Aaron Gordon scored a profession playoff excessive 27 factors in an all-out assault on the Miami Heat on Friday that helped push the Denver Nuggets to the brink of their first NBA championship.
Gordon led all scorers within the Nuggets’ 108-95 victory over the Heat in Miami that put Denver up 3-1 within the best-of-seven NBA Finals.
The participant as soon as identified for his dunking prowess — together with runner-up finishes within the 2016 and 2020 All-Star weekend slam-dunk contests — confirmed simply how versatile he has turn out to be as he linked on 11 of 15 photographs from the sphere — together with three of 4 from three-point vary.
Gordon’s huge second quarter helped the Nuggets acquire management whilst Nikola Jokic shook off a twisted ankle.
When foul bother sidelined Jokic for greater than 5 minutes within the fourth, Bruce Brown took it to Miami.
Brown scored 21 factors in half-hour off the bench, pouring in 11 within the last interval because the Nuggets repelled each Heat run.
Miami had reduce the deficit to eight when Brown transformed a three-point play to push Denver’s lead again to double digits.
His pull-up three-pointer with 1:21 remaining was the ultimate dagger, giving Denver a 108-91 lead.
(Text inputs from AFP)
