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NBA Finals: The Denver Nuggets are more than just the Nikola Jokić show

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With a minute left in a Game 4 that he had long since put to bed, Denver Nuggets reserve Bruce Brown saw the Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson in front him and dribbled into an isolation 3-pointer he had made just four times in his previous 2,770 minutes this season. This is how comfortable Denver is in these NBA Finals. "When he did a step-back 3, I wanted to punch him," joked Nuggets star Nikola Jokić, whose foul trouble coincided with the customary Heat rally to open the fourth quarter, "but when he made it, I was so happy." Brown and teammate Aaron Gordon combined for 48 points on 19-of-26 shooting (73.1%) on a night when Jokić and Jamal Murray were not the unstoppable scoring duo they had