AP:
Thunder overcome clutch woes to beat Nuggets in gritty Game 4DENVER -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder finally outplayed Denver in crunch time, beating the Nuggets 92-87 on Sunday to knot their second-round series at two games apiece.
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The Nuggets had outlasted the youngest team in the NBA with wins in Games 1 and 3, crediting their playoff experience and championship pedigree. And they looked poised to put the top-seeded team in the West on the cusp of elimination...
This time, however, it was the Thunder who came up big down the stretch...
Game 5 is Tuesday night back in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder had a 43-point blowout of the Nuggets in Game 2.
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The teams played a physical, overtime game Friday night, not leaving Ball Arena until the early morning hours on Saturday. And the early Mother's Day start -- 1:30 p.m. local time -- led to some tired legs and a ton of errant shots.
Oh yes! That goes some way to explaining the early shooting. The "Nuggets", particularly Jokic, looked exhausted in the first half.
...a combined 25-point first quarter...tied an NBA playoff record for fewest points in the opening quarter.