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00:00Bump their lead to 72-59.
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00:12Two possessions for the Nuggets to start this third quarter.
00:15Two hits.
00:17Long two by Murray and a three-pointer by Michael Porter Jr.
00:21And an eight-point halftime lead is now at 13.
00:24And Ty Lue going with a Greg Popovich-like timeout early in this third quarter.
00:30And knowing these third quarters can get away, remember, Denver scored 18 in the third quarter.
00:34And we're eventually up 22 in the fourth before the Clippers outscored the Nuggets by 18 in the fourth quarter of that thrilling game four.
00:44There can be wild swings in these playoff games.
00:48Here's Subac gets it deep, and the first points of the second half for the Clippers comes from their big band.
00:54Yeah, great drive there by Norman Powell to get around the defense, forced to help, and then he gets it to Zubac.
01:02This is game five.
01:04It's now a best two out of three with the Nuggets regaining home court advantage.
01:10Murray's been the hot hand, and Murray stays as the hot hand.
01:15He's got 24 now, his fourth made three.
01:20Well, we've seen certainly a lot of great playoff performances from Jamal Murray, and that's also Jokic's 10th assist of the night already.
01:31He's stacking them up.
01:32We saw Murray go for 50 in the bubble in Orlando.
01:35In the 2020 playoffs, there's Zubac.
01:37What a move, but he can't finish it.
01:39And Jokic able to run it down.
01:41Jokic ready to move it.
01:42Look at the big man go.
01:44Jokic finds Murray.
01:46No look inside.
01:48Brown lays it in.
01:51It's already two transition buckets.
01:54The Clippers not getting back and getting matched up.
01:57Denver's energy much better than the Clippers' energy here to start the second half.
02:03Biggest lead of the night, Kawhi Leonard, able to secure the ball and able to lay it in.
02:09Denver had opened up their biggest lead at 16, now up 14.
02:14Kawhi in the double figures.
02:16He's got seven assists as well.
02:18Clippers go to that zone.
02:21Now they match up out of it.
02:22They get this all the time.
02:24Zone was effective.
02:25In game four.
02:27Gordon was wide open.
02:28Didn't take it.
02:29Now late clock.
02:30Jokic, he'll fire it.
02:31That's a three-pointer.
02:32It's short.
02:34James Harden out the controls.
02:37And Brown swipes it from him.
02:40Christian Brown takes it away.
02:42Jokic finds Murray.
02:44Murray finds the bottom of the cup.
02:46Started with the steal by Brown, who's been applying pressure the last couple of games, getting great pressure on Harden.
02:5927 from Murray on his fifth three.
03:02And a foul on the other end by Brown.
03:08Clean strip.
03:09Harden tried to sell it as a foul.
03:10And then the Nuggets were off and run, and Murray spots up cash money.
03:16He is five of six from three-point range.
03:20He's only missed three shots tonight.
03:2311 to 14 for 27 points.
03:2617-point lead for the Nuggets here.
03:30Harden with free throws.
03:33They gave the foul to Porter Jr., by the way.
03:37Take a look at our FanDuel live point spread for tonight's game.
03:40Denver.
03:42Denver with home court advantage.
03:45And it was at plus two to start the night.
03:48Minus 12 and a half right now.
03:52And Harden sticks both free throws.
03:55Harden first points since the first quarter, Coach.
03:59Clippers want more pressure even in their zone here.
04:07Murray and Jokic, two-man game.
04:09Leonard almost got a steal done all over Murray.
04:12Seven to shoot.
04:14Murray dancing.
04:14Murray fires a three.
04:16And a miss.
04:17Jokic keep it alive.
04:19Jokic secures.
04:20Gordon is fouled.
04:21And Denver doing it all to start this third quarter.
04:25And Gordon is going back to the free throw line.
04:30Jokic now seven rebounds, 11 assists.
04:34He does have 11 points.
04:35He's making his way to a triple-double.
04:38But there's been his playmaking, specifically setting up Jamal Murray.
04:42That's been the story.
04:43Well, look.
04:44This is what great players do.
04:47Jokic does great things every night.
04:49But he's only three for ten from the floor tonight.
04:52And yet he is still probably the dominant guy in this game.
04:57Jokic only one turnover.
04:59Aaron Gordon, first points since the first quarter as well.
05:06Jokic with those 11 assists, only the one turnover.
05:10And Denver up 82-65.
05:12And Brown is going to be called for the foul.
05:15Well, that makes it for Jokic.
05:1754 assists and only 14 turnovers in this series.
05:22And seven of those came in one game in game two.
05:29Brown called for that foul.
05:33Tell you what, though, he's really keeping the pressure on James Hart.
05:38And now there's a question by Carl Lane.
05:42He thought the ball was in the front court.
05:45Mitchell Irvin says no.
05:46He called the foul in the backcourt.
05:48Which that should be checked the clock to 24, which it does.
05:55You see Brown is just going to keep constant pressure on Harden,
06:00who really hasn't been a factor in this game at all to this point.
06:03Yeah, only eight points.
06:06And a hot pass.
06:08Zubats couldn't handle it.
06:09Porter comes away with it.
06:12It's Harden's third turnover.
06:13Aaron Gordon will work with Jokic here.
06:19Norm Powell on Murray.
06:21Here's Gordon open for three.
06:24And Brown runs down the offensive rebound.
06:26Gordon drives now.
06:28Gordon elevates.
06:29Zubats with a block.
06:31Zubats' second block.
06:33But it just, Denver, energy and intensity has been too much right now for the Clippers.
06:41And a late whistle comes in.
06:42Leonard fouled.
06:45He'll have free throws.
06:47And right there, once Jokic secured the rebound,
06:57officials will tell you they, sometimes they've got to replay it quickly in their mind before they blow.
07:03Absolutely.
07:03It takes a little bit of time to process at times.
07:09Denver with their 13th foul.
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07:26Great Peyton Manning.
07:27He's been in most of the home games for the Nuggets.
07:30Saw him here in Game 2 as well.
