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00:00Oh downtown on a beautiful Tuesday night ball arena the home of the Denver
00:07Nuggets you're watching first-round coverage it's presented by nerd wallet
00:11what a great series this has been and now we move to a game five the LA
00:16Clippers and the Denver Nuggets this series started with a bang an OT
00:20thriller Denver comes back from 15 down 20 Clippers turnover Denver opened the
00:26series with a two-point win then another gym in game two 39 points in 39 minutes
00:32from Kawhi they survived the first road win game three the first ever playoff
00:37game it into a dome all clips 34 point blowout to go up to one Saturday one for
00:43the ages the Clippers storm back from 22 down Jokic went off and Aaron Gordon's
00:50immaculate putback it counted and Denver even the series with a
00:56the buzzer-beating win on the road and now we are set up for a game five hi
01:02everybody I'm Brian Anderson along with the coach Stan Van Gundy we'll hear from
01:05Lauren Jabara in just a moment and coach here we are it's been the best series of
01:10this first round with the best moment and now we're down to two out of three two
01:14two fifty win teams championship experience on both sides listen this has been a great series and
01:23we're in for a treat tonight they are ready to go here in Denver at Ball Arena the tip belongs to the Denver Nuggets
01:32Denver Nuggets Josh Tim and Mitchell Urban Carl Lane are three officials
01:36Brent Parnacki is the alternate Kane Fitzgerald in the replay center and we are off and
01:42running in game five Denver grabbing home court advantage back with that dramatic
01:49victory in game four and Aaron Gordon able to draw the foul the man who had the
01:54heroics and the signature moment of these playoffs thus far will go to the line to
01:59shoot a pair we've had a lot of great moments across the NBA in the playoffs but
02:06you're right of all those great moments that was probably it and Reggie said it
02:10right at the time on our air the closest play like that I think it has ever seen
02:17never had a buzzer beating dunk in the playoffs it was an air ball by Jokic and right place right
02:26time Aaron Gordon who has a nose for those offensive rebounds with an incredible putback the
02:34immaculate putback you like that I do like that Fredo Harris already two second chance points for
02:40Denver Gordon gets the rebound you see the starters on the floor for the Nuggets same starting fives both
02:50teams and a lot of championship pedigrees stand as Gordon hits a baseline jumper seven of the ten
02:57players on the floor have won titles and that's the kind of pedigree we're talking about with these
03:03two teams Denver's open the game in zone with Aaron Gordon in the middle and then they're matching up out of it
03:13the zone bothered them the other day the Clippers zone but here's Gordon on the drive the Clippers with
03:21Zubats on Gordon and Kawhi Leonard on Jokic we saw that matchup for a little bit of time the other night
03:31almost a turnover here's Zubats off the glass if he's a Zubats he's got a chance to win most improved
03:38player in the NBA that'll be announced tomorrow he is a finalist 2-2 series tie 81 percent of the
03:45time the team that wins game five goes on to win the series thus the old cliche pivotal game five
03:54Jokic this is and there's Leonard with a rebound last time Kawhi was in this building went for 39 and
04:02he explodes to the basket for a dunk well look the other night in the fourth quarter to come back from 22
04:08down the Clippers raise their tempo normally a half 14 and you wondered if that would carry over to
04:17tonight and you see them advancing the ball quickly now twice in a row Kawhi for the dunk Norm Powell for an open three
04:25Denver would love to play at a faster pace also Denver led the NBA in fast break points but they're down
04:32that's a big story right there Michael Porter jr playing with a bad left shoulder that he injured
04:40on this floor in game two came back he lit it up in game four knocked out four threes he hits his first
04:48and we got a whistle underneath Jamal Murray splitting the defense getting up for the dunk and then Porter jr
04:58with some space Zubats and drop coverage on that one Porter jr knocks it down coach game four was
05:05Saturday how big was the two days off for these teams well we know for Denver they've got injuries
05:11Westbrook at this game for Aaron Gordon's been struggling with the calf injury Porter jr with the
05:18shoulder injury and then the Clippers one of the oldest teams in the league I'm sure all of these guys
05:24appreciated having some extra time they go every other day the rest of the way game six will be back in
05:30Los Angeles on Thursday and then Saturday if necessary game seven right here at ball arena
05:37they have them all for you missed them nine for Denver just underway here in game five
05:44jamal murray guarded by kawaii leonard
05:47jokic he has stacked up some massive numbers as expected averaging 28 and a half points per game
05:56in this series Brown drives it Zubats denies him Zubats a big man in there to try to dunk on and
