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They “swept” the Lakers and the Nuggets made history

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His first finals team NBA are the Nuggets. The Denver team defeated the Lakers for the second time in Los Angeles, with 113-111and with a “broom”, i.e. 4-0punched the ticket to claim its maiden championship in history.

The Nuggets were down -15 in the first half, during which the Lebron James scored 31 of his 40 points in the game. In the third twelve minutes, however, Mike Malone’s team was stormy and took a 36-16 lead. The “king” had two failed attempts in the final seconds to equalize, with Aaron Gordon cutting him in the second and ending the season ingloriously for the “kings”.

THE Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists to record his eighth triple-double in this year’s playoffs, a record that broke his Wilt Chamberlain since 1967. O Jamal Murray added 25 points for Denver, which now awaits its opponent from the Heat-Celtics pair (3-0). If Miami rolls through, Denver will have home-court advantage, while if Boston pulls off the upset, the Nuggets will have home-court advantage.

Apart from LeBron, who had 40 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, the Anthony Davis he counted 21 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, while Austin Reeves added 17 points for the Lakers, who used just eight players. Mike Malone used one less for the Nuggets, who got 22 points from Aaron Gordon, and 15 points with 10 rebounds from Michael Porter Jr.

Twelve minutes: 34-28, 73-58, 89-94, 111-113

See here the statistics of the match

Source: Sport Fm

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