07:34Peyton Manning's always got the concessions going, too.
07:37He's got the half zip.
07:38Well, now he's got a hoodie on the knife.
07:39Yeah.
07:40It looks expensive, though.
07:41It looks like a cashmere hoodie.
07:45Top for Gordon!
07:49Murray sets him up.
07:51And the high flyer, Aaron Gordon, gets him on their feet here at Ball Arena.
07:58Powell goes right back.
07:59Murray fouls him.
08:00And one for Norman Powell.
08:03So Powell's sensing a little celebratory action here.
08:07And he scores quickly.
08:08There's no pressure on the ball on the pass.
08:13And again, Chris Dunn doesn't put a body on Aaron Gordon.
08:17But Powell's strong to the rim.
08:19Look, the Clipper offense has been fine.
08:22Shooting 53%.
08:23They've already scored 69 points.
08:26Powell at the line to try to make it 70.
08:28But it's been a long time since I've seen anybody take apart the Clipper defense the way Denver is tonight.
08:37This is one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.
08:41This is one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.
08:46And that's going to be a push.
08:47James Harden, Jokic got up in the air.
08:49Harden pushed him.
08:51He's confused.
08:53It's going to be side out.
08:54James looked over at us for confirmation.
09:05I didn't want to commit either way.
09:06There wasn't a lot there.
09:08Jokic very good at selling those fouls.
09:12You see Harden on Jokic.
09:14They've started to do this to keep Zubats close to the basket.
09:19The other day it was Kawhi.
09:20Oh, what a save by Murray.
09:22Murray sets up in the corner.
09:24No good.
09:25And Gordon.
09:27Offensive rebound.
09:28Leonard with the strip down.
09:31Up ahead, Dunn.
09:32Take it off round.
09:33Reverse is good.
09:36Clippers starting to generate now.
09:37It's a 12-point game.
09:38Biggest lead was 17 for Denver.
09:42They came out hot this third quarter.
09:44See Harden still on Jokic, and they're going to switch his screens.
09:48They're doing this as much as anything to keep Zubats near the basket
09:52where he can protect the rim and he can rebound the ball better.
09:57How about the hands by Dunn?
09:59And right to Gordon.
10:00Bad break for the Clippers.
10:02Gordon has found himself in the right spot many times in this series.
10:08Including the game-ender in Game 4.
10:12Murray wraps up Kawhi Leonard.
10:14He'll go to the line.
10:18It's just excellent defense here by Dunn.
10:22Gets the strip.
10:24Norm Powell, though, has got to run through the ball there.
10:27Get both hands on the ball.
10:29Sort of just slapped at it with one hand.
10:32And it ends up back with Jordan.
10:34It felt like Powell.
10:36We've seen this a little bit.
10:37Once you transition from the regular season to the playoffs,
10:40you're trying to get in transition mode too fast.
10:43But it's a different game in the playoffs, trying to secure rebounds.
10:46Absolutely right.
10:47People fight for every possession come playoff time.
10:51Time out.
10:56Leonard will have one more free throw when we come back.
10:59Five and a half to go.
11:00Third quarter.
11:01Denver on a roll in quarter number three.
11:06We had a magic moment that set us up here for Game 5.
11:08Got us to thinking about some of the famous buzzer beaters.
11:12And guys in this series, Kawhi Leonard, who could forget that?
11:14Part of that Toronto Raptor championship run at 19.
11:18Knocked the Sixers out.
11:19And then the immaculate putback.
11:22Aaron Gordon.
11:24Game-winning dunk.
11:25Got it off in time.
11:26The first buzzer-beating, game-winning dunk in the playoffs in the play-by-play era.
11:34Anything come to mind with you, Coach?
11:35Well, I'll tell you what.
11:36When Aaron Gordon had that dunk the other day, I'm old, okay?
11:40You didn't know that.
11:41Confirmed.
11:42I look much younger than I am.
11:43But in 1983, I was sitting at the pit in New Mexico, NCAA championship game,
11:51NC State, Houston Cougars, Derek Wittenberg shoots an air ball,
11:57and Lorenzo Charles dunks it at the buzzer.
12:00Jim Valvano got his national championship
12:02and then ran around the arena looking for somebody to hug
12:05and couldn't find anybody.
12:07An iconic moment in college basketball history.
12:09Oh, I like it, and that's kind of how it felt when that game four ended that way
12:15as Jokic drops his shoulder on his Serbian Olympic teammate Bogdanovich
12:20and scores easily inside.
12:22Yeah, those two guys won a bronze medal together last summer.
12:27Had a big lead on the United States in the second half of a semifinal.
12:31Yeah, what were they up?
12:32Twenty-something in that.
12:33And came back, won the bronze medal.
12:37Jokic with the triple-double and Bogdanovich with 16 points.
12:40Here's Powell on a set-up by Leonard, comes up short.
12:45Denver rolling right now.
12:46They're up 15.
12:47Oh, boy, he is so fast.
12:49Knocked out of his hands, and it's going to be Clippers' ball.
12:54And immediately, David Adelman, they're going to charge to look at his bench.
13:00Yeah.
13:02Timeout.
13:03Light the lamp.
13:04Challenge it.
13:06Josh Tiffin obliges.
13:07Christian Brown going to the basket.
13:14And that is going to be interesting.
13:16We'll have the result when we come back.
13:18I'm not sure he fouled it, but Amor was out of bounds off of Brown.
13:24But on the review, you can clearly see-
13:26Contact to the wrist of Brown.
13:29That it's a foul on Harden.
13:31We'll be doing approximate foul on Harden.
13:33Brown will shoot two free throws.
13:35Denver retains this timeout, as it was not a mandatory timeout.
13:40And they have one further challenge.
13:42Josh Tiffin, the crew chief, explains it.
13:44And so you go from out-of-bounds and Clipper ball to a Harden foul and two free throws for Christian Brown.
13:52Well, you said it on the play.
13:53Christian Brown, one of the fastest guys in the NBA.
