With two minutes left in the fourth quarter — in a game the Golden State Warriors led the Denver Nuggets by as much as 18 points — the Nuggets chipped away at the deficit using hard-nosed defense and efficient offense.
You can pinpoint several things in the film as to where the Nuggets capitalized on the Warriors’ shortcomings and preyed on their lack of urgency and control. But two readily stand out — both of which involve the same exact play.
There are plenty of reasons the Nuggets are the defending NBA Champions. Of course, the main reason is that they happen to have arguably the best basketball player in the world in Nikola Jokiu0107 — who is bolstered with a second star in Jamal Murray, burgeoning offensive firepower in Michael Porter Jr, and complementary role players in Aaron Gordon and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.