Three keys to Game 6
Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. Their pick-and-roll chemistry is off the charts right now, and the Blazers are mostly helpless. Portland tried deploying the more athletic Al-Farouq Aminu on Jokic in Game 5, and that didn’t impede his production. Enes Kanter tried slowing Paul Millsap, but both of Denver’s big men had huge nights as the Nuggets dominated inside. Jokic and Murray each have so many tools at their disposal, taking away one action only allows for another. The Blazers are learning that the hard way.
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