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Duke Brotherhood Playoff Watch: Denver, Austin Rivers Push Portland And Harry Giles To The Brink

Duke Basketball Report | May 28, 2021

Related Topics: Denver, Austin Rivers, Portland, Harry Giles, Kyrie Irving, Portland Trail Blazers, New York City

As Rivers had a very good game indeed.

Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images
PORTLAND, OREGON - MAY 27: Austin Rivers #25 of the Denver Nuggets tangles up with Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the first half of Game Three of their Western Conference first-round playoff series at Moda Center on May 27, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

In Thursday night’s Duke Brotherhood Playoff Watch, Austin Rivers helped Denver to defeat Portland 120-115, thus moving the Trail Blazers, down 1-2, to the brink of elimination.

Rivers had a key role: he hit four straight threes in the fourth and finished with 21 points.

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