Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons sized up Russell Westbrook and the Denver Nuggets from the top of the Moda Center key Thursday night. As Simons began to make his move in the waning seconds of a tie game, Nuggets guard Jamal Murray threatened a double-team that never came. So Simons accelerated right and sent the Nuggets home with a floating kiss off the glass as the buzzer sounded.
“Once you finally get those opportunities one on one,” Simons said about the game-winning play. “You’re like, ‘Alright, I gotta seize the opportunity.”
Simons seized it. And the shot seized a 126-124 win for the Blazers, their first since Nov.