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With every win over the Lakers, the Nuggets’ confidence grew. Denver and Nikola Jokic are on a roll, and it may be too late to stop them.

The Nuggets, behind another playoff triple-double from Nikola Jokic, are in the NBA Finals for the first time.

Following the Lakers’ season-ending 113–111 loss to the Nuggets in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, LeBron James strode to the postgame media session to answer questions about their defeat, playoff run and the season as a whole. It was his response to the final question, though, that was the most open to interpretation.
James was asked how he would evaluate the season on a personal level, and his lengthy and wide-ranging response touched on a lot of topics and emotions.

It took a long time—47 seasons in all since the ABA-NBA merger—but the Nuggets are finally headed to the NBA Finals.
Denver rallied past the Lakers to win Game 4 of the Western Conference finals by a score of 113–111 Monday evening, surviving a tremendous 40-point effort from Los Angeles forward LeBron James. The win gave the Nuggets their first conference title in a season where they finished with the West’s best record for the first time.

With their season on the line and trailing by two in the game’s final seconds, the Lakers predictably entrusted their fate to LeBron James. The Nuggets, however, had no intention of letting Los Angeles extend the series.
On the game’s final possession, James received the inbounds pass and made a beeline for the hoop with four seconds remaining. He was met by a host of defenders at the rim, with Denver locking down when it needed to the most to deny the four-time champion and secure the franchise’s first appearance in the NBA Finals.

Nikola Jokic’s falling three-pointer killed the Lakers’ comeback and put Nuggets in NBA Finals for the first time ever.
The Denver Nuggets have existed for 47 years. Now they’re finally going to the NBA Finals for the first time ever.
The Nuggets completed the sweep of the Lakers with a 113-111 win in Game 4 on Monday night. Denver won another tense game in a tense series by erasing a 15-point halftime deficit with a big third quarter, and then holding on late for the close victory.

Denver was down by 15 points at halftime, but not even a 40-point night from LeBron James was enough to overcome the No. 1 seed in the West.

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Ronald Acuña Jr. will make you pay if your take your eyes off him
As a youth baseball coach, one of the toughest lessons to teach young baseball players is that unless time has been called, the ball is always live.
Thankfully I now have something to show the team next practice to instill that lesson even more, thanks to Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
The Braves were trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning on Monday night, when Acuña led off the inning by drawing a four-pitch walk.

An incredible postseason run for Nikola Jokić added a special distinction Monday after the two-time MVP notched his latest triple-double in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
With an assist at the 4:39 mark of the third quarter, Jokic made NBA history by securing his eighth playoff triple-double, the most ever in a single postseason. Jokić‘s feat broke a 56-year-old record held by NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, who logged seven triple-doubles with the 76ers in the 1966–67 postseason.

The Denver Nuggets are irritating the heck out of LeBron James as they look to close out the Western Conference Finals against LA on Monday.
Fans at Crypto.com Arena were treated to a chippy scene between James and Nuggets big man Aaron Gordon in the first half of Game 4.
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James even got away with some contact with a game official sandwiched between him and Gordon. LeBron and Gordon got tangled up in the paint as the Nuggets big man held on too long to irritate the Lakers star.