One moment in Thursday’s NBA Finals contest between Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat perfectly summed up how the home side lost Game 3 109-94 and yielded the advantage to the visiting team from Denver.With the Nuggets leading 63-54 with just over seven minutes left on the clock in Q3, Jamal Murray drove inside the paint, tracked step for step by Miami’s Jimmy Butler. As Butler blocked his path to the basket, Murray swivelled, created distance between himself and the defender and took a jump shot, which bounced off the rim and fell in the paint between a troika of Heat defenders: Butler, Bam Adebayo and Gabe Vincent.With all three players a fraction of a second slow in reacting, Murray pounced on the ball, stealing it from under three noses before scooping a smooth lay-up through the hoop.
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