Winter Park’s Austin Rivers had 18 points and seven rebounds on Tuesday and every point mattered for the Denver Nuggets in their wild 147-140 double-overtime win against Portland in an NBA first round playoff series.
That’s because Trailblazers superstar Damian Lillard recorded the first 55-point, 10-assist game in NBA postseason history in a losing cause. Rivers played major minutes in place of injured Jamal Murray and defended Lillard much of the way. He saw his adversary set another playoff record by making 12 three-point shots and making 17 of his 24 field goal attempts.
“Bro. … he was not missing.