00:00 Last night in the Twin Cities, it's the Denver Nuggets tying this series at two games all with a 115-107 win over Minnesota.
00:10 Again, Denver wins outright as a three-point road underdog. A total of 2.03 and a half goes over.
00:18 Why does nobody, Donny Rightside, want to win a game on their own home floor?
00:23 It's incredible to watch this play out because, you know, the Denver Nuggets last year won the NBA Championship.
00:28 They're not a fluke basketball team. Right through the final week of the season, Ben, they were aiming for that number one overall seed.
00:34 They easily get through that first round series. Then you see round number two. Oh, look at that.
00:38 Minnesota's just a better basketball team. You drop two games on your home court that you were dominant all year long.
00:43 You figure the Timberwolves might not even have a series that needs to go back to Denver.
00:47 We wake up, what, 48 hours later and find ourselves in a 2-2 series tie, which now Denver is the favorite once again.
00:54 And we shouldn't be surprised. 39 minutes out of Nicole Jokic, 15 of 26 from the floor, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and a block for 35 points in that game.
01:04 But Aaron Gordon, 11 of 12 from the field, 2 of 2 from three-point range, 27 total points.
01:11 Other guys stepping up in big moments, Jamal Murray, 8 of 17 from the floor for 19 points.
01:16 This was the sign of a champion getting up off the carpet when we talked about it, Ben.
01:20 All Minnesota really needed was a split at home. Just get a split at home, you're going to win the series.
01:25 They couldn't do that. Now it's a best of three back to Denver and also going on the road, Ben.
01:29 57 percent from the floor as a team, 45 percent from three-point range, 80 percent from the free throw line.
01:36 That's a championship-caliber team stepping up when they needed it most and they got the job done.