06:05Christian Brown found out that's a great job by Zubats
06:11getting up straight making a play on the ball but great rotation
06:15by denver off the blitz of murk gotta go quick and it's a foul late shot clock
06:23kawaii leonard picks up the foul
06:26with under two seconds to shoot
06:29and they'll reset it now get a fresh 14 for the nuggets
06:35this is the four five matchup in the west
06:38denver got the four spot had identical records this year so evenly matched they played differently but
06:44evenly matched denver was able to snag home court advantage right at the end of the season
06:49clippers with james harden with the layup this is a different approach for the clippers offensively
06:57normally very methodical james harden will hold the ball out there until 12 or 14 on the shot clock
07:04tonight you see he kawaii and norman powell all going early in the possession
07:12yokage patient he waits for murray and murray sticks the landing on a three ball
07:18i don't know what happened there for the clippers they just left
07:22jamal murray no one with him right there wide open warm-up type three-pointer david adamant
07:29told us earlier we need more out of murray early he's had good fourth quarters but we need him to
07:35come out of that locker room ready to fire and he has tonight
07:42here's brown brown pulls it back back in the hands of jokic
07:49playmaker now here's murray the defense here by the clippers jokic is open
07:54and we welcome all of those who are with the knicks and the pistons and we are just underway here in
08:05denver
08:1112-6 denver has the lead this has been a most entertaining series with one of the great
08:17moments in the playoffs with the gordon dunk and it sets us up for a best two out of three now
08:25with denver holding home court how about the pistons
08:31nick still up three two in that series
08:35that's too easy a bucket for the clippers to give up in this game that's just that cut on the baseline
08:42james harden totally lost vision nobody has aaron gordon and then he fouls to compound the problem
08:52gordon second trip to the free throw line already the 13 foul just four minutes into this one gordon hits
08:59the free throw
09:03gordon off to a fast start made all three of his free throws has not missed from the field in his two
09:08tries he's got a quick seven it's an 11-2 denver run murray's hit a three kawai leonard misses a three
09:16and there's yokich with the board
09:20the person missed all three of their three-point tries early playing a lot faster
09:25in the early part of this game as gordon just lost the handle and turns it over
09:29tried to go a little too fast there he's got a smaller defender just needed to take his time
09:35watch he spins quickly and just loses the ball out of bounds
09:40denver won game one here on this floor then the clippers have back-to-back wins
09:45including a 34-point blowout in game three and the nuggets with that miracle finish
09:51evening up this series as murray doing some dancing able to lay it in murray's ready to go from the jump
09:57here tonight tonight in denver colorado tonight game five in front of us been an honor to be here for
10:11this series three of the four games decided by three points or fewer brian anderson with stan van gundy
10:17let's check in with the third member of our team lauren jabara hi lauren hey b.a yeah yeah this ball
10:21arena is a rock and i gotta tell you that now this has been one of the most competitive series in jamal murray
10:26who already has seven points kept it honest yesterday when talking about his mindset he said
10:31when you win everyone's mindset shifts and when you lose it shifts again but as a player you don't
10:36have that luxury you have to stay even keeled focus on the present and now it's the best of three series
10:42that's the reality all the back and forth that's for you guys he said for me it's on to the next and
10:47christian brown echoed that sentiment adding we didn't fight that hard for game four to let the next one
10:52slip we got the win but we got punched in the mouth in the fourth quarter now it's about responding
10:57we'll be ready we have to be in guys before that timeout 13 to 2 nuggets run yeah denver has come out
11:03hot thank you lauren good stuff there and denver wanting to take advantage of this home sport
11:10advantage as jokic misses the three meanwhile stan the clippers different game plan tonight and all of
11:16their points coming in the paint right now eight points all inside at this point and we saw it again
11:22right there they are attacking early in the shot clock this is usually a very methodical half-court
11:31team that uses a lot of the clock particularly james harden but tonight he's attacking early
11:38hard coming off 15 in the loss on saturday did have 11 assists in a double double first ones down we remind
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11:58james harden all eyes on him he had a strong finish to the regular season as the clippers
12:08went 18 and 3 to finish the year harden averaged 26 a game in those last 21 but only two three-point
12:18attempts in game four see how the game plan changes murray he's two for two from beyond the arc
