The surprise broke out! The 23-year-old young player rescued the master. The Nuggets escaped from death and entered the treasury seventh place

On May 16, the NBA Western Conference Semi-Finals continued. The Denver Nuggets, who had been behind 2-3, fought back against the surprise Julian Strauser who came out of the bench, defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-107 at home, dragging the series into the tiebreak final!

This night is destined to belong to 23-year-old Strauser. This marginal player who has only played for 7 minutes in the entire playoffs suddenly broke out in the team's most critical third quarter. In just 3 minutes, he was possessed by a sharpshooter. He first scored a three-pointer on the left corner, then hit a hollow ball on the right corner, and finally played the good game of cutting the ball and catching the ball and laying it down. He scored 8 points in a row, completely stunned the Thunder's defense.

"I heard the audience shouting my name at that time, and it felt so crazy! " Strauser recalled after the game. Just as the scene captured by the live camera, Thunder coach Daim Porter kept shaking his head on the sidelines. He never thought that the young man who had almost never showed his face in this series would suddenly come out to disrupt the situation in the battle of life and death.

Full game, the 1.98-meter-high forward guard swinger handed in a report card of 15 points and 2 rebounds, making 3 of 4 three-pointers. What's even more rare is that he made 0 mistakes in the high-intensity confrontation in 19 minutes. When he hit a key three-pointer again in the final quarter, Nuggets fans in the entire arena stood up and cheered, as if welcoming a new hero.

"This guy changed the direction of the series by himself! " The Nuggets and Team reporter sighed on social media. You should know that before G6, Strauser's playoff data single was bleak enough to only 2.4 points. Who would have thought that this rookie would suddenly explode on the edge of the cliff? Even the official NBA account specially edited his "Magic Trio" with the caption: "Remember this name! "

With the final whistle, the Nuggets will surround Strauser in the middle to celebrate wildly. This victory not only brought the series back to the same starting line, but also allowed everyone to see the depth of the defending champion's bench. At 9 a.m. on May 19, the two teams will hold the ultimate showdown at home at the Thunder. Can this "bench bandit" continue its magic? Let's wait and see.