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With about four minutes to go in game five, the Denver Nuggets are comfortably ahead by nine points against the Oklahoma City Thunder and it seems the series would return one more time to Mile High City until a silent assassin named Kevin Durant killed their dreams. Durant led a wild Thunder comeback by scoring 16 points in the final five minutes including the last seven points of OKC to eliminate the Nuggets, 100-97. Crucial misses by Denver in the last two minutes such as Kenyon Martin’s lay-up that was rejected by defensive demon Serge Ibaka and Nene’s powerful one-handed slam could have saved them. It was truly a bitter pill to swallow for the over-achieving Nuggets squad. Head coach George Karl, guard Aaron Afflalo and swingman J.R. Smith says it all, according to The Denver Post.
George Karl: “Closing out a game is a unification of everybody — everybody's got to do their jobs, including the coaches. It falls on all our heads. We didn't close out this game and we didn't close out Game 1, and they're both difficult to swallow right now. We will, somewhere in the next week or so, wake up and realize we had a heck of a season. I'm thankful to be healthy and back coaching. It's just going to be a tough loss to get out of your system.”
Aaron Afflalo: “It's tough. You finally realize there's no tomorrow. We're done, man.”
J.R. Smith: “We didn't want to end the season like this.”
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