Will Barton's 3-pointer secured the victory for the Nuggets as they survived and earned their first win of the series against the Warriors. 1:45
The Denver Nuggets kept their season alive with a 126-121 victory in Game 4. They now see that the Warriors are competitive.
The Nuggets avoided being swept for the second year in a row after being dominated in the first two games of the series, and are confident that they can extend the series even more if they play the way they did in the first two games.
Monte Morris scored 24 points in the third quarter and said there was no pressure on them.
They are beatable going back there. They are a great team. We know if we play our brand of basketball and bring the energy, we can give ourselves a chance. I think it will be different going back.
The Nuggets return to San Francisco with a coaching staff and key players who know how to pull off a comeback. 13 times, teams have come back from down to win. During the 2020 playoffs, the Nuggets did it twice.
"Obviously of all teams in the playoffs, we are most comfortable being down 3-1." said head coach Michael Malone. No. We are alive. We will fight another day.
The Nuggets will need the same amount of energy from the fans in a potential Game 6 as they did in Games 3 and 4 according to the coach.
When we come back for Game 6, we need to thank our fans the same way. When a reporter chuckled, a stubborn Malone asked what he was laughing at.
Winning Game 4 and feeling like they let a lead slip away in Game 3 has given the Nuggets confidence. They feel good about the way their star is playing. They got a performance out of the reigning Most Valuable Player.
Jokic, who took a painful poke to the eye in the first minute of the game, was aggressive from the start and finished with 37 points, eight rebound and six assists. Gordon had a strong game with 21 points, six rebound and four assists. In the second quarter, the home crowd was treated to three 3-pointers from the rookies, all from 30 feet or deeper, to give the Nuggets a 17-point lead.
He had 15 points and seven assists.
Morris helped set the tone with a hard foul on Draymond Green in the third quarter. The two friends barked at one another, but Morris let the Warriors know he and the Nuggets weren't backing down.
When asked about shorter point guards like himself and Morris flexing muscles, Hyland said that they have muscles in the heart.
The Warriors were thought to beatable before the fourth game. When asked if he still believes that, he showed his growing confidence. We play basketball in Mile High City and can beat anyone. I think we have a very unguardable team. We play our basketball and are unguarded.
Stephen Curry missed four of his 14 free throws and Denver had a lot of things go its way, such as Green fouling out. Golden State erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and led 121-119 with 1:21 remaining.
The fact that we had the lead with a minute and a half left speaks to who we are, Curry said.
Jokic scored on a layup to tie the game. Morris hit a floater after Klay Thompson missed a 3. Austin Rivers stole an inbounds pass by the Warriors before Jokic found Will Barton in the corner for a 3 with 8.3 seconds remaining.
Jokic said that he wouldn't use his experience from the Nuggets comebacks against the Jazz and Clippers in this series.
He knows that this is a different series than the one the team is in, and that it has to respond to the Nuggets at home on Wednesday.
Thompson said that they need to go into Game 5 like it is a must-win. We have to come with the mindset that we have something to prove.
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