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The 25-year-old Serbian star, who also had 14 rebounds and four assists, had been in the background to Canadian scorer Jamal Murray in the series, but Jokic was eliminated in the winner-take-all clash in Orlando. , Florida. . “We don’t give up. We just didn’t want to quit. I’m glad I won the game, ”Jokic said. Murray scored 17 points and Michael Porter finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for the Nuggets, who advanced in a series for the first time in franchise history after being 3-1 down, becoming the 12th team in team history. the league in making such a comeback. . “A lot of teams would have given up, especially considering we’ve been here 57 days away from our families,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone. The Nuggets will face the Los Angeles Clippers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game 1 is Thursday in the NBA’s quarantine bubble in Florida. Tuesday’s game ended with a wild sequence that included Utah’s Mike Conley firing a desperate shot at the buzzer that rang the basket but failed to land. “It looked good, man. Sometimes it’s just the way it works, ”said jazz star Donovan Mitchell. “We fought hard and we came back. I’d go to war with any of these guys in the locker room, with any of these trainers. We could have easily scored it in the first half. We have courage and fight. That’s all you can really ask for. ”Mitchell also had a chance to tie on Utah’s previous possession, but fumbled on a drive to the basket. Denver immediately went down to the other end, but they missed an easy layup on their possession. endgame that would have sealed it.Mitchell led the Jazz with 22 points and nine rebounds.
Celtics stretch lead
In the Eastern Conference, Jayson Tatum scored 34 points in the playoffs and Marcus Smart scored five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as the Boston Celtics rallied to beat Toronto 102-99 in the second game of their series. Kemba Walker finished with 17 points and Jaylen Brown had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics, who took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal. Game 3 is Thursday. “Marcus Smart has been a winner since he got here,” said Celtics coach Brad Stevens of Smart, who finished with 19 points and six 3-pointers. “We’ve been in the playoffs every year since he was here and that’s not a coincidence.” The teams were tied 28-28 at the end of the first quarter, but the defending NBA champions, the Raptors, led 78-70 going into the quarter. OG Anunoby scored 20 points, Fred VanVleet finished with 19 points and seven assists and Pascal Siakam scored 17 points for the Raptors, who had opportunities to equalize but made some unusual mistakes down the stretch. Kyle Lowry hit a pair of free throws with 61 seconds left to cut the Celtics’ lead to just one, 100-99, but that was the closest Toronto could get. Losing has been an unknown sensation for the Raptors in the NBA bubble. Toronto had only lost one game during the seed round, a 122-100 setback for the Celtics. Toronto had an eight-game winning streak at the start of this series, but has now lost both games to Boston.
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