12:28i don't like going under that screen by nick patoon shooter like murray you've got to get over the top
12:36of the screen and zubats has become great on that shot that is a difficult shot may not look like it to
12:43some fans because it's close but the touch required on that shot is phenomenal all the field goals are
12:51in the paint cordon goes strong he's going to go back to the line i think they'll give him a
12:55a shooting foul here they will and the third trip to the line for eric gordon so
13:01he has taken it to the la clippers as well
13:07he's been dealing with a calf injury
13:10he wears that sleeve on his right calf
13:13it is something of note for the nuggets and david adleman said it's it's a concern
13:20changed a little bit how they have played
13:22aaron gordon and lauren jabbar he missed 31 games in the regular season he's not a hundred percent
13:28but he's had a great impact in this first round he definitely has i talked to him yesterday i said how
13:32do you manage the physicality with not being a hundred percent he said every single second that i'm not on
13:38the floor i'm using that time to recover doing everything that i can i said what does that
13:42treatment look like he's like ice hot compression soft tissue stretching he even has tried epsom salt
13:48too guys he said everything you can think of i'm just trying to stay as healthy as i can but it's that
13:53time it's about mind over matter and it's you know you just don't even realize what's going on at
13:57this point sounds like stan's pre-game yes oh very much so especially the epsom salt
14:0521 12. one out of two at the line for gordon here is powell and the three-pointer rattles home
14:11and the first may three for the clippers well denver's now twice been in the drop
14:16hardy blue around to the rim on one and then they get the three what a pass what a pass so listen
14:26when yokich has the ball there at the elbow your body position is very important you've got to be
14:33between the ball or between your man in the basket and take away cuts subots going with a left hand
14:40wild shot proud off to the races one of the best of the nba this year in the transition yokich got it
14:48the spin drops it in and a 10-point denver lead yokich already with four assists
14:59his first basket of the game it's been playmaker in this first quarter
15:06leonard gets inside draws the contact at a three-point try here for leonard as he'll go to the line
15:14well here's the passing cut by brown there's no reason norman powell should be up that high denying
15:23and then yokich i mean the footwork the touch all of it and then kawhi leonard great shot fake
15:30gets gordon up and finishes the clippers also very much on the attack already 12 points in the paint
15:39to see leonard series zoo bots will sit nick patoon getting his first minute you see at the bottom of
15:46your screen there too russell westbrook westbrook missed game four injured his foot in the pre-game
15:53warm-ups and was questionable tonight well he is in there now he looks spry
16:00in the hallway prior to the game looked like his regular self and westbrook coming off the bench
16:06well i get another great blocked shot but the clippers just not doing a good job of guarding
16:12the ball i mean they're not matched up and brown's just able to get a path right to the rim
16:18this clipper defense which is one of the elite defenses in the league has got to be a lot better
16:24than what we've seen here in the first seven and a half minutes number three rated defense
16:30this year through the regular season the clippers
16:33and then in that 21 game stretch where they went 18 and three they were the number one
16:39offensive rated team in the nba shot 43 percent from three point range they won their last eight
16:46games to get out of the play in and capture this five seed to get into the playoff series
16:52kawaii litter gets his first breather four and a half to go first quarter yokich lost the handle that
16:59was ben simmons who forced the turnover well they have been able to turn yokich over at times
17:07but not enough yokich had seven turnovers in a game two loss despite a triple double
17:15james hardless step back three not there gordon with a rebound
17:23murray's already hit two threes and that's going to be a foul on batoum
17:30yokich had some clearance inside and batoum picks up the foul and already in the penalty here
17:37there's no question there he grabs his left arm working hard but grabs his arm easy one for the
17:44official to see nuggets led the nba in free throw attempts this season
17:50yokich a big reason why but he's struggled from the line at times this series he struggled from the
17:56line under 70 percent in the series came in at 18 for 26 so now he's at 67 in the series but you're
18:06right they let the league in free throw attempts they let the league in paint points they let the
18:11league in fast break points this is a team who wants to be on the attack and it looks like tonight
18:17the clippers a team that want to be on the attack aaron gordon will sit peyton watson on the floor for
18:23the first time yokich with three points four dimes in his first eight minutes normally plays the entire
