“But when I think about this whole experience, as crazy as it sounds - and it’s been hard being away from family - being with the players and staff and the front office, everyone that’s here, has made this a lot easier than I imagine it could be otherwise,” Malone said. He thinks the time showed that the Nuggets are headed in the right direction and hoped it would last few weeks longer. Game 5 came on Denver coach Michael Malone’s 82nd day in the bubble after arriving July 7. Coach Frank Vogel said Davis was bothered by just some minor soreness after rolling his left ankle in the fourth quarter of Game 4.
#LAKERS VS NUGGETS GAME 5 2009 SERIES#
Lakers: The Lakers have wrapped up all three series in five games. 500 they were 9-10, as were the Washington Bullets in the 1979 postseason. They also became the second team to play at least 19 games in a single playoff and finish with a record below. The record is 11, shared by four teams, most recently the 2009 Orlando Magic. Nuggets: The Nuggets became the 16th team in NBA history to lose 10 games in a single postseason. When Denver made one last push to cut it to four, James set up Danny Green for a 3-pointer for his 10th assist, then made a jumper himself to extend it to 108-99.
James made consecutive baskets while getting fouled early in the fourth, pushing a two-point lead to 95-88.
#LAKERS VS NUGGETS GAME 5 2009 FREE#
They came all the way back to tie at 84 on Murray’s free throws, before Davis made a 3-pointer with a second to go. The lead was up to 72-56 four minutes into the third with Murray hobbling, but the Nuggets - who were down 15 in the third quarter of Game 5 against Utah and 16 at the same point of Game 5 against the Clippers - put together a comeback fueled largely by Grant. 25.ĭenver fell far behind one more time but James wouldn’t allow another comeback. The Nuggets had come back from 3-1 down in the first two rounds before being finally ousted a month since they would have departed the bubble had they lost the first time they faced elimination, in Game 5 against Utah on Aug. Jamal Murray added 19 points and eight assists but the star guard struggled with some leg or foot pain and lacked his usual explosiveness. Nikola Jokic and Jerami Grant each scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who had fought off elimination six times before the Lakers finally put them away. They haven’t played for the title since beating the Celtics in 2010 for the last of their 16 titles.Īnthony Davis added 27 points and will end his first season with Los Angeles by playing in his first NBA Finals. The Lakers will face either Miami or Boston in their 32nd NBA Finals appearance, most in league history. “My teammates said bring us home and it was my responsibility to try to make the right plays and do the right things on the floor to help us win ballgames,” James said during a trophy presentation in mostly empty arena at Disney World, instead of in front of their fans at Staples Center.
It took him two seasons to make it with the Lakers, after falling short of the playoffs in an injury-plagued first season following eight consecutive trips with Miami and Cleveland. James finished with 38 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists to become the fourth player to reach 10 NBA Finals. James punctuated his 27th postseason triple-double with a big fourth quarter, powering the Lakers to a 117-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night to win the Western Conference finals in five games. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida: LeBron James is going to a 10th NBA Finals - and for the first time in a decade, so are the Los Angeles Lakers.
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