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The Nuggets should have called a timeout, didn’t, and lost to the Celtics

Richard Jefferson’s face sums it all up.

Kyrie Irving proved he was human and actually missed a shot in crunch time, giving the Denver Nuggets one last shot to beat the Boston Celtics on Monday night. But here’s the thing: Nuggets coach Mike Malone didn’t use his final timeout to draw up a play.

Instead, this happened:

And closer up? Well, let’s ask Richard Jefferson how things are in his new town of Denver after being traded by Cleveland:

Why Malone — or Trey Lyles, who rebounded Irving’s miss — didn’t actually call a timeout is beyond me. What I do know is that Denver’s wild ending gave birth to one of the best new basketball GIFs we’ll have.

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