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NBA playoffs: Delete Thunder Doppel-Digit deficit to 3-2 lead against Nuggets

NBA playoffs: Delete Thunder Doppel-Digit deficit to 3-2 lead against Nuggets

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It was more difficult than expected, but the Oklahoma City Thunder is a victory to survive the nuggets.

The owners of the top record in the NBA this season wiped out a two-digit lead in the fourth quarter of the 5th game, to win 112-105 and to take on a 3-2 lead in their second round. Game 6 is planned for Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) in Denver.

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If there was a performance that the game won for OKC, it was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 31 points on 12 von-23 shooting with 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

If it was a route that she won, in the fourth quarter you will find just right as LU Darts three consecutive 3 points. These triples used a seven -minute route without a field gate for the nuggets, which were listed in the third quarter with up to 12 points and eight points in the fourth quarter.

Previously, the thunder in Treisand had been against a less talented but energetic opponent, led by a 44-point 15-rank night by Nikola Jokić. Now you have the chance to finish this series on the street, with a Western Conference Finale against the winner of the Minnesota Timberwolves-Golden State Warriors series.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's characteristic playoff moment

After the thunder got back in the game, it was on Gilgeous-Alexander to hold them there. OKC took his first tour since the first quarter with 3:33 remaining in the game when they were recorded by their alleged MVP.

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The Nuggets drove the game to three direct possessions, with Gilgeous-Alexander reacting every time. A Jokić Layup led to a Gilgeous-Alexander-to-Isaiah-Hartenstein-Gasse. A Jokić Bank shot led to a Gilgeous Alexander jumper. An absurd Jokić-3 pointer led to a 3 pointer from Jalen Williams and then to a Gilgeous Alexander 3 pointer to record OKC forever.

It was one of the best routes from Gilgeous-Alexander's career and saw how the Paycom Center often sang “MVP”.

Nikola Jokić was elite. The rest of the nuggets, however, …

If there was a game that compressed all the concerns about the nuggets in a distance of 48 minutes, it was this.

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The nuggets had a great performance of all time from their great player ever. They got a 28-point night of Jamal Murray, albeit an inefficient with 10-von-27 shooting and four sales. You still have very little.

Michael Porter Jr. was 1 out of 7 for two points. Christian Braun was 3 out of 12 for eight points. Russell Westbrook was 1 out of 7 for four points. Overall, the non-Jokić and Murray Nuggets shot 13 of 45. Jokić scored 44 points with two sales and lost.

It was particularly bad in Denver's collapse of the fourth quarter, in which the non-Jokić players missed their first 13 shots before Murray's garbage time layup. They shot a total of 1 out of 15, in a crucial game 5 and one of the biggest offensive players who ever called for the shots.

We could call this an unfathomable loss, but thever can clearly find out quite well, since it was this kind of things that chief coach Michael Malone cost his job. The Nuggets joined David Adelman with relatively low expectations against the head coach of the first year. Now you need two victories against a 68:14 team to keep your unlikely run going.

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