You totally missed it, didn’t you? The Denver Nuggets’ comeback to force a Game 7 in their Western semifinals playoff series?
It’s totally understandable if you did. There was NFL Week 1 to watch on Sunday and the men’s final at the U.S. Open. So that’s what we’re here for!
To review: the Nuggets — who also came back from being down 3-1 in their previous series against the Utah Jazz — were down 3-2 heading into Game 6 in the bubble after staving off elimination on Friday.
They were down 16 at the half to Kawhi Leonard and Co. and faced a 19-point deficit in the third quarter.
But Nikola Jokic didn’t stop fighting, and in a bonkers game for the forward, he ended up with 34 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and four threes.
What a comeback 😱
Denver forces a Game 7 behind Jokic’s 34 points! pic.twitter.com/ky0JtoXYWG
— NBA TV (@NBATV) September 13, 2020
Jokic TOOK OVER for the Nuggets in Game 6 🃏
Nuggets force a Game 7
Nikola: 34 PTS | 14 REB | 7 AST | 4-6 3PM pic.twitter.com/P9rQBdHn4V
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 13, 2020
Jamal Murray had 21 points and had a game-high plus-14. And it’s been huge to get Gary Harris (16 points, four steals) back and healthy. When the Nuggets are doing things like this, they’re really hard to stop even if you have Leonard and Paul George:
The Nuggets' ball movement is a thing of beauty 👀 pic.twitter.com/KgKbXT8QaY
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 13, 2020
"You guys are an amazing group. Never quit. Never quit." #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/QKJDIn3K2k
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) September 13, 2020
Now, they get a chance to go 6-0 in elimination games this postseason (!) and become the first team in NBA history to come back from a pair of 3-1 deficits. And on Tuesday, there won’t be NFL games to interfere with you watching.
