How did Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon beat the Heat in NBA Finals? By being coolest shooter of Game 4. by SeanKeeler
“That’s why we got him,” Murray said of Gordon, who stunned an amped-up Kaseya Center crowd by dropping a team-best 27 points and three 3-pointers on host Miami, powering the Nuggets to a 108-95 win and stranglehold on the NBA Finals.
The Heat, recognizing Murray’s importance as the head of the snake, blitzed the Blue Arrow at almost every turn. But No. 27 kept his head on a swivel and looked to distribute. Murray finished with 12 assists and AG wound up with the most shots he’s taken for the Nuggets in a postseason game since Game 1 of the Nuggets-Portland series two years ago.
Gordon didn’t just step up and carry the Nuggets for three-quarters of Miami’s gotta-have it game on their home floor. He set a new career high in postseason scoring , besting his 25 points for Orlando in the first round of the 2019 postseason against Toronto. It was Gordon’s night from the jump. The University of Arizona product’s three 3-pointers tied his postseason single-game high, and his plus-minus number of plus-29 topped his previous best of plus-27, set in Game 5 of this year’s Western Conference Finals against Phoenix.
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