18:31first quarter and there's derrick jones jr and was that the cylinder it was wipe off the basket jones a high
18:38flyer
18:44and tyloo's going to take a timeout he might challenge this
18:48was it coming off that's close it is close
18:51was it coming off the rim tyloo believes so he is going to challenge this year looks to me like it was off
19:05then it by google and coach a successful challenge for tyloo in the clippers yeah you
19:11could see it right here great camera work the ball is just off the rim as derrick jones jr
19:19contacts it and carries it home the basket will count
19:25so derrick jones jr was pretty emphatic that he waited and only a guy with that kind of hang
19:30time can wait for the ball to come off the rim like that you know what you have to have to have
19:36hang time now you have to get off the floor like i couldn't hang because i never even got off the
19:43floor that's why they call the set shot king speaking of yokich misses the three and he's over
19:51two beyond the arc seven point denver lead powell knifing his way in powell no murray flying high to
19:58pick that one off the rim murray with jones jr on him clippers go small without two bots
20:06westbrook looking for his first shot he was great in the corners this year
20:11shot at over 40 percent yokich gets it right back a swipe by the joker well it was second in the league
20:19this year in steals so not a big surprise third in scoring third in rebounding second in assists
20:27second in steals and there are people who don't think he's there are a lot of them as a matter of
20:33fact that's going to be a close race she goes to alexander and nicole yokich westbrook could not
20:40corral that air ball and it'll be clippers ball 235 left in the first i don't think it hit the
20:49the rim and that's what the nuggets are complaining about i'll tell you what we're not even through the
20:53first quarter these referees are encountering a lot of resistance
21:00jump hook by simmons definitely did not hit the rim so we'll have to do a little math here
21:09that one looked a little different but
21:10first one was definitive don't be fooled by that one because i'm trying not to but
21:21are you just building the drama because this is pretty clear yeah basically didn't even approach the
21:27vicinity of the red cameras lie they add 10 pounds and they lie quite a bit
21:34so back to the replay monitor we go
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21:57all these times you call michelle beadle our pal yeah you don't like her i like her a lot okay i worked
22:03with her at espn for a little bit one year and a lot of times you'll say she's our pal she'll text
22:09you yeah but i haven't gotten one text from her from all of those mentions a lot i guess i'm not
22:15the one that's shouting her out a lot of spurs dna nonetheless speaking of stefan castle winning rookie
22:20of the year from the san antonio spurs you know beadle's happy about that congratulations he had stan
22:26van gundy's vote oh okay well maybe he'll text you i thought there were some good choices i thought
22:32either guy from memphis could have wanted some really good choices i thought risha shea from
22:38atlanta could have been in there but what i liked about castle i thought he was a true two-way guy
22:46all right good job filling that nice little mini podcast we just had right there i think we're back
22:51ready to play 12 on the shot clock is what they land on here after the air ball
22:56here's powell oh god bogdanovich is on the floor for the first time tyloo taking advantage
23:06of that to get a shooter on the floor for the clippers and they need him to actually
23:12be a shooter there's a lot of shooters ba you need makers and bogdanovich has been a great shooter
23:18throughout his time in the career but in this series until the last game he had really struggled
23:24gary jones jr no good and jokic with a rebound these are the crucial minutes here for the clippers
23:31because they cannot ask zubats to play the entirety of the first quarter to match minutes
23:37with jokic and the clippers go small and jokic typically does his best work in this window
23:44sets up westbrook corner three no good he's 0 for 2 from beyond the arc simmons pushes
23:50here's bogdanovich and it's stripped from him and who's it going to be it's going to be denver ball
24:00bogdanovich is arguing
24:01bogdanovich finds brown brown no good brown is now two for 15 for three in the series loose ball
24:17foul on russell westbrook and it'll be clipper ball here denver leads it by nine
24:24it's pretty obvious in the bonus too so free throws are coming for bogdanovich
24:34game five now it's the best two out of three
24:37after that thrilling finish to game four in los angeles
24:45game four the
24:46nuggets without russell westbrook was injured just four points from their bench david adelman
24:54relying heavily upon his starters most of his starters played 42 or 43 minutes all five
25:02and david adelman we asked him about that today says we are going to have to have
25:07more production from our bench westbrook will help that he's healthy and back in the lineup
