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• LAKERS VS NUGGETS GAME 5 2009 SERIES

Two-time MVP (2020-22) Nikola Jokic won the NBA Finals Bill Russell MVP Award. In fact, it was the first time the winning team did not score at least 100 since the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals by the near-identical count of 93-89.

LAKERS VS NUGGETS GAME 5 2009 SERIES

It was the first time this series that the winning team failed to score 100. The teams looked tight early, and Denver opened 1 of 17 from deep. The Miami Heat were seeking to become the first No. The Nuggets' 94-89 win was the first NBA title in 47 years of existence.

In winning their first title, Denver ends years of recent frustration in not being able to reach the mountain top. It's entirely possible that Jokic has a bounce-back game, and Murray continues his incredible postseason, however, the Lakers seem locked in and ready to put an end to this series to advance to the NBA Finals.The Denver Nuggets won their first NBA championship in the most psychical game of this year's five-game series. The Lakers have not done that in this series. Part of the reason Denver upset the Clippers was because that team grossly overlooked the Nuggets. While the Nuggets are no stranger to playing from behind this postseason, trying to do so against the Lakers will be a different animal. Still, though, Denver has proven to be a dangerous team when its backs are against the wall, and that should be a little unsettling for the Lakers. Now, this squad will face that same test again, only this time, the Lakers aren't underestimating them. All of a sudden, the Nuggets found a way to rattle off three-straight wins to advance to the conference finals. In fact, it was just in this same spot against the Lakers' Staples Center neighbors when the Clippers were up 3-1 in the second round of the playoffs. Nuggets: Denver has been in this position before. This could've been a huge swing game in this series for Denver, but instead, when the Lakers needed LeBron the most, he stepped up and carried the team to a win. Murray was held to just four points in the final six minutes of the game, and on several possessions where LeBron was guarding him, he failed to get off a shot, which in turn resulted in more points for L.A. Murray started to catch fire in the fourth quarter to fuel Denver's comeback, and while it looked like his late-game heroics would once again lift the Nuggets to a win, James put a stop to that. Lakers: When the game was coming down to the wire, LeBron took on the challenge of guarding Jamal Murray down the stretch to stop the Nuggets from pulling even in the Western Conference finals. Location: Disney Wide World of Sports - Orlando, Florida.Here's everything you need to know about Game 3 between the Nuggets and Lakers. The Lakers are still clearly the favorites to close out this series, but the Nuggets may still have something up their sleeves to make L.A. It would be crazy to think that the Nuggets could again pull off another historic comeback in the Western Conference finals, but then again, most of what Denver's been able to accomplish over the past month and a half has been unprecedented.

After some great defensive play by LeBron James, and an off scoring night for Nuggets' big man Nikola Jokic, the Lakers squeezed out a win in Game 4 to bring themselves one step closer to playing for an NBA championship. Once again, the Denver Nuggets find themselves down 3-1 in a playoff series, but this time, it's against the Lakers.