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 | Portland equalized against Denver11-07-2019 |
Jay McCallum scored 20 points after his friend Damien Llillard did not get to the usual level today, but Portland made a 97:90 victory and leveled against Denver in the West. Portland dominated most of the game, with 15 points at the rest of the season, 17 at the end of the third quarter and 14 at the start of the fourth.
The hosts from Colorado returned tothey played for 90:95 minutes before the end, after taking 14 consecutive successful defensive rebounds and making a 19:9 lead before Rodney Hood scored two consecutive penalties 17 seconds before the end. Liriard scored 14 for the winners but only 5 of 17 successful shoot-outs and a three-shot, just 24 hours after he scored 39 points in the first match. The third meeting is Friday in Portland.
For hosts Nikola Yokic was the best on the field, finishing first in all points:16 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists. He missed the last shot for his at the end of the first quarter and scored 6 points before the break when the score was 50:35 for the guests.
Ennis Carter and Rodney Hood added 15 for the winners and Al Farouk Aminu took 10 rebounds. For Denver Jamal Murray scored 15 points as well as took 7 rebounds and Paul Milsop left with 14.
National North American Basketball Association (NBA), playoff:
Western Conference, semifinal:
Denver, Portland 90:97
The result in the series is 1-1 wins