The Nuggets nearly blew a 22-point lead against the Warriors, but hung on to win Game 5, 107-100, and force a Game 6 back in Oracle. The Grizzlies took out the Clippers at Staples Center, and can now clinch the series in Memphis.
NBA Playoff schedule 2013: Grizzlies defeat Clippers to go up 3-2, Nuggets win chippy game with Warriors
The last lob for Chris Paul?
USA TODAY SportsBut four consecutive losses, an early exit from Game 6 and questions about whether Paul will ever wear a Clippers uniform again is how Los Angeles’ season ended.
Paul is a free agent this summer and while he has teamed with Blake Griffin to turn the Clippers from laughingstock into Lob City, a competitive, fun, highlight-reel lover’s dream. He’s a star in Los Angeles, living in the Southern California sun and credited (fairly or not) with single-handedly making the franchise respectable for the first time.
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Doug PensingerThe Nuggets returned home and stayed alive by beating the Warriors, 107-100, in a tension-filled affair that featured several hard fouls, a couple of technicals and some nuttiness afterward.
Denver controlled the game from the start, bolting out to a 20-point halftime lead. The Nuggets led by 19 early in the fourth quarter before the Warriors went on a big surge, making it a five-point game on several occasions. But Denver was able to hold on.
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Curry, Warriors look to knock off Nuggets
USA TODAY SportsIt’s been magical. Teams aren’t supposed to play this well offensively for this long, and even the Nuggets, not a team that lacks for scoring, are scuffling and wheezing as they try to keep up with the prolonged barrage.
Game time/TV: 8 p.m. ET, TNT
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo.
Odds: Denver opened as -7.5 favorites
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