25:13but now you go every other day the rest of this series and he knows
25:16he can't lean on his starters that much well westbrook the two games here in dinford to start the series
25:21was great average 14 and a half points a game in his defense was key in game one and now
25:29he goes to the rim and scores and has something to say to the clipper bench
25:35chance of the three-point play for russell westbrook
25:37westbrook nice left-handed finish ball getting to the rim a little too easily here really on both sides
25:51westbrook was the difference maker in the clippers game one victory
25:5589 games with the clippers over the last couple of years remember the clippers
26:03no russell westbrook no paul george after last season and then they made
26:09a couple of trades in season and there's a turnover payton
26:13watson watson driving fives quarter junior juniors bumped a couple of times gets one off no good
26:20well donovits a rebound great save in transition there by the clippers
26:25simmons leads it up for powell for three
26:29players are trying to sell fouls right now and these officials aren't biting just yet
26:36westbrook given all kinds of room
26:38jones trying to check jokic here just bullies his way in jokic
26:46missed it powell with a rebound that's a win for the clippers
26:50powell all the way powell scores
26:54these teams have combined for 30 pain points already 16 for the clippers
27:01really attacking and attacking much earlier in the clock
27:04westbrook long two off the glass fundamental westbrook felt it knocks it down and a 10-point
27:14denver lead their biggest lead was 11. there goes martin and he missed that bodies on the floor
27:23when he left his hand i thought it might be trying to set up for a lob
27:26jokic sets up for a lob and the high flyer watson on the receiving end
27:33he's a brilliant passer he's got six assists in this first quarter six assists in the first quarter for the seven foot
27:44shot clock is off
27:47clippers could take the last shot of this first quarter
27:50hard double and the clock expires denver locks them down impressive first quarter
28:01by the denver nuggets jokic going to work 5.6 assists three rebounds he's a star it's a 12-point lead
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28:15app it is powered by microsoft moment ago lauren jabara with norman powell
28:23norm 12-point game right now you guys were attacking a lot earlier in the shot clock was
28:26that part of the game plan yeah we got to come out aggressive um attack uh we're getting good looks
28:30and it's not falling right now but we got to pick up our focus defensively our physicality
28:35defensively they're getting whatever they want up in that first quarter so um we got to readjust our
28:39our focus on the defensive end be able to get stops and get out and uh it'll feel the offense
28:43and on off on the offensive side yeah you guys are attacking the paint a lot too how do you spread
28:47the floor a little bit get the perimeter game going um just by doing that attacking the paint
28:51getting shots at the rim hopefully uh by doing that uh finishing with efficiency they start um
28:56trying to protect the pain now we can get kick outs to our three-point shooters
28:59norman appreciate it good luck thank you oh norman powell with great analysis that was well done 18
29:05points in the pain but the defense has got to get a lot better the clippers established a
29:13defensive identity all year and here in the first quarter and a little bit beyond they are struggling
29:19foul hit the only three and now bogdanovich joins him in the three-point column the clippers had been
29:25just one for seven in that first quarter bogdanovich hits a big three that's bogdanovich's first basket
29:32here in denver he didn't score a basket in the first two games in the series he he struggled with the
29:41hawks this year but found his niche as a member of the clippers as murray able to score that one so
29:48stand just as we talked about the window at the end of the first quarter the back half of the first
29:52quarter being in denver's favor now the roles are reversed with jokic on the bench and zubats and
29:58kawhi leonard on the floor together and jones cuts to the basket wide open dunks it down well
30:04interestingly denver in the first quarter played jokic and dropped coverage because the clippers have
30:11had great success against the blitz now they've blitz twice here and given up two easy buckets to start
30:18in the second quarter we'll see if they go back to the club westbrook missed it jordan keeps it alive but
30:24here's the claw kawhi leonard he's got three back they leave it wide open and he missed it dodged the
30:30bullet there eight watson down high for that rebound here is westbrook westbrook hits a corner three
30:39missed his first two all these points are significant with jokic on the bench
30:46the on off numbers are always a story with denver brokic on the floor they're plus 10 off the floor
30:54they're minus eight as zubats adds two more in the paint for it went to the drop that time but he still
31:00was able to get the pocket back and convert you would expect to see the clippers ride the pick and
