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He is 9 of 36 from deep since that game, including 1 of 4 Sunday. Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has been in a slump since hitting 7 of 10 from 3-point range on Jan. F Paul Millsap didn't play in the second half due to a sprained left knee. Dozier (strained right hamstring) were out. Nuggets: Gary Harris (left adductor strain), Will Barton III (personal reasons) and P.J. Lakers: F Kyle Kuzma scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Denver outscored the Lakers 30-24 in the third to open a comfortable lead and stretched it to as many as 21 in the fourth.Īnd while the Lakers were able to rally from 20-point deficits in their last two wins, they couldn't storm back in this one. This time, the third quarter wasn't an issue. They outscored the Nuggets 68-35 in the second half for a a 114-93 win. 4, the Lakers trailed by 12 points in the third quarter before going on a big run to take control. 2 of the season between the teams that advanced to the Western Conference finals last season. “In this business, you never know when your number is going to be called,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. Zeke Nnaji had 16 points, and fellow reserve Facundo Campazzo finished with 15.

Jamal Murray scored 25 points for Denver in its third straight win. “I felt like I was ready to go,” Davis said. He missed two contests due to the ailment before returning in a win over Memphis on Friday.Įmergency slide deploys inside Delta plane bound for LAX He finished with 15 points and four rebounds in 14 minutes.Įntering the game, Davis was questionable with what was described as right Achilles tendinosis. He was banged up when he tried to drive around Jokic with 2:39 left before halftime.ĭavis hobbled to the free-throw line, made both and then was subbed out. Los Angeles never got back on track after Davis limped to the locker room. James had 22 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, but the Lakers' seven-game win streak ended. Jokic finished with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. The spotlight was on the showdown between Jokic and LeBron James, who are both among the favorites in the NBA MVP race. “Just trying to figure out the best steps.”

“I don’t want to mess around with this type of injury,” Davis said. He strained his Achilles late in the first half. NBA Finals - Game 7: Heat at Nuggets, 8 p.m.Nikola Jokic recorded his sixth triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets beat Los Angeles 122-105 on Sunday night in a game where Lakers forward Anthony Davis hobbled from the court after re-aggravating his sore right Achilles.ĭavis will have an MRI on Monday.NBA Finals - Game 6: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m., ABC (if necessary).NBA Finals - Game 5: Heat at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ABC.He also tied Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson by racking up those 12 assists without turning the ball over.īelow is the daily playoff schedule as well as the previous results, the playoff bracket, dates, times and TV/streaming info. Nikola Jokic was in foul trouble and Jamal Murray had an off-night shooting, but he did have another 12 assists, making him the league's only player to have four double-digit assists outings in his first four NBA Finals games. Aaron Gordon turned out to be one of the Nuggets' heroes in Game 4 as he scored a game-high 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and six assists. The Nuggets' 108-95 win in Miami Friday night puts them a win away from the franchise's first NBA title, which they can claim at home in Game 5 Monday night. In being on the wrong end of the stat in the made 3s category - by a count of 14 to 8 - Miami just couldn't match Denver's firepower and now finds itself down 3-1 in the race to four wins. That's not to say that the Heat would've won the game had they matched the Denver Nuggets' long distance proficiency, but the fact remains that the Western Conference champs knocked down 50% of their 3-pointers. And on Friday night it was the latter for the Miami Heat who shot a combined 32% from 3.