Something special was required from the Heat in Game 4. Not just good or great, but special. Transcendent. It never came. And it doesn’t seem like Miami has what it takes.
Author: Michael
The Nuggets put themselves on the doorstep of NBA immortality Friday, downing the Heat on the road, 108-95, in Game 4 of the Finals to come within one win of the club’s first-ever league title.
Denver swept the two contests in Miami, but Friday’s win looked completely different than the team’s triumph in Game 3, in which two-time MVP Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray dominated the Heat with their two-man game.
Here were the three things that stood out most in the pivotal Game 4.
The Nuggets now will look to close out the series in Game 5 on Monday night in Denver.
Bruce Brown emerged as the spark plug for the Nuggets in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Game 4, exploding in the final frame to help seal Denver’s 108–95 win over the Heat.
And no one was more thrilled for the bench swingman than Nikola Jokić.
Brown poured in 11 points in the final 5:07 of the contest as he took over for the Nuggets late to cap off an excellent 21-point performance. His final bucket came when he pulled up for a three over Miami’s Duncan Robinson and delivered the final dagger to the Heat.
The Nuggets used a strong fourth quarter to pull away from the Heat and claim a 108–95 win in Game 4 on Friday night, giving the franchise a 3–1 series lead—just one victory away from the franchise’s first-ever NBA title.
Denver’s offense clicked on all cylinders as five players finished in double-figures. Everything operated according to plan for the Western Conference champions.
However, everything did not go according to plan for one of the baskets in Miami on Friday.
The Nuggets are on the cusp of their first title in franchise history following a 108–95 victory over the Heat in Game 4 on Friday. While regular contributors like Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon all chipped in to put Denver up 3–1 in the NBA Finals, an unlikely hero emerged late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal: Bruce Brown.
The Nuggets swingman saw an extended run in the closing frame of Game 4 and took advantage of the opportunity.
Denver is proving to be too much for Miami as Aaron Gordon and Bruce Brown deliver clutch performances to take 3-1 series lead back home.
Denver is proving to be too much for Miami as Aaron Gordon and Bruce Brown deliver clutch performances to take 3-1 series lead back home.
The Oakland A’s are already baseball’s laughingstock, and it may be getting worse.
News broke recently of the Nevada legislature’s hesitation to vote on public funding for the proposed A’s stadium in Las Vegas.
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Now there’s another update, and it doesn’t look any better for the Oakland franchise.
The Nevada Senate met again Thursday to consider voting on the financing bill supported by the A’s.
And once again, they decided not to vote.
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow earned his first win in two years on Friday night, as he gave up just one earned run on one hit while striking out six across six innings in Tampa Bay’s 8–3 win over the Rangers.
The story surrounding Glasnow’s first victory since 2021 is a good enough story on its own. The 29-year-old missed most of last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, while an oblique strain held him out of the rotation for the first month and a half of the 2023 campaign. Friday marked just his third start of the season.