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Bojan Bogdanovic erupted for a career-high 48 points, Jordan Clarkson had 21 points and 8 assists, and the host Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets, 127-120, in Salt Lake City on Friday night, May 7 (Saturday, May 8, Manila time).
Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 9rebounds, Georges Niang had 13 points and Joe Ingles had 10 points and 9 assists for Utah (49-18).
Michael Porter Jr scored 31 points, while Nikola Jokic finished with 24 points, 13 assists, and 9 rebounds for the Nuggets (44-23).
Paul Millsap also scored 19, Austin Rivers added 18, and Aaron Gordon 10 for Denver.
The Jazz came out strong to start the fourth quarter. Niang made an 8-footer and a triple to go in front, and after two free throws by Porter, Bogdanovic made two more from deep to give Utah a 109-103 lead.
Rivers’ three-pointer cut the deficit to three, but a dunk by Gobert and Bogdanovic’s eighth three-pointer increased the lead to 114-106 with 4:39 remaining.
Denver scored the next five points out of a timeout to get within three. Clarkson hit a three-pointer and Gobert a layup to make it 119-112.
The Nuggets got within three with a minute left but Clarkson’s sixth three-pointer ended the comeback attempt.
Both teams cooled off after a scorching first half, and things stayed close throughout the third quarter.
Utah took a 78-77 lead on two free throws from Bogdanovic but Millsap made two foul shots and Porter hit a 25-footer to give the Nuggets a four-point lead.
The Jazz again went ahead by one but Rivers hit two three-pointers to put Denver back up by five. After Utah retook the lead, Jokic made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left in the third to give the Nuggets a 99-98 lead heading into the fourth.
Denver shot 60% from the field and 50% from behind the arc in the first half and the Jazz shot 56.5 and 47.8%, respectively, during an offensive 24 minutes.
The Nuggets led by as many as 11 in the first half and took a 73-69 advantage into halftime. – Rappler.com
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