31:06roll with zubats denver's had trouble defending it the entire series westbrook with 10 points
31:14and he's going to let it fly again westbrook is feeling it right now
31:19russell westbrook with 13 points in his first seven minutes
31:2532 percent three-point shooter on the year under 30 percent on above the break threes
31:33leonard is fouled jordan with the foul are they going to allow that to go are they going to say
31:39basket good yeah it's going to be a chance at a three-point play for kawhi leonard deandre jordan
31:46a long time clipper disagrees and josh tibbon's going to go over and i think change this and give it to
31:54him on the side yeah you're right it'll be side out tibbon the crew chief overruling
32:01russell westbrook two main threes he's five of eight
32:05he's usually good in the corners not so great from right there as you mentioned but
32:12able to stick it oh donovan strong finish at the basket gets to the left hand able to score it
32:18with strong hand well that's he could really help that by getting his offense going averaged over 11
32:26points a game off the bench for him in the regular season after the trade but has struggled in this
32:31series but right now norm plowell's right it's all about the defense they got to find a way to stop
32:37binden murray with 14 leonard finds buck donovich opens the three short offensive board batun
32:45another chance here for the clippers why leonard gets a step on gordon and a second dunk of this first
32:52half we've had relatively low scoring games in this series even the first one it ended up 112 110 because
32:59it went into overtime it was 98 98 in regulation but right now this is an offensive game nick batun called
33:07for the foul clutching gordon grabbing his jersey quiet leonard he looks spry he looks healthy
33:17it is great to see him back in the postseason arena once again gordon got up on him a little too tight
33:25and gave him an angle to the rim and there was absolutely no help whatsoever
33:33murray trying to turn the corner chris dunn back on the floor to pick him up
33:36murray tough shot and he's got it he's feeling it jamal murray off to a great start
33:42kawaii leonard right back at him inside finds zubats zubats up and over deandre jordan
33:56that's 28 points in paint now for the clippers but they still trail by 11 because they can't stop
34:03anybody russell westbrook shot out of a cannon tonight he's got a chance at a three-point play
34:1010 in the corner for westbrook with a free throw coming well that's just bogdanovich quit moving his
34:17feet and decided to to reach after he stood up out of his stance very poor individual defense
34:26westbrook took advantage no westbrook in game four with that foot injury nuggets just four bench points
34:33in game four and now westbrook with 16 of the 18 bench points for denver mcdonovich
34:44quick three delivers one right between the eyes
34:48and denver by 11 as we get a timeout on the floor
34:52all right coach time for play your own way presented by paypal it's all about russell westbrook
35:01right now denver had a franchise low four bench points in game four russell westbrook's got four
35:10times that himself right now 16 points and now he's rocking the baby
35:17what a great start for russell westbrook
35:22see uh his we're at the playoff games 23 plus per game coach nikoli yokich is back on the floor
35:30denver minus one with yokich on the bench that's a victory for the nuggets sure is they only give up
35:37the one point they had a 12 point lead after one they're up 11 as he comes back to the ball
35:42westbrook off the bottom of the backboard now mcdonovich looking for dunn
35:47dunn wide open and he knocks down his first one big part of the story for the clippers dunn's gonna
35:53find himself open quite often he was just one of six from three-point range in game four
36:03brown westbrook touch pass yokich that was blocked by batum
36:07great recovery by nick batum that's his sixth block of the series already nick batum
36:17he's only playing 22 minutes a game but getting his hands on a lot of balls
36:23great play job got some olympians on the floor and batum for france and the two serbians and yokich and
36:31bogdanovich
36:36bogdanovich clocks gordon offensive foul
36:42and it's gone the other way bogdanovich said he grabbed his jersey around the collar
36:47first that's the third foul here on bogdanovich and he was right got a point no he was absolutely right
36:53that's a foul and then he inadvertently got him that was a foul also but
37:02bogdanovich would have liked him to have gotten the first one
37:05two bots and yokich porter sidestep and now a mid-range jumper no good that's batum of the rebound
37:17that batum had that big game three made four three-pointers that was part of the 34-point blowout win for the clippers
37:25and he's got that quick release no good yokich kept it alive for himself
37:33batum just one of six from three-point range in game four though after his big game three
37:40brown hits a two
37:43what a year he's had coach
37:47career highs
37:48christian brown he's coming off playoff career highs and points rebounds and assists in game four
