Andre Miller filled a gaping hole in his basketball resume Saturday.
''I've never hit a game-winning shot,'' the 37-year-old guard said after sinking a nifty layup with just over a second left that gave the Denver Nuggets a 97-95 win over the Golden State Warriors in their playoff opener.
''Never,'' Miller repeated. ''I've taken a couple and missed or turned the ball over. But that was big for a first playoff game.''
With the youthful Nuggets in danger of losing at home for the first time in more than three months, Miller stepped up and scored 18 of his playoff career-high 28 points in the frenetic fourth quarter that made up for a plodding start to this much-anticipated series between two of the NBA's highest-octane teams.
The sixth-seeded Warriors trailed 93-92 when Stephen Currywas pick-pocketed by Ty Lawson, whose layup made it a three-point game with 35 seconds remaining
''I've never hit a game-winning shot,'' the 37-year-old guard said after sinking a nifty layup with just over a second left that gave the Denver Nuggets a 97-95 win over the Golden State Warriors in their playoff opener.
''Never,'' Miller repeated. ''I've taken a couple and missed or turned the ball over. But that was big for a first playoff game.''
With the youthful Nuggets in danger of losing at home for the first time in more than three months, Miller stepped up and scored 18 of his playoff career-high 28 points in the frenetic fourth quarter that made up for a plodding start to this much-anticipated series between two of the NBA's highest-octane teams.
The sixth-seeded Warriors trailed 93-92 when Stephen Currywas pick-pocketed by Ty Lawson, whose layup made it a three-point game with 35 seconds remaining