13:57And he got that thing and just took it full speed to the rim.
14:02He's been a winner wherever he's been.
14:03High school, college, NBA title.
14:07And misses his first as we send it to Lauren Jabara.
14:10I got to chat with him last week, guys.
14:12He told me the biggest adjustment this season has been learning how to take care of his body with an uptick in his workload this season.
14:18He said he's been picking up recovery tips from all of his teammates, studying Russell Westbrook's nutrition, Nicole Jokic's training room routine, and he and DeAndre Jordan even have a post-game ice bath ritual.
14:29I asked him about defending James Harden this series.
14:32He said, it's a challenge that I really enjoy.
14:34He hit a tough shot in game one, and I knew I just had to adjust.
14:37He's smart, versatile, so I have to stay aggressive, mix it up, keep him guessing.
14:41I'm trying to build up my defensive game in this series.
14:44Thanks, Lauren.
14:44Good stuff in the corner.
14:46Bogdanovich hits a three.
14:49And the Clippers within 12.
14:52Brown, there was a window in his career when he won the NBA title with the Nuggets.
14:57He had gone a seven-year window and won five championships.
15:02High school, college, and the pro level.
15:04That's a block by Batum.
15:05Here comes Harden in transition, missed it.
15:08Kawhi is there for the putback, and it's a ten-point game.
15:12And now Leonard with a steal and a save.
15:17Harden finds Bogdanovich.
15:19Leonard's open here in the corner.
15:21He wants it.
15:22Norm Powell drives on Jokic and lays it in.
15:25And a surge by the Clippers late in this third quarter.
15:31We're right back to an eight-point game where we were at halftime.
15:34And a great block shot by Nick Batum.
15:41His seventh block of the series.
15:43Here's Murray.
15:44Stays hot.
15:4630 for Murray.
15:48Snaps a 7-0.
15:52Clipper run.
15:54Six of nine from beyond the arc.
15:57Having one of those games.
16:00Double-team comes.
16:01Kawhi gets rid of it.
16:02Ball goes around the horn.
16:03Bogdanovich drives.
16:05Finds Harden wide open for three.
16:07Comes up short.
16:08Boy, Harden.
16:09As automatic as it gets with that much space.
16:13But he's off with his shot here tonight.
16:16He's only taken two threes.
16:18He's missed them both.
16:19He's only taken six shots total.
16:22Just eight points.
16:23Gordon against Bogdanovich.
16:29With Harden lurking.
16:31Gordon drops his shoulder.
16:32Bogdanovich fouls him.
16:36Bogdanovich with his fourth foul.
16:38That was the matchup the Nuggets were searching for.
16:45Bogdanovich.
16:46Yeah, gets him right there on the forearm.
16:50And they had done a good job.
16:51They had cut down the number of free throws.
16:54They'd given up in every game.
16:55They went from 27 free throws to the Nuggets to 22 to 20 to 16.
17:00But now they'll already be up to 18 tonight.
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17:13Free throw attempts for the Clippers, 18.
17:18And this will be free throw attempt number 18 for the Nuggets.
17:23Nuggets 14 of 18.
17:25Clippers are 13 of 18.
17:27Well, and Aaron Gordon's really improved his free throw shooter.
17:30Career high, 81% on the year.
17:35And in this series, I mean, it's just been outstanding.
17:38Captain shoot.
17:39Bogdanovich misses.
17:41Ball is loose.
17:42Brown up high.
17:43Who touched it last?
17:45And that's going to be Nuggets ball.
17:49Officials looking at one another.
17:51And it's Denver ball.
17:56Again, these key minutes with Jokic playing the entirety of the quarter.
18:00And Zubat's on the bench.
18:04Denver always trying to build as big of a lead as they can.
18:07Murray drives.
18:08Misses.
18:09Powell with a rebound.
18:10Harden finds Derrick Jones Jr.
18:17He bounces one.
18:18And then misses a three.
18:20Bogdanovich there with an offensive board.
18:23And now Westbrook secures it.
18:24Jokic and Westbrook.
18:32Jokic.
18:33Oh, my gosh.
18:35Over the head.
18:35Watson couldn't handle the pass.
18:39Here's Westbrook.
18:41Some bad spacing there by the Nuggets.
18:43Westbrook just settled for the mid-range jumper.
18:46Now, Bogdanovich fouled by Westbrook.
18:48And the pace is up.
18:53Jokic clearly tired.
18:56Interesting to see if David Adelman gives him a rest here pretty soon.
19:01Though the free throws will certainly help him.
19:04And Ty Lue is going to get Zubat back in the game.
19:08Oh, we got a technical foul.
19:10It looks like a double tee on Westbrook and Bogdanovich.
19:18And Westbrook staring it up.
19:27Bogdanovich left his spot on the free throw line.
19:35Double technicals.
19:37Bogdanovich knocks down the free throw.
19:4012-point Denver lead.
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19:54This is easily Bogdanovich's best offensive game of the series.
19:59Came into this averaging barely over two points a game in the series.
20:05And he's got 15 tonight.
20:07Had seven in game four.
20:09He had been shooting it so well in that nice run for the Clippers when they went 18-3.
20:15He shot at over 50% from three-point range in that window.
20:20Turned his season around after a poor shooting start with Atlanta.
20:25Westbrook guarded by Harden.
20:26All teammates going at it.
20:27Harden stripping down.
20:29That's all Brown.
20:29And that's a turnover.
20:33You've got to do three things when you have a lead like this in a game.
20:40You've got to defend, rebound, and take care of the ball.
20:44Zubats.
20:46And now Batum got a fly by.
20:48Batum missed it.
20:50Back tap into the hands of Batum.
20:52Bogdanovich resets.
20:54And runs into Jokic.
20:56And that's going to be a travel.
20:58Good call.
20:58You see here comes to a stop but then picks up that pivot foot.
21:09Takes one more step.
21:12Four and a quarter on the turnovers for the Clippers.
21:15Eighth overall.
21:16Jamal Murray back on the floor for Watson.
