 minutes to go in the half! #NBAFinals presented by /GbAObZMJcLĢ – While Bruce Brown didn’t set a playoff career high in scoring, he was magnificent in his 30 minutes off the Nuggets bench, finishing with 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting and 3-for-5 from 3-point range while also adding four boards, two assists, a steal and a block.Īfter the Heat had cut the Denver lead to eight with just under three minutes to play, the Nuggets’ response didn’t come from Jamal Murray or Nikola Jokic or even the on-fire Aaron Gordo.

Or this baseline cut for the long alley-oop pass from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Gordon leads Denver with 14 PTS as they seek a 3-1 lead with a Game 4 win, Q2 on ABC 🍿 #NBAFinals presented by /xgVDnXViSC Take a look at this play, where he tells his teammates to clear out as he isolates on Gabe Vincent, drives for the basket and-one and completes the 3-point play. Gordon had his 3-point shot falling, he made timely cuts to the basket for alley-oops and he abused mismatches against smaller defenders like we saw in Game 1. They look to take a 3-1 lead in the Finals with a road win tonight 🍿 /TUOgtSNmsk He scores 15 of his 16 PTS in Q2 as Denver leads by 4 at the half on ABC! Gordon was absolutely brilliant in the second quarter as he scored 15 points in the period to keep the offense rolling while Nikola Jokic was out, then didn’t stop once Jokic came back in. His 27 points are a playoff career high, topping his previous mark of 25 from the 2019 first round during his time with the Magic. Here are 24 thoughts from Friday’s game.ġ – Aaron Gordon could not have picked a better time to have the best playoff game of his career.

GAME 4 ELEMENTS II SERIES

The Denver Nuggets are one win away from their first NBA championship after winning Game 4 in Miami, 108-95, to take a 3-1 lead as the series shifts back to Denver for Game 5 on Monday. Bruce Brown was just one of several supporting Nuggets players to show up big-time in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

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