37:56confidence is growing he had 17 points and five assists in game four that one's down
38:03well we've got some guys like russell westbrook and chris dunn not high percentage three-point shooters
38:09who are knocking them down right now dunn's hit his first two
38:13he gives you two or three threes clippers are going to be in good shape
38:19brown nice stop finds westbrook late clock here oh porter open bogdanovich
38:27ejected from under the paint i don't know porter had that much contact
38:30but it left him wide open for the easy dunk
38:35i don't know bogdanovich was selling it or was really pushed with that kind of force
38:40well josh tibbon was the baseline official and he certainly thought he was just south
38:46zubats no yokich back tap brown out of the pack and brown will get it organized
38:57westbrook lost the handle he got tripped up westbrook with a turnover kawai leonard
39:04finds chris dunn open again here we go chris dunn
39:08one it's another three it's a chris dunn or steph curry out there
39:14splashes one down for the third time and he's got a quick nine
39:19murray and westbrook combining for 32. westbrook in the corner and that raises the rim second chance here for denver
39:28aaron gordon jokic looking for contact gets it and he's got three free throws coming
39:44chris dunn an early story here in this second quarter chris dunn's giving him a big lift but that is a bad foul
39:51and that's a bad foul feels like a fatigue foul on some level just leaned on yokich
40:00nba on tnt tonight from denver brought to you by nerd wallet
40:13the 52 80 that's a mile high we're in the mile high city
40:16and that is something that bites into opposing players legs clippers trying to acclimate as best
40:27they can they get to denver as fast as they can between the games as westbrook gets a nice hand
40:34on his way out what a run for westbrook 16 off the bench in his first 13 minutes
40:44he's got eight points four board seven assists already twice he's had triple doubles in the first four games of this series
41:03and now yokich fouls kawaii leonard that's a little payback for the clippers yokich
41:09no more sold the foul on one end and kawaii leonard said two can play that game that's exactly
41:15right and you had said it earlier a lot of guys trying to sell calls out here in the first time
41:23teams with identical records in the regular season 50 wins 32 losses going into the conference record
41:31is why denver got the fourth seed in the clippers the five seed and that is going to be an offensive foul
41:37on kawaii leonard
41:42leonard picks up his second and it's a clipper turnover
41:49yeah yeah pretty obvious
41:54nine point denver lead
41:56under three and a half to go in this first half
41:59murray
42:00he's got a lot of clippers around him done ends up on him and now hart
42:05that's the switch they want murray going at him
42:08just puts it up and porter late clock gets it up and over two bots
42:13that's kawaii with a rebound good stand defensively by the clippers
42:17excellent defensive set here from the clippers leonard spins leaves it and clock from behind
42:26and then a foul on porter porter got the block and then got the foul on the reset
42:35second quarter 254 left 59 50 nuggets by nine
42:43tonight presented by corona visa zuba it's a career year got a chance to win most improved
42:49player in the nba he's one of the three finalists big jump in scoring and rebounds and double doubles
42:56and zubats go onto the line to shoot two and lauren jabara he is media friendly as well he's
43:03always willing to share his experiences and what a year he's had he definitely is we had a long
43:08conversation last week before game two and i said what does it mean to you to be one of the final three
43:13candidates for this he said it's honestly really cool i can tell you though i definitely did not
43:18think about it throughout the year but being recognized as one of the most improved players
43:23in that category he said it means a lot to me he said though don't jinx it i still didn't win anything
43:27yet so hopefully i can win it and then we can say something good about it but you saw stats there
43:31averaging 18.8 points and 65 shooting 11.5 rebounds in this series it's been amazing
43:38started his career with the lakers ends up with the clippers
43:41coach he averaged 12 and a half rebounds per game he finished fourth in that category
43:46this year in the nba led in total rebounds this year first time in his career he's averaged
43:52double-digit rebounds per game for an entire season yeah it's fourth in the league in field goal percentage
43:59as the clippers give the nuggets another layout this is already even going into that possession was
44:06already the clippers highest i mean the nuggets highest scoring half of the series
44:11we're averaging over under 100 points a game in the series and have 61 already here in the first half
44:18now drives that's his shot that is a tough shot too going left shooting it back with your right hand
44:26and you're right that is his trademark shot on the drive even though you know he's going to do that