21:1957 seconds remaining.
21:21And David Adelman with Kawhi Leonard on the bench for the Clippers is going to put the tandem back on the floor.
21:28Clippers continue to play perimeter guys on Jokic.
21:33Harden's been on him most of the quarter.
21:35Zubats now on Russell Westbrook.
21:38And they switch all these pick and rolls.
21:41Here's Murray again for three.
21:43Missed it.
21:44And back tap right to Brown.
21:46That was Zubats.
21:47And now Westbrook hits a three.
21:52Oh, Zubats.
21:53Why he didn't grab that ball I have no idea.
21:56Sometimes you have one arm tied up.
21:59But there he could have easily gotten two hands on the ball and he didn't do it.
22:02Westbrook's first points of the second half.
22:05He's got 19.
22:06He's hit three threes after sitting in game four with a foot injury.
22:12And Harden and Brown get tangled up.
22:14Brown fouls him.
22:16Free throws for James Harden.
22:25Wide open.
22:26Off the second chance now.
22:2815 second chance points tonight.
22:32For Denver.
22:34They had 22 second chance points in that game four win.
22:40This is the best defensive rebounding team in the league all year.
22:44The Clippers.
22:45And they have just struggled mightily to keep Denver off the glass in these series.
22:51Yeah, they're even in this game 30 apiece.
22:53But you're right that the switch and how they defend to try to bolster those numbers.
23:00And it hasn't worked like Ty Lue had hoped.
23:02It's taking back to that back tap here as watch Zubats.
23:07And no, he had both hands free.
23:09I know he did.
23:10Yeah.
23:11And Zubats has one rebound tonight and it's not a defensive rebound.
23:15This guy's a fourth leading rebounder in the league.
23:18He's got one rebound.
23:19And Nuggets getting major production out of Russell Westbrook tonight.
23:2319 points in 17 minutes.
23:26That's 16 in the first half.
23:29And Harden cannot get that one to go.
23:32One out of two for Harden.
23:34Denver's lead is 13.
23:36Chance at the last shot.
23:37And Brown sends one down.
23:42Up ahead.
23:43And that'll take us to the end of the third.
23:47Brown knocks it out of the hands of Zubats.
23:53Westbrook and Brown with two big threes at the end of the third quarter.
24:00Denver's lead is 16 as we go to the fourth in game five with a series all tied at two apiece.
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24:11Well, after 17 points in game four, Christian Brown already has a double-double tonight.
24:1811 points, 11 rebounds, cuts, jump shots, and then a huge three to end the third.
24:26And our Lauren Jabara got a chance to talk to Christian Brown.
24:31CB, you hit that massive three to end the quarter.
24:33It feels like Jamal Murray's energy is feeding off on everyone else.
24:36What's it like to be in the zone right now as a team?
24:38I mean, Jamal's been great.
24:39We've got 12 more minutes.
24:40We've been in this position before.
24:41We've got to get a win.
24:42I know you said yesterday they punched you in the mouth in that fourth quarter.
24:44How do you keep your foot on the gas here?
24:46Make sure you get the win at home.
24:47Kind of in the same spot.
24:48Like you said, it's got to play defense.
24:50Keep our foot on the gas and continue to do what we're doing.
24:52Christian, keep it up.
24:55Thanks to Christian Brown.
24:56Very timely right there as he delivers that big three.
24:59And the Nuggets have the first possession of this fourth quarter after they won the opening tip.
25:05And here is Michael Porter Jr.
25:07Look at this.
25:10Westbrook, Brown, Porter, the last three possessions for the Nuggets.
25:16And they are up 19 here in the fourth.
25:18Well, both of these teams were in the top seven in the league in three-point percentage.
25:24But they were the two least frequent three-point shooting teams in the entire league.
25:31Denver had their moment in game three where they made 18 threes.
25:37And now Denver already with 14 tonight.
25:40Coach, that's the first field goal for the Clippers in a four-minute span.
25:44They had missed six straight.
25:46Going back into that third quarter.
25:48De'Andre Jordan looking for Porter.
25:50He is fouled and won.
25:52They're coming in threes.
25:54Every trip down the floor for Denver.
25:56And it is Jordan doing his best Jokic impression.
26:01He's a tough one.
26:03Go ahead.
26:10Jokic up exhorting his teammates there in the free throw about their defense at the other end.
26:15Five fouls for Bogdanovich.
26:18Porter finishes off a three-point trip down the floor.
26:22And what a start to the fourth quarter with Jokic on the bench for Denver.
26:27The Clippers have been great in the fourth quarter.
26:30in the four games of this series.
26:32As a matter of fact, they are plus 30
26:34in the fourth quarters
26:36of these games as Leonard
26:38lost it. Got a hand
26:40on it. Bogdanovich recovers
26:42and with one to shoot
26:44Bogdanovich missed it. Zubac's rebound.
26:47Derrick Jones Jr. steps back
26:48looking for help.
26:51Gordon guarding Kawhi Leonard.
26:53Leonard rises up.
26:54Missed it. And who
26:56touched it last? That's going to be Murray.
26:58And that'll be Clipper Ball.
27:00Clippers outscored
27:05Denver in game
27:06four by 18 in the fourth
27:08quarter. Remember, they were down 22 at one
27:10point. Went on a
27:1232-9 run
27:14and actually got the lead.
27:17Zubac's able to put it in.
27:20Jokic had to hit a
27:22ridiculously tough turnaround
27:24to tie the game late.
27:26And then, of course,
27:28what you're calling the immaculate
27:29and Murray once again.
27:34Sometimes that basket
27:36looks like a hula hoop.
27:39Murray cannot miss.
27:40Well, look, we talked about it in game
27:42two, Brian.
27:44NBA history.
27:45No one has improved their scoring average
27:49from the regular season to the playoffs
27:52more than Jamal Murray.
27:54So we've seen
27:55plenty of huge playoff performances
27:57from this guy.
27:59Murray's shaking up a little bit.
28:01And I'm going to kind of grab it at his left ankle.
