Jamal Murray scored 27 points and Michael Porter Jr. recovered with 21 clutch points, which leads to the Denver Nuggets adapts to the best sown Oklahoma City Thunder 113-104 in extra time on Friday night for a 2-1 advantage in the semifinal series of the West Conference.
Nikola Jokic added 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Aaron Gordon had 22 points for the Nuggets, who led for no more than two points in the regulation, but had a 11-2 race in the additional period.
Jokic was 8 for 25 from the field and the 10 of his 3 tweezers was lost, but he begins to bloom in an extra time with a finger tray and the nuggets never set aside again.
The other NBA MVP leader, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, also had a difficult night, missing 15 or 22 shots, going 1 by 6 from the depths and ending with 18 points. Jalen Williams led OKC with 32 points and Chet Holmgren contributed 18.
Game 4 is Sunday at Ball Arena.
He was tied in 102 after regulation, and both Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic lost the possible winners in the last seconds of regulation. SGA was lost a 12 -foot jumper with 3 seconds, and Joker lost a foot of 19 feet in the bell.
After being exploited by 43 points in game 2, the Nuggets knew that their path to victory this night remained close to the end when they could take advantage of their combination of experience, homemade environment and closing skill.
The Nuggets followed 83-80 after three quarters. They would have the leadership if it were not for the so -called consecutive offensives that tell objectives in the third quarter in Gordon and Jokic.
The Thunder Tok is a half-time advantage 56-51 thanks to the 16 Holmgren points and seven tables. Porter, which was a combined 3 by 18 from the floor in Oklahoma City, made its first five shots, three from depth, to keep Denver nearby.
Remember last year when Jokic appeared for a playoff game in Ball Arena dressed as a despicable me, the Joker Artó Thorsday Night dressed as, well, the Joker, the version of DC Comics Villain.
Associated Press reports.
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