44:32and the scouting report is well received still a trick to your mind that he could pull that off
44:39jokic over two bucks and jokic knocks down his first triple of the game well that time the clippers in
44:46drop coverage and zubats just couldn't close fast enough to jokic
44:5464 53 nuggets up 11. kawaii leonard shakes murray and that's his signature shot everybody get into
45:02their spots right now yeah look i mean the clippers have to be fairly happy with their offense here
45:08their defense has not been up to the level we're used to seeing from the clippers clippers shooting
45:1554 percent they've knocked down six out of 15 threes here's murray for three and back-to-back trips
45:23jokic and murray the dynamic tandem and denver back up 12 which is where they were at the end of the first
45:32quarter murray's got 19 in the first half has not missed from three-point range well look they only
45:39came into this game averaging 10 made three pointers again in the series they've already made seven tonight
45:46chris dunn that goes into double figures now dunn's got 11 he made three threes
45:53in this first half it's a 10-point game american express halftime report coming your way
46:00as soon as we are done with this first half a lot to talk about here tonight big night of action
46:05four games in the nba great playoff basketball murray for three missed it and it's powell with a rebound
46:17six seconds separating shot clock and game clock
46:22james hard is going to take it down as deep as he can harden with powell kawaii leonard
46:27subotson down on the floor murray guarding harden now hard goes to work four to shoot
46:35two to shoot leave it up top subots and that was gordon from behind he did get the ball but he got some
46:42body as well and two bots will shoot free throws
46:51that's a better option for the nuggets to have subots at the line as opposed to finishing along
46:57no question about that harden one of the great lob passers in the game's been doing it a long time
47:07we saw it with serge abaca in oklahoma city with clink capella in houston and now with zubats here
47:14the nba playoff schedule tomorrow doubleheader on tnt warriors rockets an elimination game
47:22warriors have a chance to advance after their thrilling win last night wolves and lakers in an
47:28elimination game as well minnesota with a chance to knock the lakers out
47:34game fives tomorrow on tnt you can go to the nba app or nba.com for more i'm thinking that warriors
47:42rocket series halftime entertainment should be wwe draymond green and dylan brooks in the ring
47:51we'll just stay on aew on brand there you go there you go i'll write that out for you
47:56aew you're absolutely right my fault coming to the end of the half murray shot clock off got to
48:03get one up did he get it off in time no says carl lane they will certainly take a look but the call
48:11on the floor was that it was too late we'll watch along with you here and carl lane was correct
48:22in fact no basket murray nineteen and a half jokic eleven points eight assists
48:31denver sixty seven the clippers fifty nine you're watching the first round presented by nerd wallet
48:39we're at the half in this thrilling game five in the western conference
48:43first round of the nba playoffs presented by nerd wallet ready for half number two ball arena home of
48:55the denver nuggets 67 59 our halftime score as we take a look at our game summary presented by t-mobile 5g
49:04home internet both teams shooting well in that first half coach van gundy the outlier was russell westbrook
49:11with 16 off the bench incredible and both benches were good but westbrook really gave denver a huge lift
49:19thoughts on the second half here what has to change what do you want to see it was a very high scoring
49:23game denver had their highest output in a half by far 67 points a team that's averaging under 100 in the
49:29series the clippers i'm sure spent most of their halftime talking about defense lauren jabbar i saw you
49:36near that clipper locker room what'd you learn that's true i talked to assistant brian shaw he told me
49:40we allowed them to get too comfortable early and everybody got into a rhythm he said we're right
49:45there james kawaii they're not effective so far offensively just want to get them a little more
49:49involved but the biggest focus is hit our free throws stop unnecessary fouling he said he likes
49:54where they are they have to be more aggressive defensively i said against jamal murray 19 first
49:58half points he said if we knew he was going to come out aggressive he's taking tough shots and he's
50:03just making them so we need to continue to make him work make him take those tough shots hopefully he misses a few
50:08there's a tough shot right there right on cue good stuff lord but murray is not missing tonight
50:14not as of yet he is 9 of 12 from the field he's hit three threes that was a long two and he's got 21
50:22back to a 10-point lead kawaii leonard in and out yokich with a rebound yokich with eight assists
50:30in that first half and he sets up michael porter jr and ty lue with an immediate timeout
50:38just a little over a minute into this third quarter and the nuggets
50:44the nuggets
50:55you