28:05Let's take a look on the landing.
28:07When we landed on Gordon's foot, it looked like.
28:09Left ankle rolled.
28:11Wow, those bites.
28:13Those bite hard.
28:16I feel like you can't walk for a moment,
28:18but Murray
28:19starting to get a little feeling
28:21back in that ankle.
28:2233 points tonight
28:23for Jamal Murray.
28:26Denver starters have been
28:27extraordinary tonight
28:29as Leonard misses the free throw.
28:31It's already their seventh miss tonight.
28:34Kawhi's third miss.
28:35Kawhi's missed three.
28:36Harden's missed three.
28:43Murray trying to
28:44fight off the pain in that ankle.
28:49You know what will help healing right here, Brian.
28:51The basketball.
28:52That's right.
28:53They're going to throw him the ball
28:54and he's going to feel better.
28:55Does have healing powers.
28:57Kawhi Leonard misses them both.
28:59See, there's no limp whatsoever
29:00once he got the ball in his hands.
29:03Screamed by Westbrook.
29:04Two-man game.
29:05Westbrook stops and pops.
29:07Another one off the glass.
29:09That play worked beautifully in the first half.
29:12And Westbrook has 19 now.
29:14I'll make it 21 now.
29:20Kawhi Leonard.
29:21He just loses Gordon
29:22and gets the bounce.
29:26Game six will be in Los Angeles
29:28headed to a dome
29:29in two days.
29:32We go every other day now.
29:35Derrick Jones Jr.
29:36goes knee to knee.
29:38That's going to be a foul
29:39on Westbrook.
29:40And Jones is down.
29:42Game six Thursday.
29:49Game seven, if necessary,
29:50we'll be back here in Denver Saturday.
29:52That's a foul.
29:53It's a moving screen.
29:57And you can see that
29:58that right knee of Jones.
30:01Not good.
30:04Looks like Chris Dunn will come back
30:07in the game for Jones.
30:12Clippers will have to go on another run
30:14like they went on the other day.
30:17This is about when it started.
30:18In game four was about the nine-minute mark.
30:22Don't know how many times
30:23you can count on that, though.
30:24If you keep getting down by 20,
30:28not coming back very often.
30:30Well, David Adelman told us
30:31before the game,
30:31you know, he just felt like
30:33his team just stepped off the gas
30:35a little bit.
30:36And by the time they
30:37recovered from it,
30:40Clippers were on the run
30:41of that great crowd
30:42and into it, though.
30:43They were rocking.
30:44Hard block by Jordan.
30:46Murray on the runaway.
30:47Kawhi chases.
30:48And Murray powers it down.
30:53DeAndre Jordan,
30:55the former Clipper.
30:57He's got an assist.
30:58He's got a block.
31:00And he's picking up
31:01the non-Jokic minutes.
31:02And they're loving it
31:03here at Ball Arena.
31:08Murray's had his 1935
31:11point playoff game
31:12passes Alex English
31:14for the second most
31:15in Nugget history.
31:17Guess who's number one, Brian?
31:19The Joker.
31:20Absolutely with 33.
31:22But he's doing it all tonight.
31:247 of 11 from three.
31:26And then that dunk
31:27and his ankle
31:28is officially healed.
31:31Ball always heals.
31:3335 for Murray.
31:3514 of 21 shooting.
31:367 of 11 from three.
31:39He went for 50
31:40a couple of times
31:41in the playoffs
31:42in the bubble
31:43in 2020.
31:44He's had 340 plus
31:46point games
31:47in the playoffs.
31:48He rises
31:49his level
31:50as Dunn.
31:51Got that one off
31:52around DeAndre Jordan.
31:56Just when Jokic
31:57goes to the bench
31:58and all of that
32:00anxiety brews
32:01starts with Nuggets fans.
32:03The Nuggets
32:04go on a big run
32:05here to start the fourth
32:06as Michael Porter Jr.
32:07misses a three.
32:11Lead is 20.
32:14He won't get below 16
32:16before Jokic
32:17comes back in the game.
32:19Jordan and Zubac
32:20swap and paint.
32:22Zubac missed it
32:23and a foul
32:24on DeAndre Jordan.
32:25Got him on the wrist.
32:32Playoff basketball
32:33rolls on tomorrow.
32:34Got a doubleheader
32:35on TNT.
32:36The Warriors
32:36and the Rockets.
32:38That'll be the first game
32:39in Houston.
32:40Game 5
32:41with Golden State
32:42up 3-1
32:42and a chance
32:43to eliminate
32:44the two seed.
32:45And then the Wolves
32:46and the Lakers.
32:48Wolves have a chance
32:49to eliminate
32:49the Lakers
32:50on the road.
32:52Go to NBA.com
32:53or visit the NBA app.
32:55Playoff games
32:56continuing here
32:58on TNT.
33:00Six and seven seeds
33:02up 3-1
33:03in those two series.
33:04Absolutely.
33:05And the Stars
33:05have stepped up.
33:07Seth Curry
33:07for the Warriors.
33:09Anthony Edwards
33:10for the T-Wolves
33:12and then Jimmy Butler
33:13a huge fourth quarter
33:14last night
33:16which is why
33:16they got him
33:17to close out
33:18games like last night.
33:21Westbrook pulls hardback.
33:22Here's Gordon now
33:23with Powell on
33:24and that's the matchup
33:24they want.
33:26They find it.
33:26Four to shoot.
33:27Gordon, a little turnaround.
33:29No good.
33:30And Zubats
33:31with the rebound.
33:33And Jokic
33:34is already
33:35up off the bench.
33:36Taking no chances,
33:38David Adler.
33:38That was the possession
33:39that got him up.
33:40Here's Zubats.
33:41That one's good.
33:44On 12-95,
33:46Zubats
33:47with 18 points
33:49tonight.
33:50Jokic
33:51just yelling
33:51at his teammates
33:52from the sideline.
33:53Play.
33:54Play.
33:55He does not like him
33:56slowing down right here.
