Nuggets Man Handle Mavs

Last night the Nuggets closed out their series with Mavs in 5 games with a 124-110 victory. This is the first time Denver has reached the Western Conference Finals since 1985 and only the third time in franchise history. This is also Chauncy Billups 7th consecutive conference finals appearance and is only one of 5 players ever to do so since 1970. Billups has been a key part of the Nuggets domination over the series which they won 4-1 with the one loss coming by only 2 points. In last nights game he dropped 28 points only to be out done by Carmelo who had 30 points. Melo also had a shot in the 4th quarter that pretty much sealed the deal for Nuggets. With 2 seconds left on the shot clock and about 9 minutes in the game left, Melo hit a three pointer from about 26 feet out and then the Mavs got a technical on the same play which brought the game to a 10 point lead instead of 6. This killed the hopes of the Mavs and brought all the momentum to the Nuggets. The game high however came from Dirk Nowitski who had 32 points and averaged a crazy 34 points and 11.6 rebounds in the series and also shooting over 54 percent. J.R. Smith also had another big game for the Nuggets off the bench scoring 18 and finally starting to get some credit around the league.