![]() ![]() Game 5 is Monday night in Denver and it may feel more like a coronation than a basketball game. ![]() The Nuggets were doing to the Heat in Miami what the Heat had done to every other team they faced this postseason.ĭenver won Game 4 108-92, sweeping the two games in Miami (both by double digits), and now have a commanding 3-1 NBA Finals lead. It was championship-level execution from the Nuggets as they closed the game on a 17-7 run. They calmed things down, they didn’t contribute to their own demise. Whenever Miami would make a run - the kind of stretch that became an avalanche and overwhelmed Boston and Milwaukee - Denver would just get the ball to Jokić, or Murray would draw the defense and kick to an open shooter, and the Nuggets executed their offense and got a bucket. “When he did a step-back three, I wanted to punch him, but when he made it, I was so happy,” Jokić said. Jokic was fired up for Bruce Brown's 4th quarter takeover □ /56rOHygKm1 The Nuggets just executed their offense, and Murray finished with 12 assists without one turnover while others stepped up - led by Aaron Gordon with a game-high 27 and Bruce Brown with 21 points off the bench, including a critical step-back 3 in the fourth. The Heat played their most physical, intense defense of the Finals, selling out to slow Jamal Murray in particular and not letting him score 30+ again. Without the two-time MVP, the Nuggets just kept executing their offense. Jokić returned after 5:16 of game time and the Nuggets are still up nine. Nikola Jokić gets sent to the bench with five fouls - after Bam Adebayo earned an Oscar nomination drawing it - and it feels like the game was about to turn with the crowd rocking and the Nuggets lead down to 10.
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