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Nuotr.: USA Today – Scanpix
Nuotr. USA Today – Scanpix
Jamalo Murray and Nikola Jokičius on the Denver Nuggets were never far behind in the semifinals of the NBA Western Conference. 110: 101 (44:25, 28:31, 17:21, 21:24) He got along well with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Man of the match
The score for a series of up to four wins was 1-1. The third series game will take place at night from Monday to Tuesday at 4 pm in the morning.
Two days ago, the Los Angeles team crushed Denver basketball players 120: 97.
“We were a completely different team,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone compared the second game to the first.
For the winners, Canadian Murray scored 27 points (7/13 two, 3/8 trit, 4/5 penalties) and made 6 assists.
“In the first game we were tired, we were drowned, exhausted, we missed,” Murray recalled.
Jokičius had 26 points (6/12 doubles, 4/5 trit., 2/2 penalties), 18 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.
“I’m patient with the ball, because I can’t run fast so I only have this option,” Jokičius replied after the match when asked why he was playing so patiently.
In the losing ranks, Kawhi Leonard scored 13 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, but made only 4 shots out of 17 and made a mistake 4 times.
Leonard has scored at least 20 points in the playoffs 27 times in the last 28 games. In this year’s playoffs, the forward had scored at least 29 points.
“We dug a 20-point hole early,” Leonard said. – We can’t do that, but we have to give credits and Nuggets. They played very aggressively on both sides of the court, they played well, so they won the game.
Denver basketball players immediately leapt forward in the game and immediately gained a double-digit lead (12: 2), already holding a 21-point lead by the end of the first half (44:23).
With 44 points in the fourth, the Nuggets repeated their season record. This is the most productive second half for the Denver club in team playoff history. On May 14, 1985, the team scored 47 points at the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets had a record 23 points (54:31). The Clippers reduced their deficit to a single mark in the fourth half (86:91), but the Nuggets responded with a 10-0 lead and celebrated their victory late in the game.
Clippers: Paul George 22 (8 sec.), Ivica Zubac 15 (9 cam), Kawhi Leonard (4/17 shots, 10 reps, 8 res.) And Lou Williams (0/6 trit.) After 13, Marcus Morris 11, Montrezl Harrell and JaMychal Green (rec. 11) after 10.
Nuggets: Yamal Murray 27 (6th rev.), Nikola Jokičius 26 (4/5 trit, 18 par.), Paul Millsap and Gary Harris 13 each, Michael Porter 11 (7th par.), Monte Morrisas 10.
Performance by Jamalo Murray:
Match summary:
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