Los Denver Nagsz surpassed this Friday by 113-104, and after an extension to Oklahoma City Thunder Y They were placed with 2-1 in the semi-finals of the West after a very fought game And exciting Nicolas Gokic or Alexander Gelgius was not inspired.
The fourth match will be played between Thunder (the first of the West with the best balance between the league) and Nuggets (rooms) on Sunday in Denver.
This series was distinguished in the capital A face to face between tea, the favorite of MVP this year, and Jokic, the prize winner in three of the last four seasons.
but No Canadian or Serbian shone tonight, Who finally decided on The contribution of actors.
It is usually completely effective genius and deadly, Jokic lived a nightmare with 20 points (8 out of 25 in shots with 0 out of 10 in three times), 16 rebounds and 6 passes with 8 football losses.
no Tea managed to strengthen Oklahoma with 18 points (7 out of 22 with 1 out of 6 in three times), 13 rebounds and 7 decisive passes.
but, Jokic had three of his fellow heroes in 2023 to a great level: Jamal Murray (27 points and 8 decisive passes), Aaron Gordon (22 points, 8 counterattacks and a new basic trilogy in the final extending) and Michael Porter Junior (21 points and 8 rebound balls with 5 out of 6 in three shots).
Los Nags They won the first match by two points, and they lost the second margin of a scandal of 43 And the night, they overcame 9 and in an extension to put themselves with 2-1 in a tie.
In visitors, who suffered from the ocean with 9 out of 35 in three times, Gallin Williams took over with 32 points and Chit Holmegreen went from more to less until they finished 18 points and 16 rebounds.
The experiment was imposed
The entire first part was a continuous snapshot and Daca, such as the battle of boxing without gloves or ringing, but with strokes in each play.
Oklahoma sent a break (51-56) But tea was out of its best version (5 points, 9 rebound balls and 4 passes with 2 out of 8 in the shots). In the foreground, Jokic (8 points and 9 counterators with 2 out of 9) did not respond.
But both teams saw that high school asking for a step. For example, Holmegran began a great thunder With 11 points in the first quarter and fell in the intermediate with 16 points and 7 rebound balls.
Nuggets were also surprises like Excellent contribution to Porter Junior nothing is good yet in the series And also a decrease physically, but achieved 15 points with 3 out of 3 in three times in the first half.
The dynamics did not change the appeal. On the contrary, Nags came forward but the margins of one team or another are still very narrow.
Tea woke up with 10 points in the third quarter while Jokic failed, regardless of the amount that tried, in warm up (80-83 in the beginning of the recent period).
Williams was very close to being the evening champion of Aklahoma with 16 points in the last wonderful quarter, but the match came equal in the last minutes (97-97 with 2.30 to play)
Williams was specifically with triple throws and freedom +3 for thunder with slightly more than one minute, however Gordon, the same one who signed the miracle winner in the first match, was hit again from the ocean in the final extending to link the match (102-102 with 28 seconds to play).
Do not avoid tea or jokic on an additional time Where the experiences of thunder youth and balances have passed, very misleading in the extension, which left the golden opportunity to escape on a very bad day of Jokic.
