How Thunder’s Unstoppable Strategy Crushed the Nuggets When It Mattered Most
The Nuggets took a five-point lead into the second, but the Thunder, the best defensive team in the league all year, turned it on defensively in the second quarter. The Nuggets had just 20 points and Jokic, who had been able to keep his turnovers to a minimum the last three games, struggled with the defensive pressure. The Thunder were able to focus on stopping him even more with Gordon injured and ineffective and Jamal Murray struggling.
Toward the end of the second quarter, the Nuggets committed two live-ball turnovers on consecutive possessions that led to easy transition baskets for the Thunder. It was the embodiment of the difference of the series with the Nuggets always on the brink of disaster against the stifling Thunder defense. They fought it off admirably with brilliance and championship mettle, but, in the end, they couldnât overcome it.
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