Denver Nuggets down Miami Heat to regain lead in NBA finals series | TFC News Colorado, USA
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From Shakira to DJ Khaled and hometown hero Dwayne Wade,
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the stars came out to Miami's Casillas Center for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
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But in this round, it was the visiting Denver Nuggets who regained home court advantage
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by beating the Miami Heat 109-94.
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After a fast-paced back-and-forth first half, the Nuggets led 53-48.
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By the 4th, the Nuggets' lead ballooned to as much as 21 points.
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Nikola Jokic recorded another triple-double with 32 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists.
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While Jamal Murray also had a triple-double with 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.
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It means that our guys understood Game 2 is not who we are, it's not who we can be,
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especially at this stage of the season, and they responded like they always do.
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That's one thing I know about our group.
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When we don't play well, we own it, and we find a way to be resilient
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and get back to playing Denver Nugget basketball, and that's what we did tonight.
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Denver also got a big 15-point contribution from rookie Christian Braun,
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who won a national championship last year playing for Kansas.
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The guys trust me all year, so when I get in the game, I just try to defend,
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and do the little things that obviously make it easier on me.
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Like I said, my job's not very hard. I just got to come in, play with energy,
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and they find me in the right spots on offense, and the defense just gives effort.
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Miami was held to 37% shooting and was out-rebounded 58-33.
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Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo combined for 50 points,
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but the rest of the team failed to make much of an impact.
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Felt like at times, some of those missed shots at the rim or in the paint,
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the makeable shots that we've made the last several months or weeks,
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that affected a little bit of our whatever going down the other end.
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And that hasn't happened a lot.
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I do want to get to the film because I'm not totally sure about that.
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It just felt like that.
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We're at our best when we're winning those battles first,
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so you can just check that box.
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The physical battles, 50-50s, ball in the air, ball on the floor.
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We win those battles, we figure everything else out along the way.
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Despite the loss, Butler, as he has been all playoff series,
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remained calm and confident in his post-game media address.
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We feel great. We didn't play our best tonight.
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I feel like we just got to come out with more energy and effort,
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and that's correctable.
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That's on us as a group.
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No X's and O's can fix that.
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So come out, dive on the floor, get loose balls, get defensive rebounds,
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and maybe, just maybe, it would have been a different game.
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75% of NBA Finals Game 3 winners have gone on to win the finals.
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Game 4 will take place on Friday in Miami.
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Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News.