33:58Gordon
33:59off the glass.
34:00Got it.
34:01And now a steal.
34:08Clippers turn it over.
34:09Murray fouled by Powell.
34:11And that's going to get
34:12Brown and Jokic
34:13in the game.
34:17Nice work by
34:17DeAndre Jordan.
34:19He gave him great minutes
34:19here in this fourth quarter.
34:20And now Jokic returns.
34:24Nice steal by Murray
34:25on an ill-advised pass
34:28from James Harden
34:31in his fourth turnover
34:32of the night.
34:33Jones Jr.
34:33back on the bench
34:35but still having
34:36a lot of pain
34:37in that right knee.
34:39Denver's lead is 19.
34:44Seven minutes remaining
34:45in game five.
34:47Nuggets have had great
34:48success in recent game
34:50fives when tied 2-2
34:52as Murray missed a three.
34:55Matter of fact,
34:55Denver has won
34:56five consecutive
34:58game fives
35:00when they've been tied
35:01in best of seven series.
35:03Going back to the 2019
35:04playoffs.
35:06Kawhi Leonard for three.
35:07Well, they're doing this.
35:10Jokic only has
35:11two points
35:12in the second half.
35:13He had had
35:14huge third quarters
35:15in this series.
35:17Only had two
35:18in that third quarter
35:19tonight.
35:20That's the history
35:21that the Nuggets
35:23are looking at.
35:23The game five winner
35:24in a best of seven
35:26tied 2-2.
35:27Eight out of ten times
35:28and win.
35:29Zubac strong inside
35:30and David Adelman
35:31wants a timeout.
35:33Nuggets
35:34let off the gas
35:35just a little.
35:37And the Clippers
35:38on a run here.
35:39It's a 14-point game.
35:42Denver ball
35:42when we come back.
35:446-18 remaining
35:45in regulation
35:46at Ball Arena.
35:49Rolling up
35:50on a Tuesday night.
35:52And what was
35:53a 22-point Denver lead
35:54is down
35:55to 14.
35:57And David Adelman,
35:57so the Hall of Fame
35:58coach, Rick Adelman,
36:00coach, he had just
36:01three regular season games
36:03before he entered
36:04into the playoffs.
36:06Nuggets fired
36:06Michael Malone.
36:09And no head coach
36:10has coached fewer games
36:11before a playoff run.
36:13Meanwhile, Ty Lue
36:13has a championship
36:14and he's got some
36:16experience
36:17in game fives as well.
36:20Five and one record.
36:21seven-time
36:23in a 2-2 series
36:24in a game five.
36:25This is a big spot.
36:26This is identical
36:27to where the Nuggets
36:29were in game four.
36:30And Westbrook
36:31misses badly.
36:32And here come
36:33the Clippers.
36:33And Harden doing
36:34a very good job
36:35guarding Jokic there
36:37and keeping him
36:38from the ball.
36:38They've been able
36:39to limit Jokic here
36:41playing Harden on it.
36:44It's going to be a foul
36:45on Christian Brown.
36:50Let's send it over
36:51to Lauren Jabarro.
36:52Thanks, B.A.
36:53Yeah, David Adelman
36:54talked after game two
36:55about Ty Lue.
36:56He said he's been
36:56an incredible coach
36:57for years.
36:58I look up to his disposition
36:59of how he coaches
37:00the game.
37:01There's a calmness to him
37:02and when you're calm
37:03you can make creative
37:04decisions at a higher level.
37:05So being calm in those
37:06moments with your staff
37:07is huge.
37:08But he also touched on
37:09he's just trying to
37:10stay in the moment.
37:11Do his job.
37:11Go home.
37:12He said,
37:13I feel incredibly blessed.
37:14There are only 30
37:14of these roles
37:15and I've seen so many
37:16great coaches never
37:17get this chance.
37:18So I respect the chance
37:19and I want to make
37:20the most of it.
37:20All right, Lauren.
37:21There's no calm right now
37:23as Jamal Murray
37:24just as Denver
37:27almost lost that possession.
37:29Murray comes away
37:30with a layup.
37:3119 in the first half.
37:3218 in the second half
37:34for 37.
37:36Subac over Jokic.
37:38Subac 24 on the night.
37:40Another big game
37:41from him.
37:44This is incredibly
37:45similar.
37:47You don't know
37:48if the ending
37:48will be the same
37:49but Denver was up 22
37:50in the fourth quarter
37:51in game four.
37:53Clippers came back
37:54to take the lead
37:55and then of course
37:56that dramatic ending
37:58on the dunk
37:59by Gordon
37:59as Murray
38:00misses the three.
38:01Well, they dodged
38:02the bullet there
38:02because they had
38:03absolute confusion
38:05on that defensive
38:06possession.
38:07Leonard and then
38:08the foul
38:08ball by Zubac.
38:10It's a ten-point game.
38:11Eleven in the quarter
38:12now for Zubac.
38:16Look, I know
38:16Murray's been great.
38:17This ball's got to get
38:18into Jokic's hands
38:19on this possession.
38:21Westbrook finds him
38:22on it.
38:22Jokic is fouled.
38:24Three throws.
38:28Zubac just keeps running.
38:30Nobody gets a body on him.
38:32Able to put it back.
38:36Ballmer is pumped.
38:38He's seen it before.
38:38This is going to be
38:39side out, by the way.
38:40This is a 16-4 run
38:42by the Clippers.
38:44Denver was up 22
38:45right around the nine-minute
38:47mark just as they were
38:48in game four.
38:51Jokic.
38:53Inside Gordon.
38:54Blocked by Kawhi Leonard.
38:56And it's going to be
38:57Clipper Ball.
38:59What a play by the claw.
39:00Yeah, listen.
39:01Great pass by Jokic.
39:03I don't even know
39:04how he saw Gordon there.
39:06But Leonard
39:07there to deny him.
39:10Second block by Leonard.
39:11Zubac inside.
39:12A foul by Gordon.
