The Denver Nuggets shocked the basketball world on Monday night, scraping their way to an unlikely fourth-quarter comeback against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
The comeback was able to be completed thanks in large part to the Thunder’s decision to play the foul game when up by three in the closing seconds of regulation. Rather than giving the Nuggets the chance to tie the game with a single three-point shot, the Thunder fouled as soon as the Nuggets took possession in the final 20 seconds of action or so.
