![]() ![]() Williams ended a 5-minute scoring drought for Utah with two free throws, and the Jazz recovered to take an 88-82 lead into the fourth quarter thanks to Korver's three jumpers in the final 90 seconds. Trailing by 12 points at halftime, the Nuggets floundered through the first 7 minutes of the second half, falling behind 76-62 on Boozer's putback dunk before using a 14-0 run to tie it. You have to step up and fight back a little." Sometimes you get tired of taking a butt kicking. ![]() "In the game before we let everybody go where they wanted to go. "I think we tried to get to him a little bit earlier," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. This time, Wesley Matthews and Miles were up in his face every time he took a step toward the basket. It's playoff basketball."Īnthony didn't have the open looks he did in Game 1, when he shot over his defenders. "We missed some easy shots, some lay-ups and we kind of felt it at the end. ![]() "We had some bad calls down the stretch but you have to figure out a way to fight through that, play through that," Nuggets center Johan Petro said. You have to adjust to the referees if they're going to make close calls." Williams got 18 free throws, that's part of the game. "That's just part of the game," Nuggets acting coach Adrian Dantley said. "He was trying to get the ball."Įach of Denver's other four starters finished with five fouls, and the Nuggets had 37 altogether. "I knew I was close but it was only because he was hitting me," Miles insisted. Miles stepped out of bounds before Anthony fouled him, but the crew didn't see it and Miles made both free throws for a 110-107 lead. "Him not being in there the last 25 seconds was huge for us," Boozer said. He fouled out of a playoff game for the first time in his career.ĭenver is 1-11 all-time when Anthony fouls out and he was whistled for his sixth foul with 25 seconds left and the Nuggets down by a point. Kyrylo Fesenko played admirably on Nene, and Carmelo Anthony was flustered despite scoring 32 points just 48 hours after his playoff-best 42-point performance in the opener.Īnthony made 14 of 15 free throws but was just 9 of 25 from the field and was whistled for four offensive fouls. "We can't just give up on the season just because we don't have those guys out here," Williams said. Utah was playing without two of its most experienced playoff performers in forward Andrei Kirilenko (calf), who is out for this series, and center Mehmet Okur, who tore his left Achilles tendon in Game 1 and is done for the playoffs. Williams and Kyle Korver made two free throws each in the final 11 seconds to hold off the Nuggets, who had overcome a 14-point third-quarter deficit to take a 102-98 lead with 4 1/2 minutes left. ![]() "D-Will and Booze, they had their way," said Nuggets point guard Chauncey Billups, whose 3-point attempt from the top of the key in the closing seconds hit off the back iron. "He took over from the beginning of the game, which is huge for us," said Carlos Boozer, who added 20 points and 15 rebounds as the injury-riddled Jazz tied the series before it shifts to Salt Lake City for Game 3 on Friday night. Williams had 33 points and 14 assists while chalking up nearly 45 minutes to lead the Jazz to a 114-111 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series. Williams tortures Nuggets with 33 and 14 to help Jazz knot series at 1ĭENVER - With Utah running out of big bodies, Deron Williams carried an even bigger load. ![]()
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