Michael Malone 3, Bobby Fischer 2.
The final word has yet to be written, and, no question, the next chapter for the Nuggets — a do-or-die Game 6 for the Spurs in San Antonio — is going to be the hardest slog to date. It takes a lot of hands to pull you past this point, and Denver isn’t staring at a 3-2 series lead over Pop & the Gang without Jamal Murray’s swagger, without Gary Harris’ cool, without Joker being Joker, and without one of the NBA’s best benches slowly bleeding Gregg Popovich’s options dry.