![]() Lillard was honored before the game as the NBA's Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award. And the ref was right there," he said.ĪDVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ TEAMMATE AWARD He kind of knocked me off, he knocked me off my game a little bit. "I was a little, not dizzy, a little woozy. Lillard admitted a collision with Porter in the fourth quarter shook him up. Especially being a backup point guard, he's stepping up on the biggest stage and showing what he's capable of." BELL RUNG "I can't say enough about that dude, just his composure, what he does for our team, it's pretty amazing. "I mean Monte, the last two games the way he's come up in the clutch in the fourth quarter, that's so huge for us," Porter said. Nine of his points came in the final period. Monte Morris had 22 points and nine assists off the bench. He raised his arms to encourage the crowd as he headed off the floor. Lillard hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Blazers a 68-61 lead at the half. "It was important for Michael to get off to that start because he kind of kept us afloat." So Mike is only gonna get better than he already is, which is a scary thought," Malone said. "Here's a young man, 26 points in back-to-back games, and he's only a second-year player. Porter had six 3-pointers in the first quarter alone, tying an NBA playoff record for most 3s a quarter. Nurkic didn't have a foul in the first half, but then had four quick fouls in the third quarter and had to head to the bench. Tasked with defending Jokic, he fouled out in three of the first five games. The Blazers needed big man Jusuf Nurkic to stay out of foul trouble. It was the most 3-pointers ever in a playoff game. ![]() It spoiled Lillard's epic playoff performance: He had 55 points, including 12 3-pointers, and 10 assists. The Nuggets took a 3-2 lead in the series with a 147-140 double overtime victory in Denver on Tuesday night. They won, congratulations to them, but it's back to the drawing board to us." Regardless of how it ended, we are always going to have our heads held high, have class. "We've got to keep fighting, keep working and keep coming back to battle. "We didn't do what was necessary to win the series," Lillard said. Portland crumbled in the final quarter, outscored 28-14. We buckle down, we embrace it, we find a way." "I think we've shown as a group that every time we hit adversity, most times, we never run from it. "I think the key was when they were going on runs and we weren't playing our best every huddle was positive, staying engaged, demanding guys to be better, but staying together," Denver coach Michael Malone said. Portland tried to catch up, pulling to 121-115 on CJ McCollum's layup, but Aaron Gordon hit a corner 3-pointer that all but sealed it for Denver with less than a minute to go. Jokic hit a 3-pointer to put Denver ahead 108-106 and the Nuggets stretched it to 117-108 on Austin Rivers' 3 with 3:52 left.Īustin Rivers celebrates after a crucial trey over a dejected Norman Powell. Monte Morris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to close Denver to 101-98 heading into the last period. They led by 14 points in the third quarter but couldn't stave off elimination. They await the outcome of the first-round series between the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers.ĭenver advanced to the Western Conference semifinals for the third straight season.ĭamian Lillard finished with 28 points and 13 assists for the sixth-seeded Blazers. added 26 points, including 22 in the opening quarter, for the third-seeded Nuggets. ![]() "We will just go out there and fight and that's what we have been doing. "Nobody can take the fight out of us," Jokic said. Nikola Jokic had 36 points and the Nuggets eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games with a 126-115 victory Thursday night (Friday, Manila time). The Denver Nuggets were undaunted, even when down 14 points in the third quarter and facing an antagonistic Portland crowd.
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