39:15I'll tell you,
39:16the Nuggets and their fans
39:17are officially tight
39:18right now.
39:19This is a game.
39:20Look at that block
39:21to save for a dunk.
39:25I mean,
39:25the Nugget fans
39:26went through this
39:27in game four,
39:29probably sitting
39:30at home watching.
39:32Now,
39:33the ones in the arena
39:34are very tight
39:36as Zubac cuts it
39:39to a single digit.
39:4227 for Zubac.
39:45Five minutes ago,
39:47Denver led by 22.
39:51Zubac's a chance
39:52to get him with an eight.
39:53Missed it, though.
39:54Free throw's a big problem
39:56tonight.
39:5610 miss free throws.
40:0017-4 is the run
40:01for the Clippers.
40:02Dunn on Murray.
40:04Two-man game
40:04with Jokic.
40:05And Dunn
40:06sniffed it out,
40:07knocks it out of bounds.
40:09Dunn
40:09is a tremendous defender.
40:12Murray to Jokic
40:15is such a familiar
40:16combination,
40:17but Dunn knew
40:18it was coming.
40:19And that long reach
40:20was a star
40:23in the Big East
40:24in Providence.
40:25He's found his way
40:26and found a home
40:27here with the Clippers.
40:29Nine to shoot.
40:30And Harden
40:31fouls Jokic.
40:38Jokic is walking
40:38to the line,
40:39but this is going
40:40to be side out.
40:453.46 remaining
40:46in regulation.
40:47And it has
40:48quickly turned.
40:50Jokic does not
40:51have a field goal
40:52attempt in this quarter.
40:54Well, he's only
40:55got two points
40:56in half.
40:59Murray to Gordon.
41:00Gordon drives.
41:02Gordon lays it in.
41:03A good call there
41:04by David Adelman,
41:05too.
41:06Put Zubac back,
41:07having to defend
41:08the pick and roll.
41:09He's guarding Gordon,
41:10putting Gordon in the pick.
41:12Powell turns it over.
41:13And that's going to be
41:14a transition take foul.
41:16Murray was on the
41:17breakaway.
41:18This is going to be
41:18a shot in the ball
41:20for the Denver Nuggets.
41:26It's just, I think,
41:27a great decision
41:28to put Zubac back
41:29in the pick and roll.
41:32Gordon to the rim.
41:34Powell loses it
41:35and then takes the foul
41:36on Murray.
41:38One shot technical here
41:39on the transition
41:40take foul.
41:41And Denver will
41:42retain possession.
41:44No, they're saying no now.
41:46Oh, now they are.
41:47Okay.
41:48Moving them off the line.
41:49Yeah, I was wondering
41:49what was going on there.
41:52That was about as obvious
41:53a take foul as you could have.
41:55I think the only
41:57the only decision was
41:59was a clear path
42:00versus take foul.
42:01There were players
42:02ahead of the
42:03Oh, a lot of the packs.
42:04So, just the one
42:05and he got the friendly bounce.
42:07Murray's got three steals
42:08tonight, coach.
42:09He's not just doing it
42:10with the scoring.
42:12No, this is
42:13we've seen, you know,
42:15I was going to say
42:16it's one of the best games
42:17we've seen Jamal Murray have.
42:18This might be his best game
42:19of the year.
42:20But we've seen
42:21plenty of big playoff games
42:23in the past.
42:24Heck, we saw him
42:25two game winners
42:27in the first round series
42:29last year against the Lakers.
42:30How about this?
42:31Tough shot!
42:33Jamal Murray
42:34gets to the paint.
42:36Fadeaway jumper
42:37over the trees.
42:41Denver's got him rowdy again.
42:44And Jamal Murray
42:45has a 40-piece
42:47in Game 5.
42:50Wow!
42:55Record books,
42:56but Murray finishes
42:58second to Jokic
42:59in a lot of categories,
43:00but not this one.
43:02At least as of tonight,
43:04his sixth 40-point
43:05playoff game,
43:06the most in Denver history.
43:10What a performance.
43:11And just when
43:12Denver needed a big bucket,
43:14they get one.
43:18Approaching the
43:18three-minute mark.
43:21Clippers desperate
43:21for a basket.
43:23Powell missed it.
43:23Jokic with a rebound.
43:25That was point blank
43:26for Norm Powell.
43:27Jokic now
43:28one away
43:29from another triple-double
43:31would be his third
43:32of the series.
43:34Clippers cut it
43:34to single digits
43:35at nine.
43:36And we go under
43:39three minutes here.
43:42And now Gordon
43:42squares up
43:43for a three.
43:45Walks away
43:46from it.
43:46He knew he laced it.
43:48Denver on an
43:498-0 run.
43:5323 for Gordon.
43:55Seven in the corner.
43:56And the Nuggets
43:59and their fans
44:00starting to sniff
44:01with a game five victory.
44:12Two years ago,
44:14Murray and Jokic
44:15delivering when it counts.
44:18And tonight is
44:20Jamal Murray's night.
44:2140 points
44:22in 39 minutes.
44:25Ty Lue
44:25empties his bench.
44:28White flag is up.
44:30Clippers
44:30were 22 down.
44:32They cut it
44:33to nine.
44:34Denver goes on
44:35an 8-0 run.
44:36And now
44:37two and a half
44:38away from a
44:393-2 lead
44:41in this best of seven.
44:45Bogdanovich
44:46with Miller
44:46and Christy
44:47Hubase
44:48and Brown
44:49getting some
44:50minutes here.
44:54And now
44:55Murray for three.
44:56Why not?
44:57Okay.
44:58Jamal Murray
44:58is a killer.
45:01That's his
45:02highest scoring
45:03playoff game
45:04outside of the
45:05bubble.
45:06in his career.
45:08And I don't care
45:08what people say.
45:09I have respect
45:10for what happened
45:11in the bubble.
45:12But it was different
45:13than this.
45:14And Jokic
45:15will end his night
45:17with his third
45:18triple-double
45:18of the series
45:20with that rebound.
