{"id":58606,"date":"2020-09-02T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nuggets-move-past-jazz-in-nba-playoffs-in-low-scoring-game-7\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:15:00","slug":"nuggets-move-past-jazz-in-nba-playoffs-in-low-scoring-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nuggets-move-past-jazz-in-nba-playoffs-in-low-scoring-game-7\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nuggets move past Jazz in NBA Playoffs in low-scoring Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nuggets move past Jazz in NBA Playoffs in low-scoring Game<\/a> 7<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. \u2014 Jamal Murray helped a heartbroken Donovan Mitchell off the floor for a handshake and hug, a show of respect between players who had a memorable battle in the bubble.<\/p>\n

They traded historic offensive fireworks for six games, before Game 7 turned into an old-fashioned defensive struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great battle. I don\u2019t know what else to say. I\u2019m speechless,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n

The ending left everyone out of words.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic made the tiebreaking basket with 27 seconds left and the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the playoffs, beating the Utah Jazz 80-78 on Tuesday night when Mike Conley\u2019s 3-pointer spun out at the buzzer.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets became the 12th team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a series<\/a>, but only after they blew a 19-point lead in this game.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of teams would have just given in, especially when you consider we\u2019ve been here 57 days away from our families,\u201d Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.<\/p>\n

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Jamal Murray<\/span>NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Jokic\u2019s basket, the Jazz got the ball to Mitchell following a timeout. The Nuggets stole it from him and raced down for a fast break, but Torrey Craig missed the layup. Utah rebounded and pushed the ball up the floor to Conley, whose jumper looked good all the way until it fell out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked good, man. Sometimes, it\u2019s just the way it works,\u201d Mitchell said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought hard and came back. I\u2019d go to war with any one of these guys in the locker room, any one of these coaches. We could\u2019ve easy chalked it up in the first half. We have grit and fight. That\u2019s all you can really ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jokic had 30 points and 14 rebounds and Murray scored 17 points. No. 3 seed Denver advanced to face the second-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the series started I felt it was going to be an interesting series. But after 3-1 I didn\u2019t think it was going to be this interesting,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cSo I\u2019m glad that we won the game and I\u2019m glad that we won the series.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mitchell scored 22 points and Rudy Gobert finished with 19 points and 18 rebounds after a huge second half for the Jazz.<\/p>\n

Murray shot only 7 for 21, far off his performances of the past three games. So the Nuggets turned more to Jokic, their All-Star center who tossed in a short hook shot in the lane after the Jazz had tied it at 78.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s when you need Nikola to step up,\u201d Malone said. <\/p>\n

Murray and Mitchell became the first pair of players to have two 50-point games in the same series, but the men in the middle were the biggest factors in this one.<\/p>\n