The Denver Nuggets survived a back-and-forth final few minutes to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 108-106 in Monday’s Game 5 tilt and win their first-round playoff series.
Denver will play the Minnesota Timberwolves in the West semifinals.
Neither team took a double-digit lead in the contest, and both displayed elite shotmaking in the fourth quarter. But it was clutch playoff performer Jamal Murray who came through for Denver with a game-winning jumper in the final seconds.