Denver Nuggets Keep Playoff Hopes Alive with Game 6 Win

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00:00Last night at Altitude in Denver, the Nuggets, with their season on the brink,

00:05back home trying to hold off the Oklahoma City Thunder

00:08from appearing in the Western Conference Finals.

00:11Just one win away from heading back to the Conference Finals round

00:14for the first time since 2016.

00:17And the oddsmakers, DRS, thought Oklahoma City would do that even away from home.

00:23A five-point favorite as we got ready for game number six and a total at 216.

00:28However, most of the public, nearly 70% of the bets on the spread,

00:34backing the home underdog, had the last laugh.

00:37As Denver, as the dog, wins outright by double digits, 119-107 as that five-point home dog.

00:45And a total of 216, slightly pushes to the over.

00:51Denver keeps this series and its season alive with a double-digit win

00:56on its home floor in game number six.

00:59Only one game got real wacky.

01:01That was game number two where the Denver Nuggets, just off that adrenaline from game number one,

01:05just ran out of gas.

01:06But ever since, back and forth, it's been entertainment.

01:08It's been superstar, going after superstar.

01:10It's been SGA saying, I can't score more than 34 points.

01:13Doing that again last night.

01:14It's Nicola Jokic saying, okay, some of my assist numbers are down,

01:17but I'm still going to crank up the points here.

01:19I'm still going to get the rebounds.

01:20And also Jamal Mary having one of those flu games where it almost ruined it, Ben.

01:24Like you saw the reports coming out before the game.

01:25Like, hey, he's got an illness, which again happens.

01:28You're human.

01:28You never can't pick and choose when you get sickness.

01:31But then he wouldn't come out for warm-ups.

01:33It's like, is he even going to be able to play?

01:35And that's going to ruin the atmosphere tonight.

01:37And Oklahoma City is going to walk into the Western Conference Finals.

01:39And he was great.

01:40He gave everything he could possibly give.

01:4242 minutes, man.

01:44Leaving it out there on your home court in an elimination game to advance in the game number seven.

01:48Now the question is going to be, is that sickness going to linger and that he ran out of gas last night

01:52and now he's just playing on fumes for game number seven?

01:54That'll be food for discussion a little bit later.

01:56But I was so impressed with the Denver Nuggets win again, Ben.

01:59It was starting to go off the rails where Oklahoma City was the better basketball team in the second quarter,

02:03looking to go up double digits at the break and really break the spirit of the Denver Nuggets.

02:08And that didn't happen.

02:09They closed on a late run.

02:10They took control in the second half, as you should at altitude.

02:13They played great basketball all the way through.

02:15Christian Brown stepping up in big moments just to give his team a lift.

02:19I loved what I saw out of the Nuggets.

02:20But are we really surprised?

02:22Like, was this supposed to be a gentleman's sweep or a sweep for the Denver Nuggets with all of that talent?

02:26And understand this, too.

02:27Hey, man, maybe the Denver front office here made the right moves, firing your head coach,

02:32firing the general manager, and they're a game away from the Western Conference Finals?

02:36Impressive.

02:37Impressive.

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