Aaron Gordon has slammed down a dunk as time expired to provide the Denver Nuggets a dramatic 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in recreation 4 of their first-round playoff sequence.
Nikola Jokic air-balled a three-pointer because the clock wound down, and Gordon leapt to catch the ball and launched his dunk simply earlier than the crimson mild got here on the backboard.
A replay assessment upheld the ruling, and the basket allowed Denver to even the best-of-seven Western Convention sequence at two video games apiece.
“You can say it was a fortunate play however Aaron is an enormous athletic man,” Nuggets interim coach David Adelman mentioned.
“He met the ball early. I could not inform if it was good or not. I used to be getting ready for extra time.
“That is going to be on NBA TV some day and I am glad we received the sport. I am glad it is going to be on Nuggets Day and never Clippers Day.”
Aaron Gordon (centre) waited with bated breath, like everybody else within the area, to see if his late slam dunk was a match-winner for the Denver Nuggets. (Getty Photos: NBAE/Garrett Ellwood)
Jokic had 36 factors, 21 rebounds and eight assists because the fourth-seeded Nuggets bounced again from a 117-83 pummelling in recreation three on the highway.
“This was actually large for us,” Gordon mentioned.
“We did what we got here right here to do and that was get residence court docket benefit again.”
Los Angeles trailed by 22 within the fourth quarter earlier than making a 32-9 cost to take its first lead of the competition with 1:11 left within the recreation.
Kawhi Leonard registered 24 factors and 9 rebounds and Norman Powell scored 22 for the fifth-seeded Clippers.
Australian Ben Simmons performed seven minutes for the Clippers, registering two factors.
The fifth recreation of the sequence might be held in Denver on Wednesday morning, AEST.
Reuters