45:2213, 10,
45:23and 12 assists
45:25for Jokic.
45:26Murray is the
45:27headliner.
45:2913 in the quarter.
45:31His eighth
45:32three-pointer.
45:3343 on the board
45:35for number 27.
45:36For number 27.
46:05walk it out.
46:06Walk it out.
46:08Walk it out.
46:11Yeah, auntie.
46:13Yeah, auntie.
46:14Yeah, on the board.
46:15Walk it out.
46:16I said do it
46:17how you do it
46:18His Lord are going to walk your ass.
46:19Now walk it out.
46:21Now walk it out, now walk it out.
46:23Now walk it out.
46:24Now walk it out.
46:25Which I want you to have as some realtà.
46:28Not walking it out.
46:29Not walking, not walking, not walking.
46:31Not walking.
46:44Special talent.
46:45The Joker keeps stacking them up.
46:47Triple-double tonight his third triple-double in this series. He's got 21 now behind LeBron and Magic most all time
46:55The first two triple-doubles in this series
46:59Came in losses for the Nuggets. This one's gonna come in a victory
47:03Bench empties for David Adams and that's gonna be a foul
47:09Zeke Nagy on the three-point try you got Hunter Tyson in the game Strother
47:14Nagy and Tyson with Pickett and Chan Char
47:21Boy, that was a quick burst not only to get the Clippers back in the game
47:28But then the finish off the game by the Denver Nuggets and primarily Jamal Murray
47:33Jamal Murray is unbelievable
47:36And now a do or die game for the Clippers in game six, but they're back at home
47:44They're back into a dome was rock and they played their first ever playoff game there in game three
47:49That was a thirty four point win
47:51By the Clippers
47:53That is as loud as an NBA arena can be as it is here in Denver
47:59And the wall and Clippers fans will be
48:02anxiously awaiting game six
48:04Denver went on an 11-0 run to put this game away and it happened in 90 seconds
48:20Inside Miller able to score it Jordan Miller can score
48:26Great scorers mentality
48:28Very good player at University of Miami for
48:34Jim Laranagan his son Jay on the staff here with the Clippers
48:40Reporter is good
48:41one of the big
48:43Bright spots tonight is maybe they've got both done by not if it's going that would certainly be a good thing
48:50Heading into game six and what they hope would be a game seven
48:54That's a good call 18 points tonight for Bogdanovich. They need him
48:59David Adam and played eight in the regular
49:02Rotation just the three bench players is
49:05Hunter Tyson
49:06Out of Clemson able to score that one
49:11Russell Westbrook was big off the bench tonight, especially that first half
49:18Will be Brown walking down three
49:24Four points from the bench for Denver in game four
49:2821 off the bench for Westbrook
49:32Here tonight
49:36It'll take the turnover and this will take us to the finish line
49:44Denver Nuggets are gonna go on to their sixth consecutive
49:47Game five win with a series is tied to two
49:54And we will reset it
49:57Thursday night as Najee gets the block two seconds to go
50:06Jokic is third triple-double in the first five games of this best of seven series
50:16And that'll do it the Denver Nuggets
50:18With a finishing kick in the fourth quarter
50:24Went at 1 31 to 1 15 and they now lead this series 3 2 a win away from advancing to the second round
50:38Western Conference bracket looks like this Oklahoma City sweeping Memphis. They are awaiting the winner of this one
50:45That's the second one
50:49Wolves and Lakers tomorrow Warriors Rockets tomorrow
50:53And those two series could both end tomorrow
50:58Let's send it over to Lauren Jabara
51:00Thanks so much B.A. Appreciate it Jamal you said before the playoffs started this is the most exciting time and the best players put on a show
51:06This is your sixth 40-point playoff game most in Nuggets history
51:11What about the big stage allows you to get into the zone that you did tonight?
51:15I think like I said before it's just fun
51:18Your competition everybody's playing hard everybody's playing for something
51:22So it's just just come here and you know have my teammates back
51:26They have mine. So it's just
51:28It's just fun basketball, you know, put it short. It's just good basketball
51:30When the ball's leaving your hand are you like hey, this isn't gonna this is for sure gonna go in every time
51:35Yeah, but sometimes I say that I miss
51:37So
51:39Nicole Jokic had his 21st triple-double of the playoffs. He's third behind Magic LeBron in NBA history
51:45What's it like playing alongside a guy like that that's just doing things that we've never seen before from an NBA player?
51:51It's cool because you know, I know him up close. We came off the bench together, you know, my rookie year
51:54We built the chemistry we've been here the whole time and then
51:58Just I get to like, you know every year I realize no damn first MVP second MVP third might be fourth like I'm playing with all-time great
52:08So I don't want to lose control of that moment and just always keep that in mind and just try to take advantage of it
52:13You said yesterday never too high never too low you stay even keeled focus on the next game
52:17Well, the next game is a closeout game for you guys in LA. Take me through the mentality. How are you gonna get it done?
52:21How are you gonna get it done?
52:23Game six are the hardest ones, you know, the team is fighting for the life. They're playing in front of their home crowd, so
52:28We're gonna have to bring it and we're gonna bring for all 48 minutes and we know we get into so
52:33So long as you keep a good mentality stay healthy stay together. We should be fine. Well, congrats on an incredible game
52:38We'll see you in game six in LA. Thank you
52:41He knows because he's been there and we know about playoff Jimmy
52:46Playoff Murray
52:48Certainly the case here what a game tonight
52:51That's absolutely right. I mean if there's a guy in this league who really raises his game
52:58Come playoff time. It's Jamal Murray
53:01Clippers losing back-to-back games for the first time since March 4th
53:06Nearly two months without and here we go to game six in LA
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53:13Thanks to Jeff Randolph our producer director Matt lip statistician Tom Barbary
53:19RAD Adam or finger in graphics Jeff Paris Carl Cronenberger
53:23For Stan Van Gundy Lauren Jabara and the rest of our T&T crew
53:27Brian Anderson saying so long from Denver where Jamal Murray and the Nuggets win game five