Before Jamal Murray ripped out the Lakers' hearts, Aaron Gordon smothered their soul. “I think it was in the huddle,” Nuggets wing Peyton Watson said of a 101-99 buzzer-beating win over the Los Angeles Lakers, one that staked Denver to a 2-0 series lead. The greatest comeback in Nuggets postseason history began with an avalanche of Anthony Davis — the Lakers center who'd rolled into halftime with a game-high 24 points.
The 2022 national champion (with KU) flushed three dunks in crunch time against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
High-rising Peyton Watson takes the elevation of his role in stride this season. The second-year bundle of energy who comes off the bench for the Denver Nuggets has been a shot-swatting, rebound-grabbing catalyst for a team that's chasing a second straight NBA title. More recognizable these days — thanks to co-starring in a funny hotel commercial alongside two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a pony — Watson sometimes cautions himself not to be in too big of a rush, to enjoy each moment of this journey. It's a seasoned outlook for the 21-year-old player who was taken under the wing of Kevin Durant in high school and mentored by Jokic and company once he got to the NBA.
No | Player | P |
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0 | SG | |
5 | SG | |
31 | PF | |
21 | PG | |
50 | PF | |
9 | SG | |
30 | C | |
7 | PG | |
15 | C | |
6 | C | |
11 | SF | |
27 | PG | |
22 | PF | |
24 | SG | |
1 | SF | |
3 | SG | |
4 | PF | |
8 | SG |