MIAMI – The Nuggets told us they would be better in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
They were.
On a night when Nikola Jokic added another stamp in his passport book of NBA Greatness with the first Finals 30-20-10 triple-double, the Nuggets answered everyone who wondered if they would back up their vow to play with more effort and energy than in Game 2.
On a night when Jamal Murray recorded his first playoff triple-double, making him and Jokic the first duo in NBA playoff history – not Finals history, playoff history – to record 30-point triple-doubles in the same game, Denver's defense did just as much to set themselves within two wins of the franchise's first NBA championship.